In A Sundance Film Festival First, Simulcast Film & Q&A Will Screen Across 10 Theatres Nationwide on January 26, 2020
PARK CITY, UTAH — Sundance Institute has announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Sony Pictures Classics and Trafalgar releasing on January 26, the Utah premiere of The Climb, screening in the Spotlight category of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, to be simulcast across ten cinemas across the U.S., with the following Q&A simulcast live from The Ray Theatre in Park City, enabling independent film fans in markets nationwide to participate in the buzz of Festival from anywhere.
The Climb, directed by Michael Angelo Covino and written by Covino and Kyle Marvin, is based on Covino’s short film of the same name, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The feature-length expansion tells the story of Kyle and Mike, best friends sharing a close bond, that is until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée. A portrait of a turbulent yet lasting man-to-man relationship across many years of laughter, heartbreak, and rage, The Climb was awarded the Coup de Coeur Prize after its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and also screened at the Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. More information on the film is available here, and the film’s trailer is available here.
Participating theaters include Bow Tie Cinemas Harbour 9 (Annapolis, Maryland), Cedar Lee Theater (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Cinema Arts Theater (Fairfax, Virginia), Harkins Theaters Tempe Marketplace 16 (Tempe, Arizona), Landmark’s Kendall Square Cinema (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema (Indianapolis, Indiana), Landmark’s Lagoon Cinema (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema (Indianapolis, Indiana),
You can find tickets on sale by clicking this LINK. Sony Pictures Classics will release The Climb in Los Angeles and New York on March 20, 2020, followed by a national rollout.
