Sundance Film Festival has chosen Boulder, Colorado, as its new host city, confirming the festival's departure from Utah's Park City.

The Sundance Film Festival is leaving Utah and moving to different mountains. America’s most important launchpad for independent film will abandon its home for Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027, the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced Thursday.

Gov. Polis and state legislators had been working since last year to shore up incentives for the event, gathering $35 million to dangle in front of festival leaders.