SandBoxUtah: Times Live "Sundance festival swaps Utah mountains for London"

"Sundance London, a smaller version of the US film festival set up by the actor and director in 1985, will showcase 22 films as well as a string of live music performances at the 02 Arena in southeast London.

"Music and cinema look like they could be the next hybrid," Redford, 75, said at a press conference at the 02.

The star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid said the London gala would be a "scaled down version of what we do in the mountains in Utah", where Sundance has grown into the United States' biggest independent film festival.

"I was reluctant to see us go out until the time was really right, and it felt like it was," he said.

Sundance London, which runs until Sunday, will host the British premieres of 14 American feature-length movies and 8 short films originally screened at its US sister festival...."
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SandBoxUtah: Sacramento Bee "Utah Valley Announces 2012 Festivals and Events Schedule"

The full list with specifics on all 2012 festivals and events.  Click title.

Utah Valley and Conventions Bureau: 
"PROVO, Utah, April 18, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau (UVCVB) has announced its 2012 event lineup for festivals and recreational activities. With many new and returning events, spring and summer of 2012 in Utah Valley are packed with a wide variety of attractions for those living in or visiting Utah Valley.

"2012 marks another exciting year for the Utah Valley tourism industry, and we are pleased to welcome The Beach Boys to the Stadium of Fire in July," said Joel Racker, President and CEO of UVCVB. "Spring marks the beginning of our festival & events season throughout Utah Valley and we invite everyone to plan a visit and enjoy all that Utah Valley has to offer during this year's exciting festival season."

Upcoming events include the annual Strawberry Days & Rodeo in Pleasant Grove, Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point, the Bluebird Cafe Series at Robert Redford's Sundance Resort, Princess Festival, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival and more....."

SandBox Utah: Park Record "Sundance interested in, but not committed to, Raleigh Studios"

Jay Hamburger:
"Sundance Film Festival organizers indicated in a March letter to the Park City Planning Commission they have an interest in the opportunities a movie studio complex could present to them, but the letter neither committed to any sort of partnership nor did it endorse the development proposal itself.

 

The letter was submitted to the Planning Commission on March 21, as the talks continued about a project at Quinn's Junction that would be anchored by Raleigh Studios, an independent studio with locations that include Hollywood, Detroit and Atlanta. The developers want to annex the land into the city limits and then build the complex.

The one-page letter from Sundance was signed by Jill Miller, the managing director of the Sundance Institute and the institute's highest-ranking Utah-based staffer. The letter is an "expression of interest" in using the complex in some capacity, but it was noncommittal. The Planning Commission noted the vagueness of the letter at a meeting on Wednesday night....."  (Read more?  Click title)

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