Sundance Film Festival 2024

Sundance 2024: Everything to Know About the Iconic Film Festival

Exclusive update: Legendary director Christopher Nolan (Inception, Oppenheimer, Dunkirk) will receive the Sundance Institute’s first ever Trailblazer Award - an award meant to honor filmmakers with a distinctive style and “commitment to elevating independent storytelling”.

Tickets officially went on sale this October 18th for Sundance Film Festival 2024. The renowned festival will be taking place January 18, 2024 through January 28th, 2024.

It is a special year, marking the festival's 40th anniversary.

With classic categories such as drama, comedy, midnight (horror and thriller), documentary, shorts and foreign films, SFF has become known as a festival that leads to bidding wars among distributors. The festival attracts A-list talent, as well as filmmakers from all backgrounds. Winning films at Sundance often indicate frontrunners for Academy Award nominations.

Since its inception, Sundance Institute has supported projects that became wildly successful, including: Bottle Rocket, CODA, Get Out, Hereditary, Requiem for a Dream, Reservoir Dogs, and Sorry to Bother You.

This year, Sundance Institute also awarded eight Sandbox Grants, which are dedicated to films that highlight science, society and culture. SFF’s commitment to the planet, social justice, and inclusion, is carried through films at the festival, as well as Sundance Institute’s year-round work with up-and-coming filmmakers. Paola Mottura, the Director of Sundance Institute’s Doc Film Fund stated, “... the people and stories spotlighted in these films shed light on the deeply collaborative nature of scientific practice and its crucial role in working toward a brighter future for humanity and its planet…”.

Celine Song (Past Lives) and Maite Alberdi (The Eternal Memory) will also be honored with the annual prestigious Vanguard Award.

Interested in reserving your spot at one of the top festivals in the world? Visit festival.sundance.org to browse and purchase passes, ticket packages, lodging, and track the lineup of films announced. The login system creates an easy to use calendar - marking the time slots for your selected screenings - as well as an interface to communicate with other attendees, and customer service chat.

For those not able to attend all ten days of the festival, or are interested in tickets for a particular film rather than an all-access pass, the option to purchase tickets for individual film screenings will be open on January 11, 2024.

*Sundance Film Festival will be in person and via virtual screenings, however, not all films will be available as a virtual option, so be sure to check the festival website for details.