46th Telluride Film Festival

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46th Telluride Film Festival
Location Telluride, Colorado, United States
Founded1974
Hosted byNational Film Preserve Ltd.
Festival dateAugust 30 (30-08)-September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)
Website Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival

The 46th Telluride Film Festival took place from August 30 to September 2, 2019, in Telluride, Colorado, United States. [1]

Contents

Author Pico Iyer was selected as the guest director of the event. [2] Telluride honored Renée Zellweger, Adam Driver, and Philip Kaufman as the Silver Medallion winners. [3] Sound studio Dolby Laboratories received the Special Medallion award. [4]

Official selections

Main programme

TitleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
The Aeronauts Tom Harper United States, United Kingdom
The Assistant Kitty Green United States
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon Australia
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov Russia
Brave Souls: Three Shorts
Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper
Orlando von Einsiedel
United States
Iraq, United Kingdom
Bangladesh, United Kingdom
The Climb Michael Angelo CovinoUnited States
Country Music (Episode: "The Sons and Daughters of America (1964-1968)") Ken Burns United States
Coup 53 Taghi Amirani United Kingdom
Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia United Kingdom
Family Romance, LLC Werner Herzog United States, Japan
First Cow Kelly Reichardt United States
Ford v Ferrari James Mangold United States
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick United States, Germany
The Human Factor Dror Moreh United Kingdom
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (Episodes: "Episode 1" and "Episode 3") Davis Guggenheim United States
Judy Rupert Goold United Kingdom, United States
The Kingmaker Lauren Greenfield United States
The Last Vermeer Dan Friedkin United States
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach United States
Motherless Brooklyn Edward Norton United States
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life Ric Burns United States
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Parasite Bong Joon-ho South Korea
The Phantom Carriage Victor Sjöström Sweden
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma France
The Report Scott Z. Burns United States
Tell Me Who I Am Ed PerkinsUnited Kingdom
Those Who Remained Barnabás Tóth Hungary
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles United Kingdom
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Philip Kaufman United States
Uncut Gems Josh and Benny Safdie United States
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda France
Verdict Raymund Ribay GutierrezPhilippines
Waves Trey Edward Shults United States
The Wind Victor Sjöström United States
Women Make Film Mark Cousins United Kingdom

Guest Director's Selections

The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Pico Iyer. [5]

TitleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Late Autumn Yasujirō Ozu Japan
The Makioka Sisters Kon Ichikawa Japan
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Aparna Sen India
Under the Sun Vitaly Mansky Czech Republic, Russia, Germany, Latvia, North Korea
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Mikio Naruse Japan

Filmmakers of Tomorrow

Student Prints

The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world. [6]

TitleDirector(s)Production universitie(s)
AlienJegwang Yeon Korea National University of Arts
BoléroSarah Gross University of Southern California
MizaruSudarshan Suresh Columbia University
No BodyHaemin Ko University of the Arts London
Night SwimVictoria RiveraColumbia University
SoukoonFarah Shaer University of California, Los Angeles
Under DarknessCaroline FriendUniversity of Southern California

Calling Cards

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

TitleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Chubby Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli Canada
The Distance Between Us and the Sky Vasilis Kekatos Greece, France
LaukaisKamile MilašiūtėLithuania
ManicureArman FayyazIran
Olla Ariane Labed France
RainPiotr MilczarekPoland

Great Expectations

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

TitleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
DrivePedro CasavecchiaArgentina, France
Feathers A.V. Rockwell United States
House of GlassFilipe MartinsPortugal
RivieraJonas SchloesingFrance
A Treatise on the Human Animal No. 38: HeartacheJacob MøllerDenmark

Backlot

The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers.

TitleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
63 Up Michael Apted United Kingdom
Billie James Erskine United Kingdom
Chulas Fronteras Les Blank United States
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash Thom Zimny United States
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein United States
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin Werner Herzog United States
Soros Jesse Dylan United States
Uncle Yanco
Black Panthers
Agnès Varda France, United States

Festivities

TitleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Amazing Grace Alan ElliottUnited States
The Right Stuff Philip Kaufman United States
The Wanderers Philip Kaufman United States

Silver Medallion

Special Medallion

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