Following the 41st Sundance Film Festival, Utah Gov. Cox, Park City Mayor Nann Worel and other leaders sign message to The Sundance Institute

Utah's efforts to keep the Sundance Film Festival here made it to Hollywood's front door, with an open letter signed by Gov. Spencer Cox and dozens of state leaders printed in the Los Angeles Times.

With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.