The Sundance Film Festival is Boulder bound, leaving its home of four decades in Park City, Utah, for a new chapter in neighboring Colorado.

As Colorado celebrated the coming move of the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder, Colorado film industry leaders were looking ahead at what seemed like potential for more production.

Sundance Film Festival's decision not to move to Cincinnati disappointed but didn't defeat local leaders who tried to bring the festival here. The city can land big events, said Mayor Aftab Pureval in a press conference he called Thursday in front of the city's acclaimed 147-year-old Music Hall.

Less than one year ago, the Sundance Institute announced it was considering new locations for the festival after its current contract with Park City/Salt Lake City ended in 2026.

Starting in 2027, the popular independent film-centric festival will move to another snow capped mountain town in Boulder, Colorado, according to a news release from the Sundance Institute. “Boulder offers small-town charm with an engaged community,

A shift from Park City to Boulder means Sundance stays at altitude but gives up being located in an expensive ski town.

Sundance Film Festival has chosen Boulder, Colorado, as its new host city, confirming the festival's departure from Utah's Park City.

The iconic Sundance Film Festival that began in Park City 40 years ago will be moving out of Utah starting in 2027. Officials announced Thursday that Boulder, Colorado was selected as the new venue for future festivals nearly a year after the Sundance Institute said it was considering relocation.

This story has been updated with new information from a public relations firm that works with Film Cincinnati. Cincinnati was not chosen for the Sundance Film Festival, according to the president of Film Cincinnati.