 The annual Sundance Institute Summer Series is back and our 2014 lineup has something for everyone: music, vampires, ping pong, baseball, foodies, and hipsters!
Grab a blanket, pack a picnic, and bring your friends to enjoy Sundance Film Festival favorites under the stars. All screenings are free and open to the public. No ticket needed.
*Back by Popular Demand* Sundance Institute wants YOU to select the last film of our 2014 Summer Series, which will screen on Wednesday, August 27th at 8:45 p.m. at the Red Butte Amphitheatre. Vote online now!
2014 Summer Series Line Up
20 Feet from StardomDirected by Morgan Neville
2013 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, 2014 Academy Award Winner
- Tuesday, July 8, 9:30 p.m. – Red Butte Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
- Friday, August 1, 9:00 p.m. – City Park, Park City
Presented in collaboration with the Kimball Arts Festival and Park City Institute
“…a rousing and revelatory tribute that puts a much-deserved radiant face on those under-sung background singers that many of us have been humming along to for all these years.” Susan Wloszczyna, RogerEbert.com
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What We Do in the ShadowsDirected by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
2014 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
- Tuesday, July 15, 9:00 p.m. – Red Butte Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
Filmmaker Taika Waititi to attend and participate in a guided, pre-screening discussion. Presented in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Native American and Indigenous Film Program
“Hilarious mock-doc is a shift from the shock humor of zombie comedies.” John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
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Ping Pong SummerDirected by Michael Tully
2014 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
- Friday, July 25, 9:00 p.m. – City Park, Park City
Come early for a pre-screening ping pong tournament presented in collaboration with Park City Recreation
“A thick slice of teenage wish-fulfillment dripping with nostalgia.” – Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter
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Big NightDirected by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci
1996 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
- Friday, August 15, 9:00 p.m. – City Park, Park City
Presented in collaboration with Park City Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Visitors Bureau for the first-ever Park City Grub Crawl created by bon appétit Magazine.
“It is about food not as a subject but as a language–the language by which one can speak to gods, can create, can seduce, can aspire to perfection.” – Roger Ebert,RogerEbert.com
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The Battered Bastards of BaseballDirected by Chapman Way and Maclain Way
2014 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
- Wednesday, August 13, 9:00 p.m. – Red Butte Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
Filmmaker Maclain Way to attend and participate in a guided pre-screening discussion.
“… it’s hard to imagine anyone not being seduced by [Kurt] Russell’s irrepressible joie de vivre, and his intense personalization of a game that has become increasingly depersonalized with each passing decade.” – Scott Foundas,Variety |
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God Help the GirlDirected by Stuart Murdoch
2014 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance
- Wednesday, August 20, 9:00 p.m. – Red Butte Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City
“God Help the Girl is a dreamy Glasgow-set musical, crowded with mixtapes and thrift-shops and football in the park…” – Xan Brooks, The Guardian |
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