Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees of the Sundance Film Festival are making their final push to keep the world-renowned independent film festival in the state as its directors consider uprooting it.
Sundance is amid a process to decide a new location after a contract with City Hall to hold the festival largely in Park City expires. The selection process has been one of the overriding themes of the chatter throughout Sundance.
As it searches for a new home beyond Park City, Utah, the film festival showcases a neo-western, a promising comedic debut and two unsettling documentaries.
The war satire “Atropia” about actors in a military role-playing facility won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition, while the Dylan O’Brien movie “Twinless” got the coveted audience award.
Bowen Yang, the “Wicked” actor and “Saturday Night Live” comedian, said he's in favor of having the Sundance Film Festival move to Salt Lake City, with some events remaining in Park City, rather than leave Utah entirely.
T he largest and most prestigious independent film festival in the U.S. could soon be getting a new home. Taking place now through Feb. 2, Sundance has been held in Park City, Uta
Sundance Film Festival continues, Utah officials are working behind the scenes to keep the event in its 40-year home.
Sorry, Baby” Eva Victor triumphs as the writer and star in her perfectly nuanced directorial debut “Sorry, Baby.” (Mia Cioffy Henry, provided by the Sundance Institute) Comedian Eva Victor can be ridiculously funny and wry.
Sundance Institute this week revealed all the trophy winners to emerge from the fest's short film program during a ceremony and party presented by Vimeo at venue The Park in Park City, Utah.
I’ve always believed festival is the right word to describe the Sundance experience. The cultural boost the festival brings to ski season is a Sundance hallmark, mirroring the artistic sophistication of our community.
Access to the Sundance Film Festival doesn’t require a trip to Park City, Utah anymore; Just an internet connection.
Elijah Wood thinks Sundance Film Festival should stay in Park City, Utah. “ (Sundance) should stay in Park City!” Wood told reporters at a Sundance press line on Saturday night. “I can’t divorce it from here, it’s so bizarre.”