After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder , Colorado , keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City , the Utah ski town that had for decades provided the premier independent film gathering its picturesque snowy backdrop.
Organizers said that after 40 years in the mountains, the festival had outgrown Park City, and lacked the necessary theaters or affordable housing to continue hosting what has become one of North America’s most sprawling movie events. Sundance had narrowed down the options to Salt Lake City (with a smaller presence in Park City), Cincinnati and Boulder.
Boulder, organizers said, emerged as their choice due to its close proximity to nature, its small-town charm and an engaged community that provides Sundance the ideal setting for its future…