Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak appear in Birds of War by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Habak Films. One of the world’s biggest celebrations of nonfiction cinema returns to Amsterdam as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam […]

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Few festivals celebrate the art of bringing dynamic, real-life stories to the screen quite like DOC NYC. For more than 15 years, the New York

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Abd Alkader Habak and Janay Boulos unveiled their personal new film in Park City.

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PARK CITY, Utah (November 10, 2026) – The Sundance Institute today announced the appointment of Allison Graff-Weisner as its new Chief Development Officer (CDO). A

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A still from “When A Witness Recants” by Dawn Porter, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | artwork

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J.M. Harper's new documentary marries archival footage, interviews, and re-enactment to tell powerful story.

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Jin Ha, Michelle Mao, and Haley Lu Richardson share in the wonder of a film made with true independence.

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Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman attend the premiere of “Nuisance Bear,” an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. © 2026 Sundance Institute

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Using archival footage and reenactments interspersed with film and photos shot in Vietnam by the young men comprising the “soul patrol,” J.M. Harper crafts a backdrop of a country that was readily sending Black men to risk their lives in the jungle even as their civil rights were being disputed back home.

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(L–R) Peter Dinklage, Alexander Skarsgård, and Olivia Colman attend the Q&A for “Wicker” by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, an official selection of the 2026

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