Community Programs

Engaging Community Audiences through Independent Film, Music, and Theatre.

Sundance Institute hosts a series of community programs both year-round and at the annual Sundance Film Festival. These free screenings and discussions as well as student and artist interactions are open to the public and offer a great way to see the depth of support we give to our artists. Last year, more than 25,000 Utah Residents participated in the Institute’s community programs to see Documentary Fund supported Camp Victory, Official Sundance Film Festival Selection Rocket Science, cult classic The Blair Witch Project, and Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner Once. See the Sundance Institute Presents page for more information.

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Upcoming Events

A Place at the Table, (Finding North), directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush
84 min., color, 2012 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Friday, May 31st, 2013, 8:00 p.m., presented in collaboration with the Park City Film Series.

Sundance Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Community Supporters Summit County Recreation Arts & Parks, and Salt Lake County Zoo Arts & Parks.

2013 Sundance Institute Summer Screening Series

Senna, directed by Asif Kapadia
104 min., color, 2011 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 9:00 p.m., Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre

Muscle Shoals, directed by Greg "Freddy" Camalier
111 min., color + b/w, 2013 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Friday August 2, 2013, City Park, Park City, in collaboration with Kimball Arts Festival and Park City Performing Arts Foundation

Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Faris
100 min., color, 2006 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 9:00 p.m., Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
• Friday, August 23, 2013, 9:00 p.m., Canyons Resort

The Summit, directed by Nick Ryan
98 min., color, 2013 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 9:00 p.m., Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
• Friday, August 30, 2013, 9:00 p.m., Canyons Resort

Community Choice
Sundance Institute wants #SundanceLocals to program the fourth film of our Summer Series. Voting will begin in early June, 2013. Vote online or at Summer Series screenings.

Sundance Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Community Supporters: Canyons Resort, Promontory Foundation, Red Butte Garden, Summit County Recreation Arts & Parks, Salt Lake Arts Council, and Salt Lake County Zoo Arts & Parks for their support of the 2013 Sundance Institute Summer Screening Series.

Past Events

Townie Tuesday Screening for Summit County Locals

• Tuesday January 24, 2012, 7 p.m., Redstone Cinema
• Tuesday January 24, 2012, 8:30 p.m., Park City Library Center Theatre

Best of Fest Screenings

• January 30, 2012, Salt Lake City, Park City, Ogden and Sundance

Buck, directed by Cindy Meehl

• Monday May 14, 2012, 7:00 p.m., Park City Library
• Tuesday May 15, 2012, National Ability Center Demo and Reception with Buck Brannaman. Demo starts at 2:00 p.m., Reception starts at 6:30 p.m. Click here for tickets.

Under African Skies, directed by Joe Berlinger

• Wednesday June 20, 2012, 9:00 p.m., Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
• Thursday June 21, 2012, 9:00p.m., Canyons Resort, Park City

CSNY Déjà Vu, directed by Bernard Shakey

• Wednesday July 11, 2012, 9:00 p.m., Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
• Thursday July 12, 2012, 9:00 p.m., Canyons Resort, Park City

Filly Brown, directed by Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos
100 min., color, 2012 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Wednesday July 25, 2012, 9:00 p.m., Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
• Thursday July 26, 2012, 9:00 p.m., Canyons Resort, Park City

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, directed by Stacy Peralta
90 min., color, 2012 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Wednesday August 1, 2012, 8:45 p.m., Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
• Friday August 3, 2012, City Park, Park City, in collaboration with Kimball Arts Festival and Park City Recreation

Napoleon Dynamite, directed by Jared Hess
86 min., color, 2004 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Thursday August 9, 2012, 9:00 p.m. (film begins at sunset), Canyons Resort, Park City

500 Days of Summer, directed by Marc Webb
95 min., color, 2009 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

• Thursday August 23, 2012, 9:00 p.m. (film begins at sunset), Canyons Resort, Park City

The Crash Reel, directed by Lucy Walker
109 min., color, 2013 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection

Wednesday March 13, 2013, 7:00 p.m.

• Salt Lake City, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. Post screening Skype Q&A with Filmmaker Lucy Walker moderated by KUER’s Doug Fabrizio.
• Park City, Park City Library. Post screening Q&A with a moderated panel discussion. Presented in association with the Park City Film Series.
• Ogden, Peery’s Egyptian Theatre. Post screening Q&A with a moderated panel discussion.
• Sundance Resort Screening Room