The Sundance Institute released the titles of the 54 short films that have been selected to screen at next month’s Sundance Film Festival. This comes a week after the Institute revealed its picks for feature-length and episodic works.

The 54 titles are diverse in the topics that they cover, especially the nonfiction category, where shorts include Liza Mandelup’s short Luigi, focusing on the cultural obsession with accused killer Luigi Mangione, and NBA star Steph Curry directorial debut as he collaborated with two time Academy Award winner Ben Proudfoot to create The Baddest Speechwriter of All, which focuses on Martin Luther King Jr’s lawyer and speechwriter Clarence B. Jones, who offers “an intimate insider’s view of the Civil Rights Movement.” Another pick from the category is Still Standing, directed by Victor Tadashi Suarez and Livia Albeck-Ripka, which centers on the devastating aftermath of January’s Los Angeles wildfires, especially in Altadena, where the fire destroyed almost 10,000 structures.

Director of programming at Sundance, Kim Yutani, gives her reasoning for the overall selections, stating,

Each one is a testament to the creative talent working in the short film space, proving that powerful storytelling is impactful across formats. This year’s program is rich with explorations of belonging, resilience and the unexpected ways people navigate both the everyday and the extraordinary.

Heidi Zwicker, Sundance’s senior programmer, seemed impressed with this year’s selections, as she added,

The short films in this year’s selection are so different from each other, but what impressed us most is how inventive they are — there’s so much dynamic and exciting filmmaking to enjoy throughout the program. This global lineup runs the gamut when it comes to genres, themes and the worlds these films bring to life. We’re excited to share that variety with our audiences while providing a platform for both emerging and established filmmakers to showcase their work.

A list of all 54 titles is shown below in their specific categories:

U.S. Fiction Short Films

Albatross, dir. Amandine Thomas

Balloon Animals, dir. Anna Baumgarten

Birdie, dir. Praise Odigie Paige

Callback, dir. Matthew Puccini

The Creature of Darkness, dirs. Lisa Malloy and Ray Whitaker

Crisis Actor, dir. Lily Platt

Don’t Tell Mama, dir. Chloe Leigh King

Gender Studies, dir. Jamie Kiernan O’Brien

The Oracle, dir. JJ Adler

Pankaja, dir. Anooya Swamy, U.S.A/India

Prime, dir. Meagan Coyle

Radiant Frost, dir. Hannah Schierbeek

Seniors, dir. Adam Curley

Stairs, dir. Riley Donigan

Taga, dir. Jill Marie Sachs, U.S.A/Philippines

Together Forever, dir. Gregory Barnes

International Fiction Short Films

Agnes, dir. Leah Vlemmiks, U.K./Canada

Blue Heart, dir. Samuel Suffren, Haiti/France

Candy Bar, dir. Nash Edgerton, Australia

Faux Bijoux, dir. Jessy Moussallem, France/Lebanon

Fruit (Buah), dir. Jen Nee Lim, Singapore

How Brief, dir. Kelly McCormack, Canada

I’m Glad You’re Dead Now, dir. Tawfeek Barhom, France/Greece/Palestine

Ivar, dir. Markus Tangre, Norway

Jazz Infernal, dir. Will Niava, Canada

The Liars, dir. Eduardo Braun, Argentina

Marga en el DF, dir. Gabriela Ortega,

Mexico/U.S.A.

Norheimsund, dir. Ana A. Alpizar, Cuba/U.S.A.

O’Sey Balamma, dir. Raman Nimmala, India

¡PIKA!, dir. Alex Fischman Cárdenas, Peru

Sauna Sickness, dir. Malin Barr, Sweden

Without Kelly, dir. Lovisa Sirén, Sweden

The Worm, dir. Tom Noakes, Australia

Animation Short Films

1981, dirs. Andy London and Carolyn London, U.S.A.

The Bird’s Placebo, dir. Rami Jarboui, Tunisia

Busy Bodies, dir. Kate Renshaw-Lewis, U.S.A

Cabbage Daddy, dir. Grace An, Canada

Homemade Gatorade, dir. Carter Amelia Davis, U.S.A.

Hugs, dir. Nicolas Fong, Belgium

Living with a Visionary, dir. Stephen P. Neary, U.S.A.

Mangittatuarjuk (The Gnawer of Rocks), dir. Louise Flaherty, Canada

Once in a Body, dir. María Cristina Pérez

Colombia/U.S.A.

Paper Trail, dir. Don Hertzfeldt, U.S.A.

Sorrow Doesn’t Sleep at Night, dirs. Josefina Montino and Martín André, Chile

UM, dir. Nieto, France

Nonfiction Short Films

The Baddest Speechwriter of All, dirs. Ben Proudfoot and Stephen Curry,U.S.A.

The Boys and the Bees, dir. Arielle C. Knight, U.S.A.

The Chimney Sweeper, dir. Jack Raese, U.S.A.

Going Sane: The Rise and Fall of the Center For Feeling Therapy, dir. Joey Izzo, U.S.A.

The Home of the Brave, dir. Cristina Costantini, U.S.A.

Luigi, dir. Liza Mandelup, U.S.A.

Some Kind of Refuge, dir. Alexandra Kern, U.S.A.

Still Standing, dir. Victor Tadashi Suarez and Livia Albeck-Ripka, U.S.A.

Tuktuit: Caribou, dir. Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre, Canada

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival is set to be held in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, from January 22nd through February 1st. Online screenings will be available from January 29th until the end of the festival. More information about the festival can be found at its official website here.