Overview
- Linde will take the helm after the 2026 Sundance Film Festival concludes, beginning his tenure on February 17.
- He succeeds interim CEO Amanda Kelso, who stepped in after Joana Vicente’s 2024 departure.
- His portfolio will include artist labs, grants and fellowships, Sundance Collab, global public programs, the festival itself, and the relocation to Boulder starting in 2027.
- This year’s festival is the final edition in Park City and Salt Lake City and the first since founder Robert Redford’s death.
- Linde brings leadership experience from Participant, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Good Machine, and Lava Bear Films, with Participant having closed in 2024.