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So long, Park City. Sundance Film Festival to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027
The Sundance Film Festival announced that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City, Utah.
After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City, the Utah ski town that had for decades provided the premier independent film gathering its picturesque snowy backdrop.Organizers said that after 40 years in the mountains, the festival had outgrown Park City, and lacked the necessary theaters or affordable housing to continue hosting what has become one of North America's most sprawling movie events. The Macky Auditorium, on the University of Colorado campus, is expected to be a central stage for Sundance.The Sundance Institute was founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, who sought a location far from Hollywood to foster independent voices in film. Cox is currently weighing a bill that would ban the flying of certain flags at schools and government buildings, including the LGBTQ pride flag.Organizers said Boulder's "welcoming environment aligns with the ethos the Sundance Film Festival developed in Park City.
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