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The first big film festival of 2026 is almost here, with Sundance 2026 starting the cycle of festivals and new movies once again. And even though we’re still in the thick of awards season for movies that premiered in 2025, that doesn’t mean we can’t look forward to new movies.
And our communities will indeed be represented at Sundance, with a list of short films that includes: Once In A Body, Still Standing, Um, Marga En El Df, Norheimsund, The Liars, La Tierra Del Valor (The Home Of The Brave) and ¡Pika!, as well as four different feature films centered on Latin American stories, that are listed below.
Sundance runs from January 22 to February 1st, 2026.
Directed by Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig
Summary: A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
We’ve seen gay cowboys, but we haven’t really seen queer rancheros getting such intimate, rich portraits that allow their conversations and their experiences to come to life in a way that defies toxic masculinity.
Directed by David Alvarado
Summary: Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with Zoot Suit and La Bamba, crafting iconic works that challenge, celebrate, and expand America’s story.
Director David Alvarado engages with the figure of Luis Valdez to send the message “America is Chicano,” and does so in a way that makes clear that this isn’t just an opinion, it’s a reality.
Directed by Suzanne Andrews Correa
Summary: In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.
Adriana Paz (Emilia Pérez) takes center stage as a woman haunted by the damage done not only to herself, but to every woman she knows, and one who will do anything to protect her daughter from a similar fate.
Directed by William David Caballero
Summary: After 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.
William David Caballero uses miniatures and motion capture technology to transform old home movies and recorded conversations with family members, some of whom have already passed, into a loving and sometimes bittersweet animated story.
