Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has been working “diligently” to keep Sundance Film Festival returning to Park City, Utah, he said at a press conference Thursday.

Utah's challengers are reportedly offering strong incentives to lure the event out of the Beehive State. Colorado lawmakers, for example, are looking to offer up to $34 million in tax incentives for a festival that sells over 100,000 tickets and brings in more than 10,000 out-of-state visitors, the Durango Herald reported.

Park City's Main Street will be pedestrian-only during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, according to Park City Police Chief Wade Carpenter.

Utah residents can get free tickets to five screenings during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival — two in Park City, two in Salt Lake City and one online. As part of Sundance’s “Local Lens” screenings, Utah residents can register for in-person screenings at the festival’s website,

Whether the Sundance Film Festival remains in Utah or moves to Boulder, Colorado or Cincinnati, Ohio in 2027, the 2025 gathering will see some big changes. And we don’t mean on screen. Rather on the streets — Park City’s often congested Main Street.

Despite the untold wreckage of the wild fires in California, the Sundance Film Festival will continue as planned in Utah

Park City’s Main Street will be closed to cars during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. It’s the first road closing of this kind in the event’s history.

Individual tickets for the 41st Sundance Film Festival are scheduled to go on sale at Thursday morning for screenings across Park City and Salt Lake City.

While the festival continues as expected, devastation remains in LA County. The National Weather Service put portions of LA County under a “particularly dangerous situation” warning through Wednesday morning as high winds with gusts up to 72 mph threaten rapid spreading of the fire, per the Los Angeles Times.

You can take part in the 2025 Sundance Film Festival without leaving your home, here’s how and what movies are available to watch.