Where the Sundance Film Festival will end up as its new home is TBD, but a Utah bill banning Pride flags & more in schools isn't making it any easter to keep things in the Beehive State

A Hollywood trade publication quotes an "insider" who said a discussion of Utah's HB77, which would ban pride flags in schools and government buildings, came up during talks over whether the Sundance Film Festival should stay in Utah.

Some of Utah's conservative leaders are encouraging Sundance to leave following a report that the state's pending ban on pride flags could push the film festival out the door. The latest: Deadline, citing an anonymous source,

This story originally appeared in the Utah News Dispatch. The ongoing drama over whether the film festival that helped put Utah on the world map will stay in the conservative state — or move elsewhere — is heating up.

With the future location of the Sundance Film Festival already in the air, a new proposed bill in Utah could mark the end for its tenure in the state. The Sundance Film Festival has been held in Park City,

The Sundance Film Festival could be on the verge of quitting Utah. Launched by actor Robert Redford 40 years ago, Sundance is one of the most-revered movie festivals in the world and the largest independent film festival in the United States.