If I Go Will They Miss Me

Sundance Film Festival 2026

Original language: English

Subtitles: Romanian

Directed by: Walter Thompson-Hernández

Country: USA

Year of production: 2026

Length: 95 minutes

Genre: Drama

Twelve-year-old Lil Ant transforms his working-class neighborhood beneath the LAX flight path into a living mythology, where family members become gods and the sky is crowded with endless departures. As he searches for connection with his god-like yet conflicted father, he finds support in his close-knit community that helps him reconcile myth and reality.

Credits

Director - Walter Thompson-Hernández

Writer - Walter Thompson-Hernández

Producers - Josh Peters (Spark Features), Saba Zerehi, Ben Stillman (Further Adventures)

Cinematography - Michael Fernandez

Editor - Walter Thompson-Hernández, Daysha Broadway

Music - Malcolm Parson

Cast

Danielle Brooks

J. Alphonse Nicholson

Bodhi Dell 

Bre-Z 

Myles Bullock

J.J. Boone 

Kelvin Adekunle