Colorado wins Sundance Film Festival bid

By Stephanie Wolf, Bente Birkeland, and Lauren Antonoff Hart

· Mar. 27, 2025, 11:46 am

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Sundance Film Festival director and head of programming Eugene Hernandez speaks during a press conference announcement that the festival move to Boulder, Colo., at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Man stands at podium — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks during a press conference announcement that the Sundance Film Festival move to Boulder, Colo., at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Sundance Institute board chair Ebs Burnough speaks during a press conference announcement that the Sundance Film Festival move to Boulder, Colo., at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

State Rep. Brianna Titone on the opening day of the Colorado Legislature, Jan. 8, 2025.

Republican state Sen. Mark Baisley as he introduces SB25-047, the Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law, before the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Feb. 25, 2025.

People and press listen during a press conference announcement that the Sundance Film Festival move to Boulder, Colo., at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Colorado Office of Film commissioner Donald Zuckerman speaks during a press conference announcement that the Sundance Film Festival move to Boulder, Colo., at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

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