Who was the biggest star at the 2025 edition of Sundance? Jennifer Lopez, perhaps? Oscar winners Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya? Maybe Sarah Jessica Parker, Rose Byrne or singer-actor Sara Bareilles.

Based on the gaga reaction of crowds on the street and at screenings, I would argue a star of the political world attracted the most enthusiasm, by a landslide: former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern .

The PM, who resigned from office in January 2023, came to Sundance for the world premiere of a documentary about her aptly titled Prime Minister , directed by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe .

“We could not move anywhere without being stopped,” Utz recalls of their Sundance experience, noting that Ardern’s husband, the handsome and telegenic Clarke Gayford , turned plenty

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