The 41st Sundance Film Festival, one of the world's leading festivals for independent and documentary filmmakers, opens Thursday, with in-person screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City in Utah, and select films and events available to stream across the U.

Films from veterans like Justin Lin and Ira Sachs are starring this year, alongside titles from many, many newcomers.

SALLY, directed by Cristina C, screening in the Premieres category was selected as the 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize winner, an annual juried award granted to an artist with the most outstanding depiction of science and technology in a feature-length film.

The US film industry's first big gathering since fires devastated Los Angeles will begin Thursday at the Sundance festival, where highlights include a glitzy new Jennifer Lopez musical and a dark Benedict Cumberbatch drama.

The fest kicks off this week with movies featuring the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Ayo Edebiri, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Star-studded remakes of “The Wedding Banquet” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” headline a diverse and provocative lineup of queer films debuting at the influential festival.

The annual event always defines the year in cinema. Ahead, what we’re packing, where we’re staying, and what movies we’re dying to see in Park City this year

The US film industry's first major gathering since wildfires devastated Los Angeles began on Thursday at Sundance, where Olivia Colman and John Lithgow kicked off the indie movie festival under sombre circumstances.

The 41st edition of the Sundance Film Festival returns to Park City and Salt Lake City in Utah, with world premiere documentaries and narrative films, presented in-person and streaming online.

Technical issues aside, James Sweeney's sophomore outing as writer, director and star was very warmly received inside Park City's Eccles Center Theatre to help kick off this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance's opening night is filled with more than a dozen premieres, Questlove, Marlee Matlin and some tech glitches.