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Beyond Film: Engaging Talks With 2026 Fest Artists |
The stories don’t stop when the credits roll. Our Beyond Film lineup is back — running from January 23 to 30 — with a bold mix of conversations and cultural deep dives that connect artists and audiences. This year’s schedule features inspiring voices like Ava DuVernay, Barbara Kopple, Salman Rushdie, James Wan, Alex Gibney, Elijah
Wood, and John Turturro, who will join us for engaging chats across three series:
Cinema Café presented by Audible: Though-provoking chats between unexpected pairings of artists and special guests.
The Big Conversation (supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation): A timely discussion on humans, technology, and time.
Power of Story: Honoring artists whose work continues to reshape the future of storytelling, the year’s event turns the spotlight on legacy.
Every Beyond Film event outside of Power of Story is free to attend, so whether you’re in Park City or experiencing the discussions from home, make room in your schedule. Many of these conversations will also be available online and in the Sundance Film Festival 2026 app the day after they happen.
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Note for our upcoming package fulfillment and ticket sales dates:
This year we’re introducing a queue system to help make your Festival ticket purchasing experiences smoother. Starting at 9:45 a.m. MT until 11 a.m. MT on each on-sale date, when you head to festival.sundance.org, you’ll be automatically added to a waiting room and queue to get your tickets.
While the queue is in place, festival.sundance.org will exclusively be your spot for ticket purchases. Once you are through the queue, you will be able to access the full Festival site.
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Add This Film to Your Schedule |
Our latest addition to the 2026 Sundance Film Festival’s Park City Legacy program, celebrating the Festival’s rich history and shared experiences in Utah through archival and restoration screenings of iconic films from previous editions and artists talks with notable Festival alumni,, includes Guillermo del Toro’s horror classic Cronos, which premiered during the 1994 Festival. In Cronos — starring Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi, Tamara Shanath, Margarita Isabel, and Claudio Brook — an aging antiques dealer discovers a mysterious device that grants eternal life, but at a horrifying cost. We’re thrilled to include the Academy Award–winning writer-director’s first feature-length film in our lineup that will feature a special extended Q&A with Guillermo del Toro!
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Partner-Powered Experiences at the Festival |
Sundance Film Festival partners are lighting up Park City with free pop-ups and can’t-miss experiences for Festgoers. Get hands-on with the latest tech at the Adobe House. Catch filmmaker talks and enjoy an exclusive dining pop-up at the Chase Sapphire Reserve®
Experience. Step inside the Acura House of Energy for a lively mix of lounge vibes, film conversations, and musical performances. And don’t miss Sundance Now’s talk celebrating the power of independent storytelling at the Filmmaker Lodge.
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Meet the Artist Behind Levitating (Para Perasuk) |
Get to know the directors who are premiering their projects at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival through our Meet the Artist video series, where filmmakers chat about the inspiration behind their projects. Watch Wregas Bhanuteja, the writer-director of Levitating (Para Perasuk), a film
about a shaman-in-training of trance parties in Indonesia, discuss creating fictional trance ceremonies and how the film is an act of self-interrogation.
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Cozy Up With 2026 Merch Must-Haves |
This year’s merch lineup is packed with can’t-miss pieces. Make a statement in the Legacy Tee, featuring a snapshot of Main Street energy and the iconic Egyptian Theatre marquee. Layer up in the Cloud Layer Fleece Hoodie, a soft,
warm sweatshirt with our film strip motif in a green-and-blue gradient. Or keep it timeless in the Classic Collection Pigment Dyed Hoodie featuring our signature Festival logo. Whether you're headed to Park City or watching from home, bring the Fest vibe in these essentials.
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Indigenous Films at the Fest |
Catch four films by incredible Indigenous filmmakers premiering at the Fest, from features to short films spanning across multiple sections. These projects range from Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil’s Aanikoobijigan, premiering in the NEXT section, a story about the intersection of Inuit, caribou, lichens, and land use, to the Tuktuit : Caribou, a Documentary Short Film Program premiere from director Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre, which focuses on a group of young women who channel their ancestors to overpower a monster.
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Join us for Story Forum: Exploring Art and Innovation at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival |
Launching at the Fest this year, Sundance Institute will debut Story Forum: Exploring Art and Innovation, a new program designed to bring together our artist community and explore the latest in storytelling and our shared future. Hear from artists, educators, industry leaders, and technologists on new practices and how to harness artist-first creative technologies responsibly, creatively, and ethically. Join us at the Festival on January 26 for live conversations, case studies, and experiences presented by Adobe, or via our digital program on Sundance Collab January 29–30, and explore what this evolving landscape means for your creative process.
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