47th Telluride Film Festival Official Lineup

BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN

Shortly into the COVID-19 pandemic, all eyes in the film world were on the late-summer film festival season. The Telluride Film Festival has historically been the first stop on the awards circuit for films each season. Filmmakers, members of the press, and film fans flock to Telluride, Colorado, for a long weekend of film premieres before heading off to Toronto and Venice. This year, pulling off a hybrid in-person and virtual festival wasn’t feasible, which means Telluride is going the way of Cannes and canceling its festival for the first time in its history.

All celebrations are not off, however. Like the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride’s programmers have released the “official lineup” that would have made Telluride a major stop, once again, for films on their journey towards awards season.

Among the titles are several that also make up the Toronto and Venice lineups, like Francis Lee’s and Chloe Zhao’s highly-anticipated “Ammonite” and “Nomadland,” respectively. Roger Mitchell’s “The Duke,” starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent, would have held its world premiere at Telluride, as would have “Concrete Cowboy,” starring Idris Elba.

Telluride’s executive director Julie Huntsinger shared that many of the documentaries that make up Telluride’s official lineup were not selected for Toronto or Venice, which led the programming team to want to share the list to help celebrate the diversified voices chosen this year.

The lineup for Telluride is traditionally kept a secret until the day before the festival begins.

Along with the films chosen to compete (listed below), special ceremonies were to take place to honor Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet, and Chloe Zhao.

AFTER LOVE
Dir. Aleem Khan
(United Kingdom)

ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
Dirs. Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortes
(United States of America)
Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, September 18th

THE ALPINIST
Dirs. Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
(United States of America)

AMMONITE
Dir. Francis Lee
(United Kingdom)
Set to screen at Toronto International Film Festival

ANDREY TARKOVSKY. A CINEMA PRAYER
Dir. Andrey A. Tarkovsky
(Italy, Russia, Sweden)

APPLES
Dir. Christos Nikou
(Greece, Poland, Slovenia)

THE AUTOMAT
Dir. Lisa Hurwitz
(United States of America)

THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
Dir. Frank Marshall
(United States of America)

CHARLATAN
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
(Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia)
Set to screen at Transilvania International Film Festival

CONCRETE COWBOY
Dir. Ricky Staub
(United States of America)
Set to screen at Toronto International Film Festival

DEAR MR. BRODY
Dir. Keith Maitland
(United States of America)

THE DUKE
Dir. Roger Mitchell
(United Kingdom)
Set to screen at Venice Film Festival

THE FATHER
Dir. Florian Zeller
(United Kingdom, France)
Set to screen at Toronto International Film Festival

FIREBALL: VISITORS FROM DARKER WORLDS
Dirs. Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer
(United Kingdom, United States of America)
Set to screen at Toronto International Film Festival

IBRAHIM
Dir. Samir Guesmi
(France)

MAINSTREAM
Dir. Gia Coppola
(United States of America)
Set to screen at Venice Film Festival

MANDIBULES
Dir. Quentin Dupieux
(France)
Set to screen at Venice Film Festival

MLK/FBI
Dir. Sam Pollard
Set to screen at Toronto International Film Festival

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD
Dirs. Kristina Lindstrom, Kristian Petri
(Sweden)

NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN
Dirs. Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
(Poland, Germany)
Set to screen at Venice Film Festival

NOMADLAND
Dir. Chloe Zhao
(United States of America)
Set to screen at Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, New York Film Festival; Theatrical release set for Fall 2020

NOTTURNO
Dir. Gianfranco Rosi
(Italy, France, Germany)
Set to screen at Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival

PRAY AWAY
Dir. Kristine Stolakis
(United States of America)

THERE IS NO EVIL
Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof
(Germany, Iran)

TO THE MOON
Dir. Tadhg O’Sullivan
(Ireland)
Set to screen at Venice Film Festival

TORN
Dir. Max Lowe
(United States of America)

THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
Dirs. Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
(Italy, United States of America, Greece)

TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION
Dir. Lisa Immordino Vreeland
(United States of America)

THE WAY I SEE IT
Dir. Dawn Porter
(United States of America)