Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees of the Sundance Film Festival are making their final push to keep the world-renowned independent film festival in the state as its directors consider uprooting it.

The Sundance Film Festival has selected this year’s recipients of the Merata Mita Fellowship and the Graton Fellowship for Artists from California-Based Tribes. On Saturday, Sundance Institute announced Rhayne Vermette (Métis) as its Merata Mita Fellow,

Sundance Institute this week revealed all the trophy winners to emerge from the fest's short film program during a ceremony and party presented by Vimeo at venue The Park in Park City, Utah.

Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers.

Our Sundance Institute team is thrilled for Rhayne, Roni Jo, and Stefan. Their roots and creative journeys are so different, and that speaks to why opportunities like the Merata Mita and Graton Fellowships are so important for uplifting Indigenous storytelling — they allow us to champion a variety of projects,

This month, the Sundance Film Festival is once again providing a showcase for independent filmmakers and documentarians from around the world. But that isn't all that Sundance does. "Sunday Morning" goes behind the scenes.

TheWrap hosted a conversation on Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival among independent film veterans - financiers, producers, directors and distributors - focused on seeking bold solutions to the economic challenges facing independent film.

Rebuilding, is such a beautiful film — both narratively and visually — that it left few dry eyes in the packed audience of its Sundance premiere.

Bowen Yang, the “Wicked” actor and “Saturday Night Live” comedian, said he's in favor of having the Sundance Film Festival move to Salt Lake City, with some events remaining in Park City, rather than leave Utah entirely.

SALLY, directed by Cristina C, screening in the Premieres category was selected as the 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize winner, an annual juried award granted to an artist with the most outstanding depiction of science and technology in a feature-length film.

Sundance Film Festival runs from January 23 to February 2, 2025, with select films screening online. For further information and tickets visit https://festival.sundance.org/program/categories.