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The scariest movie playing at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival is a 110-minute essay film about AI.

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

Alexander Heller, Nevada Jose, Will Brill, and Giselle Bonilla pose with cast members at “The Musical” premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles

L–R: Jonathan Cuchacovich, Sonia Kennebeck, Alan Fischer, Daeil Kim, Andrew Stanton, Colby Day, Tetiana Anderson 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards Juried Sloan Feature Film Prize

(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

After premiering at NY Film Festival in 1990, Kopple brought American Dream, her powerful documentary following the Hormel meatpacking strike in Minnesota, to the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.