Sundance’s Last Year in Park City Will Honor Robert Redford and the Festival’s Longtime Utah Home

The Sundance Film Festival is readying for its caller location — Boulder, Colorado — starting successful 2027. But nan upcoming 2026 version will beryllium nan festival’s past (for now!) successful Park City, Utah, wherever Sundance has lived since its early days arsenic nan US Film and Video Festival successful 1981.

As antecedently announced, Sundance 2026 will return spot January 22 – February 1, and we’re expecting awesome attendance arsenic longtime festival-goers and nan manufacture descend upon Utah 1 much clip to opportunity goodbye earlier nan Boulder move. The Colorado assemblage municipality hit retired Cincinnati and Salt Lake City aft nan show brass started exploring relocation options successful 2024, pinch Boulder chosen for its upland views reminiscent of Park City’s ain arsenic good arsenic its vibrant arts community.

Sundance Film Festival head Eugene Hernandez shared a missive pinch property connected Monday, July 14, outlining really Sundance’s last Park City front will grant its longtime Utah hub arsenic good arsenic co-founder Robert Redford. The movie programme will see 90-plus features and 50-plus shorts, alongside nan festival’s Beyond Film bid that encompasses panels and conversations. Once again, Main Street successful Park City will beryllium pedestrian-only for 2026, which helped alleviate car postulation astir show venues successful 2025.

Programming will besides observe Redford’s wide show bequest and his activity arsenic laminitis of nan Sundance Institute astatine nan yearly Sundance Film Festival Celebration fundraising arena connected January 23. Plus, archival screenings, restorations, and much will salary tribute to Park City and Sundance’s history successful nan Utah skis town.

Hear much from Hernandez straight below:

Friends,

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival is conscionable six months away, and coming I’m excited to stock immoderate specifications and updates astir our upcoming version successful Utah. This twelvemonth will mean truthful overmuch for truthful galore reasons. Our attraction is making nan 2026 Festival — successful Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, from January 22–February 1 — 1 to remember, a ceremony afloat of gratitude and joy.

“Everyone has a story.” — Robert Redford

Robert Redford’s belief successful nan powerfulness of storytelling has shaped independent cinema for complete 40 years. That dedication forged nan Sundance Film Festival. From nan artists premiering their caller useful to nan audiences connecting complete a discovery, our stories connected and disconnected surface during each Festival are nan ones we retrieve for a lifetime, nan ones that displacement civilization and present caller perspectives. It’s these moments that intersect and weave together into 1 unified, evolving communicative of nan Festival.

Sundance Institute is simply a nonprofit statement dedicated year-round to empowering artists and uplifting independent storytelling. We’re inspired each twelvemonth to put connected nan Festival, our largest creator program, wherever we will beryllium introducing audiences to marque caller films and projects created by emerging and established artists alike. We besides look guardant to showing our appreciation to nan Utah organization arsenic a full who person supported nan Festival for truthful galore years and laid nan foundation. Sundance Institute is energized by our continued engagement pinch Utah year-round.

No speech astir our enduring ngo is complete without celebrating nan dedication of our Sundance Institute President and Founder, Mr. Redford, whose imagination we will beryllium honoring astatine this year’s Festival. He identified nan profoundness of uplifting caller voices and protecting nan principle of independent storytelling erstwhile he first embarked connected this creator endeavor pinch nan support of truthful galore others. That ngo continues coming and will for decades to come.

We dream you will subordinate america for nan 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Below are immoderate specifications to thief you scheme your ain travel to Utah successful January:

Mark Your Calendars
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival will return spot successful personification January 22–February 1 successful Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. Premieres will beryllium held Thursday, January 22, to Tuesday, January 27, wherever audiences will spot films, episodic projects, and much for nan first time, pinch further showings passim nan full Festival. Starting connected Wednesday, January 28, we’ll beryllium kicking disconnected our joyful appreciation of 40-plus years of seminal independent cinema that premiered successful Park City done typical screenings and bequest talks and events.

For those looking to participate successful nan find from crossed nan country, we will beryllium offering at-home screenings disposable online from Thursday, January 29, to Sunday, February 1, which will characteristic films successful our 5 title sections, including NEXT. Films from different sections successful our lineup tin besides prime to participate successful nan online Festival programme for constricted audiences. Press and manufacture will person online entree to nan at-home programme for nan master organization opening 1 time earlier connected Wednesday, January 28.

Celebrating nan Vision of Robert Redford
We will beryllium recognizing Robert Redford’s immense effect and his unwavering committedness to nan nurturing and improvement of independent storytellers and their stories done nan influential Sundance Institute Labs, Sundance Film Festival, and beyond — pinch typical moments during nan 2026 Festival. Mr. Redford values nan powerfulness of connecting straight pinch artists, particularly successful nan earthy mounting of nan Sundance Mountain Resort during nan creator laboratory programs, wherever a supportive organization of visionary artists convene and cultivate bold storytelling while taking imaginative risks guided by influential imaginative advisors, and astatine nan Festival’s yearly Directors Brunch, which brings together filmmakers arsenic they hole to present their stories to nan world.

As portion of this appreciation, we’ll beryllium honoring Mr. Redford’s imagination done our Sundance Film Festival Celebration, an exceptional evening being held connected Friday, January 23, astatine Grand Hyatt Deer Valley. The yearly arena enables our nonprofit to raise costs to support independent artists year-round done labs, grants, and nationalist programming that cultivate artists from each complete nan world.

Inside nan 2026 Program
Our afloat programme will see characteristic films, episodic projects, and short films — welcoming 90-plus features and 50-plus shorts successful 2026 — arsenic good arsenic our yearly Beyond Film series, which showcases talks and events pinch immoderate of nan astir compelling artists and galore more. Stay tuned for much specifications connected nan breathtaking upcoming lineup!

Honoring Our Park City Legacy
Park City has been an integral portion of our Festival, and we’re honored to show our appreciation passim nan 2026 Festival, including a programme of archival screenings, restorations, and typical events. As we stroll up and down Main Street — which will beryllium pedestrian-only again during nan 2026 Festival! — we’re looking guardant to commemorating nan cherished experiences that we built together while looking to nan future. These important moments travel from our shared history that launched immoderate of nan astir iconic films that person continued to resonate for decades, fueled curiosity and change, and brought astir unforgettable experiences.

The section organization crossed Utah is simply a important portion of nan Sundance Film Festival: our dedicated Institute team, passionate volunteers, partners who person uplifted our gathering, section artists who person collaborated pinch us, and enthusiastic audiences. Without you, nan Festival would not beryllium what it is coming and into nan future.

This coming twelvemonth will beryllium nan culmination of our yearly gathering successful Park City for nan Sundance Film Festival. As you mightiness know, nan Festival will beryllium moving to Boulder, Colorado, starting successful 2027. Yes, this is simply a large change, but correct now it’s important for america to return this infinitesimal and admit each nan milestones and memories that we’ve shared together successful Park City.

Venues
We’re looking guardant to presenting our world premieres and screenings astatine our weighted venues successful Park City, Utah, including nan Eccles Theatre, Holiday Village Cinemas, Library Center Theatre, The Ray Theatre, and Redstone Cinemas, arsenic good arsenic returning this twelvemonth to The Yarrow Theatre (located astatine DoubleTree by Hilton Park City – The Yarrow).

In Salt Lake City, wherever truthful galore of our beloved assemblage members besides subordinate us, we will beryllium returning to nan Salt Lake Film Society’s Broadway Centre Cinemas and Rose Wagner Performing Arts Centre.

Our Filmmaker Lodge connected Main Street successful Park City will big Beyond Film programming, pinch further conversations happening astatine The Box astatine The Ray and The Park serving arsenic a backstage events venue.

Sundance Film Festival Headquarters and Artist, Industry, and Press Hub
This twelvemonth some our Headquarters and Artist, Industry, and Press Hub will beryllium located astatine nan Sheraton Park City (1895 Sidewinder Dr., Park City, Utah, 84060). Be judge to extremity by to opportunity hello, cheque retired immoderate merch, and more.

Awards Ceremony
This arena is erstwhile nan artists travel together arsenic we grant their accomplishments and dedication to creating risk-taking, trailblazing works. The 2026 Sundance Film Festival assemblage and assemblage awards will beryllium presented connected Friday, January 30, astatine a ceremonial astatine The Ray Theatre successful Park City.

Lodging
If you haven’t already, we urge you reserve your recreation and accommodations early. Book done our partner site for typical offerings and resources, including entree to perks and an interactive map, and wherever you will besides beryllium supporting our Sundance Institute creator programs.

Join Donor Circles
Your support is captious to fostering independent storytelling. Explore nan unsocial benefits of Donor Circles, which connection much than conscionable early entree to Festival passes and summons packages; they signify a deeper committedness to nan arts and unlock a curated experience. To study much astir giving options, link pinch our improvement squad astatine giving@sundance.org aliases (310) 492-2301. Stay informed astir nan Festival by signing up for our email database astatine www.sundance.org.

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival will beryllium different chance to beryllium a portion of our continuing story! I look guardant to gathering successful Park City and Salt Lake City pinch you each this coming January to observe independent storytelling past, present, and future.

Eugene Hernandez
Director, Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming