49th Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival on its 49th edition
The 49th Telluride Film Festival took place September 2–5, 2022. In June 2022, it was announced that the festival would receive the dissident Russian filmmakers Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko as Guest Directors "as key collaborators in the Festival's programming decisions, bringing new ideas and overlooked films to Telluride".[ 1] In July 2022 it was announced that author, artist, graphic novelist and publisher Leanne Shapton would design the annual poster for the 49th edition.
Although only divulging its full line-up on the day before it begins, the festival's selections usually can be correctly assumed through films' premiere status in other major fall season film festivals, such as the Venice Film Festival , the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival . This year's edition has also been commented by Venice Film Festival's Alberto Barbera , who confirmed in an interview for Variety that the Venice premieres Luca Guadagnino 's Bones and All , Todd Field 's Tár and Alejandro González Iñárritu 's Bardo were on Telluride's selection.[ 2] It was also reported that Sarah Polley 's Women Talking was being fought over by Telluride, Venice and Toronto, with the former getting the film's world premiere.[ 3] The rivalry between the festivals in regards of screening status is not unprecedented, as exemplified by Telluride's stealing the World Premiere status of the Kenneth Branagh 's film Belfast out of Toronto's hands in 2021.[ 4] In 2022, adding to their Sneak Preview selection, the festival was able to swipe Charlotte Wells ' Aftersun and Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed ' s North America Premiere status ahead of TIFF.
Marked by the presence of documentaries, the 2022 edition also saw the presence of "several films making their North American debuts after first premiering at Cannes in May and Venice which is running simultaneously".[ 5] All the awardees of the Silver Medallion had their films screened at the festival: actress Cate Blanchett (who starred in Tár ), director, writer and actress Sarah Polley (who wrote and directed Women Talking ) and documentary director Mark Cousins (who directed both The March on Rome and My Name is Alfred Hitchcock ).[ 6]
Official Sections
Main program
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Armageddon Time
James Gray
United States
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mexico
Bobi Wine: Ghetto President
Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp
United Kingdom, Uganda, United States
Bones and All
Luca Guadagnino
United States, Italy
Broker
브로커
Hirokazu Kore-eda
South Korea
A Compassionate Spy
Steve James
United States
The Corridors of Power
Dror Moreh
Close
Lukas Dhont
Belgium, Netherlands, France
The End of the World
Matt Tyrnauer
United States
Empire of Light
Sam Mendes
United Kingdom, United States
The Future Tense
Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
Ireland
Good Night Oppy
Ryan White
United States
Godland
Volaða land
Hlynur Pálmason
Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Holy Spider
عنکبوت مقدس
Ali Abbasi
Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France
Icarus: The Aftermath
Bryan Fogel
United States
If These Walls Could Sing
Mary McCartney
United Kingdom
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
United Kingdom, United States
Last Flight Home
Ondi Timoner
United States
Living
Oliver Hermanus
United Kingdom
The March on Rome
Mark Cousins
Italy
Merkel
Eva Weber
United Kingdom
My Name is Alfred Hitchcock
Mark Cousins
One Fine Morning
Un beau matin
Mia Hansen-Løve
France
Retrograde
Matthew Heineman
United States
Sr.
Chris Smith
Squaring the Circle
Anton Corbijn
United Kingdom
Tár
Todd Field
United States, Germany
Tori and Lokita
Tori et Lokita
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
Belgium, France
Wildcat
Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost
United States
Women Talking
Sarah Polley
United States
The Wonder
Sebastián Lelio
United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
Main Slate: Episodic Form and Short Form
Sneak Previews
Guest Director's Selections
Movies selected for screening at the festival by Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko .[ 7]
Backlot
Film
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Frames of Love and War
Ran Tal
Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Nancy Buirski
United States
Fragments of Paradise
KD Davison
United States
High Noon on the Waterfront
David Roberts, Billy Shebar
United States
The Last Rider
Alex Holmes
United Kingdom
The Méliès Mystery
Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange
France
Miúcha, the Voice of Bossa Nova
Daniel Zarvos, Liliane Mutti
Brazil, France
The Padilla Affair
Pavel Giroud
Spain, Cuba
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Luca Guadagnino
Italy
See You Friday, Robinson
Mitra Farahani
France
Special Screenings
Film
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Year
Orlando
Sally Potter
United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
1992
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee
United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China
2000
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Kathlyn Horan
United States
2022
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Werner Herzog
United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, United States
2022
Theater of Thought
United States
2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Thomas von Steinaecker
Germany, United Kingdom
2022
Wild Life
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi , Jimmy Chin
United States
2022
Filmmakers of Tomorrow Official Selection
Student Prints
Curated and introduced by Gregory Nava .[ 1]
Calling Cards
Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins .[ 1]
Film
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Nuture
Sasha Argirov
Canada
Neighbour Abdi
Douwe Dijkstra
The Netherlands
Uogus ( Cherries)
Vytautas Katkus
Lithuania
Fire at the Lake
Pierre Menahem
France
Un Petite Homme ( A Tiny Man)
Aude David and Mikaël Gaudin
France
Le Comoran
Lubna Playoust
France
Calling Cards — Redband
Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins .[ 1]
Film
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Starfuckers
Antonio Marziale
United States
Zoon
Jonatan Schwenk
Germany
Luciene in a World Without Solitude
Geordy Couturiau
France
Abyss
Jeppe Lange
Denmark
Ambasciatori
Francesco Romano
Italy
Bestia
Hugo Covarrubias
Chile
Official Awards
Silver Medallion
References
^ a b c d "Telluride Film Festival" . www.telluridefilmfestival.org . Retrieved August 28, 2022 .
^ Vivarelli, Nick (July 26, 2022). "Venice Chief Alberto Barbera Talks Missing Out on Steven Spielberg's 'Fabelmans' and Winning Over A24" . Variety . Retrieved August 28, 2022 .
^ " 'Women Talking' World Premiere Being Fought Over By TIFF, Telluride and Venice" . World of Reel . Retrieved August 28, 2022 .
^ Davis, Clayton (September 1, 2021). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Belfast,' 'King Richard' and 'Spencer' " . Variety . Retrieved August 28, 2022 .
^ Hammond, Pete (September 1, 2022). "Telluride Film Festival Set With World Premieres Of Sam Mendes' 'Empire Of Light', Sarah Polley's 'Women Talking', Cate Blanchett Tribute And More" . Deadline . Retrieved September 1, 2022 .
^ Kohn, Eric (September 1, 2022). "Telluride 2022 Lineup: Cate Blanchett Tribute, 'Women Talking,' and Robert Downey Jr" . IndieWire . Retrieved September 1, 2022 .
^ Hammond, Pete (September 1, 2022). "Telluride Film Festival Set With World Premieres Of Sam Mendes' 'Empire Of Light', Sarah Polley's 'Women Talking', Cate Blanchett Tribute And More" . Deadline . Retrieved September 1, 2022 .