US EditionLongtime festivalgoers say the final Sundance in Utah may also be their last
Festival moves after outgrowing Park City, with some attendees reluctant to follow and Sundance Institute labs staying near Utah, founder Redford's legacy persists.
- This year, the Sundance Film Festival in Park City drew attendees who repeatedly asked if they would follow the event when it moves to Boulder next year, while groups marked it as a last Utah festival.
- Sundance organizers said the festival had outgrown Park City, Utah, and developed exclusivity, while Boulder, Colorado, emerged after a yearlong site search among U.S. cities.
- Robert Redford, who founded the festival and died in September at age 89, gave his blessing for the relocation before his death, while Amy Redford, Sundance Institute board of trustees member, said she's excited about the transition and reassured skeptics.
- Volunteers and film professionals noted some longtime festivalgoers, including Butch Ward, vowed not to follow Sundance to Colorado next year, while others said curiosity might lead them to try Boulder despite identity concerns.
- The Sundance Institute said its lab programs for emerging screenwriters and directors will remain in Utah at the resort Redford founded about 34 miles south of Park City, while filmmaker Nik Dodani welcomed the new setting but worried about a 'vacuum' for certain Utah stories.
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This final Sundance Film Festival in Utah, I hope our ruling political party understands the consequences of what they have driven away by becoming the party of ideological warfare.
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