The most mysterious of the big fall film festivals, Telluride keeps its lineup an under wraps until festivalgoers are arriving in the San Juan mountain town. Sure enough after months of speculation, the lineup dropped in my inbox just as I was waking up, acclimating to the high altitude, and thinking about where to get coffee (RIP Ghost Town), providing a rich buffet of selections for the Labor Day weekend of moviegoing.
Even if you’re not making the trek to the charming box canyon as it transforms into a cinephile paradise, the selection of films becomes an instant roadmap for the rest of the year’s must-see movies.
In contrast to last year’s festival, which took place during the strikes, this year’s program looks like it will provide opportunities actors to make a visit to town to support their work. Running into celebrities on gondolas or in quaint bars might be back on the menu!
As part of its programming, the festival will pay tribute to French filmmaker Jacques Audiard (here with EMILIA PÉREZ); Academy Award-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan (here with THE OUTRUN); and Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Each will receive the Silver Medallion in a program featuring conversations and clips.
The main program is listed below, stay tuned throughout the weekend for dispatches on the films themselves!
The 51st Telluride Film Festival is proud to present the following new feature films and episodic works to play in its main program, the SHOW:
· ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (d. Payal Kapadia, France-India-Netherlands-Luxembourg, 2024)
· ANORA (d. Sean Baker, U.S., 2024)
· APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (d. Petra Costa, Brazil-U.S.-Denmark, 2024)
· BETTER MAN (d. Michael Gracey, Australia, 2024)
· BIRD (d. Andrea Arnold, U.K., 2024)
· BLINK (d. Daniel Roher, Edmund Stenson, U.S.-Canada, 2024)
· CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID! (d. Matt Tyrnauer, U.S., 2024)
· CONCLAVE (d. Edward Berger, U.K., 2024)
· DISCLAIMER (d. Alfonso Cuarón, U.K.-U.S., 2024)
· DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT (d. Embeth Davidtz, South Africa, 2024)
· EMILIA PÉREZ (d. Jacques Audiard, France, 2024)
· IN WAVES AND WAR (d. Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, U.S., 2024)
· JEAN COCTEAU (d. Lisa Immordino Vreeland, U.S., 2024)
· LEONARDO DA VINCI (d. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, U.S., 2024)
· MARIA (d. Pablo Larraín, Germany-Italy-U.S.-Hungary-France-Greece, 2024)
· MARTHA (d. R.J. Cutler, U.S., 2024)
· MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (d. Adam Elliot, Australia, 2024)
· MISERICORDIA (d. Alain Guiraudie, France-Spain-Portugal, 2024)
· NICKEL BOYS (d. RaMell Ross, U.S., 2024)
· NO OTHER LAND (d. Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Palestine-Norway, 2024)
· ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO (d. Kevin Macdonald, U.K., 2024)
· PIECE BY PIECE (d. Morgan Neville, U.S., 2024)
· SANTOSH (d. Sandhya Suri, U.K.-Germany-France, 2024)
· SATURDAY NIGHT (d. Jason Reitman, U.S., 2024)
· SEPARATED (d. Errol Morris, U.S., 2024)
· SEPTEMBER 5 (d. Tim Fehlbaum, Germany, 2024)
· SOCIAL STUDIES (d. Lauren Greenfield, U.S., 2024)
· THE END (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Ireland-Germany-Italy-Sweden-Denmark-U.K., 2024)
· THE FRIEND (d. David Siegel, Scott McGehee, U.S., 2024)
· THE OUTRUN (d. Nora Fingscheidt, U.K.-Germany, 2024)
· THE PIANO LESSON (d. Malcolm Washington, U.S., 2024)
· THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (d. Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany-France-Iran, 2024)
· THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT (d. Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, Pedro Kos, U.S., 2024)
· WILL & HARPER (d. Josh Greenbaum, U.S., 2024)
· ZURAWSKI V TEXAS (d. Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault, U.S., 2024)
Additional programs include a selection of classic films presented guest director Kenneth Lonergan: ARCH OF TRIUMPH (d. Lewis Milestone, U.S., 1948); BARRY LYNDON (d. Stanley Kubrick, U.K.-U.S., 1975); DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (d. David Lean, U.K.-Italy-U.S., 1965); GRAND HOTEL (d. Edmund Goulding, U.S., 1932); and MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (d. John Ford, U.S., 1946); a host of free screenings at the backlot; special presentations; and public talks with filmmakers.
Look for updates throughout the weekend on the site as I dive into another exciting weekend of amazing movies.