EXCLUSIVE: Amid all of the strike information and Emmy noms on the horizon, right here’s one thing wild we heard lately and that’s that the Sundance Film Festival has been fielding bids from a handful of cities to relocate the pageant from its Park City, UT dwelling base.
Sources inform us that Sundance is on the lookout for one other metropolis to host future editions of the indie movie pageant and market. Already, Sundance has a contract with Park City metropolis corridor to stay within the ski city till no less than 2026.
Among these locations within the combine in what are very early talks, are Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“The Festival is based in Utah,” a Sundance rep tells Deadline tonight, “We are not exploring new locations. We look forward to everyone joining us there for our 40th edition, January 18-28 at the Festival.”
What’s been occurring per Sundance insiders is that they’ve been taking a look at different cities to host one other Sundance Lab. The Sundance Resort, the place one of the labs is held, is about to endure development. The labs are the year-round applications that the Sundance Institute runs the place burgeoning filmmakers develop their tasks.
“We currently, as well as in the past, run our year-round artist program labs in various locations from Utah to New Mexico to Massachusetts to Los Angeles to Texas to Wyoming as well internationally and online,” the Sundance rep added.
“One of our primary locations is undergoing construction, so we are exploring alternatives for where the in-person elements of some of our labs can take place should the construction be an issue,” the fest rep added.
Sold by Redford again in late 2020, the Sundance Resort, situated 36 miles from Park City, underwent in depth renovations in 2021 below its new house owners. With extra work to come back subsequent April with the constructing of a brand new 63-room lodging inn nearer to the ski lifts, these renos might impression these areas the place some of the Sundance Labs have been held for a quantity of years
Santa Fe has already develop into a serious hub for Hollywood productions, their monitor report together with Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and the film Prey, to not point out the tragic first incarnation of the Alec Baldwin starring Rust. Last yr, the now Netflix-owned Albuquerque Studios broke floor on a serious enlargement of the 16-year previous facility. The City Different counts a handful of cinemas such because the George R.R. Martin owned single display screen Jean Cocteau Cinema, the 1930 constructed Lensic historic theater, the Violet Crown multiplex, the CCA, and the Regal Santa Fe Place. More screens can be wanted to fulfill the calls for of a pageant that pulls over 86K in-person. In 2022, the leisure trade economic system delivered $855.4 million to the state of New Mexico, setting a report, and a 36% spoke over 2021.
Stayed tuned.
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