After a selection process lasting almost a year, the choice for the world’s most important independent film festival has been made, the Sundance Film Festival will leave its longtime home in Park City, Utah, in 2027. It had been a tough application process, in which Boulder, CO positioned itself as the new festival location, while Park City fought to keep it and other cities such as Atlanta, Santa Fe and Buffalo also made their case.
For many years, politicians and city administrators had been negotiating in back rooms about the organization of a film festival. has now opened a new chapter with its invitation to tender.
Known for its scenic beauty at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder, despite its inviting small-town atmosphere, offers a vibrant arts scene and a colorful hustle and bustle of an open young population characterized by a large student body from the University of Colorado Boulder.
