Sundance Film Festival

Festival Overview

The annual Sundance Film Festival, held each January in Park City, Utah, is widely recognized as the premier showcase for American and international independent film. Inclusive and eclectic in its programming approach, the festival has grown to include film culture events, panel discussions, youth programs, online exhibition, and live music. Attended by more than 45,000 people from around the world each year and with an online audience exceeding 1,000,000 users, the Sundance Film Festival creates a vibrant, unique community of artists and audiences that extends well beyond the mountains of Park City, Utah.

Festival Dates

The Sundance Film Festival takes place over ten days each January in and around Park City, Utah.

The 2007 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28, 2007.

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival is scheduled for January 17-27, 2008.

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival is scheduled for January 15-25, 2009.

History & Past Festivals

In 1978, the United States Film Festival was created in Salt Lake City, Utah. During its early years, the Film Festival focused primarily on the presentation of retrospective films and filmmaker seminars. However, from its inception, the Film Festival featured a national competition aimed at drawing attention to new American films made outside the Hollywood system. In 1981, the Festival grew to include documentaries along with its program of dramatic features, and moved to Park City, Utah, the mountain town that continues to be the hub of Festival activity. The following year, short films were added to the Festival's program.

In 1985, the Film Festival added international films to its programming and, under the aegis of founder Robert Redford became a part of Sundance Institute. The move provided the Festival with year-round administration, backing, and a network of contacts, and Sundance Institute gained a powerful vehicle for the presentation of new work by American and international independent filmmakers. In 1991, the Festival was officially renamed the Sundance Film Festival.

Past Festivals

2006

The 2006 Festival presented a total of 194 films including features QUINCEANERA, STEPHANIE DALEY, and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and documentaries AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, GOD GREW TIRED OF US, and THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED. In the second year of its World Cinema Competition, Sundance screened 43 international feature films representing 32 countries. While attendance at Festival theatres in Utah reached record levels, so did the Festival's official website with users downloading more than 1,000,000 short films and original content episodes from the site.

Tickets

Ranging from comprehensive ticket packages that are purchased months in advance to individual tickets that become available just hours before Festival screenings, there are myriad ways to purchase tickets to films at the Sundance Film Festival.

Specific information about purchasing packages and individual tickets is available beginning in September on the Sundance Film Festival website. Be sure to check the site early and often for important dates and new ticket buying opportunities!