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Sundance 2023: A complicated love between parent and child, horror that makes your skin crawl and more

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A still from Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
A still from Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute

As the Sundance Film Festival wraps and the small mountain town empties of cinephiles, trophies and connections, we look at the films and themes that stood out at the hybrid event.

The love between a parent and their child can be a beautiful thing, but it can also be complicated, traumatic and even dangerous. It was a theme that ran rampant throughout this year's festival, as filmmakers appeared to use the medium of cinema to resolve and heal some deep wounds and internal conflict from their childhood or celebrate the resilience of parenthood.

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