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51st Telluride Film Festival

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51st Telluride Film Festival
LocationTelluride, Colorado, United States
Founded1974
AwardsTelluride Film Festival Silver Medallion:

Jacques Audiard
Saoirse Ronan
Thelma Schoonmaker

Special Medallion:
Les Films du Losange
Artistic directorJulie Huntsinger (Festival's Programing Director)
Kenneth Lonergan (Guest Director)
Luke Dorman (Guest Designer)
Festival date (2024-August-30) (2024-September-02)August 30 – September 2, 2024
Websitewww.telluridefilmfestival.org
52nd

The 51st Telluride Film Festival took place between August 30 and September 2, 2024, in Telluride, Colorado.[1][2] American filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan was chosen as the festival Guest Director. Luke Dorman, the Principal Graphic Designer at Meow Wolf, returned as the Guest Designer.[3]

The Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion will be presented to French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and American editor Thelma Schoonmaker. While the Special Medallion will be award to French film company Les Films du Losange.[4]

Official Sections

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The event's program was revealed one day before its start, as customary.[5]

Main Program

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia India, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Anora Sean Baker United States
Apocalypse in the Tropics Apocalipse nos Trópicos Petra Costa Brazil, United States, Denmark
Better Man Michael Gracey Australia
Bird Andrea Arnold United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States
Blink Daniel Roher, Edmund Stenson United States, Canada
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid! Matt Tyrnauer United States
Conclave Edward Berger United Kingdom, United States
Disclaimer (7 episodes) Alfonso Cuarón
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Embeth Davidtz South Africa
Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard France
The End Joshua Oppenheimer Ireland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
The Friend Siegel & McGehee United States
In Waves and War Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
Jean Cocteau Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Leonardo da Vinci Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
Maria Pablo Larraín Italy, Germany
Martha R.J. Cutler United States
Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot Australia
Misericordia Miséricorde Alain Guiraudie France, Portugal, Spain
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross United States
No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor Palestine, Norway
One to One: John & Yoko Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards United Kingdom
The Outrun Nora Fingscheidt United Kingdom, Germnay
The Piano Lesson Malcolm Washington United States
Piece by Piece Morgan Neville United States
Santosh Sandhya Suri India, France, Germany, United Kingdom
Saturday Night Jason Reitman United States
The Seed of the Sacred Fig دانه انجیر مقدس Mohammad Rasoulof Iran, Germany, France
Separated Errol Morris United States, Mexico
September 5 Tim Fehlbaum Germany
Social Studies Lauren Greenfield United States
The White House Effect Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, Pedro Kos
Will & Harper Josh Greenbaum
Zurawski v Texas Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
Short Films
A Swim Lesson Rashida Jones, Will McCormack United States
Alok Alex Hedison
The Turnaround Kyle Thrash, Ben Proudfoot

Guest Directors' Selection

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Movies selected for screening at the festival by Kenneth Lonergan.

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Arch of Triumph (1948) Lewis Milestone United States
Barry Lyndon (1975) Stanley Kubrick United States, United Kingdom
Doctor Zhivago (1965) David Lean United Kingdom, Italy, United States
Grand Hotel (1932) Edmund Goulding United States
My Darling Clementine (1946) John Ford

Special Screenings

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Beauty and the Beast (1946) La Belle et la Bête Jean Cocteau France
Charles Dead or Alive (1969) Charles mort ou vif Alain Tanner Switzerland
Fly (2024) Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz United States, Australia
Hindle Wakes (1952) Arthur Crabtree United Kingdom
Prince of Broadway (2008) Sean Baker United States

Backlot

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Behind-the-scenes movies and portraits of artists, musicians and filmmakers.[6]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Mark Cousins United Kingdom
¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! Arthur Bradford United States
Chain Reactions Alexandre O. Philippe
The Easy Kind Katy Chevigny
Her Name Was Moviola Howard Berry United Kingdom
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze Tilda Swinton, Bartek Dziadosz
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger David Hinton
Nobu Matt Tyrnauer United States
Riefenstahl Andres Veiel Germany
The Swallow Tadhg O’Sullivan Ireland

Filmmakers of Tomorrow

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Student Prints

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The best in student-produced work from around the globe. Curated and introduced by Gregory Nava.[6]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Dragfox Lisa Ott United Kingdom (National Film and Television School)
Entre Le Feu et La Claire de Lune Dominic Yarabe United States (Stanford University)
Neither Donkey nor Horse Robin Wang United States (USC School of Cinematic Arts)
Son Saman Hosseinpuor Iran (Isfahan Sepehr College)
The Truck Elizabeth Rao United States (New York University)
When Big People Lie Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz United States (American Film Institute)

Calling Cards

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Resonant work in cinema in the short form. Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins.[6]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Beautiful Men Nicolas Keppens Belgium
Father's Letters Alexey Evstigneev France, Russia
Lick a Wound Nathan Ghali France
Water Harzard Alexander David France
A Wound Elahe Esmaili Iran, United Kingdom

Great Expectations

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Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins.

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Jimmy Yashaddai Owens United States, France
Two People Exchanging Saliva Deux Personnes Échangeant de la Salive Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata France

Official Awards

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Silver Medallion

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Special Medallion

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References

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  1. ^ Davis, Clayton (2024-07-27). "Telluride 2024: Literary Adaptations 'Conclave,' 'Piano Lesson' and Musicals 'Better Man,' 'The End' Expected for World Premieres". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  2. ^ "News - Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  3. ^ "51st Poster 2024". TFF Shop. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  4. ^ Hammond, Pete (2024-08-29). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Saturday Night', 'The Piano Lesson', 'Conclave' & 'Nickel Boys' World Premieres". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  5. ^ Davis, Clayton (2024-08-29). "Telluride Festival Lineup Includes 'Nickel Boys,' 'The Piano Lesson' and 'Saturday Night' With Tributes for Jacques Audiard and Saoirse Ronan". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Program Guide - Telluride Film Festival" (PDF). www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
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