the Sandans Film Festival It will move to Bulder, Colorado, starting with the release of 2027, which is a transformational change of one of the main annual events of the independent film community.
After a vote on Wednesday by the Board of Trustees of the Sandans Institute, the city was chosen for the other finalists, Cincinnati and Salt Lake City.
“There was overwhelming support for Bulder,” Eps Borno, Chairman of the Sandans Institute, said in an interview on Thursday morning. “There is definitely a strong conversation, but as a tiger council for about 18 months, so there was a lot of consistent conversation, advanced conversation and advanced operation.”
“One of the really important things for us is to think about our soul,” said Amanda Kelly, CEO of Sundance Institute on Thursday. “Our morals are mired in this idea presented by Robert Redford in our foundational principles, which is the idea of reaching a place for the Sandans Film Festival, which has a sense of space and a sense of space.
“It is a wonderful city,” added Kelly. “It contains this wonderful atmosphere. You can go for long -distance walking or biking nearby. But it is also an artistic city, it is a technical city, it is a university city. So it is a really vibrant place.”
In April of last year, Sandans announced officially The possibility of leaving The festival’s home has long been in Park City, Utah, when a contract with the city was renewed in 2027. Six cities Then it was narrowed to The last three.
The festival step comes at a time when the film industry as a whole passes the constant certainty at all levels, from production to distribution and exhibition. Society has been affected by Sandans deeply on advanced business issues.
“This is a festival that is subject to change over the past five years, and this is the next step,” said Eugene Hernandez, director of the Sandans Festival and the President of Public Programming on Thursday. “Sandans as an institute and a clown, in his commitment to the artists, his commitment to being a global discovery festival, has not changed and honored. However, at the same time, [it’s been] Institute and Festival was ready and open to development. “
In a timely manner, places of rocks such as Macky Auditorium, Boudder Theatre and Dairy Center are familiar to attend the Sundance like Eccles theater, the Egyptian theater and Park City Library now.
“I think this is a really important time for us as an institute, but specifically for the festival,” Kelly said. “I think one of the things that we feel excited is to have a space to actually be more expanding in the way we think about the festival. So this is an opportunity for us to give ourselves a space for growth.”
Maki Hall in Bulder, Colo.
(Sandans Institute)
According to the materials provided by the Sandans Institute, the decision -making process included seven areas of comprehensive concentration: ethos, event capacity, transportation, hospitality, inclusion and access, financial sustainability and host partner support.
Among the factors are in consideration whether there is at least one performance hall with the ability of 1,300 people to display films, at least six spaces for examination with capabilities ranging from 150 to 1300, an international airport with direct flights from Los Angeles, New York, and Paris, within three hours of the site, within a radius of 25 thousand, and linking it from anything else. The ability, like the Olympic Games.
Salt Lake City and Sinnatati were seen as blue cities inside the red states, while Bolder is seen as a blue city in Zarqa State. Taking into account the controversial legislative proposals now in Utah and Ouyu, which will conflict with the universal view of the world, which is a fundamental part of the sandal, the transition to Bulder apparently reduces what could have been a source of increased tensions of the festival.
“What we were looking at is how we develop?” Borno said. “One of the great things that Bob Redford instilled in our soul as an institution that develops, risks, and lack of fear. Therefore, politics did not weigh us. We have always dealt with politics as is the case.
“Here in our state we celebrate the arts and films industry as a major and creative economic driver and an important shareholder in our prosperous culture. Now, with the addition of the famous Sandans Film Festival, we can expect more jobs, and a great benefit to our small companies including stores and restaurants.”
Within more than 40 years in Utah, the Sandans Film Festival helped to strengthen filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, Ava Duvirna, Stephen Soderberg, Ryan Kogler and countless others, while seeing the film industry through multiple ages of change. The festival will now try to create a new house in Boulder as it moves with industry to an uncertain future.
“Since the change is inevitable, we must always develop and grow, which was at the core of our survival,” said Robert Redford, president and founder of the Sandans Institute in a statement. “This step will guarantee that the festival continues to work in risk, support the innovative stories narrators, enhance independence, and the entertainment and enlightening audience. I am grateful to the Bulder community to support it, and I look forward to seeing what the future holds for the festival there.”
The final Sandans Film Festival will be held in Utah, with Park City and Solt Lake City, on January 22 to February 1, 2026.
