Sundance leaders announced in March the festival will say goodbye to Park City and move to Boulder, Colorado in 2027.
Utah will host the annual independent film festival for the last time in 2026.
Now, local organizations are looking to fill the hole left by Sundance, including Park City Film.
Executive Director Katy Wang said the nonprofit is looking to host a summer film program starting in 2026. She said the organization is in negotiations with the city regarding its lease.
“Right now, we're restricted in the summer months; we're not actually able to run a full summer program and that's historically been true for 30 years,” Wang said. “We are petitioning the city council to change that up in 2026 so that we can run a full summer program.”
Wang said Park City Film was created to bring Sundance films to the community. But with Sundance leaving, Wang said she plans to look at other festivals when choosing movies to screen.
“I'll be certainly going to more film festivals around the world, and curating a much larger program for our community to make up for the loss of Sundance,” she said.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox expressed optimism about the festival’s departure in April. He said people in the arts and entertainment industries are interested in coming to the Beehive State to do “something bigger and better than Sundance.”
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