It’s been just over two months since we learned the surprise news that the Sundance Film Festival could leave its longtime home in Park City, Utah when its contract with the city expires ahead of the 2027 festival. The Sundance Institute in April launched a formal process to determine where its next host city could be, and today, it wraps up a key step in that process.
Friday June 21 is the official deadline of Sundance’s Request for Proposal window, meaning cities that were selected by Sundance in the first window — the Request for Information — had to formally submit a bid outlining their plan complete with specific details about how they would support the festival in their city. The next step will be for Sundance to go through all the proposals and select its finalists, with a final decision coming between Q4 of this year and Q1 of next year.
No city has emerged as a frontrunner, even Park City, which is lobbying to keep the festival and could very well be a contender. But today the festival will know just which cities are really interested and which are moving on, and it’s expected that the Institute will compile a short list of contenders before announcing any finalists.
“The Sundance Institute is currently in the process of completing a fair and comprehensive review of all possible partners. We will be providing more information about the next step of our process once the review process is complete,” a festival rep told IndieWire….
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