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T<\/span>his year\u2019s Sundance film festival will be notable for a major first as well as a major last. It\u2019ll be the first to take place without its founder, Robert Redford, who died last September at the age of 89<\/a>, and it\u2019ll be the last to take place in Utah, where it has been since the very beginning back in 1978.<\/p>\n Emotions, which are often on display regardless thanks to films often ruthlessly designed to elicit them, will be high, with events planned to commemorate a figure who helped create a launchpad and then an ecosystem for American indies. But while saying goodbye to both Redford and Park City will be front and centre, Sundance isn\u2019t Sundance without a roster of films to also get attenders talking. Last year, it felt like that chatter was less effusive than usual because while there were films that continued evoking conversation throughout the year (Sorry, Baby, If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You, Train Dreams, Lurker, Twinless, pretty much every documentary premiere) there were more that either died on arrival or crawled toward a slow death months later.<\/p>\n Can this year wrap things up in Utah on a high?<\/p>\nThe Gallerist<\/strong><\/h2>\n