PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.

For Park City’s full-time residents, many of whom have grown up with the Sundance Film Festival, the idea of it leaving seems unimaginable.

Access to the Sundance Film Festival doesn’t require a trip to Park City, Utah anymore; Just an internet connection.

Elijah Wood thinks Sundance Film Festival should stay in Park City, Utah. “ (Sundance) should stay in Park City!” Wood told reporters at a Sundance press line on Saturday night. “I can’t divorce it from here, it’s so bizarre.”

Alpaca International, a store on Main Street, displays a sticker in support of retaining the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

EXCLUSIVE: No final decision has been made on if the Sundance Film Festival will stay in Utah or move to either Boulder or Cincinnati in 2027, but for attendees of the 2025 gathering a big change on Park City's Main Street has received a full thumbs-up so far.

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Hollywood made its return to Utah Thursday for the first day of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. It's expected to bring in thousands of people from all over the world, creating a big payoff for Utahns and businesses.

As Sundance considers moving out of Utah, the indie film community weighs how much of its identity is rooted in Park City.

S tanding in line outside the Eccles for the opening-night premiere of "Twinless," a group of Park City locals affixed bright yellow stickers reading "KEEP SUNDANCE IN UTAH" to th

I’ve always believed festival is the right word to describe the Sundance experience. The cultural boost the festival brings to ski season is a Sundance hallmark, mirroring the artistic sophistication of our community.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked the press line for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Train Dreams” at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. “It’s going to be an amazing festival, 41 years of Sundance here in Utah,” Cox said. “I think this is going to be the best one ever.”