49th Telluride Film Festival
LocationTelluride, Colorado, United States
Founded1974
AwardsTelluride Film Festival Silver Medallion:

Sarah Polley
Cate Blanchett
Mark Cousins


Artistic directorJulie Huntsinger (Festival's Programing Director)
Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko (Guest Directors)
Leanne Shapton (Designer)
Festival dateSeptember 2–5, 2022
Websitetelluridefilmfestival.org

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

Film Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Anastasia Sarah McCarthy United Kingdom, Russia
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison Cinque Northern United States
The Best Chef in the World Ben Proudfoot
Guerrilla Habeas Emma Wall and Betsy Hershey
Le pupille Alice Rohrwacher Italy, United States
Marianne Lara Porzak and Rebecca Ressler United States
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone Adam Curtis United Kingdom
The U.S. and the Holocaust (episode 1) Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein United States

Sneak Previews

Film Director(s) Production countries
Aftersun Charlotte Wells United Kingdom, United States
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras United States

Guest Director's Selections

Movies selected for screening at the festival by Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko.[7]

Film Director(s) Production countrie(s) Year
Elegy of a Voyage Aleksandr Sokurov France, Russia, Netherlands 2001
Getting to Know the Big, Wide, World Kira Muratova Soviet Union 1978
L'Atalante Jean Vigo France 1934
Oasis Lee Chang-dong South Korea 2002
Where Is the Friend's House? Abbas Kiarostami Iran 1987
The Wonders Alice Rohrwacher Italy, Switzerland, Germany 2014

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]

Film Director(s) Production countrie(s)/universitie(s)
Favorite Daughter Dana Reilly United States (University of Texas at Austin)
Berry Pickers Agnes Skonare Karlsson Sweden, United States (Columbia University)
Solo Anat Eisenberg Israel (Tel Aviv University)
The Rotting Of Casey Culpepper Daniel Slottje United States (Columbia University)
The Midwife Anne-Sophie Bailly France (La Fémis)

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

  1. ^ a b c d "Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "'Women Talking' World Premiere Being Fought Over By TIFF, Telluride and Venice". World of Reel. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Davis, Clayton (September 1, 2021). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Belfast,' 'King Richard' and 'Spencer'". Variety. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Kohn, Eric (September 1, 2022). "Telluride 2022 Lineup: Cate Blanchett Tribute, 'Women Talking,' and Robert Downey Jr". IndieWire. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
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