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Gov. Cox comments on Sundance Film Festival’s future at film premiere
Should Sundance stay in Utah? State leaders and locals rally to keep the independent film festival
Should Sundance Stay in Utah? State Leaders and Locals Rally to Keep the Festival
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.
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.
Gov. Spencer Cox and other Utah elected officials welcomed the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Saturday night. They attended a screening of “Train Dreams" directed by Clint Bentley.
Naturally, The Verge is going to be taking in as much of Sundance as we can and posting bite-sized reviews of everything we see. We’ll also be posting longer reviews and sharing trailers, and you can follow along here to keep up with all of the news out of the festival.
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.
Thus, Consequence is taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity by reviewing everything we can from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival — ranking these films as we go, because why not. We’ll be adding new reviews to the below throughout the online festival’s run (Jan.
Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” and Brittany Shyne’s “Seeds” claimed the top jury awards at Sundance, along with audience favorites "Twinless,” “DJ Ahmet” and “Prime Minister.”
Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a distributor.
This year’s Sundance Film Festival screened more than two dozen LGBTQ features, shorts, and documentaries, including highly anticipated remakes of “Kiss of
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.
Our final Sundance 2025 dispatch highlights Train Dreams and Dramatic Competition films Twinless, Bunnylovr, Ricky, and Plainclothes.
SCAD TVfest is back — and kicking off the packed event robustly with one of the biggest shows on television being honored on opening night. The 13th annual festival will begin with Variety honoring Matt and Ross Duffer,
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