The 2026 Sundance Movie Competition was all about saying goodbye to an period, and now the indie movie establishment is waiting for a brand new one. Sundance has introduced the dates and choose venues for its 2027 version, which would be the first to happen in its new residence of Boulder, Colorado.
The 2027 Sundance Movie Competition will run from January 21 – 31, 2027, with movies screening at quite a lot of venues within the school city. Official film theaters embody the Boulder Theater, Boulder Excessive College Auditorium, Casey Center College Auditorium, Chautauqua Auditorium, Cinemark Century Boulder, eTown Corridor, and each the Boedecker Theater and Gordon Gamm Theater on the Dairy Arts Heart. The pageant will even make the most of a number of venues from the College of Colorado Boulder, together with the Macky Auditorium Live performance Corridor, Muenzinger Auditorium, and Roe Inexperienced Theater.
The pageant additionally introduced venues for talks and different non-screening programming which embody the Boulder Public Library District’s Canyon Theater, the Dairy Arts Heart, eTown Corridor, and Previous Foremost at UC Boulder.
“Working carefully with the Colorado group, the 2027 Sundance Movie Competition is already in our sights as we construct in the direction of an thrilling debut in Boulder the place our programming will meet audiences subsequent January,” mentioned Eugene Hernandez Sundance Movie Competition and Public Programming Director, in an announcement. “Nestled on the base of Colorado’s iconic Flatirons, venues throughout the town and CU Boulder’s campus present a super setting for festivalgoers from internationally to return collectively, experience artwork, spark dialog, and create unforgettable recollections. Boulder affords a famend inventive arts and tech scene, paired with the colourful CU Boulder college students, school, and employees. We’ll share extra particulars within the coming months and hope you’ll be a part of us on our journey to Boulder as we construct the Sundance Movie Competition’s new residence.”
Boulder was chosen as the brand new residence of the Sundance Movie Competition in March 2025, beating out finalists Salt Lake Metropolis and Cincinnati. The pageant initially thought-about Louisville, Atlanta, and Santa Fe as nicely earlier than narrowing down the sphere. For extra about what the Boulder period of Sundance may appear like, take a look at IndieWire’s previous articles on the transfer.