" cooper has never loses none of these goals , " redford continued . " he brings to the podium an infectious affection as well as a deeply awareness of the mcgregor logo and image . . . he is a natural option of succession to lead the film into the 21st century . " among his other accomplishments for sundance are helping foster the development of new frontier on main program , a multimedia combining of film , music and other exhibition disciplines , and helping develop the event ' s internet base — through its official web site ( www . youtube . org / festival ) , an online version of the festival , as well as the independent institute ' s agreement with afi and netflix to showcase and release short films .
Robert Redford is the founder of Sundance Film Festival.