If I Go Will They Miss Me is a 2026 American drama film written, directed, and edited by Walter Thompson-Hernández. It is an expansion of the 2022 short film of the same name by Thompson-Hernández. It stars J. Alphonse Nicholson, Danielle Brooks, Bodhi Dell, Myles Bullock and Bre-Z.
It had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2026.
Lil Ant struggles to connect with his father when he begins to have visions of boys drifting around his neighborhood.
The film was selected for the 2023 Sundance Institute Screenwriting & Directors Lab. It also received a $120,000 grant from the 2025 Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund. and the Michael Latt Legacy 2025 Panavision Package Grant.
If I Go Will They Miss Me premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2026. In March 2026, Rich Spirit acquired U.S. and select international distribution rights to the film for nearly $1 million, planning to release it sometime in fall that year.