Sundance 2026: Table of contents | Festivals and awards

Find links to all of our coverage of this year’s Sundance below, broken down by program. Reviews are written by Brian Tallerico, Robert Daniels, Marya E. Gates, Zachary Lee, Monica Castillo and Peyton Robinson. (Note: If a title is not yet linked, the review is still to come.)

Josephine Channing Tatum Gemma Chan — Gemma Chan, Mason Reeves and Channing Tatum appear in Beth de Araújo’s Joséphine, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy Sundance Institute | photo by Greta Zozula.

American Drama Competition

“Bedford Park“
“Carousel“
“Friend’s house is here”
“Ha-Chan, shake your booty!“
“Hot water“
“Josephine“
“The musical“
“Run crazy”
“Take Me Home”
“Union County“

American documentary competition

“American doctor”
“American Pachuco”
“Barbara forever”
“Bubbles of joy“
“The Lake”
“Pest Bear”
“Public access”
“Seized”
“Soul Patrol“
“Who killed Alex Odeh?“

Joe Bird appears in Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of the Sundance Institute | photo by Ben Saunders.

Midnights

“The best summer”
“Boyfriend“
“Leviticus“
“Mom, I’m pregnant with Alien“
“Rocky Springs”
“Saccharin”
“low voice”

Michelle Mao appears in Kogonada’s zi, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of the Sundance Institute | photo by Benjamin Loeb.

FOLLOWING

“This encyclopedia”
“BURN”
“Ghost in the Machine”
“If I go, will they miss me”
“Arrival”
“Jaripéo”
“Night nurse”
“They dream”
“day”

I want your sex — Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde appear in Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy Sundance Institute | photo by Lacey Terrell

Firsts

“The AI document”
“Antiheroin”
“The Brittney Griner Story”
“Chasing Summer”
“The Disciple”
“Frank and Louis”
“Gail’s Daughter”
“The Gallerist”
“Give me the ball!” »
“The history of concrete“
“I want your sex“
“In the blink of an eye“
“The invitation“
“Jane Elliott Against the World”
“Knife: Attempted Murder”
“The last premiere: Winter K2”
“The moment“
“The oldest person in the world”
“Once upon a time in Harlem“
“The only pickpocket living in New York”
“Paralyzed by Hope: The Story of Maria Bamford“
“Queen of Chess“
“We’ll see you when I see you”
“The assholes“
“Time and Water”
“Troublemaker”
“The weight”
“When a witness retracts”
“Wicker“

Drama world

“Big girls don’t cry“
“Additional geography”
“Philippine”
“Hold on to me“
“How to divorce during war”
“The Huntress”
“Lady”
“Levitation”
“Shame and money”
“Tell me everything“

Jayan Bolos and Abd Alkader Habak Aper in Birds of War by Janay Bolos and Abd Alkader Habak, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy Sundance Institute | Photo by Habak Films.

Global Documentary

“It’s all about money”
“Warbirds“
“Closing”
“Everyone on Kenmure Street”
“Hanging by a thread”
“Kikuyu Land”
“One in a million“
“Sensitive”
“Silent“
“Hold a mountain”

Brian Tallerico

Brian Tallerico is the editor-in-chief of RogerEbert.com and also covers television, film, Blu-ray and video games. He is also a writer for Vulture, The AV Club, The New York Times and others, and president of the Chicago Film Critics Association.