" cooper has since lost sight of these things , " redford continued . " he invites to the position an enormous enthusiasm as well as a deepened understanding of the sundance theme and culture . . . he is a natural choice of time to lead the industry into the 21st moment . " among his other efforts for sundance are helping foster the development of original frontier on main program , a video confluence of film , film and other exhibition forms , and helping boost the festival ' s digital prominence — through its official web site ( ms . sundance . org / journal ) , an digital counterpart of the festival , as well as the festival institute ' s deals with youtube and netflix to preview and distribution new filmmakers .
Robert Redford is the founder of Sundance Film Festival.