The Sundance Film Festival’s 2026 edition will be held between January 22–February 1 in Park City, UT, and will be its first after the death of Robert Redford, the festival’s founder.
Still, the program is again full of interesting film projects, among them is again a slate of music-themed films.
Here is a preview of some of the more interesting ones:
- Antiheroine (dir Edward Lovelace and James Hall): “Singer, songwriter, and actor Courtney Love has long had an impact on rock and pop culture. Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.”
- The Moment (dir Aidan Zamiri): This is the Charli XCX mockumentary for A24 that’s described as “A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.”
- The Best Summer (dir Tamra Davis): Based on footage shot in 1995, this documentary “reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music.”
- Broken English (dir Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard): “A portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter, and icon Marianne Faithfull” featuring Tilda Swinton, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Courtney Love and more.
- THE DISCIPLE (dir Joanna Natasegara): “An outsider fueled by relentless determination works his way into the inner circle of the Wu-Tang Clan, where his ambition and creativity converge in the making of an album poised to ignite global controversy.” The album in question is Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, an edition-of-one release purchased by notorious pharma bro Martin Shkreli.
The current program list can be found here.
