With 2025’s Sundance Film Festival packThe institute, which is responsible for the annual indie forum, has already been prepared for next year’s collection. The date has been set, with personal events in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, which ranges from January 22 to February 1, 2026.
In a statement shared with Indieview, acting CEO of the Sundance Institute Amanda Kelso: “The last 11 days of the festival has been a meaningful opportunity to join as a society in support of independent stories. We look forward to reuniting with audiences, artists, industry and pushing next January for another edition of the festival. ”
Adding his excitement, boss of Sundance Film Festival And the public programming of Eugene Hernandez said: “When this year’s festival ends, we already look forward in 2026 and what will undoubtedly be an unforgettable experience! We invite you to save the date and get ready to join us in Park City and Salt Lake City for a year from now on Sundance 2026; It will be a festival you don’t want to miss! “
2026 may be the last year that Sundance is hosted in the Bikup State, as bids are currently on the table from Boulder, Colorado and Cincinnato, Ohio, to take over 2027. Salt Lake City is still on the way to keep Sundance in Utah, but Indieviewer’s choice at this year’s festival showed that many are divided into where the new home should land. To make things more complicated is Sundance’s Virtual Platform, which has been around since 2021 and means that those who cannot participate personally to see selected titles at home, now underlined Thanks to some viewers who recorded clips and publish them on social media.
Also announced was the 2025’s Festival Favorite Award, which went to the moving documentary ”Come see me in the good light. “The film follows poets and partners Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley When they meet the first -named fight against ovarian cancer. Directed by Ryan White and produced by Tig Notaro, Brandi Carlley and Sara Bareilles, the project comes at a significant moment for Queer and Trans live in America.
“Throughout the festival we saw the audience move by Andrea Gibson’s and Megan Fallyy’s Journeys in ‘Come see me in the good light’,” said Kim Yutani, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “Festival guests embraced humor and heart damage in this intimate documentary directed by Ryan White, because it speaks to art and love and reminds us of what it means to live when we meet mortality.”
Festival Favorite Award is decided by votes directly from the audience members. The five best runners for the award this year were “deaf president now!,” “Alabama solution,” “The ballad on Wallis Island,” “Andre is an idiot” and “Prime Minister.”
