What to know about Boulder, Colorado, the Sundance Film Festival’s new home

The Sundance Film Festival is Boulder bound, leaving its home of four decades in Park City, Utah, for a new chapter in neighboring Colorado.

Organizers announced their decision Thursday after a yearlong search in which numerous U.S. cities vied to host the nation’s premiere independent film festival. The other finalists were Cincinnati, Ohio, and a combined Salt Lake City and Park City bid.

Festival leaders said politics did not influence their move from conservative Utah to liberal Colorado.