
Short Film Program 3 Takes Audiences to Intense Places
Short Film Program 3 features six stories — five dramatic films and one documentary — many of them about extreme situations.

Short Film Program 3 features six stories — five dramatic films and one documentary — many of them about extreme situations.

A still from “When A Witness Recants” by Dawn Porter, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo

(L-R) Stacey Lee, Adam Montgomery, Andreas Dalsgaard, and Christoph Jörg attend the Episodic Nonfiction Pilot Showcase during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Yarrow

As with every edition of the Festival, the lineup includes the premieres of a whole new batch of projects brought to you in part by the year-round initiatives of the Sundance Institute.

Top L–R: The Friend’s House is Here, Josephine, The Lake, Bedford Park, Who Killed Alex Odeh? Second Row L–R: Take Me Home, American Pachuco: The Legend of

By Adam Silverstein First features at the Sundance Film Festival have a certain charge to them — films that feel urgent, a little exposed, and

And just like that, it’s awards day! We’re here at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, for the much-anticipated 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards

“At the same time, the film will be of particular interest to those who wish to question the place of modern humans in nature and their relationship to it, as well as to examine the position of women in society and the deeply ingrained, often invisible denial of women’s rights.”

(L–R) Minos Papas, Apoorva Guru Charan, Marceline Hugot, Shane Harper, Victor Slezak, Anna Sargent, Liz Sargent, and Ali Ahn attend the Q&A for “Take Me

Anne de Mare, Liani Greaves, David Greaves, and attend the premiere of “Once Upon A Time in Harlem” at The Yarrow Theatre on January 25,

The deeply personal films of Short Film Program 5 span countries and genres, with subjects both weighty and helium-filled.

Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss attend the premiere of Give Me the Ball! by Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff, an official selection of the