Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup

The 32nd Slamdance Film Festival has announced its complete 2026 lineup, consisting of 141 films, 50 of which are world premieres. Held in Los Angeles for the second year consecutively, Slamdance will run in person from Feb. 19-25, and virtually from Feb. 24 to Mar. 6 via the Slamdance Channel.

Screenings will be held at the Directors Guild of America, Landmark Sunset, and 2220 Arts, with the closing night ceremony taking place at the Egyptian Theater. The DGA will also serve as festival headquarters in addition to hosting screenings and events.

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This year’s lineup of films includes submissions from over 50 countries, including Australia, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iceland, Iran, Palestine, Spain, Sudan, and Vietnam, among others. The festival say 50% of the 2026 films helmed by female, trans, and nonbinary directors, and 41.4% of this year’s films are by BIPOC creators. In addition, 9.7% of Slamdance’s program is made by creators with visible and non-visible disabilities.

“At a moment when our industry is facing real uncertainty, Slamdance remains deeply committed to supporting filmmakers and bringing our community together,” said Peter Baxter, co-founder of Slamdance. “This year’s Slamdance program celebrates filmmakers from across the globe and the discovery of new artists who shape our cultural future. By offering free industry programming and creating space for meaningful conversation, we’re supporting artists, sharing new ideas in filmmaking, and working together to strengthen independent film.”

Read below for the main festival line-up:

Narrative Features

Danny Is My Boyfriend (USA)

Dump of Untitled Pieces (Turkey)

Matapanki (Chile)

Ten Will (USA) – World Premiere

The Key (France)

The Old Man and the Parrot (USA) – World Premiere

The Plan (USA) – World Premiere

Three Colors: Pan-African (USA) – World Premiere

Tony Odyssey (Brazil) – World Premiere

Whisperings of The Moon (Hong Kong, Cambodia, India)

Documentary Features

50 Meters (Egypt, Denmark, Saudi Arabia)

A Free Daughter of Free Kyrgyzstan (Switzerland)

House 4 (Germany) – World Premiere

Kings of Venice(USA)

Silver (Poland, Norway, Finland)

Snowland (USA)

The Bulldogs (USA) – World Premiere

The LeMieurs (USA) – World Premiere

Spotlight Features (previously announced)

The Projectionist (USA) – World Premiere

Under The Rainbow: The Curious Crimes Of The Ruby Slippers (USA) – World Premiere

Breakout Features

11 (Philippines) – World Premiere

A Story About You (USA) – World Premiere

BRB (USA) – World Premiere

Clovers (USA)

Santa Zeta (Spain)

Zumeca (Dominican Republic) – World Premiere

Unstoppable Features

Back On Track (USA) – World Premiere

Brailled It (USA) – World Premiere

The Tallest Dwarf (USA)

You Look Fine (USA)

Episodes

Cat & Nat (USA) – World Premiere

Daddies Boi (USA)

Disc (USA)

Puke Bitch (USA)

Soft Boil (USA)

The Human, Will : Will’s Will (USA) – World Premiere

Vicky Wakes Up (USA) – World Premiere

Narrative Shorts

After That (USA) – World Premiere

Beaks (France)

Beneath the Night (Germany)

Charlie is Not a Boy (USA) – World Premiere

Child’s Fare (UK)

Clarities (USA) – World Premiere

Closer in Strife (Canada)

Crazy For You (Spain)

Deadweight (Hungary)

Dyspepsia by Salty Biscuits (Bangladesh)

Fantasies of a Rescue Dummy (UK)

Harajuku, FL (USA, Japan) – World Premiere

In Another Life (USA)

It Means Hope (Iran) – World Premiere

Jonathan (Belgium, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan) – World Premiere

Karupy (Canada)

Levantamuertos: Cumbia for the Dead (Mexico)

Lost Wax (Canada, Nigeria)

Speedy! (South Korea, USA)

The Chair (USA)

The Fan Man (Canada) – World Premiere

To All The Girls I Never Banged: I’m Sorry (UK) – World Premiere

To Continue Knowing (You) (Switzerland) – World Premiere

We Used to Take the Long Way Home (Vietnam, USA)

Documentary Shorts

_____ in Paris (USA) – World Premiere

Correct Me If I’m Wrong (Germany, USA)

Domestic Demon (USA, Portugal)

For Every Apricot (Canada, Iceland)

In Exchange For Flesh (USA)

La Mayordomía (Canada)

Leveret Road (Canada)

Mother’s Influence (UK)

No Matter The Weather (Canada)

Panther Pat (USA) – World Premiere

Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts (Spain, Canada, Mexico)

Still Standing (USA)

Sweet Water (Iraq) – World Premiere

The Good Farmer and the Failed Son (Ireland)

Animated Shorts

A Bloody Situation (UK, Palestine)

A Flame the Colour of Air (Canada)

blinks in mimi’s singing voice (USA)

Bootstrapping for the Boobied (USA)

Brain to Meninges (South Korea)

Busy Bodies (USA)

How To Build A Sand Castle (UK)

Hungry Hollow (USA)

ima wa ima (UK, Taiwan, Hong Kong)

One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six (USA)

Play Fight! (USA)

Starlit (USA) – World Premiere

Tears (Germany, Poland)

Transitional Object (USA) – World Premiere

Wan Wan (USA, Japan)

Witness: An Organima Film (Canada)

Spotlight Short

OKAY (USA) – World Premiere

Experimental Shorts

Climate Control (USA, Germany)

Diana & Minerva (Italy) – World Premiere

Ghost of Home (China, USA) – World Premiere

I Was There (UK, Poland)

I would have liked to make a different film (Germany)

Now That We Are Sending You to The End (USA)

Someone to Steal Horses With (USA, Italy)

Whose Woods Are These (USA)

Unstoppable Shorts

Bear (Scotland, UK)

Becoming Ollie (England) – World Premiere

Blindsided (USA)

Everhand (USA)

explant / implant (USA)

Familiar Stranger (UK)

Girl Of Wind (China)

Going Nowhere Fast (Canada, USA) – World Premiere

Here We Are Again (USA) – World Premiere

Murphy’s Ranch (USA)

The Bear Hunt (Australia)

The Knight (Australia)

Unlimited, Forever and Ever, No Matter What (USA) – World Premiere

99 Special

Dead Grandma (USA) – World Premiere

Monkey Bar (Canada)

Paul’s Portrait (USA) – World Premiere

Pickup (Russia, USA) – World Premiere

Staring Contest (USA) – World Premiere

The Stars, and All the Planets and the Moon (USA)

Three Thousand Five Hundred (Canada) – World Premiere

You, Rock (USA)

Revolution Short Film Program

an excision spell (USA)

Animist Unconscious (Turtle Island, Lenape Territory)

Auras (Tibet, India, Mexico, Turtle Island) – World Premiere

DZATA: The Institute of Technological Consciousness (South Africa)

I Am (Nigeria, Ghana, Turtle Island)

maono mzimi / unbroken spaces of vision (Canada, Uganda)

Nsala (Democratic Republic of Congo)

You Do Not Exist (USA)

Za Mwezi (Turtle Island/Tovaangar)

DIG – Digital Interactive and Gaming

A Voice from the Hut (USA, Nepal) – World Premiere

Before Closure (USA)

Corpse Pose (USA)

The Time Before (UK)

This is buzz (USA)

WebDoc Memoria Rocas (Chile)

Shorts curated by Film Independent’s Project Involve to showcase at Slamdance 2026

In Sickness and In Health (USA) – World Premiere

Keepsake (USA) – World Premiere

Pack (USA) – World Premiere

Seaweed Snacks (USA) – World Premiere

Tradwife (USA)

For more information on Slamdance’s complete lineup, in addition to festival passes and tickets, visit slamdance.com.