“Sentient” Forces Us to Confront the Question Science Keeps Avoiding
(L-R) Lisa Jones Engel and Tony Jones attend the “Sentient” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January 26, 2026
(L-R) Lisa Jones Engel and Tony Jones attend the “Sentient” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January 26, 2026
(L-R) Josephine Decker and Iliza Shlesinger attend the “Chasing Summer” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater on January 26, 2026
The scariest movie playing at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival is a 110-minute essay film about AI.
“Jaripeo” is a testament to those who navigate spaces never designed for their existence, but find liberation anyway.
This profound, formally bold documentary follows Native American repatriation specialists who work to return the looted remains of Indigenous Ancestors to their tribal communities for reburial.
(L-R) Alyssa Marvin, Patrick Wilson, NB Mager and Molly Ringwald attend the “Run Amok” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater
(L-R) Peter Dinklage, Alexander Skarsgård, and Olivia Colman attend the Q&A for Wicker by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance
J.M. Harper’s new documentary marries archival footage, interviews, and re-enactment to tell powerful story.
(L-R) Neta Orbach, Mor Dimri, Moshe Rosenthal, Yair Mazor, Ido Tako, Keren Tzur and Assi Cohen attend the “Tell Me Everything” Premiere during the 2026
Cast and crew attend the Q&A for Frank & Louis by Petra Biondina Volpe, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. (© 2026 Sundance Institute
In “The Friend’s House is Here,” we’re invited inside an artistic world shadowed by the constant awareness that visibility carries consequences.