A digital only year of the Utah-based festival promises a new Lena Dunham film, a buzzy thriller about dating and a documentary on Bill Cosby
Even in a normal Sundance year, as
Hollywood wraps up and heads to the mountains, it’s difficult to predict what will and won’t hit. What might look promising on paper too often tanks on screen while, time and time again, the smaller, less obvious titles resonate instead.
What was set to be a hybrid physical-digital edition (after last year’s digital only fest) has now become online only, an inevitable downgrade after the rise of Omicron. It’s another low-key line-up surrounded by question marks, but here are the films to look out for: