Multiple actors and directors whose movies premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival shared why they enjoy being in Utah for the festival and why they think it’s important. “This is the best place to bring a movie into the world,

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.

The war satire "Atropia" about actors in a military role-playing facility won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival's U.S. dramatic competition, while the Dylan O'Brien movie "Twinless" got the coveted audience award.