PARK CITY, Utah (AP) \u2014 The juries of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival<\/a> will be announcing this year\u2019s award winners Friday morning in Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n Filmmakers Janicza Bravo, Nisha Ganatra and Azazel Jacobs are the jury for the U.S. Dramatic Competition, where titles include Beth De Ara\u00fajo\u2019s \u201cJosephine,\u201d starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, the Rachel Lambert\u2019s romantic drama \u201cCarousel,\u201d<\/a> with Chris Pine and Jenny Slate, \u201cHa-chan, Shake Your Booty!\u201d and \u201cThe Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n Documentaries up for awards in the world and U.S. competitions include \u201cClosure,\u201d \u201cThe Lake,\u201d \u201cSeized\u201d and \u201cWho Killed Alex Odeh?\u201d Jurors include film critic Justin Chang and filmmaker A.V. Rockwell.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year\u2019s jury represents a rare depth of creative conviction and exceptional range, made up of artists and thinkers who know what it means to take risks,\u201d said festival director Eugene Hernandez in a statement. \u201cThey bring curiosity, rigor, and a deep respect for bold storytelling, qualities that are essential to discovering the films that will define the future of independent cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n The festival previously awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, which celebrates outstanding films representing science or technology, to Andrew Stanton\u2019s \u201cIn the Blink of an Eye.\u201d<\/p>\n Sundance prizes<\/a> can sometimes be the first stop for eventual Oscar nominees and winners, which notably happened with \u201cCODA\u201d and \u201cSummer of Soul.\u201d Documentaries more so than narrative films have a better track record of making it to the Oscars stage<\/a>. Three of last year\u2019s special prize winners are nominated for best documentary<\/a> this year, \u201cThe Perfect Neighbor,\u201d \u201cCutting Through Rocks\u201d and \u201cMr. Nobody Against Putin\u201d and the two others were among the festival favorites, \u201cCome See Me in the Good Light\u201d<\/a> and \u201cThe Alabama Solution.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Last year\u2019s U.S. Dramatic grand jury prize went to the war satire \u201cAtropia,\u201d while the audience award was given to the dark comedy \u201cTwinless,\u201d with Dylan O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n The Sundance Film Festival runs through Sunday.<\/p>\n