No need to travel to Park City, Utah, or buy an expensive pass, as the COVID-19 craze continues, this year's Sundance will be held virtually. That means no chance to spot celebrities on the slopes, but you can check out the Sundance Film Festival's lineup of 73 feature films and 50 shorts from the comfort of your couch.

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival will run from January 28 through February 3. As in previous years, the Sundance Film Festival will feature live streaming premieres of films that will later be the talk of many film awards and critical acclaim. Although the event is virtual, it remains star-studded. The movie will feature big names such as Tiffany Haddish, Tessa Thompson, Robin Wright, Nicolas Cage, Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, and Constance Wu.

Sundance Film Festival ticket options include unlimited passes (now sold out) and single tickets (still available for many high-profile films).

Learn how to stream the Sundance Film Festival online and 10 films to add to your watch list.

The Global Pass to the Sundance Film Festival is sold out, so the only tickets left are single film tickets. Unfortunately, these tickets are only available in the United States. But that does not mean you have to miss out. With the right VPN (Virtual Private Network), you can stream movies wherever you are.

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All Sundance Passes are sold out, including the Festival Pass, Day Pass, and Awards Pass.

Many single-film tickets ($15 each) are still available for premieres and second showings. A limited number of "virtual seats" are available, and tickets are being sold only to U.S. audiences.

To purchase a single ticket, one must create a free account on the Sundance Film Festival website and purchase it on the ticket purchase page.

Premiere screenings take place in a specific three-hour window that includes a live screening, interactive chat, and post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers and cast. Viewers can start the movie at any time during the window (e.g., if the window is 7-10 pm, you can start the movie at 9:59 pm and still watch the whole thing). You can also take a break as long as you finish the movie within 4 hours.

The second screening is available for 24 hours on demand.

Once a Sundance movie ticket is purchased, the movie can be streamed through a web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera).

Alternatively, they can be viewed through the Sundance Film Festival TV app available for AppleTV, iOS, FireTV, and Android. You will need to enter the pin number that comes with your free account.

This year's Sundance is virtual, but that doesn't mean it's light on content. Sundance has a lineup of 73 feature films and 50 short films.

CODA: The title of the Sundance opener is an acronym for "Child of Deaf Adults." Nearly 40% of this coming-of-age drama is communicated in ASL.

"Cryptozoo": a hand-drawn animated comedy featuring the voices of Lake Bell and Michael Cera. A hand-drawn comedy voiced by Lake Bell and Michael Cera. It tells the story of a couple who discover "cryptoids" (mythical creatures) that consume dreams.

"I Was a Simple Man": described as "part dream, part family history," the story centers on an aging, ill Hawaiian man (newcomer Steve Iwamoto) who is led to the afterlife by his deceased loved ones. Constance Wu stars as his ex-wife.

Judas and the Black Messiah Daniel Kaluuya plays Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and Lakeith Stanfield plays an FBI informant who betrays Hampton and helps bring down the Black Power organization. If you missed the Sundance premiere, you're in luck, as Warner Bros. will release the film in theaters and on HBO Max on February 12.

Land Robin Wright's directorial debut is an intimate story of a woman who has a near-death experience and moves to a remote wilderness cabin. If you missed the screening at Sundance, the film will be released in theaters on February 12.

On the Count of Three: Actor/comedian/screenwriter Jerrod Carmichael makes his directorial debut with this dark comedy. Christopher Abbott and Tiffany Haddish also star.

Passing Based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, this drama marks the directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall ("Iron Man 3," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"). Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play light-skinned mixed-race black women. However, one chooses to "pass" as white, while the other embraces her blackness.

"Prisoner of Ghostland": Nicolas Cage has said of this film that it "may be the wildest movie I've ever made. He plays a criminal who agrees to rescue the governor's granddaughter from a nuclear-ravaged area. To give him some initiative, his jumpsuit has a grenade attached to it that will explode if he does not complete the mission in time.

Street Gangs: The Road to Sesame Street: Get nostalgic in this documentary based on the book by Michael Davis about how educators and entertainers joined forces in the late 1960s to create Sesame Street.

Together, Together In this romantic comedy, Ed Helms plays a 40-something bachelor who hires a young woman (Patti Harrison) as a surrogate mother. The cast includes Tig Notaro, Anna Konkle, and Julio Torres.