The Sundance Film Festival is the largest and among the most prestigious independent film festivals in the U.S., and it could soon be getting a new home. The festival, which is taking place now through Feb.

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 Short Film Program awards honored the winning projects five days before the conclusion of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where 88 feature-length and episodic works and 57 short films — curated from 11,153 short film submissions — have screened to audiences in Park City, Salt Lake City and online.