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| Location | Park City, Utah, U.S. Sundance Resort, Utah, U.S. |
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| Founded | August 1978 (as Utah/US Film Festival) |
| Founded by | John Earle Sterling Van Wagenen |
| Awards | Grand Jury Prize Dramatic, Grand Jury Prize Documentary, Audience Award Dramatic, Audience Award Documentary |
| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Language | English |
| Website | festival |
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute.[1] It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023.[2] The festival takes place every January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres.[3] Many films premiering at Sundance have gone on to be nominated and win Oscars such as Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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