Park City and Salt Lake City are continuing to guard many of the details of the bid to retain the Sundance Film Festival in the state. But the governor of Utah and the leader of the Park City Chamber/Bureau have recently entered the scene with limited information.
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.
Frame By Frame will debut Saturday — the last night of the Sundance Film Festival — from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in “a small, little unknown alley” at 223 Floral Street, located behind official Sundance Film Festival venue Broadway Centre Cinemas.
After holding the event for 40 years in the Utah ski town, organizers plan to take it elsewhere starting in 2027.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked the press line for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Train Dreams” at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. “It’s going to be an amazing festival, 41 years of Sundance here in Utah,” Cox said. “I think this is going to be the best one ever.”
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As Sundance considers moving out of Utah, the indie film community weighs how much of its identity is rooted in Park City.
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.
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The independent film festival has largely outgrown its home town, but the threat of its departure has some business owners and residents fighting to keep it.