July 2024 Releases: New Shows & Movies to Watch

By Lucy Spicer

School may be out for the kids, but part of growing up is realizing it’s never too late to learn something new. We’re here to help this July, with four Sundance Institute–supported documentaries set to reach wider audiences this month (plus two fiction titles for those of us who also want a laugh or a fright).

Featuring documentaries from the 2024 and 2025 Sundance Film Festivals, this month’s new releases include a look at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway, a chronicle of Colombian activist Francia Márquez’s presidential campaign, a portrait of members of the Church of Satan, and a film following trans activist and lawyer Chase Strangio as he prepares to argue in front of the Supreme Court. On the fiction front, audiences ready to giggle and cringe in turn can head to theaters for a rom-com about a romantic weekend gone wrong or a body horror feature where a codependent couple get dangerously close.