Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens
Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens
Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens is our free summer screening series open to all Utah locals. Be sure to subscribe to emails for the latest updates on events and screenings.
Our annual free summer screening series returns July 17–19 for 12 free screenings of favorites and award winners from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival before they are released. Don’t miss these exciting three days in Utah, including an event for local artists, events, film intros and Q&As with artists in attendance, and more.
Explore the 2025 Program
All That's Left of You (اللي باقي منك)
When a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts their family’s story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led them to this fateful moment.
July 18 | 5 p.m. | Park City
July 19 | 7 p.m. | Salt Lake City
Come See Me in the Good Light
Two poets, one incurable cancer diagnosis. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley go on an unexpectedly funny and poignant journey through love, life, and mortality.
July 19 | 11 a.m. | Salt Lake City
The Dating Game
In a country where eligible men greatly outnumber women, three perpetual bachelors join an intensive seven-day dating camp led by one of China’s most sought-after dating coaches in what may be their last-ditch effort to find love.
July 18 | 8:30 p.m. | Salt Lake City
July 19 | 3 p.m. | Park City
The Librarians
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
July 18 | 5 p.m. | Salt Lake City
July 19 | 11 a.m. | Park City
Omaha
After a family tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie are unexpectedly woken up by their dad and taken on a journey across the country, experiencing a world they’ve never seen before. As their adventure unfolds, Ella begins to understand that things might not be what they seem.
July 17 | 7:30 p.m. | Park City
July 19 | 3 p.m. | Salt Lake City
Rebuilding
After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward.
July 19 | 7 p.m. | Park City
Selena y Los Dinos
Selena Quintanilla — the “Queen of Tejano Music” — and her family band, Selena y Los Dinos, rose from performing at quinceañeras to selling out stadium tours. The celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled through never-before-seen footage from the family’s personal archive.
July 18 | 8:30 p.m. | Park City
Twinless
Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance.
July 17 | 7:30 p.m. | Salt Lake City
2025 Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens Artist Roundtable
The Artist Roundtable, presented in collaboration with Spy Hop, will convene artists with Sundance Film Festival programmers for a creative exchange around the artistic process.
July 18 | 11:30 a.m. | Salt Lake City