One of the last question marks of the early fall film festival onslaught was Telluride Film Festival, who announces their line-up just a day before the event kicks off. Today now brings the slate for the 42nd edition of the festival, which runs from Friday through Monday, September 7th.
There’s not many surprises to be had as the predictions of Carol, Beasts of No Nation, Spotlight, Suffragette, Black Mass, Steve Jobs, and more proved true, but it’s a nice early look at some of the sure to be talked about major dramas of the year. Along with some enticing revival screenings, it’s also been announced that Silver Medallion Awards will be given to Danny Boyle, Adam Curtis, and Rooney Mara. One can check out the line-up below with links to our reviews where available.
CAROL (d. Todd Haynes, U.S., 2015)
AMAZING GRACE (d. Sydney Pollack, U.S., 1972/2015)
ANOMALISA (d. Charlie Kaufman, U.S., 2015)
BEASTS OF NO NATION (d. Cary Fukunaga, U.S., 2015)
HE NAMED ME MALALA (d. Davis Guggenheim, U.S., 2015)
STEVE JOBS (d. Danny Boyle, U.S., 2015)
IXCANUL (d. Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala, 2015)
BITTER LAKE (d. Adam Curtis, U.K., 2015)
ROOM (d. Lenny Abrahamson, England, 2015)
BLACK MASS (d. Scott Cooper, U.S., 2015)
SUFFRAGETTE (d. Sarah Gavron, U.K., 2015)
SPOTLIGHT (d. Tom McCarthy, U.S., 2015)
RAMS (d. Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland, 2015)
MOM AND ME (d. Ken Wardrop, Ireland, 2015)
VIVA (d. Paddy Breathnach, Ireland, 2015)
TAJ MAJAL (d. Nicolas Saada, France-India, 2015)
SITI (d. Eddie Cahyono, Indonesia, 2015)
HEART OF THE DOG (d. Laurie Anderson, U.S. 2014)
45 YEARS (d. Andrew Haigh, England, 2015)
SON OF SAUL (d. Lázló Nemes, Hungary, 2015)
ONLY THE DEAD (d. Michael Ware, Bill Guttentag, U.S.- Australia, 2015)
TAXI (d. Jafar Panahi, Iran, 2015)
HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT (d. Kent Jones, U.S., 2015)
TIME TO CHOOSE (d. Charles Ferguson, U.S., 2015)
MARGUERITE (d. Xavier Giannoli, France, 2015)
TIKKUN (d. Avishai Sivan, Israel, 2015)
WINTER ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM (d. Evgeny Afineevsky, Russia-Ukraine, 2015)
Revivals
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (d. Jean Eustache, France, 1973)
MES PETITES AMOUREUSES (d. Jean Eustache, France, 1974)
WAKE IN FRIGHT (d. Ted Kotcheff, Australia, 1971)
COCKSUCKER BLUES (d. Robert Frank, U.S., 1979)
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (d. Jean Renoir, France, 1936) + UNCLE YANCO (d. Agnès Varda, France, 1967)
THE MATTEI AFFAIR (d. Francesco Rosi, Italy, 1972)
Additional film revival programs include DIE NIBELUNGEN (d. Fritz Lang, Germany, 1924) presented by Pordenone Silent Film Festival; L’INHUMAINE (d. Marcel L’Herbier, France, 1924) with the Alloy Orchestra; RETOUR DE FLAMME, a collection of short films curated by Serge Bromberg; and RESTORING NAPOLEON with Georges Mourier who is currently overseeing the six-and-half-hour restoration of the film for Cinémathèque Francaise.
Backlot, Telluride’s intimate screening room featuring behind-the-scenes movies and portraits of artists, musicians and filmmakers, will screen the following nine programs:
CINEMA: A PUBLIC AFFAIR (d. Tatiana Brandrup, Russia, 2015)
THE CENTURY OF THE SELF (d. Adam Curtis, U.K., 2002)
INGRID BERGMAN – IN HER OWN WORDS (d. Stig Björkman, Sweden, 2015)
IN THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT OAKS (d. George Mourier, France, 2005)
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT (d. Lisa Immordino Vreeland, U.S., 2015)
SEMBENE! (d. Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman, U.S.-Senegal, 2015)
DREAMING AGAINST THE WORLD (d. Tim Sternberg, Francisco Bello, U.S., 2015) + TYRUS (Pamela Tom, U.S., 2015)
What do you think of the line-up?