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Photos: Ethan Hawke, David Duchovny, Kate McKinnon, Billie Jean King and more visit our 2026 Sundance studio

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Christina House

01.23.26

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.

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