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Sundance Attendees Worry About Fest Moving to Cincinnati as Decision Looms, but Advocates Say That’s ‘Coastal Elitist Bias’
Sundance is on the hunt for a new home, and some attendees are worried it will end up in Cincinnati.
“I remember the first time I came here,” a producer with a film at this year’s Sundance told me in January while devouring a sandwich at the Annex Burger bar, situated on Main Street in Park City. Yet one Los Angeles-based film student who is attending his first Sundance told me he didn’t mind the freezing weather, because the festival gave cozy vibes distinctly at odds with Southern California. He points to the city’s booming filmmaking scene, which has attracted directors like Todd Haynes and Steven Soderbergh, as well as its solid infrastructure and rich cultural history as benefits of heading to the midwest.
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