Sundance Weighs Interest From Atlanta, S.F., Santa Fe & More Over Potential 2027 Move; Park City & SLC Offer Joint Effort To Keep Festival
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Like an applause filled debut at Park City’s Eccles Theatre, the Sundance Film Festival’s potential move in 2027 to a new location is attracting a lot of big bidders, as well as a significant swing from the hometown crowd.
San Francisco, Minneapolis, Santa Fe, and Atlanta, the home of Hollywood South, are among the jurisdictions that have notified SFF organizers they are raising their paddles for a chance to have the festival based in their town.
Chicago has also allegedly made a move to bring Sundance to the already film festival rich Windy City, I hear. A couple of locations in Upstate New York as well as Savannah, GA are in play too.
Last year, with Santa Fe champing at the bit, Deadline exclusively reported that Sundance was considering a move as its current over a decade old contract with Park City winds down.
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