# 51st Telluride Film Festival

The 51st Telluride Film Festival took place between August 30 and September 2, 2024, in Telluride, Colorado. American filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan was chosen as the festival Guest Director. Luke Dorman, the Principal Graphic Designer at Meow Wolf, returned as the Guest Designer.
The Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion will be presented to French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and American editor Thelma Schoonmaker. While the Special Medallion will be award to French film company Les Films du Losange.

## Official Sections

The event's program was revealed one day before its start, as customary.

### Main Program

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| All We Imagine as Light | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | India, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| Anora | Anora | Sean Baker | United States |
| Apocalypse in the Tropics | Apocalipse nos Trópicos | Petra Costa | Brazil, United States, Denmark |
| Better Man | Better Man | Michael Gracey | Australia |
| Bird | Bird | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States |
| Blink | Blink | Daniel Roher, Edmund Stenson | United States, Canada |
| Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid! | Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid! | Matt Tyrnauer | United States |
| Conclave | Conclave | Edward Berger | United Kingdom, United States |
| Disclaimer (7 episodes) | Disclaimer (7 episodes) | Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom, United States |
| Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight | Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight | Embeth Davidtz | South Africa |
| Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | France |
| The End | The End | Joshua Oppenheimer | Ireland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom |
| The Friend | The Friend | Scott McGehee and David Siegel | United States |
| In Waves and War | In Waves and War | Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | United States |
| Jean Cocteau | Jean Cocteau | Lisa Immordino Vreeland | United States |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Leonardo da Vinci | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | United States |
| Maria | Maria | Pablo Larraín | Italy, Germany |
| Martha | Martha | R.J. Cutler | United States |
| Memoir of a Snail | Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot | Australia |
| Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie | France, Portugal, Spain |
| Nickel Boys | Nickel Boys | RaMell Ross | United States |
| No Other Land | No Other Land | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway |
| One to One: John & Yoko | One to One: John & Yoko | Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards | United Kingdom |
| The Outrun | The Outrun | Nora Fingscheidt | United Kingdom, Germany |
| The Piano Lesson | The Piano Lesson | Malcolm Washington | United States |
| Piece by Piece | Piece by Piece | Morgan Neville | United States |
| Santosh | Santosh | Sandhya Suri | India, France, Germany, United Kingdom |
| Saturday Night | Saturday Night | Jason Reitman | United States |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانه انجیر مقدس | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France |
| Separated | Separated | Errol Morris | United States, Mexico |
| September 5 | September 5 | Tim Fehlbaum | Germany |
| Social Studies | Social Studies | Lauren Greenfield | United States |
| The White House Effect | The White House Effect | Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, Pedro Kos | United States |
| Will & Harper | Will & Harper | Josh Greenbaum | United States |
| Zurawski v Texas | Zurawski v Texas | Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault | United States |
| Short Films ||||
| A Swim Lesson | A Swim Lesson | Rashida Jones, Will McCormack | United States |
| Alok | Alok | Alex Hedison | United States |
| The Turnaround | The Turnaround | Kyle Thrash, Ben Proudfoot | United States |

### Guest Directors' Selection

Movies selected for screening at the festival by Kenneth Lonergan.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Arch of Triumph (1948) | Arch of Triumph (1948) | Lewis Milestone | United States |
| Barry Lyndon (1975) | Barry Lyndon (1975) | Stanley Kubrick | United States, United Kingdom |
| Doctor Zhivago (1965) | Doctor Zhivago (1965) | David Lean | United Kingdom, Italy, United States |
| Grand Hotel (1932) | Grand Hotel (1932) | Edmund Goulding | United States |
| My Darling Clementine (1946) | My Darling Clementine (1946) | John Ford | United States |

### Special Screenings

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Beauty and the Beast (1946) | La Belle et la Bête | Jean Cocteau | France |
| Charles Dead or Alive (1969) | Charles mort ou vif | Alain Tanner | Switzerland |
| Fly (2024) | Fly (2024) | Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz | United States, Australia |
| Hindle Wakes (1952) | Hindle Wakes (1952) | Arthur Crabtree | United Kingdom |
| Prince of Broadway (2008) | Prince of Broadway (2008) | Sean Baker | United States |

### Backlot

Behind-the-scenes movies and portraits of artists, musicians and filmmakers.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom |
| ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! | ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! | Arthur Bradford | United States |
| Chain Reactions | Chain Reactions | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States |
| The Easy Kind | The Easy Kind | Katy Chevigny | United States |
| Her Name Was Moviola | Her Name Was Moviola | Howard Berry | United Kingdom |
| The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze | The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze | Tilda Swinton, Bartek Dziadosz | United Kingdom |
| Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | David Hinton | United Kingdom |
| Nobu | Nobu | Matt Tyrnauer | United States |
| Riefenstahl | Riefenstahl | Andres Veiel | Germany |
| The Swallow | The Swallow | Tadhg O’Sullivan | Ireland |

### Filmmakers of Tomorrow
#### Student Prints

The best in student-produced work from around the globe. Curated and introduced by Gregory Nava.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dragfox | Dragfox | Lisa Ott | United Kingdom (National Film and Television School) |
| Entre Le Feu et La Claire de Lune | Entre Le Feu et La Claire de Lune | Dominic Yarabe | United States (Stanford University) |
| Neither Donkey nor Horse | Neither Donkey nor Horse | Robin Wang | United States (USC School of Cinematic Arts) |
| Son | Son | Saman Hosseinpuor | Iran (Isfahan Sepehr College) |
| The Truck | The Truck | Elizabeth Rao | United States (New York University) |
| When Big People Lie | When Big People Lie | Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz | United States (American Film Institute) |

#### Calling Cards

Resonant work in cinema in the short form. Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Beautiful Men | Beautiful Men | Nicolas Keppens | Belgium |
| Father's Letters | Father's Letters | Alexey Evstigneev | France, Russia |
| Lick a Wound | Lick a Wound | Nathan Ghali | France |
| Water Harzard | Water Harzard | Alexander David | France |
| A Wound | A Wound | Elahe Esmaili | Iran, United Kingdom |

#### Great Expectations

Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Jimmy | Jimmy | Yashaddai Owens | United States, France |
| Two People Exchanging Saliva | Deux Personnes Échangeant de la Salive | Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata | France |

## Official Awards
### Silver Medallion

* Saoirse Ronan, actress (for The Outrun);
* Jacques Audiard, director (for Emilia Perez);
* Thelma Schoonmaker, editor.

### Special Medallion

* Les Films du Losange