• Emilia Jones attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Cat Person at Eccles Centre Theatre on January 21, 2023 in Park City, Utah. Getty Images / AFP
    Emilia Jones attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Cat Person at Eccles Centre Theatre on January 21, 2023 in Park City, Utah. Getty Images / AFP
  • From left, Karrueche Tran, Bella Thorne and Emily Willis attend the premiere of Divinity at the Egyptian Theatre on January 21, 2023. Invision / AP
    From left, Karrueche Tran, Bella Thorne and Emily Willis attend the premiere of Divinity at the Egyptian Theatre on January 21, 2023. Invision / AP
  • Saim Sadiq attends the Joyland premiere at Park Avenue Theater on January 21. Getty Images via AFP
    Saim Sadiq attends the Joyland premiere at Park Avenue Theater on January 21. Getty Images via AFP
  • US actor Thomasin McKenzie arrives for the premiere of Eileen. EPA
    US actor Thomasin McKenzie arrives for the premiere of Eileen. EPA
  • Anne Hathaway arrives for the premiere of Eileen. EPA
    Anne Hathaway arrives for the premiere of Eileen. EPA
  • Anne Hathway throws on a puffer jacket. EPA
    Anne Hathway throws on a puffer jacket. EPA
  • Ericka Nicole Malone attends Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment's Indie Director's And Creator's Spotlight. Getty Images via AFP
    Ericka Nicole Malone attends Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment's Indie Director's And Creator's Spotlight. Getty Images via AFP
  • Brooke Shields at a portrait sitting to promote the film Pretty Baby, at Latinx House. Invision / AP
    Brooke Shields at a portrait sitting to promote the film Pretty Baby, at Latinx House. Invision / AP
  • Bella Thorne poses at a portrait sitting to promote the film Divinity. Invision / AP
    Bella Thorne poses at a portrait sitting to promote the film Divinity. Invision / AP
  • Karrueche Tran at a portrait session to promote Divinity. Invision / AP
    Karrueche Tran at a portrait session to promote Divinity. Invision / AP
  • Landry Townsend attends the premiere of Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out. Invision / AP
    Landry Townsend attends the premiere of Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out. Invision / AP
  • Costume designer Michelle J Li arrives for the premiere of Theatre Camp. EPA
    Costume designer Michelle J Li arrives for the premiere of Theatre Camp. EPA
  • Jimmy Tatro arrives for the premiere of Theatre Camp. EPA
    Jimmy Tatro arrives for the premiere of Theatre Camp. EPA
  • Molly Gordon attends the premiere of Theatre Camp. Invision / AP
    Molly Gordon attends the premiere of Theatre Camp. Invision / AP
  • Dakota Johnson attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Women at Sundance Celebration. Getty Images via AFP
    Dakota Johnson attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Women at Sundance Celebration. Getty Images via AFP
  • Owen Thiele arrives for the premiere of Theatre Camp. EPA
    Owen Thiele arrives for the premiere of Theatre Camp. EPA
  • Molly O'Shea, a cast member in Bad Behaviour, at the premiere of the film. AP Photo
    Molly O'Shea, a cast member in Bad Behaviour, at the premiere of the film. AP Photo
  • Jennifer Connelly, a cast member of Bad Behaviour, at the premiere. EP Photo
    Jennifer Connelly, a cast member of Bad Behaviour, at the premiere. EP Photo
  • Algee Smith at a portrait session to promote the film Young. Wild. Free. Invision / AP
    Algee Smith at a portrait session to promote the film Young. Wild. Free. Invision / AP
  • Director Thembi L Banks at a portrait session to promote the film Young. Wild. Free. Invision / AP
    Director Thembi L Banks at a portrait session to promote the film Young. Wild. Free. Invision / AP
  • Sierra Capri at a portrait session to promote the film Young. Wild. Free. AP
    Sierra Capri at a portrait session to promote the film Young. Wild. Free. AP
  • Executive producer Jessamine Burgum attends The Starling Girl premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Executive producer Jessamine Burgum attends The Starling Girl premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • Emilia Jones poses at a portrait session to promote the film Fairyland. Invision / AP
    Emilia Jones poses at a portrait session to promote the film Fairyland. Invision / AP
  • Jasmine Curtis-Smith attends the In My Mother's Skin premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Jasmine Curtis-Smith attends the In My Mother's Skin premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • Beauty Gonzalez attends the In My Mother's Skin premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Beauty Gonzalez attends the In My Mother's Skin premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • From left, Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya and Nida Manzoor attend the Polite Society premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    From left, Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya and Nida Manzoor attend the Polite Society premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • From left, Niousha Noor, director Maryam Keshavarz, and Layla Mohammadi at a portrait session to promote the film The Persian Version. Invision / AP
    From left, Niousha Noor, director Maryam Keshavarz, and Layla Mohammadi at a portrait session to promote the film The Persian Version. Invision / AP
  • Director Noora Niasari, left, and Zar Amir-Ebrahimi at a portrait session to promote the film Shayda. Invision / AP
    Director Noora Niasari, left, and Zar Amir-Ebrahimi at a portrait session to promote the film Shayda. Invision / AP
  • Angela Sarafyan attends the Midnight Short Film Programme at Prospector Square Theatre. Getty Images via AFP
    Angela Sarafyan attends the Midnight Short Film Programme at Prospector Square Theatre. Getty Images via AFP
  • Omari Hardwick at a portrait session to promote the film To Live and Die and Live. Invision / AP
    Omari Hardwick at a portrait session to promote the film To Live and Die and Live. Invision / AP
  • Cory Hardrict at a portrait session to promote the film To Live and Die and Live. Invision / AP
    Cory Hardrict at a portrait session to promote the film To Live and Die and Live. Invision / AP
  • Maryam Basir at a portrait session to promote the film To Live and Die and Live. Invision / AP
    Maryam Basir at a portrait session to promote the film To Live and Die and Live. Invision / AP
  • Executive producer Nikole Hannah-Jones at a portrait session to promote the series The 1619 Project. Invision / AP
    Executive producer Nikole Hannah-Jones at a portrait session to promote the series The 1619 Project. Invision / AP
  • Jason Momoa, centre, attends the Deep Rising premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Jason Momoa, centre, attends the Deep Rising premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • Haley Bennett arrives for the premiere of Magazine Dreams. EPA
    Haley Bennett arrives for the premiere of Magazine Dreams. EPA
  • Taylour Paige attends the premiere of Magazine Dreams. Invision / AP
    Taylour Paige attends the premiere of Magazine Dreams. Invision / AP
  • Daisy Ridley at a portrait session to promote the film Sometimes I Think About Dying. Invision / AP
    Daisy Ridley at a portrait session to promote the film Sometimes I Think About Dying. Invision / AP
  • Owen Thiele at a portrait session to promote the film Theatre Camp. Invision / AP
    Owen Thiele at a portrait session to promote the film Theatre Camp. Invision / AP
  • Brooke Shields, the subject of the documentary film Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, at the premiere. AP Photo
    Brooke Shields, the subject of the documentary film Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, at the premiere. AP Photo
  • Phoebe Dynevor attends the premiere of Fair Play. Invision / AP
    Phoebe Dynevor attends the premiere of Fair Play. Invision / AP
  • Director Lana Wilson arrives for the premiere of Pretty Baby. EPA
    Director Lana Wilson arrives for the premiere of Pretty Baby. EPA
  • Filmmaker Fox Maxy attends the Gush premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Filmmaker Fox Maxy attends the Gush premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • Director Sarvnik Kaur attends the Against the Tide premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Director Sarvnik Kaur attends the Against the Tide premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • D Smith backstage during Cinema Cafe: Innovation at Filmmaker Lodge. Getty Images via AFP
    D Smith backstage during Cinema Cafe: Innovation at Filmmaker Lodge. Getty Images via AFP
  • Jessica Care Moore attends the To Live and Die and Live premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Jessica Care Moore attends the To Live and Die and Live premiere. Getty Images via AFP
  • Emilia Jones attends the premiere of Fairyland. Invision / AP
    Emilia Jones attends the premiere of Fairyland. Invision / AP
  • Adam Lambert attends the premiere of Fairyland. Invision / AP
    Adam Lambert attends the premiere of Fairyland. Invision / AP
  • Emilia Clarke attends the premiere of The Pod Generation. Invision / AP
    Emilia Clarke attends the premiere of The Pod Generation. Invision / AP
  • From left, W Kamau Bell, Nikyatu Jusu and Boots Riley, at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance. AP Photo
    From left, W Kamau Bell, Nikyatu Jusu and Boots Riley, at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance. AP Photo
  • Dakota Johnson at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance. AP Photo
    Dakota Johnson at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance. AP Photo
  • Brittany O'Grady attends the Sometimes I Think About Dying premiere. Getty Images via AFP
    Brittany O'Grady attends the Sometimes I Think About Dying premiere. Getty Images via AFP

Understated elegance at Sundance by stars from Anne Hathaway to Brooke Shields


Katy Gillett
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Sundance Film Festival is in full swing, with big-name celebrities attending red-carpet premieres and portrait sessions galore.

The 2023 event started on Thursday and will run until January 29 in Utah’s mountainous Park City, with plenty more cinematic spectacles on the agenda.

Over the past few days, stars have been spotted attending screenings for films such as Punjabi-language Joyland, science-fiction horror film Infinity Pool and headline-grabbing psychological thriller Cat Person.

In terms of fashion, it's been quietly understated, with plenty of black outfits punctuated by pops of orange and red.

Scroll through the gallery above to see looks from the red carpets and portrait sessions at Sundance Film Festival 2023

American actress Anne Hathaway wore an LBD with black sheer tights and chunky boots, paired with a thick puffer jacket, to the premiere of her film Eileen, a coming drama thriller, in which Hathaway stars, based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted 2015 novel of the same name. The story is of a woman's friendship with a new co-worker that takes a sinister turn at the prison facility where she works.

US actress Brooke Shields was also there to promote Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, a two-part documentary that sheds light on the period Shields came of age in public, after she starred aged 12 in the controversial 1978 film Pretty Baby.

Brooke Shields, right, the subject of the documentary film Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, with director Lana Wilson at its premiere. AP Photo
Brooke Shields, right, the subject of the documentary film Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, with director Lana Wilson at its premiere. AP Photo

For a portrait session at Latinx House to promote the film, Shields, 57, wore a black and white suit with tie, while at the premiere, she opted for a black cashmere dress with a thigh-high slit and decorative cowboy boots, paired with a winter jacket with faux fur collar.

Women sporting blazers and suits has been a common sight at the festival. American actress and singer Brittany O'Grady attended the Sometimes I Think About Dying premiere in a black and white tux, complete with a black bow tie, while English actress Daisy Ridley attended a portrait session to promote the film in a deep blue blazer. Elsewhere, Pretty Baby director Lana Wilson arrived for the premiere of the film in a brown sheer jacket and trouser suit with a black turtleneck.

British actress Priya Kansara and British director Nida Manzoor kept it colourful at the Polite Society premiere, wearing bright red, Kansara in a floor-length gown and Manzoor wearing a stylish polka dot pantsuit.

Armenian-American actress Angela Sarafyan opted for a dusty orange jumpsuit with matching boots for the Midnight Short Film Programme at Prospector Square Theatre.

Sandor Mulsow, Jason Momoa and director Matthieu Rytz attend the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Deep Rising premiere. Getty Images via AFP
Sandor Mulsow, Jason Momoa and director Matthieu Rytz attend the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Deep Rising premiere. Getty Images via AFP

The men kept it stylish as well. American actor Jason Momoa, in particular, looked rugged yet cosy at the Variety Sundance Studio on Friday with a chunky white cardigan, mint green button-up, white shirt, beige cargo pants and snow boots. He was there to discuss his new documentary Deep Rising, which he narrates and executive produces, about the controversial proposal to mine the ocean floor.

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Updated: January 22, 2023, 10:38 AM