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SNAPPED: Red carpet whirl for Carousel at Sundance

Rebecca Brenner

by Rebecca Brenner
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Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Left to Right: Jenny Slate, Director and Writer Rachel Lambert and Chris Pine.

Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Left to Right: Jenny Slate, Director and Writer Rachel Lambert and Chris Pine. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore

PARK CITY, UT —  Sundance’s final Park City run kicked off Jan. 22, and Carousel was right in the opening wave — premiering at Eccles Theatre with stars Jenny Slate and Chris Pine on hand, joined by Tien Tran and Abby Ryder Fortson.

Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Actor Jenny Slate
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Actor Jenny Slate. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Chris Pine
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Actor Chris Pine. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Cast includes actors Chris Pine Jenny Slate, Tien Tran, Abby Ryder Fortson
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. The cast includes actors Chris Pine, Jenny Slate, Tien Tran, and Abby Ryder Fortson. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Cast includes actors Chris Pine Jenny Slate, Tien Tran, Abby Ryder Fortson
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. The cast includes actors Chris Pine, Jenny Slate, Tien Tran, and Abby Ryder Fortson. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. Cast includes actors Chris Pine Jenny Slate, Tien Tran, Abby Ryder Fortson
Premiere of the Film Carousel at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2025. The cast includes actors Chris Pine, Jenny Slate, Tien Tran, and Abby Ryder Fortson. Photo: TownLift//Randi Sidman-Moore

Directed by Rachel Lambert, the film follows a divorced Cleveland doctor whose neatly managed life gets rattled by parenting pressures — and the return of an old love.

Rebecca Brenner

Rebecca Brenner is a Park City–based journalist whose work has appeared in Time, the Los Angeles Times, Tin House, The Rumpus, and other outlets. She is the founder of Mindful. Summit County, a member of Leadership Park City Class 30 and the Park City Community Foundation’s DEI Cohort, and a board member of Summit Pride. Her debut memoir, Paper House, was published by Wayfarer Books in 2025.

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