by Alex Billington
May 7, 2026
Source: YouTube
“I met my best friend while selling Girl Scout Cookies.” Roadside Attractions & Vertical have revealed the first official trailer for Cookie Queens, a delightful documentary film about Girl Scout Cookie sellers. This initially premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and earned plenty of nice reviews. A celebration of girlhood and the complexities that come with it, Cookie Queens is a coming-of-age story about the joys, pressures, tensions woven into one of America’s most cherished rituals: Girl Scout Cookie season. The doc follows four different young Girl Scouts as they go through a season of trying to sell cookies and become the top seller in their area. It’s not easy! Sundance adds: “It isn’t just fun & games though. The girls & their families make real financial and time sacrifices to hit their goals, trading laid-back weekends for hours outside, wagons full of cookies in tow. Nahmias stays focused on the girls & their individual journeys, offering a sincere, playful window into a multimillion-dollar industry powered by their cookie booths. It’s a joyous, heartwarming, utterly sweet ride that cheers on the girls’ grit and ingenuity.” I’ve seen this and it’s pretty good! And it does get critical at times, showing the darker side of selling very sugary treats. Have fun.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Alysa Nahmias’ doc film Cookie Queens, direct from YouTube:
From Sundance: “It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling ‘Cookie Queen,’ navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide. Meet Ara, Olive, Nikki, and Shannon Elizabeth: four Girl Scouts with big personalities and big ambitions. The mission? Cookie sales. But their entrepreneurial spirit hints at bright futures ahead — think future Supreme Court justices, CEOs, and beyond. Alysa Nahmias’ sparkling doc film follows the girls through a cookie-selling season, highlighting the girls’ charm and unsuspecting sharp business instincts.” Cookie Queens is directed by doc filmmaker Alysa Nahmias, director of the doc films Unfinished Spaces, The New Bauhaus, and Art & Krimes by Krimes previously. Produced by Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, Alysa Nahmias, Jennifer Sims. This initially premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Roadside Attractions & Vertical debut Cookie Queens in US theaters starting on August 7th, 2026 coming up. Anyone interested?
