44th Telluride Film Festival
Location | Telluride, Colorado, United States |
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Founded | 1974 |
Hosted by | National Film Preserve Ltd. |
Festival date | Opening: September 1, 2017 Closing: September 4, 2017 |
Website | Telluride Film Festival |
The 44th Telluride Film Festival was held on September 1–4, 2017, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.[1]
Director Joshua Oppenheimer was appointed as the guest director of the event.[2] Telluride honored Edward Lachman and Christian Bale as the Silver Medallion winners.[3] The Special Medallion was awarded to Katriel Schory of Israeli Film Fund.[4]
Official selections[]
Main program[]
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Arthur Miller: Writer | Rebecca Miller | United States |
The Baker's Wife | Marcel Pagnol | France |
Battle of the Sexes | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | United States |
The Cotton Club Encore | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
Darkest Hour | Joe Wright | United Kingdom |
Downsizing | Alexander Payne | United States |
Eating Animals | Christopher Dillon Quinn | United States |
Faces Places | Agnès Varda, JR | France |
A Fantastic Woman | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, United States, Germany, Spain |
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Paul McGuigan | United Kingdom |
First Reformed | Paul Schrader | United States |
First They Killed My Father | Angelina Jolie | United States, Cambodia |
Foxtrot | Samuel Maoz | Israel |
Heroin(e) | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | United States |
Hostages | Rezo Gigineishvili | Georgia, Russia, Poland |
Hostiles | Scott Cooper | United States |
Human Flow | Ai Weiwei | United States, Germany |
The Insult | Ziad Doueiri | France, Lebanon |
Kean, or Disorder and Genius | Aleksandr Volkoff | France |
Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig | United States |
Land of the Free | Camilla Magid | Denmark, Finland |
Lean on Pete | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom, United States |
Long Shot | Jacob LaMendola | United States |
Love, Cecil | Lisa Immordino Vreeland | United States |
Loveless | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia, France, Belgium, Germany |
Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman | United Kingdom, Poland |
A Man of Integrity | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
The Other Side of Hope | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
The Rider | Chloé Zhao | United States |
The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro | United States |
Such Is Life | Carl Junghans | Czechoslovakia |
Tesnota | Kantemir Balagov | Russia |
The Venerable W. | Barbet Schroeder | France, Switzerland |
The Vietnam War | Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | United States |
Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | United States |
Wormwood | Errol Morris | United States |
Guest Director's Selections[]
The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Joshua Oppenheimer.[5]
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Even Dwarfs Started Small | Werner Herzog | West Germany |
Hotel of the Stars | Jon Bang Carlsen | Denmark |
The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | United States |
Salaam Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran |
Titicut Follies | Frederick Wiseman | United States |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | France |
Backlot[]
The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers.
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum | Sophie Bassaler | France |
Edge of Alchemy | Stacey Steers | United States |
Filmworker | Tony Zierra | United States |
Hitler's Hollywood | Rüdiger Suchsland | Germany |
Jamaica Man | Michael Weatherly | United States |
Portrait of Valeska Gert | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany |
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation | Anthony Wall | United Kingdom |
That Summer | Göran Hugo Olsson | Sweden, United States, Denmark |
Filmmakers of Tomorrow[]
Student Prints[]
The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world.
Title | Director(s) | Production universitie(s) |
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Homeland | Sam Peeters | Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound |
It's Just a Gun | Brian Robau | Chapman University |
Leaving Syria: Long Live the Youth | Yara Atz | Geneva University of Art and Design |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Sunday Emerson Gullifer | Victorian College of the Arts |
Who's Who in Mycology | Marie Dvorakova | New York University |
Calling Cards[]
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. It selected new works from promising filmmakers.
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Anderson | Rodrigo Meireles | Brazil |
The Ceiling | Teppo Airaksinen | Finland |
Debris | Julio O. Ramos | Peru |
Durango | Matt Sukkar | United States |
Fluffy | Lee Filipovski | Serbia, Canada |
Little Hands | Rémi Allier | Belgium |
Great Expectations[]
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins.
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Best Fireworks Ever | Aleksandra Terpińska | Poland |
Delphi | Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen | Denmark |
Le film de l'ete | Emmanuel Marre | France, Belgium |
A Gentle Night | Yang Qiu | China |
Skywards | Eva Weber | United Kingdom |
Silver Medallion[]
Special Medallion[]
- Katriel Schory
References[]
- ^ Tapley, Kristopher (August 31, 2017). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Darkest Hour,' 'Downsizing,' 'Shape of Water'". Variety. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ McNary, Dave (June 20, 2017). "Telluride Film Festival Names Joshua Oppenheimer Guest Director". Variety. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (August 31, 2017). "Telluride 2017: Angelina Jolie, Francis Ford Coppola, Ken Burns Films Make the Cut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ Kohn, Eric; Thompson, Anne (August 31, 2017). "Telluride Reveals 2017 Lineup: 'The Shape of Water,' 'Downsizing,' Christian Bale Tribute, and Angelina Jolie". IndieWire. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ Rottenberg, Josh (August 31, 2017). "Oscar buzz to run high as the proudly low-key Telluride Film Festival gets underway". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
External links[]
- 2017 film festivals
- 2017 in Colorado
- Telluride Film Festival