02/13/2026
More than once during our week at Sundance, filmmakers came up to us on the press line and said, “OMG, it’s so good to see women on that side of the camera!” To be part of creating a space where other women feel confident and safe in front of the camera is one of the greatest privileges of our work.
In 2026, 63.6% of all Sundance Official Selection films were directed by women. Seeing that number was powerful, and feeling it in the rooms, in the conversations, and in the stories unfolding on screen was even more so.
From intimate short documentaries to expansive feature-length dramas and whimsy comedies, interviewing to these filmmakers speak about their journeys was thrilling: the risks they took, the creative clarity they developed, and their decisive approaches to sensitive truths.
No two films were alike. Some were patient and observational; others educational and urgent. Each brought a keen, intentional perspective—shaped by the filmmaker’s own lived experience—that defined the story they chose to tell in a way that we don't often get to see on screen.
Seeing the world through these directors’ eyes felt like breathing a different kind of air— a kind that was, in some ways, much more familiar.
Here’s to the directors, visionaries, explorers, learners, teachers, risk-takers, and artists who make the magic happen 🥂
