The Sundance Film Festival is in the process of selecting programming for the festival’s final run in Utah — which means Eugene Hernandez is watching a lot of movies right now.

The film lineup for the upcoming festival, which runs Jan. 22–Feb. 1 in Park City and Salt Lake City, will come in December.

But for now, Hernandez is taking a brief break from his movie marathon to share the festival’s first program announcement, which officially went live Tuesday morning.

On Monday, in a Zoom interview with the Deseret News, the director of the Sundance Film Festival and public programming revealed a few early highlights of the 2026 festival — which include tributes to late founder Robert Redford , screenings of significant Sundance films over the years and the inclusion of an iconic venu

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