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Utahns smile at the camera during the 2020 Community Screening of Coded Bias

As a mission-driven nonprofit arts organization that’s rooted in Utah, Sundance Institute hosts local events and programs year-round that aim to: 

  • make the Sundance Film Festival accessible to Utah residents.
  • introduce Utah audiences to independent film and immersive media.
  • explore social issues and stories from around the globe.
  • unite audiences and cultures through the power of storytelling.
  • share the filmmaker’s journey with audiences and emerging filmmakers, including students.

June 1, 2022: Team Update

It’s summer, which means it’s time to watch movies with our favorite people—you! We have a great line-up of films from past Sundance Film Festivals.

Find us at the beautiful Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, and at new locations like the Gateway, The Gallivan Center, and Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City.

We also got a fresh collection of Nuestras Vidas: Latinx Shorts for the Latino Arts Festival in Park City.

Are you a bookworm? We’ve partnered with the Coalville and Kamas Valley Branch Libraries to showcase a film inspired by the book, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman. Stick around for a discussion led by the Book to Film Club.

Local filmmakers! RSVP for our case study conversation with Alex Pritz, director of The Territory, on June 17.

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Opportunities For Locals

Throughout the year, locals can connect with us, the films and immersive media we support, and the artists who made them.

Check out the following ways you can celebrate their work with us!

Watch Free Movies

Check out what we are showing on Thursday’s in June and July!

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Find Us Around Town

We work with awesome organizations and table at your favorite events. Come say hi!

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Sundance Film Festival

Gain access to the Festival through free screenings, tickets, and discounts.

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Secondary School Students

Inspire the Next Generation of Storytellers within grades 9–12.

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Young Adults 18-25

Our Ignite program supports a new generation of filmmakers.

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Here’s what some #sundancelocals have to say about past film screenings.

For me this was the most rewarding screening of the festival…the depth of engagement and overwhelmingly positive response from the students made every moment of the four years we took to make the film feel worthwhile.
Alex Holmes, Director2019 Student Screening of Maiden
This film gave me a much better perspective of my own life’s place in this world. I see my privilege, environment, and education so differently.
Attendee2021 Community Screening of Life in a Day 2020
I think this film perfectly encapsulated teenage angst and feelings of uncertainty with family and growing up. I was really happy to see more Asian American representation on screen as well, defying the harmful model-minority myth. Overall the film was really heartwarming and beautifully done.
Student, 12th Grade2021 Student Screening of Marvelous and the Black Hole
These screenings are invaluable because they are tailored to an audience who are handpicked and engaged.
Chelsea Winstanley, Director2019 Community Screening of Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
It was such an accurate portrayal of life. The simple, chaotic, powerful, sweet, tough, joyous moments all in one. Beautiful and honestly cathartic after this year. I needed that tonight. Thank you!
Attendee2021 Community Screening of Life in a Day
The film was inspiring, charging, and the jolt my 12th graders needed at this time in their lives. They are jaded by life right now, and this film helped remind [them] of the power of action.
Teacher, Salt Lake Center for Science Education2021 Student Screening of Homeroom
I know people who have been deported. I know people who have avoided deportation. But I never thought of it as quarantine. Documented people need to hear it like this, to understand the lives of undocumented people better, because now we can all relate.
Student, Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science2022 Art of the Short Screening of We Are Here & Close Ties to Home Country
It got my students and staff fired up. We engaged in discussions of feeling outraged, depressed, hopeless, amazed, and wanting to do ANYTHING to help (around the world and in Brazil specifically).
Teacher, Eva Carlston Academy2022 Student Screening of The Territory
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Upcoming Events

Sundance Events for Local Filmmakers

The Territory: A Collaborative Approach to Documentary Storytelling
Friday, June 17, 2022, 9AM
Salt Lake City

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Writer’s Café
Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday
FREE on Sundance Co//ab

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Explore Deadlines for labs, Fellowships, Grants, Programs

 

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Are you a Sundance Institute artist alumni (Festival, Labs, Grantee artist)? Ensure you are signed up through our private Facebook group. Connect here.

Local Happenings

Spotlight

Spotlighting the incredible work of our friends, artists, and community organizations. 

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Community Events

Check out some events led by our friends, partners, and allies. 

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Join Our Team

Work alongside a passionate team dedicated to giving a voice to independent storytellers.

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Highlights

Fun times had by all throughout the years!

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Sundance Institute’s Utah Community Programs are supported by:

Principal Sponsor
Major Sponsors
Community Sponsors
Official Providers

The Gallivan Center

Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre

Community Collaborators

Arts Council Park City & Summit County, Craft Lake City, Pacific Island Knowledge 2 Action Resources, Park City Film, Salt Lake Film Society, Summit County Library Systems-Kamas and Coalville, Utah Film Center, Utah Humanities