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Sundance Film Festival
Year with the Most Film Submissions
This list features the years in which the highest number of films were submitted to the Sundance Film Festival.
RANK | YEAR | FILM SUBMISSIONS |
1 | 2024 | 17,000 |
2 | 2023 | 15,855 |
3 | 2020 | 15,000 |
4 | 2022 | 14,849 |
5 | 2019 | 14,259 |
6 | 2021 | 14,092 |
7 | 2018 | 13,468 |
8 | 2017 | 13,053 |
9 | 2016 | 12,793 |
10 | 2014 | 12,218 |
11 | 2015 | 12,166 |
12 | 2013 | 12,146 |
13 | 2012 | 11,717 |
14 | 2011 | 10,279 |
15 | 2010 | 9,843 |
16 | 2009 | 9,293 |
17 | 2008 | 8,731 |
18 | 2007 | 7,732 |
19 | 2006 | 7,359 |
20 | 2005 | 6,500 |
21 | 2004 | 5,874 |
22 | 2003 | 5,368 |
23 | 2001 | 3,934 |
24 | 2002 | 3,840 |
25 | 2000 | 3,628 |
26 | 1999 | 3,055 |
27 | 1998 | 2,528 |
28 | 1996 | 1,950 |
29 | 1997 | 815 |
30 | 1995 | 375 |
31 | 1994 | 325 |
32 | 1992 | 250 |
33 | 1993 | 250 |
References
Sundance Institute, 2025. Festival History. [online] Available at: https://www.sundance.org/festival-history/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Northstar Meetings Group, 2024. Sundance Film Festival Considers Leaving Park City, Utah. [online] Available at: https://www.northstarmeetingsgroup.com/News/Industry/Sundance-Film-Festival-Park-City-Utah-New-Location-2027 [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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