US EditionSundance Film Festival 2026 opens for its final year in Park City, Utah. Here are some of the highlights.
The festival, hosting nearly 100 films and tributes, marks its final Park City edition before relocating to Boulder, Colorado, after 43 years, honoring Robert Redford's legacy.
- Sundance Film Festival opened today in Park City, Utah, marking its final Park City edition with a 10-day run through Feb. 1 and online screenings starting Jan. 29, 2026.
- Framed by the death of founder Robert Redford, this edition honors his legacy with commemorations by Sundance Institute affiliates as the festival prepares to move to Boulder, Colorado next year.
- Program selected from more than 16,200 submissions includes 4,255 feature-length films from 164 countries, restored classics like Downhill Racer, and stars such as Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega.
- After years of consolidation and sluggish box office, the independent film sector faces pressure while buyers and distributors show cautious optimism as Row K Entertainment, Subtext, and STX Entertainment enter the market this year.
- Panels on subjects from `The New McCarthyism: Why Authoritarians Fear Storytellers` to AI run Jan. 22–Jan. 23, while Jury prizes and Audience Awards will be handed out across multiple categories, and justice-themed films like `Who Killed Alex Odeh?` and `When a Witness Recants` feature prominently.
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Pre-festival gathering sheds light on Sundance’s mission and move
Amy Redford, a Sundance Institute board of trustees member, said the 2027 Sundance Film Festival is the only part of the nonprofit moving to Boulder, Colorado, next year. “This festival has found a new iteration, which will be exciting, and it will be imperfect and might feel like our beginnings over 40 years ago,” she said while addressing a room full of international press during a pre-festival meet-and-greet on Wednesday at The Park. “The Sun…
Sundance kicks off its last year in Utah with powerful premieres and tributes to Robert Redford
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Robert Redford liked to say that everybody has a story. He’s not the only person who said it, but he is one of the few who did something to celebrate it, his daughter, Amy Redford, said Wednesday evening ahead of the Sundance Film Festival’s opening day. Thanks to her father’s vision, the Sundance Institute he founded and its year-round programs have helped shape and nurture American independent film for the past 40 years.…
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