FRONTLINE FEATURES & BBC Storyville Documentary ONE IN A MILLION To Make World Premiere at 2026 Sundance Film Festival

The feature film will world premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary Competition in January 2026

DEC. 12, 2025 — ONE IN A MILLION, a new feature documentary from FRONTLINE, the award-winning PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, and BBC Storyville, will make its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival this January in Park City, Utah.

From directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes, and producers Will Anderson, James Bluemel, Andrew Palmer of KEO Films and Academy Award®-winning producer Raney Aronson-Rath of FRONTLINE, ONE IN A MILLION will be featured in the world-renowned festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.

ONE IN A MILLION shares the story of 11-year-old Israa as she and her family leave Syria in search of safety and a better life in Europe.

Filmed over a decade, Azzam and MacInnes capture Israa as she embarks on an epic journey — from fleeing the war ​as a young Syrian refugee, to navigating adolescence and a new culture in Germany, to returning to her home of Aleppo as an adult.

ONE IN A MILLION is an intimate, coming-of-age story that asks a universal question: What does it mean to call a place home? The film illuminates the complexities of the refugee experience, capturing Israa and her family as they confront war, exile, and heartbreak — and discover resilience, freedom, and love — in a foreign land.

“After ten years of filming, we’re honoured that ‘One In A Million’ will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. This has been a deeply personal film for us to make. Over the years of following Israa and her family, our bond has grown profoundly. In our own way, we too have been going through the pain of exile from Syria over the past decade, and the film is an expression of that shared experience,” say Azzam and MacInnes. “We hope ‘One In A Million’ helps audiences better understand and empathize with the complexities of the refugee experience, and we look forward to sharing it with viewers soon.”

“We’re grateful to premiere FRONTLINE FEATURES’ latest documentary ‘One in a Million’ at the Sundance Film Festival next month,” says FRONTLINE editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. “Itab and Jack’s decade-long commitment to following this story offers viewers a rare perspective on what it’s like to grow up as a refugee, and we look forward to sharing this film to audiences soon. We celebrate this exciting news with Itab, Jack and the whole film team, as well as with our partners at BBC Storyville and KEO Films.”

ONE IN A MILLION is the latest film from FRONTLINE FEATURES, a new effort from the award-winning PBS series dedicated to producing cinematic feature-length and short documentaries for global, multiplatform distribution. FRONTLINE FEATURES brings the PBS series’ signature, acclaimed journalism to film festivals and theaters ahead of PBS broadcast and streaming premieres.

“I’m delighted that this film has been selected for Sundance 2026, my huge congratulations to everyone involved. Backing excellence in international storytelling is what Storyville exists to do, and I am incredibly proud to bring One in a Million to the BBC audience,” says Fiona Campbell, BBC Controller of Youth Audiences and Interim Director of Unscripted.

ONE IN A MILLION will be distributed in North America by PBS Distribution, and international sales will be handled by Autlook Filmsales.

ONE IN A MILLION will premiere on PBS and stream on PBS.org/frontline, YouTube and in the PBS App following a festival run.

About FRONTLINE FEATURES An effort from the award-winning PBS series FRONTLINE, FRONTLINE FEATURES produces cinematic feature-length and short documentaries for global, multiplatform distribution. Building on FRONTLINE’s legacy as U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, FRONTLINE FEATURES brings impactful and deeply reported storytelling to global audiences and the big screen.

FRONTLINE has won an Academy Award® as well as every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 110 Emmy Awards and 34 Peabody Awards. Visit pbs.org/frontline and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to learn more. FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with major support from Ford Foundation. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Trust, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.

About KEO Films KEO Films is widely regarded as one of the UK’s top independent production companies, with a 30-year history of making intelligent, award–winning films. It is best known for telling ambitious, human-centred stories with sensitivity, editorial rigour and unparalleled access.

KEO’s films are broadcast globally in partnership with the BBC, Channel 4, Netflix, PBS and many others, and have earned the documentary world’s highest accolades including multiple BAFTAs, Emmys, Griersons, RTS Awards, the Prix Italia, the Golden Rose, a Peabody and an Academy Award nomination.

Press Contacts: FRONTLINE: Anne Husted Blatt, Dir., Marketing & Communications, frontlinemedia@wgbh.org