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The Next Best Picture Podcast

Recap Of The 2026 Sundance Film Festival

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 174 minutes

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Summary

It's that time of the year! It's our annual Sundance Film Festival recap podcast. For the 2026 film festival, and the final one in Park City, Utah, we have Ema Sasic, Cody Dericks, Sara Clements, and Daniel Howat joining me from Next Best Picture. Please take a listen as we reveal our favorite films from the festival and give you all a preview of the best that's to come in 2026. Thank you for listening, as always, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Next Best Picture podcast.

0:22.3

I am your host, the owner, editor, and chief of Next Best Picture.com.

0:26.7

Matt Neglia.

0:27.7

The time of recording is 9.6 p.m. on February 3rd, 2026.

0:31.0

We are back from the Sundance Film Festival, the last one to be held in Park City.

0:36.3

And here to join me to recap this

0:38.7

year's festival. I have Daniel Howitt. Hello, hello. Cody Derrick's. Hello. Emma Sassick.

0:47.0

Hi, everyone. And Sarah Clements. Hello, hello. Now Cody and Daniel were on the ground

0:53.2

with me this year in Park City for the last edition

0:56.2

of the festival before it moves over to Boulder, Colorado, which is going to be the new home

1:01.7

for it after decades and decades.

1:04.8

You know, with the passing of Robert Redford, it does feel like it is the end of an era

1:08.7

here for Sundance, or maybe it is something to be renewed and just beginning.

1:14.6

Time will only tell.

1:16.3

In terms of the discoveries in the films that premiered here, though, and have at this point been acquired for distribution, it was an exciting time as always.

1:27.1

And part of that excitement is us being here to recap for you all.

1:31.3

What were some of the standouts and our favorites?

1:33.6

So this way you guys have something to look forward to

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