Goodnight Sundance

By John Burdick, Katrina Kmak, Andy Cier

Framed as a dark parody of a familiar bedtime story, Goodnight Sundance is a grown-up satirical send-off to a film festival-and a town-on the verge of goodbye. It skewers the rituals and contradictions of Sundance in Park City: the crowded Egyptian Theatre, whispered deals, influencer theatrics, exhausted volunteers, and films that drift from "art" to "content" overnight.

Beneath the jokes and insider nods, the poem traces a quieter shift-how a scrappy, artist-first festival slowly became a brand, how local character blurred under global attention, and how the mountains stayed put through it all. Goodnight Sundance is less a eulogy than a knowing farewell: affectionate, skeptical, and fully aware that when the circus packs up, even the most cynical local will feel a tinge of loss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1964245281
• ISBN13: 9781964245287
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Surrogate Press
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.0" x 10.0"