Brandstorytelling 2026
BrandStorytelling 2026 continued its legacy of core programming while also examining some international expressions of brand entertainment. Building on prior years, the program deepens its focus on creators and emerging formats, exploring how brands, filmmakers, and platforms are adapting storytelling for a rapidly evolving, borderless media landscape.
BrandStorytelling 2025
BrandStorytelling 2025 marked a pivotal evolution of the conference with the introduction of dedicated creator conversations. Alongside brand and filmmaker perspectives, the program brought creators onto the stage to unpack authorship, collaboration, and the realities of working across platforms, broadening the dialogue around how modern brand stories are conceived, produced, and experienced.
Elevate 2025
Elevate 2025 returned to Sundance with an immersive program shaped by a challenging moment for entertainment and commerce. Through pre-event conversations and on-site exchanges, brands, creators, and creative partners came together for focused screenings, workshops, and discussions that emphasized adaptability, collaboration, and pragmatic optimism, exploring how storytelling can continue to create value, alignment, and connection in uncertain times.
BrandStorytelling at MIPCOM 2025
BrandStorytelling made its international debut at MIPCOM Cannes, bringing brand-funded storytelling into the world’s largest television and streaming marketplace. Through two half-day summits, brands, studios, agencies, and creators connected around showcases and deal-focused conversations, reflecting a growing alignment between brand storytelling and the global content economy.
BrandStorytelling 2024
Brand Storytelling 2024 marked a shift in storytelling acknowledgment as brand-funded podcasts were introduced into the conversation. Purpose and passion were front and center across panels, screenings, fireside chats, and in conversation amongst the convened community.
Elevate 2024
Elevate 2024 returned to Sundance Mountain Resort and the storied Robert Redford Screening Theater with projects that ran the gamut from web series to feature length films. The curated group of participants participated in workshops and activities that strengthened storytelling foundations.
BrandStorytelling 2023
Brand Storytelling 2023 expanded its physical footprint at The Lodges Deer Valley with the addition of the Brand Storytelling Pavilion. The new dining and networking space empowered community members to network and engage even further, strengthening shared learnings and community bonds.
Elevate 2023
Elevate 2024 returned to Sundance Mountain Resort and the storied Robert Redford Screening Theater with projects that ran the gamut from web series to feature length films. The curated group of participants participated in workshops and activities that strengthened storytelling foundations.
Elevate 2022
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
BrandStorytelling 2020
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
BrandStorytelling 2019
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
Elevate 2019
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
BrandStorytelling 2018
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
Elevate 2018
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
BrandStorytelling 2017
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
Elevate 2017
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.
BrandStorytelling 2016
Elevate 2022 was the inaugural gathering of the Brand Storytelling Summer Retreat at the historic Sundance Mountain Resort, the birthplace of Robert Redford’s vision for the Sundance Film Festival and home to the Sundance Institute. The inspirational setting made for the ideal place for brand storytellers to unplug and focus on the advancement of brand-funded content and entertainment.