Sundance is taking its offshoot to Mexico City for a third edition, unveiling a lineup that spans 15 features and six shorts across five Cinépolis venues.
The festival runs from April 30 through May 3, expanding the reach of the indie circuit beyond its January showcase.
Documentaries
- The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist — United States; directors Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell.
- American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez — United States; director David Alvarado.
- The Best Summer — United States/Australia/Indonesia/Thailand; director Tamra Davis.
- Everybody to Kenmure Street — United Kingdom; director Felipe Bustos Sierra.
- The Last First: Winter K2 — United States/United Kingdom; director Amir Bar-Lev.
- Nuisance Bear — United States/Canada/United Kingdom; directors Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden.
- The Oldest Person in the World — United States; director Sam Green.
- One in a Million — United Kingdom; directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes.
Fiction
- Chasing Summer — United States; director Josephine Decker; cast Iliza Shlesinger, Garrett Wareing, Lola Tung, Cassidy Freeman, Tom Welling, Megan Mullally, Aimee Garcia.
- If I Go Will They Miss Me — United States; director Walter Thompson-Hernández; cast Danielle Brooks, J. Alphonse Nicholson.
- The Invite — United States; director Olivia Wilde; cast Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton.
- The Musical — United States; director Giselle Bonilla; cast Will Brill, Gillian Jacobs, Rob Lowe.
- Saccharine — Australia; director Natalie Erika James; cast Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, Madeleine Madden.
- Undertone — Canada; director Ian Tuason; cast Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Keana Lyn Bastidas, Jeff Yung.
- Union County — United States; director Adam Meeks; cast Will Poulter, Noah Centineo, Elise Kibler, Emily Meade, Annette Deao.
Short Film Program
- Albatross — United States; director Amandine Thomas; cast Georgina Saldaña Wonchee, Patrick O’Brien, Ciro Suárez.
- Marga en el DF — Mexico/United States/Dominican Republic; director Gabriela Ortega; cast Camila Santana, David Palacio, Xabiani Ponce de León, Andrea de Fátima.
- Los Mentirosos (The Liars) — Argentina; director Eduardo Braun Costa; cast Noah Roja, Filippo Carrozza, Esteban Bigliardi, Mariana Chaud, Pablo Fusco.
- Norheimsund — Cuba/United States; director Ana A. Alpizar; cast Paula Massó Varela, Yaité Ruiz, Darianis Palenzuela, Kiriam Gutiérrez.
- Once in a Body — Colombia/United States; director María Cristina Pérez; cast Sara Isabella Martínez.
- Sorrow Doesn’t Sleep at Night — Chile; directors Josefina Montino, Martín André; cast Raimundo Bucher.
Audiences can expect the program to travel beyond Sundance’s January showcase, with Cinépolis executives stressing the value of bringing diverse voices and bold storytelling closer to Mexican moviegoers. Cinépolis CEO Alejandro Ramírez called the lineup a vivid display of the industry’s creativity and range, tailored to engage local audiences.
The Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2026 runs April 30 through May 3, presenting a cross-border slate that mirrors the festival’s fresh spark and international reach.
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