"NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports the annual festival had celebrations and protests. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) Love melts ICE. Love melts ICE. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Cinephiles and filmmakers at Sundance took to the streets to protest the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by immigration agents in Minnesota. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: (Chanting) Shoot films. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) Not people. DEL BARCO: Shoot films, not people, they chanted."
"OLIVIA WILDE: I'm horrified by this string of murders that we are somehow legitimizing and normalizing. And I think Americans are all horrified. It's really difficult to be here and to be celebrating something so joyous and beautiful and positive when we know what's happening on the streets. DEL BARCO: Wilde directed and co-stars in "The Invite," along with Seth Rogan, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton."
Awards will be handed out at the Sundance Film Festival, marking the final Park City edition before the festival moves to Boulder, Colorado. Cinephiles and filmmakers staged protests responding to the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by immigration agents in Minnesota, with chants such as "Love melts ICE" and "Shoot films, not people." Celebrities condemned ICE on red carpets; one expressed horror at a string of murders and discomfort celebrating while such events occur. A director's film, The Invite, featuring well-known actors, sparked a 72-hour bidding marathon and secured domestic rights with A24. The festival continued to generate immediate audience reactions and high-profile acquisition activity.
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