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PARK CITY, Utah — We’re back at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, now unspooling its final edition in a distinctly unsnowy Park City before it relocates to Boulder, Colo. in 2027. What hasn’t changed? Our capacity to get excited for some of the year’s strongest independent cinema: documentaries, dramas, midnight films, even a Charli XCX sighting or two.
How to make the best use of the festival? We’ve got daily recommendations for what to watch, critical diaries, videos and a steady stream of screening notes, interviews and events. Also, we’ll be updating this gallery through Monday with all the best portraits from the L.A. Times Studio @ Sundance Film Festival presented by Chase Sapphire Reserve. Plus, check out all of our video interviews and live panels on our Sundance home page. Happy festing!
Ethan Hawke of “The Weight.”
Austin Amelio, Ethan Hawke, Julia Jones, Padraic McKinley and Sam Hazeldine of “The Weight.”
Left to right, Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton of “The Invite.”
Giancarlo Esposito of “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.”
Left to right, Noah Segan, Will Price, Giancarlo Esposito and John Turturro of “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.”
Benedict Wong, Vera Miao, Kelly Marie Tran, Ricky He, Cardi Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Aria Kim, Fiona Fu and Leslie Kwan from the film “Rock Springs.”
Benedict Wong of “Rock Springs.”
Emily V.Gordon, Adam Cayton-Holland, Jay Duplass, Kumail Nanjiani, David Duchovny, Katilyn Dever and Cooper Raiff of “See You When I See You.”
Channing Tatum of “Josephine.”
Left to right, Channing Tatum, Beth de Araujo, Gemma Chan and Mason Reeves, seated, of “Josephine.”
1. Mason Reeves. 2. Gemma Chan of “Josephine.”
Charli xcx, left, and Aidan Zamiri of “The Moment.”
Kiernan Shipka, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Dave Franco, Macon Blair, seated, and Nicholas Braun, on the floor, of “The Shitheads.”
1. Daveed Diggs. 2. Kate McKinnon of “In the Blink of an Eye.”
Erika Alexander of TV Series “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.”
Left to right, Jenna Ortega, Cathy Yan and Natalie Portman of “The Gallerist.”
Domhnall Gleason of “The Incomer.”
Left to right, Gayle Rankin, Domhnall Gleason, Grant O’Rourke, Louis Paxton of “The Incomer.”
Left to right, Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel Lambert, Chris Pine and Jenny Slate of “Carousel.”
Jenny Slate of”Carousel.”
Iain Forsyth, back, Jane Pollard and Beth Earl of “Broken English.”
Giselle Bonilla of “The Musical.”
Alex Heller, Will Brill, Gillian Jacobs, Giselle Bonilla and Rob Lowe, on the floor, of “The Musical.”
Rob Lowe of “The Musical.”
Rory Kennedy, left, and Judit Polgar of “Queen of Chess.”
Alyssa Marvin, Patrick Wilson, NB Mager, Sophia Torres, Margaret Cho, with dog, Lucia, Molly Ringwald and Kal Wilson of “Run Amok.”
Zahn McClarnon of TV Series “Dark Winds.”
Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten and Zahn McClarnon, seated, of TV Series “Dark Winds.”
1. Erick Peyton. 2. Ben Proudfoot of “The Baddest Speechwriter of All.”
Alex Gibney, standing, Salman Rushdie, left, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths of “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie.”
Left to right, Rain Spencer, Noah Taylor, Paloma Schneideman and Ani Palmer of”Big Girls Don’t Cry.”
Ondi Timoner of “All The Walls Came Down.”
Left to right, Jin Ha, Kogonada and Michelle Mao of “Zi.”
Michelle Mao of “Zi.”
Tanya Singh, Will Hewitt, Claire Ferguson, Darren Sng, Sam Payne, Harpal Mudhar, Sonja Henrici, Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak of “Birds of War,”
Jeffrey Walker, Iona Bell, Mia Wasikowska, Blake Harrison and Taika Waiti of “FING!”
Annette Deao, Elise Kibler, Adam Meeks, Will Poulter and Emily Meade of “Union Country.”
William Lafi Youmans and Jason Osder of “Who Killed Alex Odeh?”
Left to right, back row, Ali Ahn, Liz Sargent and Anna Sargent, center. Minos Papas and Apporva Charan, seated, of “Take Me Home.”
Billy Magnussen of TV Series “The Audacity.”
Lisa Jones-Engel and Tony Jones of “Sentient.”
Left to right, back row, Christianee Porter, Lou Ratchett, Lou Young, Jaren Bretz, Bernard “B Nard” Clark, Mel Mitchell Kevin Fredericks, seated, Julien Turner and Justen Turner of TV Series “FreeLance.”
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Justen Turner, left, and Julien Turner of TV Series “freeLANCE.”
Garrett Wareing, Cassidy Freeman, Tom Welling, Aimee Garcia, Josephine Decker and Iliza Shlesinger of “Chasing Summer.”
Jake Fogelnest and David Shadrack Smith of “Public Access.”
Left to right, Bodhi Dell, Walter Thompson-Hernandez, Danielle Brooks and J. Alphonse Nicholson, seated, of “If I Go Will They Miss Me.”
1. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) 2. J. Alphonse Nicholson. 3. Bodhi Dell of “If I Go Will They Miss Me.”
Keegan-Michael Key of “Buddy.”
Left to right, back row, Topher Grace, Casper Kelly, center, and Delaney Quinn. Front row, Cristin Milioti and Keegan-Michael Key of “Buddy.”
Matthew Jayson Cwern, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Tobie Windham, David Wain, Zoey Deutch and John Slattery of”Gail Daughtry and The Celebrity Sex Pass.”
1. John Slattery. 2. Miles Gutierrez-Riley. 3. Ben Wang of “Gail Daughtry and The Celebrity Sex Pass.”
Left to right, back row, Adriana Paz, Eme Malafe and Guillermo Alonso. Front row, Suzanne Andrews Correa and Jennifer Trejo of “The Huntress.”
1. Cemre Paksoy. 2. Eleonore Hendricks of “Night Nurse.”
Colleen Rose, Bruce McKenzie, Mimi Rogers, Eleonore Hendricks, Cemre Paksoy and Georgia Bernstein of “Night Nurse.”
Elizabeth Wolff, Billie Jean King and Liz Garbus of “Give Me The Ball!”
Directors Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei of “The Friends House is Here.”
Hilarie Burton-Morgan of TV Series “True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here.”
Petra Volpe, left, and Rob Morgan of “Frank & Louis.”
Tamra Davis of “The Best Summer”
Julian Cautherley (Prod) and Naja Pham Lockwood of “On Healing Land, Birds Perch.”
Left to right, back row, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, center row, Gregg Araki, Olivia Wilde, seated, and Chase Sui Wonders of “I Want Your Sex.”
Left to right, Fletcher Keyes, Bonnie Baxter and Abby Ellis of “The Lake.”
John Wilson of “The History of Concrete.”
Ian Tuason, back, (Adam DiMarco, left, and Nina Kiri of “Undertone.”
Left to right, back row, Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek and Jonny Brugh. Front row, THUNDERLIPS of “Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant.”
1. Hannah Lynch and Arlo Green. 2. THUNDERLIPS of “Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant.”
Left to right, back row, Alejandro Edda, Alberto Guerra and Mao Nagakura. Front row, Kimberly Parker Zox, and Josef Kubota Wladyka of “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty.”
Bronwyn Newport of TV Series “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”
Left to right, Judd Apatow, Maria Bamford and Neil Berkeley of “Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story.”
Barbara Kopple of “American Dream.”
Liza Mandelup, right, and Lauren Cioffi of “Luigi.”
Left to right, back row, B.K. Cannon, Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe, Nicolette Doke. Front row, Jon Rudnitsky, Shereen Lani Younes, Shaun J. Brown of “The Screener.”
Left to right, back row, Angga Yunanda, Chicco Kurniawan and Anggun. Middle row, Maudy Ayunda and Wregas Bhanuteja. Bryan Domani, center front, of “Levitating.”
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