45th Telluride Film Festival

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45th Telluride Film Festival
Location Telluride, Colorado, United States
Founded1974
Hosted byNational Film Preserve Ltd.
Festival dateOpening: August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Closing: September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)
Website Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival

The 45th Telluride Film Festival took place from August 31 to September 3, 2018 in Telluride, Colorado, United States. [1]

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Novelist Jonathan Lethem was selected as the guest director of the event. [2] As the guest director, Lethem served as a key collaborator in the festival programming decisions. Telluride honored Alfonso Cuarón, Emma Stone, and Rithy Panh as the Silver Medallion winners. [3]

Official selections

Main programme

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction countrie(s)
Angels Are Made of Light James Longley 2018United States, Denmark, Norway
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Pamela B. Green 2018United States
The Biggest Little Farm John Chester 2018United States
Birds of Passage Pájaros de verano Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego2018Colombia-Denmark-Mexico
Border Gräns Ali Abbasi 2018Sweden
Boy Erased Joel Edgerton 2018United States
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Marielle Heller 2018United States
Christian Wahnschaffe, Parts I & II Urban Gad 1920–1921Germany
Cœur fidèle Jean Epstein 1923France
Cold War Zimna wojna Paweł Pawlikowski 2018Poland, France, United Kingdom
Destroyer Karyn Kusama 2018United States
Dogman Matteo Garrone 2018Italy, France
Dovlatov Aleksei German 2018Russia, Poland, Serbia
Eldorado Markus Imhoof 2018Germany, Switzerland
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos 2018Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Fièvre Louis Delluc 1921France
First Man Damien Chazelle 2018United States
Fistful of Dirt Sebastián Silva 2018United States
Free Solo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin 2018United States
The Front Runner Jason Reitman 2018United States
Ghost FleetShannon Service, Jeffrey Waldron2018United States
Girl Lukas Dhont 2018Belgium, Netherlands
Graves Without a Name Les tombeaux sans noms Rithy Panh 2018France, Cambodia
The Great Buster Peter Bogdanovich 2018United States
Meeting Gorbachev Werner Herzog, André Singer 2018United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Non-Fiction Doubles vies Olivier Assayas 2018France
The Old Man & the Gun David Lowery 2018United States
The Other Side of the Wind Orson Welles 1976/2018United States
Peterloo Mike Leigh 2018United Kingdom
Reversing Roe Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg 2018United States
Roma Alfonso Cuarón 2018Mexico, United States
Shoplifters 万引き家族 Hirokazu Kore-eda 2018Japan
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Morgan Neville 2018United States
Trial by Fire Ed Zwick 2018United States
Watergate – Or, How We Learned to Stop an Out-of-Control President Charles Ferguson 2018United States
Whirlpool of Desire Remous Edmond T. Gréville 1934France
White Boy Rick Yann Demange 2018United States
The White Crow Ralph Fiennes 2018United Kingdom

Guest Director's Selections

The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Jonathan Lethem. [4]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction countrie(s)
Angel Ernst Lubitsch 1937United States
Bigger Than Life Nicholas Ray 1956United States
Never Cry Wolf Carroll Ballard 1983United States
The Tarnished Angels Douglas Sirk 1957United States
To Be or Not to Be Ernst Lubitsch1942United States
The White Meadows کشتزارهای سپید‎ Mohammad Rasoulof 2009Iran

Backlot

The films were selected and presented by Jeffrey Keil and Danielle Pinet. The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers. [5]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction countrie(s)
The Eyes of Orson Welles Mark Cousins 2018United Kingdom
A Final Cut for Orson Ryan Suffern2018United States
The Ghost of Peter Sellers Peter Medak 2018United Kingdom, Cyprus
Hal Amy Scott2018United States
Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America Brigitte Berman 2018Canada
It Must Schwing! The Blue Note StoryIt Must Schwing - Die Blue Note StoryEric Friedler2018Germany
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Rob Garver2018United States

Filmmakers of Tomorrow

Student Prints

The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction universitie(s)
Lalo's House Kelley Kali 2018 University of Southern California
My Nephew EmmettKevin Wilson Jr.2017 New York University
Tracing AddaiEsther Neimeier2018 Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg
The Victory of CharityDer Sieg der BarmherzigkeitAlbert Meisl2017 University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
A YearJisun Jamie Kim2018New York University

Calling Cards

The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins and presented by Nick O'Neill. It selected new works from promising filmmakers.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction countrie(s)
The Ambassador's WifeTheresa Dahlberg2017Sweden
Caroline Logan George, Celine Held 2018United States
Fauve Jérémy Comte 2018Canada
The FieldSandhya Suri2018France, United Kingdom, India
Mother OfGan de Lange2018Israel
Third KindYorgos Zois2018Greece, Croatia

Great Expectations

The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins and presented by Nick O'Neill.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction countrie(s)
Braguino Clément Cogitore 2017France, Finland
Dark ChamberOttó Bánovits2018Sweden
This Magnificent Cake! Ce magnifique gâteau !Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels2018Belgium, France, Netherlands

Introducing Saba Riazi

The section was intended to highlight the work by Iranian writer and director, Saba Riazi.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction countrie(s)
Ice CreamSaba Riazi2018United States, Iran
The Wind is Blowing on My StreetSaba Riazi2010Iran, United States

Silver Medallion

Special Medallion

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References

  1. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (August 30, 2018). "'First Man,' 'Front Runner' and 'Roma' Among 2018 Telluride Film Festival Selections". Variety . Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ↑ McNary, Dave (June 15, 2018). "Telluride Film Festival Names 'Motherless Brooklyn' Author Jonathan Lethem as Guest Director". Variety. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ Erbland, Kate (August 30, 2018). "Telluride Reveals 2018 Full Lineup: 'Destroyer,' 'White Boy Rick,' and 'The Old Man & the Gun' Set for World Premieres". IndieWire . Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (June 15, 2018). "Jonathan Lethem named Telluride 2018 guest director". Screendaily . Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ Hammond, Pete (August 30, 2018). "Jackman, McConaughey, Redford, Kidman, McCarthy Movies Set For World Premieres In Rockies – Telluride Film Festival". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 10, 2021.
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