While antiwar sentiment ran high among both festival participants and Park City locals (some of the biggest cheers during the closing
night award ceremony were for Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, and Darren Aronofsky, who used the opportunity to get the antiwar message beyond Park City to viewers watching the festivities
on Sundance Channel), apparently no one considered the possibility of closing down the festival in protest (à la Cannes in 1968) or accepting his or her
award in the name of peace.