Blackmagic Design is once again the protagonist at Sundance, participating in 45 projects

More than 45 feature films, documentaries and series participating in the 2026 edition of the Sundance Dinner Festival have chosen various models of cinematographic cameras Blackmagic Design and DaVinci Resolve Studio, editing, grading, FVX and audio post-production software.

Among these projects stand out FreeLance y Jaripeo, which were filmed with cameras Blackmagic Design, as well as the highly anticipated films Carousel, I Want Your Sex, Undertone y Union County. In these last projects, it was used DaVinci Resolve Studio to coordinate various phases of its post-production.

This is the complete list of formats made with Blackmagic Design cameras and equipment in production:

• Buddy – Cinematographer Zach Kuperstei used DaVinci Resolve Studio to create distinctive visual styles for each of the worlds featured in the film. To do this, he precisely simulated the appearance obtained with the analog television cameras of the nineties and the three-strip Technicolor; He also used Micro Converter devices to project the simulation correctly in the studio, using resizing and masking effects.
• FreeLance – Director of photography Tyler Clark used the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro in several shots.
• Ghost in the Machine – Cinematographer Valerie Veatch used DaVinci Resolve for finishing and color shaping.
• Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! – Daniel Satinoff, director of photography, used DaVinci Resolve to develop conversion tables and copy, as well as the Blackmagic Video Assist 7″ 3G monitor and recorder for playback.
• The Huntress – Digital imaging technician Erick Magaña used the HyperDeck model, the DaVinci Resolve Studio program and the DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel device.
• I Want Your Sex – Cinematographer Tucker Korte used DaVinci Resolve for color management in the studio.
• Jaripeo – Josué Eber Morales, director of photography, used the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K model.
• The Musical – Cinematographer Tu Do used DaVinci Resolve to create conversion tables, while assistant editor Nicole Acevedo used DaVinci Resolve to clone footage, synchronize prints, record metadata, and transcode lower-resolution duplicates for rough editing.
• Nuisance Bear – Cinematographer and colorimetry consultant Ian Kerr used DaVinci Resolve Studio on location to view prints, check stabilization effectiveness, and perform noise reduction tests.
• Seized – Digital imaging technician and colorist Cory Cullen used Video Assist 7” 12G HDR and Mini Converter SDI Distribution devices for recording material broadcast from the courthouse by press crews, as well as an ATEM Mini Pro ISO switcher for isolated recordings that were provided to local news stations.
• Soft Boil – Cinematographer Robin Webster used DaVinci Resolve Studio for the prints.
• Take Me Home – Cinematographer Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi used a Video Assist 7” 3G device for in-studio monitoring, as well as DaVinci Resolve Studio for visual style development during pre-production and creating a conversion table for in-studio monitoring and copy.
• When A Witness Recants – Cinematographer Bryan Gentry used DaVinci Resolve Studio to develop the look of the documentary, as well as UltraStudio Monitor 3G and UltraStudio Recorder 3G capture and playback devices for live grading.

As for those feature films and series that used Blackmagic tools to editing and visual effects:

• Carousel – Editor Ryan Kendrick used DaVinci Resolve Studio for VFX delivery and clip management.
• Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! – VFX Supervisor Alex Noble (Wild Union Post) used DaVinci Resolve Studio to create VFX.
• I Want Your Sex – Editor Gregg Araki and co-editor Victor De La Parra used DaVinci Resolve Studio and the Blackmagic Cloud platform to fully edit the film.
• If I Go Will They Miss Me – Editors Daysha Broadway and Walter Thompson carried out the complete editing of the film in DaVinci Resolve Studio.
• Kikuyu Land – Editor Andrew H. Brown used DaVinci Resolve Studio for rough editing, shaping and mastering.
• Levitating (The Possessors) – Editor Ahmad Yuniardi used DaVinci Resolve Studio to create proxy files, as well as an UltraStudio Monitor 3G device.
• The Musical – Editor Chris Chandler turned to the UltraStudio 4K Mini to stream the signal to a designated monitor.
• Nuisance Bear – Editor Andres Landau and his assistant editor used DaVinci Resolve Studio on location to create copy, add conversion tables, synchronize cameras, and more. For his part, Landau also used this program for the final editing, credits, visual effects and finishing. The UltraStudio Monitor 3G model also facilitated the playback tasks of the studio monitoring system by transmitting the signal to the monitors during preliminary editing.
• Saccharine – Editor Sean Lahiff used an UltraStudio 4K Mini device for content capture and playback.
• TheyDream – 3D animation director Brad Jones used DaVinci Resolve Studio as part of the visual effects workflow, including Fusion tools and graphics animations for compositing.
• Tuner – Rocket Science VFX company used DaVinci Resolve Studio to manage VFX input and output.
• Undertone – VFX artist Brian Hamilton (Jupiter Spin) used Fusion Studio for this project.

Finally, Blackmagic Design has compiled all those projects from the 2026 Sundance Festival graded with DaVinci Resolve y DaVinci Resolve Studio:

• The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist – Etalonado por Luke Cahill (Different By Design).
• American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez – Graded by Robert Arnold (RDAcolor).
• Bedford Park – Etalonado por Anthony Raffaele (Goldcrest New York).
• Buddy – Etalonado por Sam Daley (Picture Shop).
• BURN – Etalonado por Hisashi Nemoto (KASSEN).
• Carousel – Graded by Mike Howell (Color Collective).
• Chasing Summer – Graded by Nat Jencks (PostWorks New York).
• Closure – Graded by Ania Sójka (Black Photon), and with the digital intermediate by Kamil Rutkowski.
• Cookie Queens – Graded by Marcy Robinson (Nice Shoes).
• FreeLance – Graded by Abe Wynen (REDLAB) on a DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel device.
• The Friend’s House is Here – Graded by Farhad Ghodsi.
• Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass – Etalonado por Charlie Tucker (Point 360).
• Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! – Graded by Nat Jencks (PostWorks New York).
• Half Nelson – 4K remastering by Jack Lewars (PostWorks New York).
• The History of Concrete – Etalonado por Samuel Gursky (Bradford Operations).
• The Huntress – Graded by David Sánchez Alvarado (Chemistry), who used the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel device, as well as the UltraStudio 4K Extreme model for supervision.
• I Want Your Sex – Graded by Shaley Brooks (Iris Digital Post).
• Jane Elliott Against the World – Etalonado por Will Cox (Skyline Finishing).
• Jaripeo – Graded by Karla Martinez and Øyvind Stiauren (Terminal).
• Joybubbles – Etalonado por Samuel Gursky (Bradford Operations).
• Kikuyu Land – Etalonado by Tess Stuart.
• Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie – Etalonado por Jack Lewars (PostWorks New York).
• The Lake – Graded by Marcy Robinson (Nice Shoes).
• Levitating (The Possessors) – Etalonado por Chaitawat Thrisansri (White Light Post).
• Murder 101 – Etalonado por Kaitlyn Battiselli (Ethos Studio).
• Nuisance Bear – Graded by Joseph Bicknell (Company 3).
• The Oldest Person in the World – Graded by Natacha Ikoli (Nice Dissolve) with the help of the DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel model, the Blackmagic Cloud platform and the DaVinci Remote Monitor application.
• The Oligarch and the Art Dealer – DaVinci Resolve was used throughout the post-production process, including copying, shaping, mastering and color grading; the latter was partly completed by De Lodge Amsterdam and finalized by Elk Film.
• The Oracle – Etalonado por Ayumi Ashley (Rare Medium).
• Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story – Graded by Shane Harris (Company 3).
• Saccharine – Graded by CJ Dobson (Moodlad) at The Post Lounge post-production studio.
• The Screener – Graded by Bossi Baker.
• See You When I See You – Etalonado por Anthony Raffaele (Goldcrest New York).
• Seized – Colored by Cory Cullen with the DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel model.
• Sentient – Graded by Spectrum Post in Sydney.
• The Shitheads – Etalonado por John Petersen (Moonshine Post).
• Soul Patrol – Etalonado por Ayumi Ashley (Rare Medium).
• Take Me Home – Etalonado por Belal Hibri.
• TheyDream – Graded by Brad Jones (Journeymen Studio).
• Time and Water – Graded by Eggert Baldvinsson, CSI (Trickshot), who also used DaVinci Resolve Studio for final editing, conforming, restoration, subtitle touch-up and finishing.
• Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela Tapes – Etalonado por Stefan Sonnenfeld (Company 3).
• Tuner – Graded by Brett Trider (Picture Shop).
• Undertone – Etalonado por AJ McLauchlin (REDLAB).
• Union County – Etalonado por Sam Daley (Picture Shop).