The 2026 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a curated collection of six standout short films from this year’s Festival, including three Festival Award–winning titles. This 96-minute program offers a mix of stories that highlight bold perspectives and next-gen storytellers.

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour offers a mix of stories that highlight bold perspectives and next-gen storytellers, highlighting the depth of narrative possibilities explored in the short film format. This tour invites audiences across the world to experience a collection of resonant, provocative, tender, and human-centered fiction, nonfiction, and animated shorts that showcase truly dynamic independent storytelling.  

• The Boys and the Bees / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Arielle C. Knight, Producer: Sean Weiner) Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction
• Crisis Actor / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Lily Platt, Producers: Sophie Seyd, Alex Bendo, Lexi Preiser) Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction
• Living with a Visionary / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Stephen P. Neary, Producer: Mireia Vilanova) Short Film Jury Award: Animation
• Marga en el DF / Mexico, U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Gabriela Ortega, Producers: Karla Luna Cantú, Natalia Gonzalez, Eugenio Valero, Carlos López Estrada, Valerie Bush, Stacy Perskie)
• Pankaja / U.S.A., India (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Anooya Swamy, Producers: Nakirekanti Swamy, Archana Swamy, Vindhya Gupta)
• Sauna Sickness / Sweden (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Malin Barr)