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Sundance Film Festival will explore options beyond 2026 — and a move out of Utah is on the table

Utah leaders say the state is ‘well-positioned to continue’ hosting the festival that started in Salt Lake City in 1978.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Egyptian Theatre, on Main Street in Park CIty, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. The Sundance Film Festival announced on Apr. 17, 2024, it will open a process to “explore viable locations in the United States to host” the festival, beginning in 2027 — a move that will likely determine whether the festival will stay in Utah or move elsewhere.