While the Sundance Film Festival is set to find a new home in 2027 (three locations are currently vying for the spot), for now, the annual event remains in Park City, Utah, beginning tomorrow, January 23, and running through Monday, February 3. Sundance—one of the most prominent and anticipated festivals in the industry—is known for its commitment to an eclectic mix of content, from feature films to indies, documentaries, shorts, animation, and episodic television. And this year’s lineup, as in years past, boasts several projects bearing the work of School of Visual Arts alumni and faculty.

Following up his 2024 Sundance appearance with The Greatest Night in Pop, his documentary on the writing and recording of the hit 1985 song “We Are the World,” filmmaker Bao Nguyen (MFA 2011 Social Documentary Film) returns with The Stringer, about one of the most infamous and scarring images of the 20th century: a young Vietnamese girl, Kim Phúc, running down a road after being burned by napalm during the Vietnam War. Nguyen’s documentary investigates a little-known scandal behind the photograph, and the identity of a man heretofore only known only as “the stringer.”

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A rundown of work by School of Visual Arts alumni and faculty of the College showing at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.