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August 29, 2024: The Telluride festival's PR announcement.
MEDIA RELEASE
TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS PROGRAM FOR THE 51ST EDITION
Telluride, CO – Telluride Film Festival, presented by the National Film Preserve, today announces its official program selections for the 51st Telluride Film Festival (TFF). TFF’s celebration of artistic excellence brings together cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, and artists to discover the best in world cinema in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado.
TFF will screen nearly sixty feature films, short films, and revival programs representing twenty-six countries, along with filmmaker Tributes, Conversations, Panels, Student Programs, and Festivities. The 51st Telluride Film Festival takes place Friday, August 30 through Monday, September 2, 2024.
The festival, which Hollywood Reorter notes wil be heavy with star power and feature political docs and other timely items, will host three tributes, honoring Saoirse Ronan, alongside a screening of Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun (Sony Pictures Classics), which premiered at Sundance; Jacques Audiard, with Amelia Perez; and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, known for her work with Martin Scorsese.
The 51st Telluride Film Festival will present the following new feature films and episodic works to play in its main program, the SHOW:
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· 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)
Each year, Telluride Film Festival pays tribute to individuals whose artistry has significantly contributed to the world of cinema. The 2024 Silver Medallion Awards will be presented to award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard (with EMILIA PÉREZ); Academy Award nominated actress Saoirse Ronan (with THE OUTRUN); and Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Each tribute program includes a selection of clips, the presentation of the Silver Medallion award, and an on-stage interview.Quote:
The following short films will screen in the main program:
· A SWIM LESSON (d. Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, U.S., 2024)
· ALOK (d. Alex Hedison, U.S., 2024)
· THE TURNAROUND (d. Kyle Thrash, Ben Proudfoot, U.S., 2024)
