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44th Telluride Film Festival

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44th Telluride Film Festival
LocationTelluride, Colorado, United States
Founded1974
Hosted byNational Film Preserve Ltd.
Festival dateOpening: September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)
Closing: September 4, 2017 (2017-09-04)
WebsiteTelluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival

The 44th Telluride Film Festival was held on September 1–4, 2017, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.[1]

Director Joshua Oppenheimer was appointed as the guest director of the event.[2] Telluride honored Edward Lachman and Christian Bale as the Silver Medallion winners.[3] The Special Medallion was awarded to Katriel Schory of Israeli Film Fund.[4]

Official selections

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Main program

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Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Arthur Miller: Writer Rebecca Miller United States
The Baker's Wife Marcel Pagnol France
Battle of the Sexes Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris United States
The Cotton Club Encore Francis Ford Coppola United States
Darkest Hour Joe Wright United Kingdom
Downsizing Alexander Payne United States
Eating Animals Christopher Dillon Quinn United States
Faces Places Agnès Varda, JR France
A Fantastic Woman Sebastián Lelio Chile, United States, Germany, Spain
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Paul McGuigan United Kingdom
First Reformed Paul Schrader United States
First They Killed My Father Angelina Jolie United States, Cambodia
Foxtrot Samuel Maoz Israel
Heroin(e) Elaine McMillion Sheldon United States
Hostages Rezo Gigineishvili Georgia, Russia, Poland
Hostiles Scott Cooper United States
Human Flow Ai Weiwei United States, Germany
The Insult Ziad Doueiri France, Lebanon
Kean, or Disorder and Genius Aleksandr Volkoff France
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig United States
Land of the Free Camilla Magid Denmark, Finland
Lean on Pete Andrew Haigh United Kingdom, United States
Long Shot Jacob LaMendola United States
Love, Cecil Lisa Immordino Vreeland United States
Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia, France, Belgium, Germany
Loving Vincent Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman United Kingdom, Poland
A Man of Integrity Mohammad Rasoulof Iran
The Other Side of Hope Aki Kaurismäki Finland
The Rider Chloé Zhao United States
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro United States
Such Is Life Carl Junghans Czechoslovakia
Tesnota Kantemir Balagov Russia
The Venerable W. Barbet Schroeder France, Switzerland
The Vietnam War Ken Burns, Lynn Novick United States
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes United States
Wormwood Errol Morris United States

Guest Director's Selections

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The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Joshua Oppenheimer.[5]

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Even Dwarfs Started Small Werner Herzog West Germany
Hotel of the Stars Jon Bang Carlsen Denmark
The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton United States
Salaam Cinema Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran
Titicut Follies Frederick Wiseman United States
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy France

Backlot

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The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers.

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum Sophie Bassaler France
Edge of Alchemy Stacey Steers United States
Filmworker Tony Zierra United States
Hitler's Hollywood Rüdiger Suchsland Germany
Jamaica Man Michael Weatherly United States
Portrait of Valeska Gert Volker Schlöndorff Germany
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation Anthony Wall United Kingdom
That Summer Göran Hugo Olsson Sweden, United States, Denmark

Filmmakers of Tomorrow

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Student Prints

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The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world.

Title Director(s) Production universitie(s)
Homeland Sam Peeters Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound
It's Just a Gun Brian Robau Chapman University
Leaving Syria: Long Live the Youth Yara Atz Geneva University of Art and Design
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Sunday Emerson Gullifer Victorian College of the Arts
Who's Who in Mycology Marie Dvorakova New York University

Calling Cards

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The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. It selected new works from promising filmmakers.

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Anderson Rodrigo Meireles Brazil
The Ceiling Teppo Airaksinen Finland
Debris Julio O. Ramos Peru
Durango Matt Sukkar United States
Fluffy Lee Filipovski Serbia, Canada
Little Hands Rémi Allier Belgium

Great Expectations

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The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins.

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
The Best Fireworks Ever Aleksandra Terpińska Poland
Delphi Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen Denmark
Le film de l'ete Emmanuel Marre France, Belgium
A Gentle Night Yang Qiu China
Skywards Eva Weber United Kingdom

Silver Medallion

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Special Medallion

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  • Katriel Schory

References

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  1. ^ Tapley, Kristopher (August 31, 2017). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Darkest Hour,' 'Downsizing,' 'Shape of Water'". Variety. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ McNary, Dave (June 20, 2017). "Telluride Film Festival Names Joshua Oppenheimer Guest Director". Variety. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Kilday, Gregg (August 31, 2017). "Telluride 2017: Angelina Jolie, Francis Ford Coppola, Ken Burns Films Make the Cut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Kohn, Eric; Thompson, Anne (August 31, 2017). "Telluride Reveals 2017 Lineup: 'The Shape of Water,' 'Downsizing,' Christian Bale Tribute, and Angelina Jolie". IndieWire. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Rottenberg, Josh (August 31, 2017). "Oscar buzz to run high as the proudly low-key Telluride Film Festival gets underway". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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