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Congratulations Oscar Nominees
We congratulate this year's Academy Award nominees whose film appeared at the Telluride Film Festival.
ALBERT NOBBS
THE ARTIST
CHICO & RITA
THE DESCENDANTS
FOOTNOTE
IN DARKNESS
LA LUNA
PINA
A SEPARATION
That's a Wrap!
Telluride Film Festival, presented by the National Film Preserve, drew to a close following a spectacular weekend of diverse programming, surprise screenings, and special guests.
Telluride Film Festival screened twenty-eight new feature films in its main program, six film revivals selected by Guest Director Caetano Veloso, nine Backlot programs, nine classics and restorations, 30 shorts and student films, and hosted nine seminars and conversations between festival guests.
The Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion awards, given to recognize an artist’s significant contribution to the world of cinema, went to George Clooney, Pierre Étaix, and Tilda Swinton. The Special Medallion award, given to a hero of cinema that preserves, honors and presents great movies, went to British film magazine Sight & Sound with editor Nick James in-person to accept the award.
Audiences were treated to what has become a Telluride Film Festival tradition: Sneak Previews. Announced throughout the weekend and an unofficial part of its program, TFF presented guests with three surprise films: Jim Field Smith’s BUTTER (U.S., 2011) starring Jennifer Garner and Ty Burrell, all three of whom were in attendance to present the film; CRAZY HORSE (U.S., 2011), Frederick Wiseman’s portrait of Paris’s glamorous cabaret of the same name; and LE GRAND AMOUR, TFF Tributee Pierre Etaix’s lost masterpiece, never-before-seen in North America.
2011 Telluride Film Festival attendees and program participants included: The Alloy Orchestra, Hilton Als, John Archer, Carroll Ballard, Richard Berge, Viviana García Besné, Margaret Boddie, Serge Bromberg, Joseph Cedar, Glenn Close, Mark Cousins, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Dennis James and the Filmharmonia Ensemble, Michael Donnell, Dr. Biju, Asghar Farhadi, Scott Foundas, Rodrigo Garcia, Christopher Hampton, Mia Hansen-Løve, Olivia Harrison, Michel Hazanavicius, Werner Herzog, Agnieszka Holland, John Horn, Lisa Immordino-Vreeland, Annette Insdorf, Cristián Jiménez, Rory Kinnear, Shannah Laumeister, Greg MacGillivray, Greil Marcus, Joshua Marston, Todd McCarthy, Penelope Ann Miller, Davia Nelson, Diego Noguera, Casimir Nozkowski, Scott Pascucci, Alexander Payne, Micha X. Peled, Lynne Ramsay, Elizabeth Redleaf, Eryk Rocha, Peter Sellars, David Shamoon, Jon Shenk, Stacy Steers, Bert Stern, Nigel Sinclair, David Tedeschi, Alistair Tremps, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Justine Waddell, Alice Waters, Wim Wenders, André Wilms, and Alexander Zeldovich.
Previously announced new feature films that played in the official 38th Telluride Film Festival program THE SHOW: ALBERT NOBBS (d. Rodrigo Garcia, U.S., 2011), THE ARTIST (d. Michel Hazanavicius, France, 2011), BECOMING BERT STERN (d. Shannah Laumeister, U.S., 2011). BITTER SEEDS (d. Micha X. Peled, U.S., 2011), BONSÁI (d. Cristián Jiménez, Chile, 2011), A DANGEROUS METHOD (d. David Cronenberg, U.K.-Switzerland-U.S.-Canada, 2011). THE DESCENDANTS (d. Alexander Payne, U.S., 2011), DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL (d. Lisa Immordino-Vreeland, U.S., 2011), FOOTNOTE (d. Joseph Cedar, Israel, 2011), THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD (d. Joshua Marston, U.S.-Albania-Denmark-Italy, 2011), GOODBYE FIRST LOVE (d. Mia Hansen-Løve, France, 2011), LE HAVRE (d. Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, 2011), HOLLYWOOD DON’T SURF (d. Greg Macgillivray, Sam George, U.S., 2011), IN DARKNESS (d. Agnieszka Holland, Poland, 2011), INTO THE ABYSS: A TALE OF DEATH, A TALE OF LIFE (d. Werner Herzog, U.S., 2011), THE ISLAND PRESIDENT (d. Jon Shenk, U.S., 2011), THE KID WITH A BIKE (d. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium, 2011), LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (d. Martin Scorsese, U.S., 2011), PASSERBY (d. Eryk Rocha, Brazil, 2011), PERDIDA (d. Viviana García Besné, Mexico, 2011), PINA (d. Wim Wenders, Germany, 2011), A SEPARATION (d. Asghar Farhadi, Iran, 2011), SHAME (d. Steve McQueen, U.K., 2011), THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY (d. Mark Cousins, U.K., 2011), TARGET (d. Alexander Zeldovich, Russia, 2011), THE TURIN HORSE (d. Béla Tarr, Hungary, 2011), THE WAY HOME (d. Dr. Biju, India, 2010), WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (d. Lynne Ramsay, U.K., 2011).
TFF 38 Sneak Previews and Seminars
SNEAK PREVIEWS
• BUTTER
Set around Iowa’s State Fair, this tale about a sculpting contest—the creations are all made out of butter—becomes a surprising and hilarious investigation of the right-wing divas that increasingly dominate our political discourse. Jennifer Garner (who also produces) plays a resentful, ambitious competitor with a fanatical desire to please; Yara Shahidi may be a little girl but she is a formidable competitor; Ty Burrell is her put-upon husband; Hugh Jackman a horny former sweetheart; and Olivia Wilde a potty-mouthed foe. Director Jim Field Smith gives this political satire, timed perfectly for the launch of a new presidential campaign, some serious bite. (U.S., 2011, 85m) In person: Jennifer Garner, Jim Field Smith, Ty Burrell
• CRAZY HORSE
From mental institutions to ballets to boxing gyms, Frederick Wiseman excels in revealing the mechanics of our institutions. This refreshingly positive portrait of Paris’s glamorous Crazy Horse Cabaret, “the best chic nude show on earth,” captures the directors, dancers, costume designers, wig-makers, lighting technicians, and even the janitors. Using mesmerizing visual spectacle (silhouettes, chiaroscuro, and blocks of color) Wiseman recontexualizes the dancers’ exquisite bodies in surprising and beautiful ways. CRAZY HORSE begins with shadows on stage—an allusion to the magic lantern, one of cinema’s precursors—and ultimately celebrates the play of light and movement that is the essence of cinema itself. (U.S., 2011, 134m)
• LE GRAND AMOUR
Pierre Etaix’s lost and hilarious masterpiece, never-before-seen in North America, tells the story of a man who, having lost the spark in his marriage, begins dreaming about his cute young secretary. The non-stop visual humor is supplemented with references and homages to movie classics. (France,1967, 87m) In person: Pierre Etaix
SEMINARS – moderated by Annette Insdorf
Saturday - Complex Themes Directed with Simplicity: How do directors draw us deeper into their films?
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, director/writer, THE KID WITH A BIKE
Mia Hansen- Løve, director/writer, GOODBYE FIRST LOVE
Agnieszka Holland, director, IN DARKNESS
Micha X. Peled, director, BITTER SEEDS
Sunday - What Screen Are You On? How does screen format or size affect cinematic storytelling? How do filmmakers approach projects that jump from theatrical, to television, to 3D formats?
Michel Hazanavicius, director/writer, THE ARTIST
Werner Herzog, director/writer, INTO THE ABYSS
Joshua Marston, director/writer, THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD
Wim Wenders, director/writer, PINA
Monday - Actor as Auteur?: How do actors influence not only their own performances, but the deeper layers of a film?
Asghar Farhadi, director/writer, A SEPARATION
Rodrigo Garcia, director, ALBERT NOBBS
Lynne Ramsay, director/writer, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN