Set for Utah's Grand Hyatt Deer Valley on Jan. 24, which marks the festival's opening weekend, the gala will honor Mangold with a Trailblazer Award and the 'Wicked' star with a Visionary Award.

Sundance Film Festival gala will be lauding Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and A Complete Unknown filmmaker James Mangold at their Jan. 24 fundraiser dinner at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Utah. Erivo will be honored with the Visionary Award for her uncompromising work and notable contributions to the entertainment industry.

The Sundance Institute will be awarding the Visionary Award and the Trailblazer Award at the film festival's gala in early 2025.

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today that writer-director-producer James Mangold (Searchlight Picture

The Sundance Institute has announced that Cynthia Erivo, currently starring as Elphaba in Universal Pictures’ Wicked, will be honored with the Visionary Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser.

The Sundance Institute announced Wednesday that Cynthia Erivo will receive the Visionary Award and James Mangold the Trailblazer Award at the festival in January.