Robert Redford to bring Sundance Film Festival to London

(CBS/AP) LONDON - Robert Redford is planning to bring the Sundance Film Festival overseas.

The Academy Award-winning actor, director and producer says he wants to launch a four-day version of annual event in London.

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Redford said Tuesday that the event will "bring a particular slice of American culture to life" in the British capital and present films from American filmmakers as well as current American music.

Sundance London will feature film screenings, live music performances, discussions and panels.

The festival will be held from April 26 to April 29, 2012, at the O2 arena, which is owned by AEG Europe.

Redford, who rose to fame in films including "The Sting" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," founded the annual Sundance Film Festival in Utah to promote independent filmmaking.

Sundance isn't the only film event to have an overseas incarnation. The Doha Tribeca Film Festival launched in 2009, as a partnership between the Doha Film Institute and Tribeca Enterprises.