MICHAŁ MARCZAK'S FILM SELECTED FOR THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
"Closure", a feature-length documentary by Michał Marczak, has been selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival 2026. This occasion will mark the film's world premiere, with the festival itself running from 22 January to 1 February 2026 in Park City.
The Sundance Film Festival is one of the world’s most significant venues for independent cinema, renowned for discovering new talents, original film styles, and bold narrative forms. Each year, the audience can participate in fiction, documentary and short film screenings, New Frontier projects, live performances, VR installations, series premieres, and numerous meetings with filmmakers. Over the past few decades, hundreds of films debuting at Sundance have gone on to earn critical acclaim and reach wide audiences around the world.
The Sundance Institute, founded in 1981 by Robert Redford and the events organiser, is a cornerstone institution supporting independent filmmakers through artistic development programmes and championing original, authentic perspectives on the world. This year’s festival selection was drawn from 16,201 submissions from 164 countries, including 4,255 feature films.
Closure is a moving portrait of a father who, following the disappearance of his teenage son, traces the length of the Vistula River — suspended between the fear of of the worst and the faint hope of finding him alive. The river becomes a limbo, something akin to a purgatory, where Daniel confronts his own grief, memories, and uncertainty. Marczak’s camera navigates with great sensitivity between the river’s tranquil surface and its murky depths, crafting a metaphorical image of a father torn apart. Over time, Daniel’s search extends into the digital realm, where he tries to follow the traces left by his son’s online activity, prompting reflections on how contemporary technologies shape the loneliness and isolation of the young
generation.
You can read more about the festival and this year's selection here.