With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.

After holding the event for 40 years in the Utah ski town, organizers plan to take it elsewhere starting in 2027.

Access to the Sundance Film Festival doesn’t require a trip to Park City, Utah anymore; Just an internet connection.

Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers.

Elijah Wood thinks Sundance Film Festival should stay in Park City, Utah. “ (Sundance) should stay in Park City!” Wood told reporters at a Sundance press line on Saturday night. “I can’t divorce it from here, it’s so bizarre.”

Alpaca International, a store on Main Street, displays a sticker in support of retaining the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

S tanding in line outside the Eccles for the opening-night premiere of "Twinless," a group of Park City locals affixed bright yellow stickers reading "KEEP SUNDANCE IN UTAH" to th

As Sundance considers moving out of Utah, the indie film community weighs how much of its identity is rooted in Park City.

I’ve always believed festival is the right word to describe the Sundance experience. The cultural boost the festival brings to ski season is a Sundance hallmark, mirroring the artistic sophistication of our community.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked the press line for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Train Dreams” at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. “It’s going to be an amazing festival, 41 years of Sundance here in Utah,” Cox said. “I think this is going to be the best one ever.”

"Twinless," which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, challenges dramatic notions of sympathetic characters and relationship narratives, for a bold, singular vision.

Tessa Thompson attends the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Gala Fundraiser during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Deer Valley on January 24, 2025 in Park City, Utah.