The 50th

Telluride Film Festival The Telluride Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado, during Labor Day, Labor Day weekend (the first Monday in September). The 51st Telluride Film Festival, 51st edition took place on August 30–September ...

took place between August 31 and September 4, 2023, in

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. Marking the fiftieth edition of the festival,

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Ethan Hawke Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and film director. He made his film debut in ''Explorers (film), Explorers'' (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989). Hawke starr ...

Rachel Kushner Rachel Kushner (born October 7, 1968) is an American writer, known for her novels '' Telex from Cuba'' (2008), '' The Flamethrowers'' (2013), '' The Mars Room'' (2018), and ''Creation Lake'' (2024). Early life Kushner was born in Eugene, Oregon, ...

, Steve McQueen, and

Mira Nair Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company is Mirabai Films. Among her films are '' Mississippi Masala'', '' The Namesake'', the Golden Lion–winning '' Monsoon Wedding'', ...

, all of them past guests, were invited to return as Guest Directors. The poster for Telluride Film Festival's fiftieth anniversary, designed by Luke Dorman, was released in July 2023. Dorman is the Principal Graphic Designer at

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. The event's program was revealed one day before its start, as customary, though it was entirely possible to predict some of the event's films based on their premiere status shared by other festivals, such as the

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and the

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. The marketing material for Andrew Haigh's '' All of Us Strangers'' also shared its place on the selection a few days before being officially confirmed by the festival's line-up. Filmmakers

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Alice Rohrwacher Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1981) is an Italian film director, editor, and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with '' Heavenly Body'' (2011). She has since directed notable films such as '' The Wonders'' (2014), winner of th ...

and

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film ...

were this year's recipients of the Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion, while

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese, many accolades, including an Academ ...

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was the winner of the Special Medallion.

Official Sections

Main Program

Main Slate: Episodic Form and Short Form

Sneak Previews

Guest Directors' Selection

Movies selected for screening at the festival by

Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture, made him a top box office draw for his films of the late ...

, and

Special Screenings

Film Restorations

Backlot

Filmmakers of Tomorrow Official Selection

Student Prints

Curated and introduced by

Gregory Nava Gregory James Nava (born April 10, 1949) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Personal life Nava was born in San Diego, of Mexican and Basque heritage. Nava graduated from St. Augustine High School in San Diego and attended ...

Calling Cards

Curated and introduced by

Barry Jenkins Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film ''My Josephine'' (2003), he directed his first feature film '' Medicine for Melancholy'' (2008) for which he received an Inde ...

Great Expectations

Curated and introduced by

Official Awards

Silver Medallion

The Silver Medallion Awards is given to recognize an artist's significant contribution to the world of cinema. *

, director (for ''

Poor Things ''Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer'' is a novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, published in 1992. It won the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize the same yea ...

'') *

, director (for ''

La Chimera ''La chimera'' () is a 2023 film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It is set in the 1980s in a small town on the Tyrrhenian Sea and stars Josh O'Connor as a British archaeologist-turned- ''tombarolo'' with a gift for divining the locati ...

'') *

, director (for '' Anselm'' and ''

Perfect Days ''Perfect Days'' is a 2023 Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Koji Yakus ...

'')

Special Medallion

The Special Medallion celebrates a hero of cinema who preserves, honors and presents essential, meaningful films. *

References

External links

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