Barbara Forever, The Lake, Closure and Other Sundance Docs Still Seeking Distribution

For me, the fun of Sundance-and all festivals-is seeing not the films that everyone is buzzing about pre-fest (I can wait for the streaming release), but discovering the quieter gems that US distributors would do well to take a chance on. While this years nonfiction crop was weaker overall than 2025s exceptional slate-which saw such cinematic revelations as Life After, The Perfect Neighbor and Seeds all competing in the US Documentary Competition-the docs that rose to the top, most notably the h...