This page is home to our coverage of the Sundance Film Festival.
The Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the United States, taking place every year in January in Park City, Utah. It was founded in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival and re-named the Sundance Film Festival in 1991, after Robert Redford’s character from the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Film School Reject has had the honor of covering Sundance since 2008, two years after our site was founded. Over the years, we’ve discovered a number of amazing films in Park City — from our first review of 2008’s In Bruges to our listing of the 25 Best Sundance Movies of All-Time in 2015 to our 2019 list of the 50 Best Sundance Horror Movie Premieres to our discoveries of Swiss Army Man and Hunt for the Wilderpeople and The Witch at Sundance 2016 — we’ve spent over a decade reviewing hundreds of wonderful independent films.
We have also covered (on numerous occasions) what it’s like to cover Sundance for those who aren’t lucky enough to make the trip. And for those interested in filling their yearly watchlists, we’ve also recapped our favorites with a festival-closing list (in almost every year). Check out our archive of Sundance favorites via the links below:
Explore the entire archives of our annual Sundance Film Festival coverage below:
By Sheryl Oh
The first footage of Jim Hosking’s sophomore effort banks on Aubrey Plaza and Jermaine Clement to deliver some very dead-pan lines, but it totally works.
By Rob Hunter
Families break, but that doesn’t always mean they’re broken.
By Neil Miller
Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons sing their way into your heart in this low-stakes dramedy about how we deal with change.
By Rob Hunter
Beauty becomes the beast, and the beasts die beautifully.
By Rob Hunter
A harsh tale in an otherwise beautiful land.
By Rob Hunter
Guilt, ghosts, and a powerhouse performance by Toni Collette help make this a must-see for horror fans.
By Rob Hunter
Sociopaths just want to have fun. But they can’t… they’re sociopaths.
