The Duke and Duchess of Sussex went to Sundance in January for the premiere of Cookie Queens, a documentary about the Girl Scouts’ cookie season and sales. Director Alysa Nahmias had pursued the Sussexes – mostly Meghan – to step onboard as producers, and they ended up getting EP credits. Cookie Queens was a big hit at Sundance, but it wasn’t purchased at the festival. It took another two months for Roadside Attractions to buy the doc and Roadside did so with the promise to give the doc a theatrical release. It will be released in theaters in August! And they just released the first trailer, which is adorable:
I love all of the big personalities! Nikki is seemingly competing with her older sisters, who were clearly cookie-selling savants. Olive is just selling cookies before she fulfills her dream of law school and the Supreme Court. Shannon Elizabeth might not have the best sales pitch, but she will kick your ass if you don’t buy cookies. Ara needs to find out where the stoners are and sell cookies there. What an excellent documentary about modern girlhood!
Incidentally, Cookie Queens has already won an award – it picked up the 2026 Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival. It’s very likely that the doc will appear at several other film festivals between now and August too.
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- Park City, UT Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were spotted arriving at the screening of the movie “Cookie Queens” during Sundance 2026, in Park City, Utah. Pictured: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 25 JANUARY 2026 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Park City, UT Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were spotted arriving at the screening of the movie “Cookie Queens” during Sundance 2026, in Park City, Utah. Pictured: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 25 JANUARY 2026 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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Am very happy to read this. A wholesome movie for families and children. Congratulations to all involved in getting this to screen.
This looks absolutely amazing! Good job to everyone involved!!!! 🙂
Great news! I was wondering about the release date for theaters. Hope its very successful and wins more awards.
I believe it’s coming in August, and if you get a chance you should definitely see it. It’s very very cute, and inspiring. I saw it at doc 10 last weekend. Even if you weren’t a girl scout ( which I wasn’t), you are completely invested.
This looks so cute. I hope it does really well. It’s got great reviews so far.
I can’t wait to see it. I hope they release it in NYC.
Oh, my word! That trailer is awesome and I can’t wait to see this film. This is exactly what Meghan and Harry said they’d be doing. I’m so happy for them.
Wow, I hated being a girl scout and don’t like the cookies, but this looks adorable. In Boston, we only have a couple of indie theaters that show documentaries – I hope they bring it.
As an introvert, I have to say that Cookie Season was horrible! I definitely want to see this, though. (Sidenote: Our troop leader got a phone call to let her know that we still had money in our account. All of us former scouts were between 18 and 20 years old. We went camping! And we ran into a brownie troop of 5-year-olds who were camping for the first time and we taught them some songs. It was amazing!)
Oh dear, flashbacks to the total embarrassment of having to ask people for money. I was so tempted to say “here, I don’t want the money, just take it.”
And the trailer is so charming with the girls becoming best friends. My troop was all horrible little snobs and made fun of me because I wore braces and thick glasses. I begged my mother to let me quit.
These girls are adorable! And we all have memories of selling cookies or, in my country, Girl Guide Biscuits. It was competitive here too. Hope we get to see it in New Zealand!
Yes, I have so many memories of selling those cookies as a kid. This documentary looks charming. Not only do I want to watch it, I want my friends’ daughters to watch it.
This looks delightful. I’m so happy it’s getting a theater release and these girls can see themselves up on the big screen.
This is the content we need in this hellscape!!
YAY for the Sussexes and yay for Girl Scouts (and cookies!).
Omg! This looks so entertaining and endearing. I can’t wait to see it!
I’m looking forward to seeing this. I loved my time as a girl scout and all the activities we did. Collecting badges was my jam.
I hated the taste of girl scout cookies so I was never a convincing seller, but I like seeing these girls growing those skills.
This looks adorable I hope we get to see it in the Netherlands
Looking forward to seeing the doc. Hope I get see it though, but as it’s a limited theatrical release, not sure. Always bought cookies to support the scouts, but didn’t really like them, so always fobbed them off at work.
Chug-a chug-a, chug-a chug-a….😂
Adorable.
Adorable!
Oh, I loved the Girl Scouts, joined them in 2nd grade because all my friends went and played and ate snacks! Stayed all the way through HS, then camp counselor in college. It’s a great when you have the right adults and girls in your troop. But…not the greatest salesperson, my cookie sales were mediocre. And you need insane parents to sell the huge amounts.
I’m looking forward to watching this as streaming content after its theatrical run!
Too bad it’s being released after cookie season. I would absolutely buy more cookies if they were selling them at a booth outside the theater.