Overview
- Footage from the Park City festival shows the director preparing tortillas by hand and serving avocado tacos to guests.
- Del Toro joined an on-site mariachi to perform Mexican standards including La Bamba, México Lindo y Querido, Ella, La Malagueña and Canción Mixteca.
- Attendees and journalists posted videos to social platforms, sending the moments viral with largely celebratory reactions praising his approachable demeanor and cultural pride.
- The impromptu culinary and musical turns were outside official programming during Sundance 2026 at a Netflix-organized event.
- Del Toro’s visit coincided with a Park City Legacy screening of a new 4K restoration of Cronos backed by Janus Films, as the festival’s final Utah edition precedes a planned move to Colorado in 2027.