Sundance move: Hollywood veterans both ‘thrilled’ and nostalgic about leaving Utah

Industry commentators also took jabs at Utah’s conservative politics and the state’s proposal to stage its own festival.

(Eddie Clark | Sundance Institute) Eugene Hernandez, director of the Sundance Film Festival, talks to a reporter outside the Boulder Theatre in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at a celebration to mark the impending move of the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder starting in 2027.

Sundance move: Hollywood veterans both ‘thrilled’ and nostalgic about leaving Utah

Industry commentators also took jabs at Utah’s conservative politics and the state’s proposal to stage its own festival.

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