Utah’s hopes of keeping the Sundance Film Festival in-state could be threatened by a bill seeking to ban Pride flags in state government buildings. Earlier this week, an anonymous insider with the storied indie fest told Deadline that the legislation,

Some of Utah's conservative leaders are encouraging Sundance to leave following a report that the state's pending ban on pride flags could push the film festival out the door. The latest: Deadline, citing an anonymous source,

This story originally appeared in the Utah News Dispatch. The ongoing drama over whether the film festival that helped put Utah on the world map will stay in the conservative state — or move elsewhere — is heating up.

With the future location of the Sundance Film Festival already in the air, a new proposed bill in Utah could mark the end for its tenure in the state. The Sundance Film Festival has been held in Park City,