42nd Telluride Film Festival

42nd Telluride Film Festival
LocationTelluride, Colorado, United States
Founded1974
Hosted byNational Film Preserve Ltd.
Festival dateOpening: September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)
Closing: September 7, 2015 (2015-09-07)
WebsiteTelluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival

The 42nd Telluride Film Festival took place on September 4–7, 2015, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.[1]

Writer Rachel Kushner was appointed as the year's guest director.[2] Telluride honored Rooney Mara, Danny Boyle, and Adam Curtis as the awardees of the Silver Medallion.[3] Participant Media received the Special Medallion award.[4] The festival line-up was announced on September 3, 2015.[5]

Official selections

Main program

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
45 Years Andrew Haigh United Kingdom
Amazing Grace Alan Elliott United States
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson United States
Beasts of No Nation Cary Joji Fukunaga United States
Bitter Lake Adam Curtis United Kingdom
Black Mass Scott Cooper United States
Carol Todd Haynes United States
He Named Me Malala Davis Guggenheim United States
Heart of a Dog Laurie Anderson United States
Hitchcock/Truffaut Kent Jones United States
Ixcanul Jayro Bustamante Guatemala
Marguerite Xavier Giannoli France
Mom and Me Ken Wardrop Ireland
Only the Dead See the End of the War Michael Ware, Bill Guttentag United States, Australia
Rams Grímur Hákonarson Iceland
Room Lenny Abrahamson Ireland, Canada
Siti Eddie Cahyono Indonesia
Son of Saul László Nemes Hungary
Spotlight Tom McCarthy United States
Steve Jobs Danny Boyle United States
Suffragette Sarah Gavron United Kingdom
Taj Mahal Nicolas Saada France, India
Taxi Jafar Panahi Iran
Tikkun Avishai Sivan Israel
Time to Choose Charles Ferguson United States
Viva Paddy Breathnach Ireland
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Evgeny Afineevsky Russia, Ukraine

Guest Director's Selections

The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Rachel Kushner.[6]

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Cocksucker Blues Robert Frank United States
Partie de campagne Jean Renoir France
The Mattei Affair Francesco Rosi Italy
The Mother and the Whore Jean Eustache France
My Little Loves Jean Eustache France
Uncle Yanco Agnès Varda France
Wake in Fright Ted Kotcheff Australia

Filmmakers of Tomorrow

Student Prints

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)
El adiós Clara Roquet Columbia University
Day One Henry Hughes American Film Institute
The Mink Catcher Samantha Buck Columbia University
My Aleppo Melissa Langer Stanford University
Patriot Eva Riley National Film and Television School
Pidge Renee Zhan Harvard University
Two Sisters Keola Racela Columbia University

Calling Cards

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

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
The Beast Daina O. Pusić Croatia
Chaud Lapin Alexis Magaud, Soline Béjuy, Maël Berreur, Géraldine Gaston, Flora Andrivon France
Coach Ben Adler France
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul Kitty Green Australia
The Lights Juan Renau, Manuel Abramovich Argentina
Manoman Simon Cartright United Kingdom
Over Jörn Threlfall United Kingdom
Share Pippa Bianco United States
Teeth Daniel Gray, Tom Brown United Kingdom

Great Expectations

The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins.

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Everything Will Be Okay Patrick Vollrath Germany, Austria
Hot Nasty Teen Jens Assur Sweden
Ramona Andrei Cretulescu Romania

Backlot

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

Title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
The Century of the Self Adam Curtis United Kingdom
Cinema: A Public Affair Tatiana Brandrup Russia
In the Shadow of the Great Oaks Georges Mourier France
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Stig Björkman Sweden
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Lisa Immordino Vreeland United States
Sembene! Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman United States, Senegal
Tyrus Pamela Tom United States

References

  1. ^ Hammond, Pete (September 3, 2015). "Telluride Announces Slate As Fest Helps Launch Awards Season With Keaton, Streep, Winslet, Mara & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ McNary, Dave (March 31, 2015). "Rachel Kushner Set as Telluride Film Fest Guest Director". Variety. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Kilday, Gregg (September 3, 2015). "Telluride Film Fest Unveils Lineup Featuring 'Steve Jobs' and 'Suffragette'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Lisa (September 2, 2015). "Telluride Film Festival 2015 lineup features Streep, Keaton and more". The Denver Post. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Kohn, Eric (September 3, 2015). "Telluride Announces 2015 Lineup, Including 'Steve Jobs,' 'Black Mass' and Rooney Mara Tribute". IndieWire. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  6. ^ Appelo, Tim (March 31, 2015). "Telluride Names 'The Flamethrowers' Author Rachel Kushner as Guest Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 3, 2021.