Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens
Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens
Festival favorites. Free for Utahns. Join us July 17–21 for nine free indoor and outdoor screenings of favorites from previous Sundance Film Festivals. Don’t miss these exciting five days in Utah, including an event for local artists, film intros and Q&As from artists in attendance, partner screenings, and more.
Schedule
July 17
SLC
Skywalkers: A Love Story
To save their career and relationship, a daredevil couple journeys across the globe to climb the world’s second-highest skyscraper and perform a bold acrobatic stunt on the spire.
July 18
Park City
Daughters
Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail. Producer Lisa Mazzotta will join us for a special introduction and a post-screening Q&A.
July 18
SLC
My Old Ass
The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent Elliott comes face-to-face with her older self during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home.
July 19
Park City
Your Monster
After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living in her closet. Lead Actor Tommy Dewey will join us for a special introduction and a post-screening Q&A.
July 19
SLC
Partner Screening: Nine Days
Utah Film Center’s Outdoor Film Series presents Nine Days, winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and shot in Utah.
July 20
West Valley
Filmmaking Deep Dive: Honing Your Pitch with Industry Insights
Do you have a fantastic idea for a film but aren’t quite sure how to get to the next step? We’re excited to offer an opportunity for filmmakers seeking project feedback. Connect with fellow creatives, unlock invaluable insights, and maybe even get a chance to pitch your project to Sundance Institute alumni producers and directors.
July 20
West Valley
Sugarcane
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve. Director Julian Brave NoiseCat will join us for a special introduction and a post-screening Q&A.
July 20
West Valley
Dìdi (弟弟)
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
July 20
Park City
Eno
Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that’s different every time it’s shown.
July 20
SLC
Layla
When Layla, a struggling Arab drag queen, falls in love for the first time, they lose and find themself in a transformative relationship that tests who they really are. Director Amrou Al-Kadhi will join us for a special introduction and a post-screening Q&A.
July 21
SLC
20 Feet from Stardom – Audience Choice Screening
The untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.