Utah/US Film Festival

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The Utah/US Film Festival was started in 1978 and eventually developed into the Sundance Film Festival. Started by Robert Redford and co-chair Charles Gary Allison, the goal of the festival was to showcase what the potential of independent film could be. The original event took place in Salt Lake City, Utah in the summer of 1978. Later it was moved to January and its name was changed to the Sundance Film Festival, which has become the largest independent film festival in the world and launched the careers of literally hundreds of filmmakers.

The jury of the 1978 festival was headed by Gary Allison, and included Verna Fields, Linwood Gale Dunn, Katherine Ross, Charles E. Sellier, Jr., Mark Rydell, and Anthea Sylbert.

A scan of the program from the inaugural festival can be found at [1].

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