Finished · Competitive festival
Sundance 2026
Sundance Film Festival · 22 Jan – 1 Feb
THE WINNERS
Official awards
29 of 29 awards
AmericanPachuco:TheLegendofLuisValdez
Josephine
Ha-chan,ShakeYourBooty!- Official awards
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic
Take Me Home
Liz Sargent
BedfordPark
TheFriend’sHouseisHere
NuisanceBearOfficial awardsU.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Nuisance Bear
SoulPatrol
BarbaraForever- Official awards
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change
The Lake
WhoKilledAlexOdeh?Official awardsU.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence
Who Killed Alex Odeh?
- Josephine
- AmericanPachuco:TheLegendofLuisValdez
- Official awards
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
HOLD ONTO ME (Κράτα Με)
OneInAMillion
Aanikoobijigan[ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]Official awardsAudience Award: NEXT
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
TheIncomer- Official awards
NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression
TheyDream
ShameandMoney
HowtoDivorceDuringtheWarOfficial awardsDirecting Award: World Cinema Dramatic
How to Divorce During the War
Andrius Blaževičius
- Official awards
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
Filipiñana
- Official awards
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble
LADY
ToHoldaMountain- OneInAMillionOfficial awards
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
One In A Million
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes
EverybodyToKenmureStreetOfficial awardsWorld Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance
Everybody To Kenmure Street
BirdsofWarOfficial awardsWorld Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact
Birds of War
InTheBlinkofAnEye- WhoKilledAlexOdeh?Official awards
Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction
Who Killed Alex Odeh?
Dawne Langford
- Official awards
Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Fiction
Take Me Home
Apoorva Guru Charan
Source and dates
The Complete List of 2026 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners ↗
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THE FILMS
Official selection
90 of 90 films
- BedfordPark
Carousel- TheFriend’sHouseisHere
- Ha-Chan,ShakeYourBooty!
HotWater- Josephine
- U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
The Musical
Giselle Bonilla, Screenwriter and Producer: Alexander Heller
- U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Run Amok
NB Mager
- U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Take Me Home
Liz Sargent
- U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Union County
Adam Meeks
AmericanDoctor- AmericanPachuco:TheLegendofLuisValdez
- BarbaraForever
- U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Joybubbles
- U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
The Lake
Abby Ellis
- NuisanceBearU.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Nuisance Bear
Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman
PublicAccess
Seized- SoulPatrol
- WhoKilledAlexOdeh?
BigGirlsDon’tCry- HowtoDivorceDuringtheWar
ExtraGeography- WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Filipiñana
Rafael Manuel
- WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
HOLD ONTO ME (Κράτα Με)
Myrsini Aristidou
- WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
The Huntress (La Cazadora)
Suzanne Andrews Correa
- WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
LADY
Olive Nwosu
Levitating- ShameandMoney
TellMeEverything
AllAbouttheMoney- BirdsofWar
Closure- EverybodyToKenmureStreet
- WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Hanging by a Wire
Mohammed Ali Naqvi
KikuyuLand- OneInAMillion
Sentient
Silenced- ToHoldaMountain
- Aanikoobijigan[ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
- NEXT
BURN
Makoto Nagahisa
GhostintheMachine- NEXT
If I Go Will They Miss Me
Walter Thompson-Hernández
- TheIncomer
Jaripeo
NightNurse- NEXT
TheyDream
William David Caballero, Screenwriters and Producers: Erin Ploss-Campoamor, Elaine del Valle
- NEXT
zi
Kogonada
TheAIDoc:OrHowIBecameanApocaloptimist
AntiheroinePREMIERESAntiheroine
Edward Lovelace, James Hall
- PREMIERES
The Brittney Griner Story
Alexandria Stapleton
- PREMIERES
Chasing Summer
Josephine Decker, Screenwriter and Producer: Iliza Shlesinger
- PREMIERES
THE DISCIPLE
Joanna Natasegara
Frank&Louis
GailDaughtryandtheCelebritySexPass
TheGallerist
GiveMetheBall!
TheHistoryofConcrete- PREMIERES
I Want Your Sex
Gregg Araki, Screenwriter and Producer: Karley Sciortino
- InTheBlinkofAnEye
TheInvite
JaneElliottAgainsttheWorld
Knife:TheAttemptedMurderofSalmanRushdie
TheLastFirst:WinterK2- PREMIERES
The Moment
Aidan Zamiri
TheOldestPersonintheWorld
OnceUponATimeInHarlem
TheOnlyLivingPickpocketinNewYork
ParalyzedbyHope:TheMariaBamfordStory- PREMIERES
Queen of Chess
Rory Kennedy, Screenwriters and Producers: Mark Bailey, Keven McAlester
- PREMIERES
See You When I See You
Jay Duplass, Screenwriter and Producer: Adam Cayton-Holland
TheShitheads
TimeandWater
Troublemaker- PREMIERES
The Weight
Padraic McKinley
WhenAWitnessRecants
Wicker
TheBestSummer- MIDNIGHT
Buddy
Casper Kelly
Leviticus- MIDNIGHT
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
RockSprings
Saccharine
undertone
BrokenEnglish
Tuner
CookieQueens
Fing!- SPECIAL SCREENINGS
The Story of Documentary Film
Mark Cousins
Source and dates
2026 Sundance Film Festival Unveils 97 Projects Selected for the Feature Film and Episodic Program ↗
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