53rd Telluride Film Festival
2026 film festival
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The 53rd Telluride Film Festival will take place from September 4 to 7, 2026, in Telluride, Colorado.[1]
| Location | Telluride, Colorado, United States |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Awards | Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion: |
| Artistic director | Julie Huntsinger |
| Festival date | September 4–7, 2026 |
| Website | www |
Roughly one month before the opening, a massive flood hit the city, damaging significantly a number of buildings, including the Michael D. Palm Theatre.[2]
Actress and filmmaker Rebecca Hall was chosen as the edition's guest director, and will select six classic films for a parallel section.[1]
World premieres include: Andrew Haigh's A Long Winter, Bryan Fogel's The Row, David Zellner and Nathan Zellner's Alpha Gang, Eleanor Coppola's Making Marie Antoinette, Frank Marshall and Nigel Sinclair's Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes, Guy Nattiv's The Liberation, Jennifer Peedom's Tenzing, Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut, Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert's The Idiot(s), Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care, Nanette Burstein's Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff, and Simon Stone's Elsinore.
Official selection
The official line-up was announced, as usual, on the day before the festival's official opening.[3][4][5]
Main Program
The following films were selected to be screened:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act 3 | Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Alpha Gang | David Zellner and Nathan Zellner | United States, Australia | |
| Avedon | Ron Howard | United States | |
| La bola negra | Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo | Spain, France | |
| Bucking Fastard | Werner Herzog | Ireland, United States | |
| Burgundy | Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw | France | |
| Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff | Nanette Burstein | United States | |
| Club Kid | Jordan Firstman | ||
| The Debut | Jesse Eisenberg | ||
| The Disciple | Joanna Natasegara | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Elsinore | Simon Stone | United Kingdom | |
| Everest: The Other Side | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin | United States, China, Nepal | |
| Fatherland | Vaterland | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, France, Germany, Italy |
| Fjord | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark | |
| Gentle Monster | Marie Kreutzer | Austria, Germany, France | |
| The Idiot(s) | Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert | Poland, Germany | |
| Ink | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom, United States, France | |
| The Liberation | Guy Nattiv | United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand | |
| A Long Winter | Andrew Haigh | Canada, United Kingdom | |
| Making Marie Antoinette | Eleanor Coppola | United States, Italy | |
| The Man I Love | Ira Sachs | United States, France | |
| Minotaur | Минотавр | Andrey Zvyagintsev | France, Germany, Latvia |
| My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile | Julia Loktev | United States | |
| Once Upon a Time in Harlem | William Greaves and David Greaves | ||
| The Only Living Pickpocket in New York | Noah Segan | ||
| Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes | Frank Marshall and Nigel Sinclair | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Rehearsals for a Revolution | خاطرات ایران | Pegah Ahangarani | Iran, Czech Republic, Spain |
| Rose | Markus Schleinzer | Austria, Germany | |
| The Row | Bryan Fogel | United States, Australia, Ireland | |
| The Story of Documentary Film | Mark Cousins | Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | Erik Shirai | United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Denmark | |
| Tender Loving Care | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom | |
| Tenzing | Jennifer Peedom | Australia, United Kingdom, United States, India, Nepal | |
| The Unknown | L'Inconnue | Arthur Harari | France, Italy |
| Wild Horse Nine | Martin McDonagh | United Kingdom, Chile, United States | |
| Restorations | |||
| Beau Geste (1926) | Herbert Brenon | United States | |
| Begotten (1989) | E. Elias Merhige | ||
| Short films | |||
| A Dance Through Time | Sarah Gavron | United Kingdom | |
| The Buffalo Miracle | Ben Proudfoot | United States | |
| Love, Rendered | Liz Garbus | ||
| Maybe Tomorrow | أغداً ألقاك | Wafa Mustafa and Waad Al-Kateab | United Kingdom, Syria, Germany |
| The Revolution Against Death | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, Sweden, United States | |
| Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon | Bill Morrison | United States | |
| A Song for the Snow Lion | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, United States | |
| Witt v. Air Force | Ben Proudfoot | United States | |
Guest Directors' Selection
This year's guest director was the English actress Rebecca Hall, the following films were selected to be screened:
| Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| Akenfield (1974) | Peter Hall | United Kingdom |
| Margaret (2011) | Kenneth Lonergan | United States |
| Portrait of Jason (1967) | Shirley Clarke | |
| The Servant (1963) | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom |
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | Charlie Kaufman | United States |
| What's Up, Doc? (1972) | Peter Bogdanovich |
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to be screened:
| Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States |
| Across the Universe (2007) | Julie Taymor | United States, United Kingdom |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | David Lean | United Kingdom |
| Christine (2016) | Antonio Campos | United States, United Kingdom |
| Marie Antoinette (2006) | Sofia Coppola | France, United States, Japan |
| Moonlight (2016) | Barry Jenkins | United States |
| Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Jane Schoenbrun |
Backlot
Behind-the-scenes movies and portraits of artists, musicians and filmmakers, will present the following programs, all free and open to the public:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Age | L'Âge d'Or | Bérenger Thouin | France, Italy |
| House of Criticism | Alison Chernick | United States | |
| The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer | La ilusión de un verano sin fin | Alessandra Sanguinetti | Argentina, United States |
| Into the Breach | Freddie Fox | United Kingdom | |
| Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean | Barnaby Thompson | ||
| The Natural State | Matthew Dougherty | United States | |
| One More Time | Cindy Kleine and André Gregory | ||
| The Stars Watch from Long Ago | Stacey Steers | ||
| Zero Intention of Living Quietly | Edward Lovelace | United Kingdom | |
