Colorado lawmakers offer up to $34 million in tax credits to attract Sundance Film Festival to Boulder, boosting local economy and film industry.

A Colorado House Committee has passed a measure introducing a tax credit to encourage the Sundance Film Festival, as well as other smaller film festivals, to call Colorado home starting in 2027.

Sundance takes place every January, turning the "ski town of 8,200 full-time residents into a snowy circus, with over 20,000 people streaming in from around the globe," said the Times. When this happens,

Colorado lawmakers want to put millions of dollars in state tax credits on the table to lure the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder.

When Sundance leaves in 2027, attendees are weighing the pros and cons of the three finalists, Salt Lake City, Boulder, and Cincinnati.

There are exciting things afoot in the creative community in Colorado that will take creative collaboration from communities, cohorts and cowboys. Well, maybe not cowboys … I may have gotten a little carried away with the alliteration there.

As Sundance Film Festival organizers consider leaving for Colorado or Ohio, Utah’s governor is making a final financial push to keep the annual event in its longtime home.

Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees of the Sundance Film Festival are making their final push to keep the world-renowned independent film festival in the state as its directors consider uprooting it.

A bill that would provide tax incentives aimed at luring the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder won a favorable recommendation from the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee.

Locals are advocating for the iconic Sundance Film Festival to stay in Utah. Why it matters: Sundance organizers are weeks away from announcing whether the film festival will move to Cincinnati or Boulder,

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked the press line for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Train Dreams” at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. “It’s going to be an amazing festival, 41 years of Sundance here in Utah,” Cox said. “I think this is going to be the best one ever.”

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