46th Telluride Film Festival

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

46th Telluride Film Festival

Location	Telluride, Colorado, United States
Founded	1974
Hosted by	National Film Preserve Ltd.
Festival date	August 30 (30-08)-September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)
Website	Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
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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

Title	Director(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 Fire in Paradise Into the Fire Lost and Found	Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper Orlando von Einsiedel	United States Iraq, United Kingdom Bangladesh, United Kingdom
The Climb	Michael Angelo Covino	United 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 Perkins	United 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 Gutierrez	Philippines
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]

Title	Director(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]

Title	Director(s)	Production universitie(s)
Alien	Jegwang Yeon	Korea National University of Arts
Boléro	Sarah Gross	University of Southern California
Mizaru	Sudarshan Suresh	Columbia University
No Body	Haemin Ko	University of the Arts London
Night Swim	Victoria Rivera	Columbia University
Soukoon	Farah Shaer	University of California, Los Angeles
Under Darkness	Caroline Friend	University 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.

Title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Chubby	Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli	Canada
The Distance Between Us and the Sky	Vasilis Kekatos	Greece, France
Laukais	Kamile Milašiūtė	Lithuania
Manicure	Arman Fayyaz	Iran
Olla	Ariane Labed	France
Rain	Piotr Milczarek	Poland

Great Expectations

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

Title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Drive	Pedro Casavecchia	Argentina, France
Feathers	A.V. Rockwell	United States
House of Glass	Filipe Martins	Portugal
Riviera	Jonas Schloesing	France
A Treatise on the Human Animal No. 38: Heartache	Jacob Møller	Denmark

Backlot

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

Title	Director(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

Title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Amazing Grace	Alan Elliott	United States
The Right Stuff	Philip Kaufman	United States
The Wanderers	Philip Kaufman	United States

Silver Medallion

• Renée Zellweger
• Adam Driver
• Philip Kaufman

Special Medallion

• Dolby Laboratories

References

1. Hammond, Pete (August 29, 2019). "Telluride Film Festival: 'Ford V Ferrari', 'Judy', 'Motherless Brooklyn', Weinstein-Inspired Drama 'The Assistant' Among Premieres Headed To 46th Edition – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
2. Thompson, Anne (June 19, 2019). "Telluride Film Festival 2019 Ramps Up with Guest Director Pico Iyer". IndieWire. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
3. Topel, Fred (August 29, 2019). "Telluride Fest honors Renee Zellweger, Adam Driver, announces lineup". United Press International. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
4. Kohn, Eric (August 29, 2019). "Telluride 2019 Lineup: 'Ford v Ferrari,' 'Uncut Gems,' Tributes to Adam Driver and Renee Zellweger". IndieWire. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
5. Mitchell, Shannon (June 24, 2019). "46th Annual Telluride Film Festival: Guest Director Pico Iyer". Telluride Inside. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
6. Hackett, Gina (September 19, 2019). "Columbia Filmmakers Head to 2019 Telluride Film Festival". Columbia University School of the Arts. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

External links

• Telluride Film Festival official website