As flights into the Telluride area  are limited, attendees are strongly urged to immediately contact www.SpecialEventTravel.com, the Festival's travel partner, to arrange transportation. They have  access to flights unavailable elsewhere, including charter flights from Los Angeles and Denver. Contact www.SpecialEventTravel.com via e-mail or call them at 970 925-9500, Ann x3657, Bill x3692 or Jana x3622 for assistance, information, or to make a reservation request.

You may want to consider flights into one of these neighboring Colorado towns as well: Montrose, Cortez, Durango, Grand Junction or Gunnison. Telluride Express offers ground transportation services from these airports to Telluride — 888-212-8294. Denver and Albuquerque, the closest major cities, are approximately 350 miles northeast and southeast, respectively, of Telluride. If you choose to drive to Telluride from one of those cities, be aware that the road trip takes six to eight hours. Please click here to see a map of the region.

A wide range of accommodations is available in the town of Telluride and nearby Mountain Village. Telluride's downtown lodging facilities are conveniently located within easy walking distance of most Festival sites and lodgers in Mountain Village can easily access Festival sites via the free gondola. Acme Passholders may wish to obtain accommodations in the Mountain Village, where Chuck Jones’ Cinema is located.

“High up in the mountains of Colorado, in an old silver mining town, is a superb film festival, the only one of its kind in the United States and possibly the world.”
– London Observer

“God got more creative movin’ West!”
– Meryl Streep