Salman Rushdie attends the the 2026 Sundance premiere of “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie" at the Ray Theatre in Park City on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. Two nights before he was scheduled to speak at an event in the small town of Chautauqua, New York, renowned author Salman Rushdie awoke from a dream that he said felt like a premonition. “We felt we had to revisit that story (in the documentary),” Rushdie said at the panel. Rachel Eliza Griffiths attends the 2026 Sundance premiere of “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie” at the Ray Theatre in Park City on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. From left, director Alex Gibney, Salman Rushdie and Rachel Eliza Griffiths attend the 2026 Sundance premiere of “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie” at the Ray Theatre in Park City on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.