


Tickets will be available starting January 14 and films will be chosen at a later date.
+ MoreSundance Institute’s Utah Community Program presents complimentary screenings of this year’s Festival favorites to Locals in Salt Lake and Summit Counties. In addition to serving as a thank you to our local community for hosting the Festival, these screenings allow many in the community to participate in our programming who may otherwise not have an opportunity.
Because of demand, Local Lens tickets are limited to two tickets per screening. Local Lens tickets are only available for Utah Locals. Utah Locals are defined as residents with either a Utah Driver's License, Utah State ID card or Utah University ID. Upon check out, patrons will be prompted to input their permanent address to verify Utah residency. If confirmed, the price reduces to $0.
If the screening reflects sold out, we encourage patrons to join a waitlist by arriving at the theater at least 30 minutes before the screening for a chance to get tickets.
Tickets will be available starting January 14 and films will be chosen at a later date.
Sundance Institute extends its heartfelt thanks to the Sponsors and Supporters of the Utah Community Program for their generous support in making this free screening possible.
Sundance Institute’s Utah Community Program is supported by Host State State of Utah; Community Supporters Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP); Peggy Bergmann; The Kahlert Foundation; Salt Lake City Arts Council; Salt Lake City Mayor's Office Arts, Culture, & Entertainment Grant; Major Sponsors Acura; and Adobe.
Passes will not be scanned at this screening. Passholders will need to reserve a ticket if they wish to attend any Local Lens screenings.
Please be advised that free Local Lens screenings are first come, first served. A ticket does not guarantee entry.
Judd Ehrlich

Judd Ehrlich is an Emmy-, Grand Clio-, and Cannes Lion-winning documentary director and producer. According to The New York Times, he "clearly knows his craft". His films, including The Price of Freedom, Keepers of the Game, and We Could Be King, premiered at the Tribeca Festival and have aired on ABC, CNN, ESPN, and HBO.

As a Nairobi journalist probes a land battle entangling the local government and a powerful multinational corporation, covered wounds are revealed and family secrets are exposed.
(1hr 36mins)
On January 7, 2025, the Eaton fire destroyed over 9,000 structures in Altadena, California. Thousands more were left standing but contaminated with toxic ash. Residents face the impossible decision of whether they should risk their health to return home.
(10min)
Tickets will be available starting January 14 and films will be chosen at a later date.
(1hr 34mins)
A case that haunted Tennessee’s best detectives for decades is cracked wide open with the help of some unlikely investigators: a high school sociology class.
(1hr 2mins)
Yves Bouvier brokers masterpieces, from da Vinci to Rothko, into the private collection of Dmitry Rybolovlev until Bouvier is accused of a billion-dollar betrayal. Rising ambitions, frayed relationships, and bruised egos fuel a decade-long all-out war between the Swiss art dealer and the elusive Russian oligarch.
(1hr)
After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gender violence, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights against the weaponization of defamation laws to silence survivors.
(1hr 37mins)
A routine school commute turns terrifying when a cable car’s wire snaps, leaving eight passengers — including six schoolboys — dangling 900 feet above a ravine in the remote Himalayan foothills. With 10 hours before the remaining cable is expected to fail, a group of rescuers races to save them.
(1hr 17mins)
On the shifting edge of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, the spirit of a fading outsider community endures through its two oldest residents.
(16min)
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact Winner
The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.
(1hr 25mins)
After his teenage son goes missing, Daniel scours the depths of the Vistula River, torn between the dread of a fatal leap and the hope that his son may still be alive.
(1hr 48mins)
In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.
(1hr 45mins)
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide.
(1hr 31mins)
During a summer of grief and fear brought on by immigration raids in Los Angeles, one small act of bravery gives a community hope.
(23min)
A son of one of America’s wealthiest families creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system he grew up in but has now come to despise. It’s the starting point of an astonishing journey.
(1hr 35mins)
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary | Itab Azzam & Jack MacInnes
Filmed over 10 years, one girl’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience.
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