Sundance Institute CEP Joana Vicente recommended throughout a shock look Monday throughout a live insulation of Matt Belloni’s “The Town” podcast, that the company might be thinking about a step from Park City, Utah.
The Sundance Movie Festival has actually been kept in the hotel community because 1981, after relocating there from neighboring Salt Lake City. And when inquired about the state of settlements in between the Sundance Institute and the community, Vicente claimed, “Park City is part of Sundance. It’s a beautiful location. It’s kind of remote. We get immersed into the festival.”
At that, Belloni claimed, “I feel a ‘but’ coming,’ because I hear it, every time you go into a restaurant, you hear it every time you get into an Uber, you hear it every time you talk to people involved in the ski industry, they don’t like Sundance.”
At that, Vicente recognized “challenges,” consisting of “accessibility” and “cost.” She after that included that Sundance coordinators have “been really excited about the programming that we are doing in Salt Lake and really getting to a more diverse, younger audience.”
In what might maybe be an indicator of the not-for-profit’s reasoning, Vicente likewise kept in mind that “Utah as a state supports the festival.”
“So, yes, there is a negotiation coming up. We’re also spending time doing a lot of strategic thinking of where can we be most relevant. What’s the role of the festival? What’s the role of the institute? How do we evolve in a really ever-changing industry around us?” Vicente proceeded. “Those are all of the considerations, but we love being here. So, that’s what I would say. We want to make this work. We know there are a lot of challenges.”
Agents for the Sundance Institute really did not right away react to a ask for remark from TheWrap.
