Sundance 2027 Legacy Program Launches with Letterboxd Partnership

The Sundance Institute has unveiled the Legacy program for the 2027 Sundance Film Festival, the first selection announcement for the event's debut in Boulder, Colorado. Formerly called From the Collection, the program spotlights archival and restoration screenings drawn from the festival's history of independent cinema, alongside special events and filmmaker appearances.\n\nFilm discovery platform Letterboxd, which counts over 30 million members worldwide, has signed on as co-presenter of the Legacy program. Further details about on-site activations during the festival are expected to follow. The restored titles confirmed for the program span several decades of independent filmmaking. Highlights include Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow in its 2002 Sundance cut, a 4K digital restoration of Stacy Peralta's Dogtown and Z-Boys, a 35th anniversary presentation of Julie Taymor's Fool's Fire, and Barbara Hammer's Nitrate Kisses, which had its U.S. premiere at the festival 35 years ago Legacy screenings will feature appearances by directors and select cast members, giving audiences the chance to revisit celebrated works or discover ones they may have missed. All screenings include newly prepared restorations. The 2027 Sundance Film Festival runs January 21 through 31 in Boulder. World premieres are scheduled for January 21 to 26, with a selection of the lineup also available to U.S. audiences online from January 28 to 31.