Sundance Film Festival Sets First Boulder Edition for 2027

The Sundance Film Festival will launch its first edition in Boulder, Colorado, from January 21 to 31, 2027, marking a historic relocation after decades in Utah. Festival director Eugene Hernandez detailed the plans in a public letter on July 29, outlining a significantly more compact footprint, major venue upgrades, and expanded programming for the iconic independent film event.

The festival’s operations will be concentrated within a two-mile radius of downtown Boulder, a shift from the sprawling 40-mile radius used in Utah. Key venues include the University of Colorado Boulder’s Macky Auditorium, which is being outfitted with 240 Dolby speakers and will feature the largest screen in Sundance history. Other locations are the Boulder Theater, Chautauqua Auditorium, Dairy Arts Center, and the Cinemark Century, which will serve as the press and industry screening venue. The Hotel Boulderado will act as festival headquarters. Hernandez emphasized that transformative, state-of-the-art renovations are underway at multiple sites, investments intended to benefit the local arts community year-round.

Substantial program growth accompanies the physical move. The festival’s four central...