Is The Sundance Film Festival On The Move? – The Dish
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Amid all the strike news and Emmy noms on the horizon, here’s something wild we heard recently and that’s that the Sundance Film Festival has been fielding bids from a handful of cities to relocate the festival from its Park City, UT home base.
Sources tell us that Sundance is looking for another city to host future editions of the indie film festival and market. Already, Sundance has a contract with Park City city hall to remain in the ski town until at least 2026.
Among those places in the mix in what are very early talks, are Santa Fe, New Mexico. “The Festival is based in Utah,” a Sundance rep tells Deadline tonight, “We are not exploring new locations.
We look forward to everyone joining us there for our 40th edition, January 18-28 at the Festival.” What’s been going on per Sundance insiders is that they’ve been looking at other cities to host another Sundance Lab.
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