The 2024 Sundance Film Festival will be bringing back some ticket options exclusively for Utah moviegoers.
The Sundance Institute, the nonprofit arts group founded by Robert Redford, announced those options Wednesday — along with information about the venues and the logo for the event, which will mark the 40th year the institute has operated the festival in Park City and Salt Lake City.
The festival will run in person from Jan. 18 to 28, with online screenings from Jan. 25 to 28.
For Utah residents, three specific ticket options will be available:
• The Salt Lake City Youth Pass, for $225, for Utah residents between 18 and 25 years old. It provides unlimited in-person screenings and priority access to Salt Lake City theaters, Jan. 18-28.
• The Salt Lake City Pass, for $550, which offers full access to all in-person screenings in Salt Lake City, Jan. 18-28.
• The Locals Ticket Package, for $650, which includes 10 tickets to screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City over the festival’s run, Jan. 18-28.
Ticket packages will go on sale starting Oct. 18, with individual tickets on sale starting Jan. 11. Institute members and Sundance Circle donors, who support the institute’s year-round mission, can start purchasing passes and packages on Oct. 11, and have access to benefits not available to the general public.
Other details the institute released Wednesday included:
The logo and website
(Sundance Institute) The logo for Sundance Film Festival 2024.
The 2024 festival’s logo is similar to the 2023 design, but with the “4″ slightly askew from the other digits in “2024.”
The festival’s website — festival.sundance.org — is up and running as of Wednesday. Those planning to attend can go there for ticket information, to find lodging through Sundance’s booking partners, and to get more information as it becomes available.
Venues
The following venues will be in use during the festival:
Park City • The theater venues will be: The Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St.; Library Center Theatre, 1255 Park Ave.; The Ray Theatre, 1768 Park Ave.; Holiday Village Cinemas, 1776 Park Ave.; Eccles Theatre, 1750 Kearns Blvd.; the Prospector Square Theatre, 2175 Sidewinder Drive; and the Redstone Cinemas, 6030 N. Market St. (in Kimball Junction).
Other Park City venues include: Festival Headquarters at the Sheraton Park City, 1895 Sidewinder Drive; the Filmmakers Lodge, 550 Main St.; The Box at The Ray, 1768 Park Ave.; The Park, 950 Iron Horse Drive; and the Park City main box office in The Gateway Center, 136 Heber Ave.
Festival stores will be located at festival HQ, the Eccles Theatre, and The Gateway Center.
Salt Lake City • Theater venues include: Megaplex Theatres at The Gateway, 400 W. 200 South; Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 South; and the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South.
The Salt Lake City box office and festival store will both be at the Megaplex Gateway.
No public screenings are planned for the Sundance Mountain Resort in Provo Canyon, a longtime screening venue. A festival spokesperson said some invited guest events and screenings will happen there.
Also off the list are five venues that screened movies in 2020, the last fully in-person festival before the COVID-19 pandemic hit: The Temple Theatre in the Temple Har Shalom synagogue in Park City; The Park Avenue at the DoubleTree by Hilton (formerly The Yarrow) in Park City; the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City (which is still undergoing renovation); The Grand Theatre at Salt Lake Community College; and the auditorium at the Salt Lake City Library’s main branch.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cele Ruiz poses snaps a selfie with Cleopatra Coleman, on Main Street in Park City, during the Sundance Film Festival, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023.
In-person ticket options
The following is a breakdown of all in-person ticket packages and passes available to all festival attendees, no matter where they live:
Single film tickets • $30 per screening. Individual tickets go on sale starting Jan. 11.
Salt Lake City Youth Pass • $225, for attendees 18 to 25 years old (age verification required for purchase). It includes unlimited in-person screenings and priority access at Salt Lake City theaters, from Jan. 18-28.
Festival Package Second Half • $250, which provides 10 tickets to in-person screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City for the festival’s second half (Jan. 24-28), plus early access to ticket selection.
Ignite Package (presented by Adobe) • $250, exclusively for attendees 18 to 25 years old. It includes an invitation to exclusive Ignite events, 10 tickets to in-person screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City (Jan. 21-26), and early access to ticket selection.
Award Winners Package • $300, which offers tickets for eight award-winning films on the festival’s final weekend, Jan. 27-28, with early access to ticket selection. (Award winners are scheduled to be announced Friday, Jan. 26.)
Salt Lake City Pass • $550, which offers priority access to all in-person screenings in Salt Lake City, Jan. 18-28.
Festival Package • $850, which provides access to 10 in-person screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City (Jan. 18-28) and early ticket selection.
Express Pass Second Half • $4,000, which allows unlimited screenings during the festival’s second half, Jan. 24-28. (The Express Pass for the full festival, or for the first half, are only available to Sundance Circle members who donate $10,000 or more in year-round support to the Sundance Institute.)
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mstyslav Chernov, the director of "20 Days in Mariupol," hugs Michelle Meisner after his film won won the audience prize for world cinema documentary at the Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony in Park City, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.
Online-only ticket options
These are the online ticket packages and passes that will be available for those attending the festival virtually:
Single film ticket • $25, good for a feature film, short film program or award-winner screening, Jan. 25-28.
Short Films Pass • $25, which allows unlimited online access to a curated collection of festival short films, Jan. 25-28.
Award Winners Package • $225, which grants online access to eight award-winning films during the festival’s final weekend, Jan. 27-28. (Award winners are scheduled to be announced Friday, Jan. 26.)
Festival Package • $350, which provides online access to a curated collection of festival films (not all festival titles will be available online), Jan. 25-28.
