Courtney Love misses Sundance premiere of Antiheroine documentary

People reports that Courtney Love missed the Jan. 27, 2026 world premiere of her documentary Antiheroine at the Sundance Film Festival; the musician and actress, 61, had been expected at the screening.

Festival director Eugene Hernandez told the audience, “Unfortunately she's not able to make it to tonight's screening,” and co-director Edward Lovelace added, “We’re really gutted that Courtney couldn’t make it tonight to celebrate this moment with us all,” calling her “so unfiltered, so truthful.” Lovelace thanked Love “for trusting us to — alongside her — tell her story and allowing us to experience the last three years.” During a Q&A Hernandez captured audience applause to share with Love and several attendees shouted, “We love you Courtney!”

The film follows Love’s life in London, where she moved more than five years ago, and includes archival footage of her rise in music, Hollywood and the tabloids. A logline says, “Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.” Musicians who appear in the film include Michael Stipe, Melissa Auf der Maur, Eric Erlandson, Billie Joe Armstrong, Patty Schemel and Butch Walker, and Love has suggested a collaboration with Stipe that she described as “gorgeous” while adding, “I don’t do 'collabs' – man, I hate that word.”