Telluride Film Festival

United States
All genres

This compact four-day festival, set in a former mining town, is very much a film-focused event where audiences talk about filmmaking as an ‘art’ not a business and is held on the annual Labor Day weekend. Although concentrating mainly on features, Telluride also presents three programs of short films (the Great Expectations program focuses specifically on short feature-length films). A unique trait of this festival is that the film line-up is never revealed until the first day of screenings. Note: This is a non-competitive festival.

SECTIONS
The Show
Shorts Section
Student Prints
Calling Cards
Great Expectations
Backlot

ATTENDEE TIPS

“Someone said to us that there are no prizes at Telluride but if your film gets a TBA slot (extra screening programmed out of strong response) then that is the prize. Our films got three!”

“At each screening we delivered an introductory or concluding talk, which garnered very strong and affirmative responses from our audience and festival hosts.”

“Telluride was an excellent event for us to pick up on our significant US profiling as a filmmaking team. It is such a small and contained festival that social events were easily reached between screening commitments and we were able to meet many key industry people at these events.”

Awards

2021 - Won - Power of the Dog, The - Silver Medallion Award - Jane Campion

2006 - Won - Ten Canoes - Silver Medallion Award - Rolf De Heer

Screenings

2024 - Main Program - Shows - Memoir of a Snail

2024 - Main Program - Shows - Better Man

2023 - Main Program - Show - Royal Hotel, The

2022 - TIFF Lightbox, World Premiere - Carmen

2021 - Main Program - Power of the Dog, The

2021 - Main Program - River

2020 - Student Prints - Peeps

2019 - Main Program - The Show - Australian Dream, The

2017 - Student Prints - Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

2015 - Telluride Film Festival - Only the Dead

2015 - Telluride Film Festival - Wake in Fright

2015 - Telluride Film Festival - Face of Ukraine, The: Casting Oksana Baiul

2015 - Telluride Film Festival - Sherpa

2013 - Show - Tracks

2012 - The Show - Sapphires, The

2012 - Backlot - On Borrowed Time

2012 - SHOWcase for Shorts - Barn Owl

2012 - SHOWcase for Shorts - Boo!

2012 - Filmmakers of Tomorrow - Rain

2011 - Showcase for shorts - First Interview, The

2011 - Calling Cards - Palace, The

2010 - Calling Cards - Deeper Than Yesterday

2010 - A Tribute to Peter Weir - Plumber, The

2009 - Show - Samson & Delilah

2009 - Backlot - Making Samson & Delilah

2009 - Show - Bright Star

2009 - Show - Miscreants of Taliwood, The

2008 - Adventures in Animation - Father

2008 - Calling Cards - I Love Sarah Jane

2007 - Shorts Showcase - Spider

2006 - Telluride Film Festival - Jindabyne

2006 - Telluride Film Festival - Ten Canoes

2006 - Telluride Film Festival - Carmichael and Shane

2006 - Telluride Film Festival - Burst

2005 - Calling Cards - Black and White World, A

2005 - Telluride Film Festival - Pirate

2005 - Calling Cards - Monster

2003 - The Show - Alexandra's Project

2003 - The Show - Tribute to Toni Collette - Japanese Story

2003 - Filmmakers of Tomorrow - Calling Cards - Forest, The

2003 - Filmmakers of Tomorrow - Student Prints - Flat

2003 - Showcase for Shorts - Projectionist, The

2002 - Calling Cards - Roundabout

2002 - Showcase for Shorts - Bing

2002 - Student Prints - Dog's Day

2002 - Student Prints - Only Person in the World, The

2002 - The Show - Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002 - Calling Cards - Shh

2002 - Showcase for Shorts - Stump

2001 - Filmmakers of Tomorrow - Inja

2001 - The Show (?) - Lantana

2001 - Telluride Film Festival - INAFLASH

2000 - New Visions of Indigenous Australia - Tears

2000 - New Visions of Indigenous Australia - My Bed Your Bed

2000 - New Visions of Indigenous Australia - My Colour, Your Kind

2000 - New Visions of Indigenous Australia - My Mother My Son

2000 - New Visions of Indigenous Australia - Yolngu Boy

2000 - The Show - better than sex

2000 - The Show - Innocence

2000 - The Show - Chopper

1999 - The Show - Me Myself I

1999 - Filmmakers of Tomorrow - Rise

1999 - The Show - Little Echo Lost

1999 - Celluloid Resume - Help Me

1998 - The Show - Fetch

1998 - The Show - Dance Me to My Song

1997 - Telluride Film Festival - Human Race, The

1997 - Filmmakers of Tomorrow - Titsiana Booberini

1997 - Celluloid Resume - Rust Bucket

1996 - The Show - This Film is a Dog

1996 - Celluloid Resume - Payback

1996 - The Show - Rats in the Ranks

1996 - The Show - Lilian's Story

1995 - The Show - Cup, The

1995 - The Show - Hayride to Hell

1995 - The Show - Swinger

1994 - The Show - Eternity

1994 - The Show - Muriel's Wedding

1994 - The Show - Gap, The

1994 - The Show - Memories and Dreams

1993 - The Show - Piano, The

1992 - The Show - Strictly Ballroom

1991 - The Show - Woman's Tale, A