Ed Emanuel, Jerry Brock, Ellis Gates, Thad Givens, Franklin Swann, Lawton Mackey and Donald Mann appear in Soul Patrol by J.M. Harper, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
The stories of Black soldiers who formed the special forces unit during the Vietnam War reflect a secondary war in Soul Patrol as they continued to experience racism while fighting for their country.
Photo by Lisa Jones Engel. Courtesy of the Sundance Institute
Sentient director Tony Jones discusses his documentary about the ethics of animal testing and the tough questions we have to ask if we want alternatives.
Photo by the Estate of Barbara Hammer, courtesy of the Sundance Institute
Experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer receives a welcome survey of her legacy of putting women's lives, loves, and bodies on film in Barbara Forever.
A still from Nuisance Bear by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Gabriela Osio Vanden
Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman brilliantly expand their 2021 short film Nuisance Bear about polar bears forced off their natural migration path in Churchill, Manitoba.
Frederick Wiseman and Jodie Foster in A Private Life | Jérôme Prébois / Les Films Velvet
A Private Life shows how veteran documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is a natural screen actor. Jodie Foster and Rebecca Zlotowski tell us about working with him in the French drama.
Everybody to Kenmure Street observes as residents of the most diverse neighbourhood in Glasgow, Scotland join forces to protest and prevent a wrongful arrest.
Ali Sadpara appears in The Last First: Winter K2 | Photo by Elia Saikaly. Courtesy of Sundance Institute
The Last First: Winter K2sees mountaineers compete with veteran climbers and inexperienced tourists to land an historic winter ascent on the world's most dangerous mountain.
Oscar nominations for Best Documentary Feature include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, and Cutting Through Rocks, while Canadian short perfectly a strangenessscores nomination.
Top row from left: Public Access (Sundance); Antiheroine (Edward Lovelace); NuisanceBear (Gabriela Osio Vanden); The AI Doc (Focus Features); Bottom row: American Doctor (Ibrahim Al Otla); Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Bruce Stanford / William Greaves Productions). All photos courtesy of the Sundance Institute