Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams and more celebrities spotted in Park City as Sundance Film Festival gets underway
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Malin Akerman is mobbed by fans as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jada Pinkett Smith draws attention as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actor Noah Jupe signs autographs as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi, locals and lots of people in black.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Autograph seekers try to no avail to get a signature from David Crosby during the Sundance Film Festival as it kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skiers, celebrities, locals and fans all mingle during the Sundance Film Festival along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordana Spiro, left, and Malin Akerman are mobbed by fans as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actor Martin Starr joins the scene along Main Street in Park City as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jada Pinkett Smith draws attention as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordana Spiro heads to a waiting car as fans cluster for the Sundance Film Festival kicking into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi, locals and lots of people in black.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Frenchies Gus, left, and Henry take a stroll along Main Street in Park City as local resident Derek Edvalson takes in the scene developing for The Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jada Pinkett Smith draws attention as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Malin Akerman is spotted by fans as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordana Spiro pauses for a selfie with local fan Cecilia Vermeer of Draper as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Peter Sarsgaard walks Main street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi, locals and lots of people in black.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actor Martin Starr pauses for a selfie with Brieann McDonald of Nashville as they join the scene along Main Street in Park City as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Local fan Stuart Graves tries to get a selfie with Julianne Moore as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor signs autographs as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) David Crosby joins the scene for the Sundance Film Festival as it kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Madisen Beaty walks along Main street in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Writer, producer and director Cameron Crowe joins the scene as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Xabiani Ponce de León, who stars as a misfit teen in the Sundance film “This Is Not Berlin,” autographs photos of himself as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Writer, producer and director Cameron Crowe joins the scene as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Local big time celebrity fans Skippy Jessop, left, and Stuart Graves, take a moment to capture a selfie of themselves as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with fans hoping to snap a selfie with a celebrity, autograph seekers, paparazzi and locals.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lori Ney from the Philly area keeps her yorkie poodle Ava warm as they stroll Main street in Park City for the start of the Sundance Film Festival Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Billy Crudup walks along Main street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jada Pinkett Smith signs autographs as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julianne Moore autographs a photo of herself during her performance on the film The Big Lebowski as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Michelle Williams is mobbed by fans as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) David Crosby joins the scene for the Sundance Film Festival as it kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julianne Moore is mobbed by fans as the Sundance Film Festival kicks into high gear along Main street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
Chiwetel Ejiofor signed “Doctor Strange” posters and Julianne Moore signed a photograph of herself in a golden Viking costume in “The Big Lebowski” as fans mobbed them and other celebrities in Park City Friday.
Ejiofor, who also starred in “12 Years a Slave,” is making his feature debut as a writer and director with the Sundance Film Festival Premieres film “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” which tells the story of a 13-year-old Malawi boy who decides to build a wind turbine in order to save his village.
The movie — written by, directed by and co-starring Ejiofor — has been named the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, given to a Sundance movie with a science theme.
Others spotted included Jada Pinkett Smith, David Crosby, Billy Crudup, Peter Skarsgaard, Martin Starr, Malin Akerman and Xabiani Ponce de León.
Skarsgaard plays a New York City “house tuner” who calibrates the sound in people’s homes to adjust their moods in “The Sound of Silence.” Akerman appears in “To the Stars,” the story of a shy farmer’s daughter (Kara Hayward, from “Moonlight Kingdom”) who begins an intimate friendship with a worldly new girl (Liana Liberato) under the gaze of her small-town neighbors in 1960s Oklahoma.
Starr appears in the drama “Honey Boy” with Lucas Hedges (“Boy Erased”) and Shia LaBeouf, who star as a child TV star and his father, a hard-drinking ex-rodeo clown. De León stars in “This Is Not Berlin” as a misfit teen invited to a mythical nightclub.
The festival runs Jan. 24-Feb. 3 in Park City and at venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort.
