"The Sundance Film Festival, a cornerstone of independent cinema, is poised for a significant relocation, sparking a wave of nostalgia and apprehension among its devoted attendees. As this year's event concluded, a pervasive question echoed through Park City, Utah: "Will you go to the festival when it moves to Boulder?" For many long-time festivalgoers, the answer is a resounding no. Butch Ward, a Sundance regular since the early 1990s, embodies this sentiment, declaring that he will not follow the festival to its new Colorado home"
"The media professional from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, views this as the final iteration of Sundance in its authentic form, asserting that "a Sundance outside Utah just isn't Sundance." This feeling resonated widely, with some attendees even sporting yellow scarves proclaiming "Our last Sundance 2026" or holding signs dubbing it "the last Sundance." Actor Suzie Taylor, a sporadic attendee since 1997, explained, "It's not just a resistance to change. Robert Redford's vision was rooted here. And isn't it poetic that he passed right before the last"
The Sundance Film Festival will relocate from Park City, Utah to Boulder, Colorado after organisers concluded the event has outgrown its current home. Longtime attendees expressed nostalgia and refusal to attend the festival in its new location, with some declaring they will not follow and others displaying signs and scarves marking a perceived 'last' Sundance in Utah. Robert Redford founded the festival and built development programs in the Utah mountains as a sanctuary for independent storytelling; he died in September at age 89 and had given his blessing for the move. Boulder was chosen following a yearlong search among US cities.
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