Here’s how the Sundance Film Festival will say goodbye to Park City, and to Robert Redford
The 2026 festival — the last in Utah — will include tributes to Sundance’s founder and screenings of landmark movies that debuted in Park City. Ticket packages go on sale Wednesday.
(Paramount Pictures) Robert Redford plays Dave Chappelet, a world-class skier striving to win at all costs, in the 1969 movie "Downhill Racer." The 2026 Sundance Film Festival will screen the film as part of a tribute to Redford, who died Sept. 16, 2025, at age 89.
Sean P. Means has been reporting and editing for The Salt Lake Tribune since 1991 — including 25 years as movie critic. Since 2018, he has reported on arts and culture reporter, and breaking news — and was part of The Tribune’s COVID-19 reporting team. He reviews movies for MovieCricket.net and X96’s “Radio From Hell” program.