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2026 Sundance Film Festival

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival took place in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 22 to February 1, 2026. Film premieres at the festival were held from January 22 to January 27, 2026. The first selection lineup was announced on December 10, 2025. The festival would be the last Sundance Film Festival held in Utah before the festival relocates to Boulder, Colorado in 2027. Several films notably received standing ovations during the festival, including Fing, Josephine, Wicker, The Invite, Levitating, and Union County.

Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition World Cinema Dramatic Competition U.S. Documentary Competition World Cinema Documentary Competition Premieres Next Midnight Episodic Family Matinee U.S. Fiction Short Films International Fiction Short Films Animated Short Films Nonfiction Short Films Special Screenings To commemorate the final Sundance in Park City, the 2026 festival will include several special screenings of classic films that screened at festivals in years past, along with the 1969 film Downhill Racer as a tribute to founder Robert Redford, who died in September 2025. ==Awards==
Awards
For the last time in Park City the following awards were given out: Grand Jury Prizes U.S. Dramatic: Josephine (Beth de Araújo) • U.S. Documentary: Nuisance Bear (Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman) • World Cinema Dramatic: Shame and Money (Visar Morina) • World Cinema Documentary: To Hold a Mountain (Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić) • Short Films: The Baddest Speechwriter of All (Ben Proudfoot and Stephen Curry) Audience Awards • U.S. Dramatic: Josephine (Beth de Araújo) • U.S. Documentary: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (David Alvarado) • World Cinema Dramatic: Hold onto Me (Myrsini Aristidou) • World Cinema Documentary: One In A Million (Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes) • NEXT: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] (Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil) Directing, Editing, and Screenwriting Prizes • U.S. Dramatic Directing Award: Josef Kubota Wladyka for Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! • U.S. Documentary Directing Award: J.M. Harper for Soul Patrol • World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award: Andrius Blaževičius for How to Divorce During the War • World Cinema Documentary Directing Award: Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes for One In A MillionJonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: Matt Hixon for Barbara ForeverWaldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic: Liz Sargent for Take Me Home • NEXT Innovator Award: The Incomer (Louis Paxton) Special Jury Awards • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: the cast of The Friend’s House is Here • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature: Bedford Park • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence: Who Killed Alex Odeh? • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change: The Lake • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: Filipiñana • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble: LADY • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact: Birds of War • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance: Everybody To Kenmure Street • NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression: TheyDream • Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting: Noah Roja and Filippo Carrozza for The Liars • Short Film Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: Paper Trail Shorts Program Awards • U.S. Fiction: Crisis Actor (Lily Platt) • Animation: Living with a Visionary (Stephen P. Neary) • Nonfiction: The Boys and the Bees (Arielle C. Knight) • International Fiction: Jazz Infernal (Will Niava) Sundance Institute Awards • Producers Award for Nonfiction (presented by Amazon MGM Studios): Dawne Langford for Who Killed Alex Odeh? • NHK Award: Leo Aguirre for Verano • Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: Andrew Stanton In The Blink of An Eye • Adobe Mentorship Award for Nonfiction: Flavia de Souza • Adobe Mentorship Award for Fiction: Mollie Goldstein == Acquisitions ==
Acquisitions
Saccharine: Independent Film Company and ShudderLeviticus: NeonThe Invite: A24Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!: Sony Pictures ClassicsBedford Park: Sony Pictures Classics • Once Upon a Time in Harlem: Neon • The Last First: Winter K2: Apple Original FilmsI Want Your Sex: Magnolia PicturesFilipiñana: Kino LorberThe Baddest Speechwriter of All: NetflixJosephine: Sumerian PicturesWicker: Black Bear PicturesThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York: Sony Pictures ClassicsThe Shitheads: Independent Film CompanyThe Incomer: Sumerian Pictures • Everybody to Kenmure Street: Icarus Films • Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass: Sony Pictures Classics • If I Go Will They Miss Me: Rich Spirit • Cookie Queens: Roadside AttractionsGhost in the Machine: Independent LensThe Weight: VerticalThe History of Concrete: Magnolia PicturesHot Water: Rich Spirit • Union County: Oscilloscope LaboratoriesBuddy: Roadside Attractions and Saban FilmsAmerican Doctor: Watermelon Pictures • ''The Friend's House Is Here'': Greenwich EntertainmentTime and Water: National Geographic Documentary FilmsHow to Divorce During the War: Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber ==References==
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