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Accessibility Commitment and Requests

Please email accessibility@sundance.org or call (435) 776-7790 for accessibility inquiries and requests.

In alignment with our core values, Sundance Institute is committed to improving the overall experiences of our staff, audiences, and artists. We consider inclusion, racial equity, and accessibility the drivers of institutional excellence, and it is our aim to make all our programs and platforms reflect these core values at every level. Our goal is to make our experiences (in-person and online) as accessible as possible for all participants.

We are committed to providing:

  • Audio description wherever possible. 
  • ADA compliant venues for Institute events.
  • Minimum of one open caption in-person screening per title (when available).
  • American Sign Language – English interpretation at Institute events upon reasonable request.
  • CART transcription at Institute events upon reasonable request.
  • Easy access to request accommodations, meeting requests as best we can.
  • Easy access to offer feedback and recommendations to the Accessibility Team. 
  • Ongoing accessibility assessments of all Institute and Festival in-person and online venues in partnership with the disability community.

How to Reach Our Accessibility Team

Accessibility Requests

If you have an accessibility request, question, or feedback for the accessibility team, please contact accessibility@sundance.org or use the accessibility hotline at (435) 776-7790. Every effort will be made to accommodate requests made in advance; requests made within seven days of the event may not be guaranteed. 

General Comments & Suggestions

Our Festival accessibility is an ongoing effort with many improvements still in process; your feedback is critical in helping us create the most inclusive experiences possible. To provide us with feedback or comments during your experience at the Sundance Film Festival, email us at accessibility@sundance.org.

Participate in a Survey 

Sundance Institute participates in the Film Event Accessibility Scorecard to increase data collection within the Film Event Industry and to provide an opportunity for individuals to share anonymous feedback with our team. This is a tool created and managed by FWD-Doc, a group of filmmakers with disabilities and active allies. Visit the FWD-Doc Website for more information about this initiative.

Festival Accessibility and Assistive Technology

The Sundance Institute is committed to offering program and platform experiences that are inclusive and accessible for our audiences and artists. Below are accessibility, assistive technology, and venue features that we provide to guests joining in-person and online.

Website Accessibility Widget

At the bottom left side of your screen is a blue circle with a Userway icon. This widget allows you to adjust your screen settings to best match your preferences.

In-Person Accommodations

We provide the following Festival in-person accessibility accommodations to guests.

Photosensitivity Precautions

On-screen imagery may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy seizures or have other photosensitivities. Screenings identified with such content will have a viewer warning at the start of the screening and be listed in advance in the program guide, however, individual viewer discretion is advised.

Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)

Assistive Listening Devices are available for all screenings of Festival films at all Festival theaters. Our ALDs are wireless receivers that amplify all film sound in a compatible headset or neck loop with an adjustable volume setting. Please note that we only have a limited supply of devices. To ensure availability of an ALD, please request in advance by emailing us at accessibility@sundance.org. We cannot guarantee availability of ALDs for requests made on-site, but we will do our best to fulfill them.

Audio Description Headset (AD)

The Festival encourages all filmmakers to provide accessible versions of their films. As long as an accessible version of the film has been submitted, we’re able to accommodate audio descriptions at all Festival theaters.

Open Caption (OC) & Subtitles for the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH)

We are committed to offering one open caption in-person screening of every film (when available), and some titles may offer more than one. For Non-English language films a version with SDH will be used for an Open Caption screening. Closed Captioning devices are available upon request at every non-open-caption screening. Open Caption Screenings are noted as such in the digital program guide and updated in real time.

Closed Captioning Devices (CC)

The Festival requests that all filmmakers also provide closed-captioned versions of their films for all non-open caption screenings. Caption viewing devices display film dialogue on a small OLED screen on a bendable support arm that sits directly in the patron’s field of view  Caption viewing devices can be requested in advance at accessibility@sundance.org. We cannot guarantee availability of devices for requests made on-site, but we will do our best to fulfill them.

American Sign Language (ASL)

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be offered at select events, talks, and Q&As following film screenings. Event descriptions will identify if ASL will be provided. If you prefer ASL accommodations for any Festival event or screening outside of this list, please request this in advance at accessibility@sundance.org.

We recognize and support the value of various sign languages (Pro-Tactile ASL, Black ASL, etc.) as well as the value of CDI and BIPOC interpreters. We encourage patrons to be descriptive in their request for interpretation so that we can do our best to fulfill the accommodation in a way that supports attendees’ belonging and communication preferences. 

Service Animals

Service animals trained to specifically assist people with disabilities are welcome at all official Festival theaters and venues. All other pets/animals are not allowed.

Wheelchair Accessibility

All official Festival theaters and venues are ADA-compliant, and we strive to make our spaces as accessible as possible. These spaces are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage patrons to request a wheelchair space in advance at accessibility@sundance.org. Patrons may also request a wheelchair space by speaking with a Festival staff member as soon as they arrive at any theater. Please note, we cannot guarantee availability of spaces for requests made on-site, but we will do our best to fulfill them.

Companion Seating

Companion seating is available at all theaters for family and friends of individuals utilizing a wheelchair space. Companion seating refers to the three seats nearest to the wheelchair spaces that may be reserved by those who request the wheelchair spacing to ensure they may sit with their group. Individuals sitting in the companion seat section are required to have a ticket to all screenings. Please contact us if you have questions about companion seating at specific theaters.

Online Accommodations

We provide the following online Festival accessibility accommodations to guests.

Photosensitivity Precautions

On-screen imagery may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy seizures or have other photosensitivities. Screenings identified with such content will have a viewer warning at the start of the screening and be listed in advance in the program guide, however, individual viewer discretion is advised

Audio Description (AD)

The Festival encourages all filmmakers to provide accessible versions of their films. As long as an accessible version of the film has been submitted, we’re able to accommodate AD for online screenings. Online viewers will have the ability to turn audio description on and off on their personal viewing screens via the AD toggle.

Closed Captioning (CC) & Subtitles for the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH)

The Festival requests that all filmmakers provide closed-captioned versions of their films compatible with our online Festival Platform. Online viewers will have the ability to turn captions on and off on their personal viewing screens via the CC toggle. All non-English language Festival films will be screened in their original language with English subtitles. When available, an SDH version will show online. Subtitled films are noted as such in both the digital and print program guides.

Film Accessibility Features Quick List

Please email accessibility@sundance.org or call (435) 776-7790 for accessibility inquiries and requests.

Identifying Film Accessibility features is an ongoing process through mid-January as final versions of films are received and until then, we will continue to update the list below. This information will also be updated throughout the Film Program.

Audio Description

Below are the 2024 Festival titles scheduled to provide Audio Description Tracks. Once a final version with an Audio Description track has been received from the film team, the Sundance Institute is able to confirm AD tracks on these titles.

Because this process is ongoing through mid-January as final versions of films are received, we encourage individuals purchasing tickets to these screenings for the purpose of Audio Description to email accessibility@sundance.org and notify the Accessibility team. They are then able to contact you if there were any issues with the delivery of the Audio Description track of each screening. 

FEATURE FILMS WITH AUDIO DESCRIPTION

  • A Real Pain

  • As We Speak

  • Desire Lines

  • Eternal You

  • EVERY LITTLE THING

  • Gaucho Gaucho

  • Girls State

  • Good One

  • Hit Man

  • How to Have Sex

  • I Saw the TV Glow

  • Ibelin

  • Layla

  • Little Death

  • Love Lies Bleeding

  • Malu

  • Out of My Mind

  • Rob Peace

  • Sasquatch Sunset

  • Skywalkers: A Love Story

  • Suncoast

  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

  • The American Society of Magical Negroes

  • The Moogai

  • Thelma

  • Union

  • Winner

 

SHORT FILMS WITH AUDIO DESCRIPTION

  • Dona Beatrix Ñsîmba Vita

  • Essex Girls

  • Masterpiece

  • Salone Love 

Photosensitivity Advisories

FEATURE FILMS WITH PHOTOSENSITIVITY ADVISORIES

  • Devo

  • I Saw The TV Glow

  • Kneecap

  • Sujo

  • Suncoast

  • The Outrun

 

SHORT FILMS WITH PHOTOSENSITIVITY ADVISORIES

  • NA

Open Caption

We are committed to offering one open caption in-person screening of every film (when available) and some titles may offer more than one. For Non-English language films a version with subtitles for the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH) will be used for an Open Caption screening. 

Closed Captioning devices are available upon request when SDH or open captions are not offered. CaptiViews can be requested in advance by emailing accessibility@sundance.org. We cannot guarantee availability of devices for requests made onsite, but will do our best to fulfill them.

Below is a list of the current schedule of Open Caption Screenings. You may also identify screenings with Open Captions by navigating to the 2024 Film Program, filtering by “Open Caption” listed under “Accessibility Feature.”

FEATURE FILM SCREENINGS WITH OPEN CAPTION


Thursday, January 18th 

  • 12:30pm How to Have Sex – PC Library, PC

Friday, January 19th 

  • 11:00am Veni Vidi Vici – Redstone 1, PC
  • 11:30am Skywalkers: A Love Story – Redstone 2, PC
  • 12:15pm Agent of Happiness – Egyptian, PC
  • 2:00pm Ibelin – Redstone 1, PC
  • 2:45pm Eno – Redstone 2, PC
  • 5:00pm Girls – State Gateway 1/2/3, SLC
  • 5:00pm Mississippi Masala – Broadway 3, SLC
  • 5:30pm Layla – Redstone 1, PC
  • 5:45pm The Times of Harvey Milk – Broadway 6, SLC
  • 6:00pm How to Have Sex – Gateway 8/9, SLC
  • 6:00pm Never Look Away – Redstone 2, PC
  • 6:15pm Kneecap – Redstone 7, PC
  • 8:15pm LOLLA: THE STORY OF LOLLAPALOOZA – Gateway 1/2/3, SLC
  • 8:30pm Your Monster – Redstone 1, PC
  • 8:30pm DIG! XX – Broadway 3, SLC
  • 9:00pm How to Have Sex – Redstone 2, PC
  • 9:30pm I Saw the TV Glow – Redstone 7, PC
Saturday, January 20th 
  • 9:00am Pariah – Broadway 3, SLC
  • 10:30am Three Seasons – Broadway 6, SLC
  • 11:00am Agent of Happiness – Redstone 1, PC
  • 11:30am The American Society of Magical Negroes – Redstone 2, PC
  • 12:00pm Sujo – Redstone 7, PC
  • 12:30pm Napoleon Dynamite – Broadway 3, SLC
  • 1:45pm Go Fish – Broadway 6, SLC
  • 2:00pm A New Kind of Wilderness – Redstone 1, PC
  • 2:45pm Brief History of a Family – Redstone 2, PC
  • 3:45pm Love Machina – Redstone 7, PC
  • 5:00pm Dìdi (弟弟) – Redstone 1, PC
  • 6:00pm Better Angels: The Gospel According To Tammy Faye Gateway – 1/2/3, SLC
  • 6:00pm The Outrun – Redstone 2, PC
  • 6:45pm Gaucho Gaucho – Redstone 7, PC
  • 8:15pm Little Death – Redstone 1, PC
  • 9:30pm It’s What’s Inside – Gateway 1/2/3, SLC
  • 9:30pm Sasquatch Sunset –  Redstone 2, PC
  • 10:00pm Between the Temples – Redstone 7, PC
Sunday, January 21st 
  • 9:15am My Old Ass – Prospector, PC
  • 11:00am Porcelain War – Redstone 1, PC
  • 11:30am Handling the Undead – Redstone 2, PC
  • 12:00pm Winner – Redstone 7, PC
  • 2:15pm Black Box Diaries – Redstone 1, PC
  • 2:45pm Girls Will Be Girls – Redstone 2, PC
  • 3:15pm Sugarcane – Redstone 7, PC
  • 6:15pm Seeking Mavis Beacon – Redstone 2, PC
  • 6:45pm Eternal You – Redstone 7, PC
  • 9:00pm Love Lies Bleeding – Redstone 1, PC
  • 9:30pm Krazy House – Redstone 2, PC
  • 9:30pm REALM OF SATAN – Egyptian, PC
  • 10:00pm Ponyboi – Redstone 7, PC

Monday, January 22nd

  • 11:00am IGUALADA – Redstone 1, PC
  • 11:30am Good One – Redstone 2, PC
  • 12:00pm Union – Redstone 7, PC
  • 2:00pm Malu – Redstone 1, PC
  • 2:30pm The Battle for Laikipia – Redstone 2, PC
  • 3:15pm Tendaberry – Redstone 7, PC
  • 3:30pm Desire Lines – Egyptian, PC
  • 5:15pm Sue Bird: In The Clutch – Redstone 1, PC
  • 5:45pm EVERY LITTLE THING – Redstone 2, PC
  • 6:15pm Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Egyptian, PC
  • 6:45pm Sebastian – Redstone 7, PC
  • 8:30pm Ghostlight – Redstone 1, PC
  • 9:00pm The Moogai – Redstone 2, PC
  • 9:15pm The Synanon Fix – Broadway 6, SLC
  • 10:00pm REALM OF SATAN – Redstone 7, PC

Tuesday, January 23rd 

  • 11:00am In the Land of Brothers – Redstone 1, PC
  • 11:30am Nocturnes – Redstone 2, PC
  • 12:00pm And So It Begins – Redstone 7, PC
  • 2:00pm Daughters – Redstone 1, PC
  • 2:00pm FRIDA – PC Library, PC
  • 2:30pm Desire Lines – Redstone 2, PC
  • 3:15pm Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Redstone 7, PC
  • 5:15pm Look Into My Eyes – Redstone 2, PC
  • 5:45pm Hit Man – Redstone 1, PC
  • 6:00pm As We Speak – Gateway 1/2/3, SLC
  • 6:45pm Seeking Mavis Beacon – Gateway 8/9, SLC
  • 7:15pm Reinas – Redstone 7, PC
  • 9:00pm In A Violent Nature – Redstone 1, PC
  • 9:15pm Exhibiting Forgiveness – Gateway 1/2/3, SLC
  • 10:00pm àma Gloria – Gateway 8/9, SLC
  • 10:30pm Episodic Pilot Showcase – Redstone 7, PC

Wednesday, January 24th

  • 12:00pm Luther: Never Too Much – Redstone 7, PC
  • 3:15pm Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Redstone 7, PC
  • 5:30pm A Real Pain – Redstone 2, PC
  • 6:00pm Suncoast – Rose Wagner, SLC
  • 8:15pm DEVO – Redstone 1, PC
  • 8:45pm Love Me – Redstone 2, PC
  • 9:15pm Rob Peace – Rose Wagner, SLC
  • 9:30pm Kidnapping Inc. – Redstone 7, PC

Thursday, January 25th

  • 10:30am Stress Positions – Redstone 1, PC
  • 1:30pm Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Redstone 1, PC
  • 2:45pm God Save Texas: The Price of Oil & La Frontera – Redstone 7, PC
  • 3:00pm Freaky Tales – Redstone 2, PC
  • 7:45pm REALM OF SATAN – Holiday 1, PC
  • 8:30pm Desire Lines – Gateway 6, SLC
  • 9:15pm In The Summers – Redstone 2, PC

Friday, January 26th

  • 11:30am War Game – Redstone 2, PC
  • 12:00pm Conbody VS Everybody – Redstone 7, PC
  • 3:30pm Seeking Mavis Beacon – Egyptian, PC
  • 4:15pm Desire Lines – Holiday 2, PC
  • 5:00pm Tendaberry – Broadway 3, SLC
  • 5:00pm A Different Man – Redstone 1, PC
  • 5:00pm Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Gateway 6, SLC
  • 9:00pm REALM OF SATAN – Broadway 6, SLC
  • 10:00pm Exhibiting Forgiveness – Egyptian, PC

Saturday, January 27th

  • 9:00am Out of My Mind – Broadway 3, SLC
  • 9:45am 10 Lives – Broadway 6, SLC
  • 10:00am How to Have Sex Egyptian, PC
  • 2:30pm Presence – Redstone 1, PC
  • 3:30pm The Mother of All Lies – Redstone 7, PC
  • 4:15pm Greatest Night in Pop – Egyptian, PC
  • 5:45pm Will & Harper – Redstone 2, PC
  • 6:45pm Thelma – Redstone 7, PC

Sunday, January 28th

  • 11:30am How to Have Sex – Gateway 8/9, SLC

SHORT FILM SCREENINGS WITH OPEN CAPTION

Friday, January 19th

  • 8:45pm Shorts Program 1 – Gateway 6, SLC

Saturday, January 20th

  • 7:30pm Animated Shorts – Gateway 6, SLC

Sunday, January 21st

  • 9:00pm Doc Shorts – Gateway 1/2/3, SLC

Wednesday, January 24th

  • 11:00am Shorts Program 2 – Redstone 1, PC
  • 2:00pm Shorts Program 3 – Redstone 1, PC

Thursday, January 25th

  • 12:00pm Shorts Program 4 – Redstone 7, PC
  • 8:30pm Midnight Shorts – Holiday 4, PC
  • 9:30pm Shorts Program 5 – Redstone 7, PC

Accessible Parking, Shuttles, & Paratransit Services

Parking

ADA Placards: The Sundance Film Festival honors all DMV-issued ADA placards; however, accessible and general parking at each official Festival theater and venue is first-come-first-served and limited. A DMV-issued ADA placard does not guarantee parking at official Festival theaters and venues. The Sundance Film Festival does not issue any sort of accessible parking permit.

As a city-wide service, ADA parking is free in Park City for those displaying a placard. All official City-parking lots that are open offer ADA spaces. Additional ADA spaces are available at the top of China Bridge (entry from Marsac Avenue), Brew Pub, and Galleria Parking Lots.

Please note, there is no parking of any kind on Main Street, and with limited accessible parking nearby (China Bridge, Brew Pub, and Galleria Parking Lots), we encourage all patrons to take the shuttle system to the OId Town Transit Center.

Paratransit Services and Shuttles

All Festival routes have wheelchair-accessible shuttles, and drivers are trained to provide assistance to those who may need it.

Park City (Summit County)

Park City Transit offers door-to-door paratransit service for passengers who are unable to use the fixed-route service. Guests planning to utilize this service must apply at least three weeks prior to the Festival.

How to Apply: For information about paratransit service and for an accessibility eligibility application, please contact the Park City Paratransit Certification Office at (435) 615-5353 or TTY at (435) 615-7041 (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

Park City (Service at Kimball Junction/Redstone Theater)

All High Valley Transit buses are ADA accessible. High Valley Transit (HVT) also provides Valley Ride (an ADA paratransit service) for passengers with a temporary or permanent disability who qualify. Valley Ride is provided within three-quarters of a mile (on either side) of HVT’s fixed routes. All Park City Mobility riders are automatically eligible for Valley Ride service. 

How to Enroll: Visit High Valley’s Transit’s ADA Complementary Paratransit page for more information about this service. To enroll, please contact High Valley Transit at (435) 336-3021 or valleyride@highvalleytransit.org. 

  • If you need a round trip within Summit County outside of the city, Valley Ride can schedule and provide the trip.
  • If you need a round trip within Park City, Park City Mobility can schedule and provide the trip.
  • If your trip starts in Park City Municipal’s boundaries and ends in Summit County outside of these boundaries, Park City Transit is responsible for that trip. For the return trip, you should contact Valley Ride, and we will take you back to Park City.

Utah Transit Authority (Salt Lake City)

Utah Transit Authority (UTA) also offers door-to-door paratransit service for passengers and locations that qualify. UTA’s fixed route bus and TRAX light rail service offers lift-equipped or low-floor buses and trains for wheelchair accessibility. To be considered for UTA Paratransit Service, riders must contact the UTA Mobility Center. Further information about paratransit services in Salt Lake City is available at UTA Paratransit Service website or by calling the number for UTA Paratransit Service in Salt Lake Counties at (801) 287-2263.