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Sundance Film Festival Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Sundance Film Festival? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Most Sundance films are big-budget Hollywood productions.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Sundance is known for independent, low-budget films. Many are made for under $5 million, focusing on emerging filmmakers rather than studio blockbusters.

2.

The Sundance Film Festival is held in Los Angeles every January.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Sundance takes place primarily in Park City, Utah, with some events in Salt Lake City and Sundance Resort. It is not held in California.

3.

The Sundance Film Festival was originally called the Utah/US Film Festival.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

Founded in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival, it wasn't renamed after Robert Redford's character in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' until 1991.

4.

Anyone can submit a film to Sundance; there are no submission fees.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Submission fees range from $40 to over $150 depending on category and deadline. Sundance does not waive fees for general submissions.

5.

Robert Redford personally watches every film submitted to Sundance.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

With thousands of submissions yearly, it's impossible. Redford attends screenings but relies on a programming team for selection decisions.

6.

Sundance once banned a film for being too long, even though it won an award.

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In 1991, the 8-hour film 'The War Room' was rejected for length but later won an audience award after being screened as a special event.

7.

Sundance was the first film festival to require closed captions for all screenings.

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In 2011, Sundance mandated open captions for all screenings, becoming the first major festival to prioritize accessibility in this way.

8.

Sundance does not allow films that have already been distributed online to compete.

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Sundance requires that competing films be world premieres and not previously available via streaming, broadcast, or theatrical release.

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