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.

Multiple actors and directors whose movies premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival shared why they enjoy being in Utah for the festival and why they think it’s important. “This is the best place to bring a movie into the world,

Sundance takes place every January, turning the "ski town of 8,200 full-time residents into a snowy circus, with over 20,000 people streaming in from around the globe," said the Times. When this happens,