Each year the Sundance Film Festival selects 200 films for exhibition from more than 9,000 submissions. More than 50,000 people attend screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. In addition to discovering filmmaking's newest talent through the Festival's program of documentary, dramatic, and short films, Festivalgoers experience live music performances, panel discussions with leading filmmakers and industry figures, cutting-edge media installations, parties celebrating the Festival community, and more.

The Sundance Film Festival is dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through its programs, the Sundance Film Festival seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.