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 18–19 for six free screenings of favorites and award winners from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival before they are released. Don’t miss these exciting two days in Utah, including film intros and Q&As with artists in attendance from each film. All Local Lens screenings will be presented with open captions.
Explore the 2026 Program
Take Me Home
Anna, a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future is uncertain until she creates a world where she can thrive.
Our Salt Lake City screenings in collaboration with Utah Film Center on July 18 have sold out! Please refer to our additional screenings in Park City with Park City Film on July 19. Thank you for your support!
Screening:
Saturday July 18, 2026
Utah Film Center – 4 p.m.
The Lake
An environmental nuclear bomb looms in Utah. Two intrepid scientists and a political insider race the clock to save their home from unprecedented catastrophe.
Our Salt Lake City screenings in collaboration with Utah Film Center on July 18 have sold out! Please refer to our additional screenings in Park City with Park City Film on July 19. Thank you for your support!
Screenings:
Saturday July 18, 2026
Utah Film Center – 7 p.m.
Sunday July 19, 2026
Park City Film- 1 p.m.
TheyDream
After 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.
Screening:
Sunday July 19, 2026
Park City Film – 4 p.m.
Union County
Assigned to a county-mandated drug court program, Cody Parsons embarks on the tenuous journey toward recovery amid the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio.
Our Salt Lake City screenings in collaboration with Utah Film Center on July 18 have sold out! Please refer to our additional screenings in Park City with Park City Film on July 19. Thank you for your support!
Screenings:
Saturday July 18, 2026
Utah Film Center – 1 p.m.
Sunday July 19, 2026
Park City Film – 7 p.m.
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
Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens 2026 is presented in collaboration with Park City Film and Utah Film Center