Robert Redford Sundance Farewell: “My Dad Loved This Place And Its People,” Amy Redford Says Of Park City As Fest Exits In 2027

Key Highlights

• Watch on Deadline “I invite you to look out and up when you can, these mountains have a funny way of adding perspective,” said Amy Redford, “Utah is the bedrock that allowed us to build.” Amy Redford, Sundance Institute Board of Trustees, speaks during the Press Welcome Event & Remarks during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Park on January 21, 2026 in Park City, Utah.
• (Photo by Neilson Barnard/) She gave props to Park City for “lending their town to this crazy idea,” that being the Sundance Film Festival.
• “Maybe when you eat your meals, walk the streets, get a parking ticket –like I did this afternoon– pay attention to the people who are serving you.
• There might just be a lot about Utah you don’t know…” to which she added, “My Dad loved this place and its people.” While Sundance has hammered a ten-year deal with the city of Boulder, worth around $34M in tax incentives, and one which will expand the accommodations and cinemas, Amy Redford told the pack room of journalists at the fest’s Park venue on Iron Horse Drive, “We invite you to stay curious about this place (Park City), it too has stories.” Addressing the roll of the dice on Sundance’s new city, Boulder, Amy Redford said “this festival has found a new iteration, that will be exiting and imperfect and might feel like our beginnings 40 years ago.
• We will ground our next chapter in the founding values Dad articulated on a single sheet of paper; if you’ve read them, they are simple and strong.” Redford also gave a shoutout to the “shivering filmmakers who you’d never hard of…who might be the next one who will change the world.” Concluding her speech tonight, Redford said, “to seek the unknowns and find out who they are — it was really my Dad’s favorite part.” The Sundance Film Festival runs from Jan.