The 2026 Sundance Film Festival has announced the 17 individuals who will comprise this year’s jury. The 2026 festival will run from January 22 through February 1 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, and jury members are responsible for selecting the best of this year’s festival entries.
“This year’s jury represents a rare depth of creative conviction and exceptional range, made up of artists and thinkers who know what it means to take risks,” stated Eugene Hernandez, Director, Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming. “They bring curiosity, rigor, and a deep respect for bold storytelling, qualities that are essential to discovering the films that will define the future of independent cinema.”
The U.S. Dramatic Competition jury consists of Janicza Bravo, Nisha Ganatra, and Azazel Jacobs. Natalia Almada, Justin Chang, and Jennie Livingston are judging the U.S. Documentary Competition. The World Cinema Dramatic Competition jury members are Ana Katz, So Yong Kim, and Tatiana Maslany.
The World Cinema Documentary jury includes Toni Kamau, Bao Nguyen, and Kirsten Schaffer. Liv Constable-Maxwell, A.V. Rockwell, and Martin Starr make up the jury for the Short Film Program Competition. The NEXT section’s jury members are John Cooper and Trevor Groth.
Additionally, Sophie Barthes, Dr. Heather Berlin, Dr. Andrea Ghez, Ari Handel, and Nicole Perlman have chosen In The Blink of An Eye as the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. In The Blink of An Eye was directed by Andrew Stanton, written by Colby Day, and stars Rashida Jones, Kate McKinnon, and Daveed Diggs.
Per Sundance, the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is given to an “outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character.”
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