The Sundance Film Festival has begun to roll out programming for 2017 by announcing an initial slate of 66 films. The festival, which will take place Jan. 19-29, overlaps with two events from beyond Utah that might, nevertheless, have an effect on it: the presidential inauguration and the announcement of Oscar nominations.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LIFE_ENTERTAINMENT","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LIFE_ENTERTAINMENT"};