EFP European Film Promotion warmly welcomes filmmakers and industry professionals to its EUROPE! HUB at the Sundance Film Festival (22 January – 1 February 2026), highlighting and celebrating the presence of European films in this year’s line-up.
Supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and co-hosted by the European national film promotion institutes Slovenian Film Centre, Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann and German Films, the HUB provides a joint European presence offering visibility, promotion, and networking opportunities for European talent and the US industry. The EUROPE! HUB is located at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel (The Yarrow), 1800 Park Avenue, Park City, and will be open 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Thursday, 22 January to Monday, 26 January 2026.
Films and co-productions from Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovenia, and Switzerland, brought to the attention of the US industry and audience by their respective countries, are celebrating world premieres in different sections of the festival.
Sensitive feature debut, Hold Onto Me (Cyprus, Denmark, Greece 2025) by Myrsini Aristidou, follows 11-year-old Iris as she seeks out her estranged father during her grandfather’s funeral. What begins as a determined attempt to reconnect, gradually develops into a fragile, transformative bond. The film explores paternal absence, family fractures, and the emotional landscape of childhood with nuance, honesty, and remarkable performances (World Cinema Dramatic Competition, backed by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture).
Visar Morina’s Shame and Money (Germany, Kosovo*, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium 2026) tells the story of a Kosovar family forced to leave their village after losing their livelihood. In the capital’s hypercapitalist society, Shaban struggles to uphold his role as provider while financial dependence and family pressures gradually erode his pride. A quietly powerful exploration of survival, dignity, and the human cost of economic insecurity (World Cinema Dramatic Competition, backed by German Films).
How to Divorce During the War (Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic 2026) by Andrius Blaževičius traces the unraveling of Marija and Vytas’s marriage just as Russia invades Ukraine. As they navigate divorce, fear, and the desire to protect their daughter, the film intertwines intimate domestic struggles with the pressures of a world at war, capturing how personal lives fracture when history intrudes (World Cinema Dramatic Competition, backed by the Lithuanian Film Centre and Film Fund Luxembourg).
In the documentary All About the Money (Ireland 2026), Sinéad O’Shea examines Fergie Chambers, heir to one of America’s wealthiest families, who uses his fortune to fund communist projects challenging the capitalist system he was born into. The film reveals the tensions between wealth and ideals, showing how vast resources shape power, ambition, and human relationships (World Cinema Documentary Competition, backed by Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann).
Directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić, To Hold a Mountain (Montenegro, Serbia, France, Slovenia, Croatia 2026) depicts a mother and daughter in Montenegro’s remote highlands fighting to protect their ancestral land from becoming a NATO military training ground. The documentary celebrates resilience and the enduring strength of women through daily routines such as herding and cheesemaking (World Cinema Documentary Competition, backed by the Slovenian Film Centre and Film Centre of Montenegro).
Petra Volpe’s latest film Frank & Louis (Switzerland, UK 2025) follows Frank, a life-sentenced inmate who takes care of elderly prisoners with dementia in hope of parole. Assigned to Louis, a once-feared inmate losing his memory, Frank forms a tender, unexpected bond that forces him to confront his own guilt. A moving meditation on care, memory, and the possibility of redemption (Premieres, backed by SWISS FILMS).
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The EUROPE! HUB at Sundance in collaboration with the Sundance Institute is made possible thanks to the support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, as well as this year’s participating national film promotion institutes, EFP’s members, Slovenian Film Centre, Screen Ireland and German Films.
Prior to the festival, EFP and the Sundance Institute hosted its annual exclusive online showcase for North American distributors, presenting all six of the aforementioned world premieres.
Film Sales Support (FSS)
Film Sales Support (FSS), EFP’s grant-based pan-European initiative to boost and uplift promotion campaigns at international film festivals and audiovisual markets, an active instrument to advance the sales of European films to countries in overseas, is awarded to world sales company New Europe Film Sales from Poland for the promotion of How to Divorce During the War.
Thanks to Swiss Films, which is providing EFP with FSS-funding for films made in Switzerland, Frank & Louis is also benefitting from the established marketing support. The film, represented by Danish world sales Trust Nordisk in Sundance, qualifies for the FSS-Top-Up Grant, an additional amount of up to €500 to be matched by the sales company, as it deals with topics around diversity, equity and inclusion.
The FSS grants were approved by the Lithuanian Film Centre and Swiss Films.
*This designation is without prejudice to position on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
