The 41st edition of the Sundance Film Festival returns to Park City and Salt Lake City in Utah, with world premiere documentaries and narrative films, presented in-person and streaming online.

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval has made the trip to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival — because Cincinnati has high hopes of stealing it away.

And as organizers have done since September, when three finalist host cities were announced (Boulder, Colorado; Cincinatti, Ohio; and a joint Salt Lake City/Park City bid), Eugene Hernandez declined to give any hint of an answer. "The answer is 'no, not yet,'" he said.

A robust number of near-experimental documentaries and narratives already call out to us from this year's lineup, sure to yield a crop of future award winners.

The fest kicks off this week with movies featuring the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Ayo Edebiri, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Here's a list of the stars expected so far at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City and Salt Lake City. They include three Oscar winners, a former prime minister, the leader of The Roots, and a hobbit.

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Cole Webley, a Salt Lake City-based director, spent decades dreaming of premiering one of his films in Park City. The Utah native has attended the Sundance Film Festival for nearly 20 years, waiting in long lines as the snow fell around him,

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The City of Cincinnati put $2.5 million upfront to secure a deal, with at least $2.5 million more promised if the Queen City is selected as the host. The council estimated that Sundance coming to Cincinnati would be an investment for the future that would potentially bring in at least $120 million per year for a decade.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has been working “diligently” to keep Sundance Film Festival returning to Park City, Utah, he said at a press conference Thursday.