The Sundance Film Festival  boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don't foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was  back in 1978 when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its  and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest  It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to  the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system