Recorded: September 04, 2026
Duration: 23:03
Director Andrew Haigh receives our TFF 53 Silver Medallion from Festival Director Julie Huntsinger and sits down for a conversation with The Kitchen Sisters Davia Nelson before a screening of his new film A LONG WINTER.
PlayRecorded: September 07, 2026
Duration: 49:26
Where Have All the Heroes Gone: Is traditional heroism absent from new independent films? Guy Nattiv (THE LIBERATION), Cristian Mungiu (FJORD) and Jennifer Peedom (TENZING) discuss heroism in film with moderator Annette Insdorf during our Labor Picnic Noon Seminar, sponsored by Apple Original Films.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2026
Duration: 21:34
Legendary mountaineer Jim Morrison talks with Oprah Winfrey about the film EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE, directed by Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2026
Duration: 51:52
Discussing "The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical.", author Bill Gates is joined by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin (Humanity Dilemma) and Joshua Oppenheimer (THE REVOLUTION AGAINST DEATH) at our 53rd Telluride Film Festival Conversations, sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2025
Duration: 28:26
Director Oliver Hermanus and actor Paul Mescal talk with director Daniel Roher and actors Leo Woodall and Havana Rose Liu about their latest films THE HISTORY OF SOUND and TUNER. The Kitchen Sisters Davia Nelson moderates as part of the 52nd Telluride Film Festival Conversations, sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2025
Duration: 44:24
Scott Cooper (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE), Joachim Trier and Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), and Chloé Zhao (HAMNET) dive into this fascinating discussion with moderator Annette Insdorf as part of our TFF 52 Noon Seminars.
PlayRecorded: September 01, 2025
Duration: 23:24
TFF 52 Tributee Jafar Panahi talks with Zoe Elton about his life and work, before the Festival screening of his latest film IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT.
PlayRecorded: August 30, 2025
Duration: 37:42
Director Chloé Zhao and actors Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal talk about making their new film, HAMNET. Davia Nelson moderates as part of the 52nd Telluride Film Festival Conversations, sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: September 01, 2025
Duration: 47:30
Annette Insdorf moderates the Labor Day Picnic Seminar with ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU director Cherien Dabis, THE SECRET AGENT director Kleber Mendonça Filho and actor Wagner Moura, and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT director and Festival Tributee Jafar Panahi.
PlayRecorded: August 30, 2025
Duration: 21:07
Director Noah Baumbach receives the Telluride Silver Medallion from Festival Director Julie Huntsinger, talks about his filmmaking with Rajendra Roy, and is joined onstage by actors Laura Dern and Adam Sandler before the Festival screening of Baumbach's latest film, JAY KELLY.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2025
Duration: 34:34
Meet the Hamlets! Riz Ahmed, Festival Tributee Ethan Hawke, Oscar Isaac, and Andrew Scott talk about their unique turns playing Shakespeare's Hamlet. Zoe Elton moderates as part of TFF 52 Conversations, sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2025
Duration: 21:54
Director Joachim Trier and actors Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård talk about making their new film, SENTIMENTAL VALUE. The Kitchen Sisters Davia Nelson moderates.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2025
Duration: 32:36
TFF 52 Tributee Jafar Panahi receives the Silver Medallion from Resident Curator Peter Sellars. They talk about Panahi's life and work before the Festival screening of his latest film IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT.
PlayRecorded: August 30, 2025
Duration: 45:34
TFF 52 Noon Seminar "Cinematic Adaptations of Obsessions" with Riz Ahmed (HAMLET), Edward Berger (BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER), Claire Foy (H IS FOR HAWK), Oliver Hermanus (THE HISTORY OF SOUND), Alexander Skarsgård (PILLION) and moderated by Annette Insdorf.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2025
Duration: 49:34
Director Scott Cooper and actors Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong talk about the making of their latest film SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE. John Horn moderates as part of our TFF 52 Conversations, sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: August 30, 2025
Duration: 43:55
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU director Mary Bronstein and actor Rose Byrne talk to A PRIVATE LIFE director Rebecca Zlotowski and actor Jodie Foster about subverting genre in film. Director Karyn Kusama moderates as part of our TFF 52 Conversations, sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: August 29, 2025
Duration: 20:10
TFF 52 Tributee Ethan Hawke receives the Silver Medallion from long-time friend and collaborator Richard Linklater. He then sits down for a conversation with "The Kitchen Sisters" host Davia Nelson, before screening his latest film BLUE MOON.
PlayRecorded: August 30, 2025
Duration: 12:49
Following the screening of SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, director Scott Cooper and actors Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong talk with Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau about bringing the story to the screen. Rebecca Ford moderates.
PlayRecorded: September 01, 2024
Duration: 23:19
Franklin Leonard leads a Q & A with NICKEL BOYS cast and crew Ramell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson.
PlayRecorded: September 02, 2024
Duration: 27:51
Karyn Kusama leads a Q & A with MARIA actor Angelina Jolie, cinematographer Ed Lachman and director Pablo Larraín
PlayRecorded: September 02, 2024
Duration: 57:43
Alfonso Cuarón, Jason Reitman and Mohammad Rasoulof discuss their latest projects with Columbia University film professor and Festival moderator Annette Insdorf at the Telluride Film Festival Labor Day Picnic Noon Seminar.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2024
Duration: 23:44
Rebecca Keegan moderates a post-screening Q & A with ZURAWSKI v TEXAS directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, producers Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, lawyer Molly Duane, and plaintiffs Samantha Casiano, Dr. Austin Dennard and Amanda Zurawski.
PlayRecorded: September 01, 2024
Duration: 14:32
Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion recipient Saoirse Ronan talks with Isabel Pinner about her early work as a child actor, producing and starring in her recent film THE OUTRUN and how fear can be the ultimate motivator.
PlayRecorded: August 31, 2024
Duration: 35:31
Michael Gracey, Morgan Neville, Pharrell Williams and Robbie Williams talk with Davia Nelson about their new musical biopics BETTER MAN and PIECE BY PIECE. 51st Telluride Film Festival 2024 Conversations are sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: September 01, 2024
Duration: 34:48
Arthur Bradford, Trey Parker and Matt Stone talk to David Fear about their new documentary ¡CASA BONITA MI AMOR! and the grand re-opening of the cherished restaurant. 51st Telluride Film Festival 2024 Conversations are sponsored by Indian Paintbrush.
PlayRecorded: September 01, 2023
Duration: 50:34
"How do period films address the present while illuminating the past?” with Ethan Hawke (WILDCAT), Steve McQueen (OCCUPIED CITY), Jeff Nichols (THE BIKERIDERS), Alexander Payne (THE HOLDOVERS), Bianca Stigter (OCCUPIED CITY) and moderated by Columbia University Film Professor Annette Insdorf. With special Thanks to the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2023
Duration: 53:13
"How are Female Directors Reshaping Cinematic Style and Content?" with Annie Baker (JANET PLANET), Emerald Fennell (SALTBURN), Madeline Gavin (BEYOND UTOPIA), Christy Hall (DADDIO), Tina Satter (REALITY), and moderated by Columbia University Film Professor Annette Insdorf
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2023
Duration: 43:31
50th Telluride Film Festival Guest Directors Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Curtis, Ethan Hawke, Rachel Kushner and Steve McQueen gather in the park as part of the Conversation Series to discuss their Guest Director Selections for the anniversary Festival. 2023 Telluride Film Festival Guest Director Program is proudly sponsored by Galerie.
PlayRecorded: September 02, 2023
Duration: 27:42
Davia Nelson leads a talk with FOOD, INC. 2 directors Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo along with Michael Pollan, Zack Smith, Eric Schlosser and Alice Waters.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2023
Duration: 31:27
Director Jonathan Glazer discusses his new film THE ZONE OF INTEREST with TFF 50 Guest Director Adam Curtis as part of the 50th anniversary Telluride Film Festival Conversation Series.
PlayRecorded: September 01, 2023
Duration: 39:30
Jon Batiste and Matthew Heineman (AMERICAN SYMPHONY), Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot (THE LAST REPAIR SHOP), and Kevin Macdonald (THE LAST SONG FROM KABUL) talk about the power of music documentaries with Kitchen Sisters' Davia Nelson.
PlayRecorded: September 04, 2023
Duration: 47:26
"How are new films redefining heroism, especially via inspirational protagonists? with Ramin Bahrani (IF DREAMS WERE LIGHTNING), Ilker Çatak (THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE), Tonia Davis (RUSTIN), Fernando Trueba (THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER), Roger Ross Williams (CASSANDRO) and moderated by Columbia University Film Professor Annette Insdorf.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2022
Duration: 46:17
"Are documentarists primarily chroniclers, archeologists, or activists?" with Nancy Buirski, Mark Cousins, Matthew Heineman, Dror Moreh, Chris Smith, Ondi Timoner, Ryan White and moderated by Annette Insdorf. The 49th Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by Participant.
PlayRecorded: September 04, 2022
Duration: 43:41
Following the premiere of their new film, the cast and crew of WOMEN TALKING sit down with moderator Davia Nelson in Elks Park as part of our Conversation series, proudly sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 02, 2022
Duration: 09:07
WOMEN TALKING director Sarah Polley receives the Festival's Silver Medallion from producer and actor Frances McDormand, and then shares stories with Isabel Pinner about her life and career in filmmaking.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2022
Duration: 46:30
THE MARCH ON ROME and MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK director (and TFF 49 Tribute!) Mark Cousins sits down for a chat with BONES AND ALL and SALVATORE: SHOEMAKER OF DREAMS director Luca Guadagnino for our TFF 49 Conversation Series, proudly sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2022
Duration: 50:24
Barry Jenkins sits down with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu to discuss his latest film BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS as part of the 49th Telluride Film Festival Conversation series, sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2022
Duration: 53:20
ARMAGEDDON TIME director James Gray and ONE FINE MORNING director Mia Hansen-Løve sit down for an "only-in-Telluride" chat as part of our TFF 49 Conversation Series, proudly sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2022
Duration: 18:52
TFF 49 Tributee Cate Blanchett talks to Rachel Kushner about her latest role as Lydia Tár in Todd Field's new film TÁR.
PlayRecorded: September 04, 2022
Duration: 29:11
ARMAGEDDON TIME director James Gray and actors Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong sit down for a post-screening Q&A with John Horn at the 49th Telluride Film Festival.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2022
Duration: 39:24
"How do directors elicit the most effective performances from actors?" Moderated by Annette Insdorf with Mia Hansen-Løve, Barry Jenkins, Joely Mbundu, Mark Rylance, Lea Seydoux and Michelle Yeoh. 49th Telluride Film Festival seminars are proudly sponsored by Participant.
PlayRecorded: September 06, 2021
Duration: 36:33
Director Maggie Gyllenhaal, along with actors Ed Harris and Peter Sarsgaard, dive into the details of their latest film THE LOST DAUGHTER with moderator Isabel Pinner. TFF 48 Conversations are proudly sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2021
Duration: 50:46
The director of FLEE and the director of PROCESSION discuss the unique storytelling approaches to their documentaries. TFF 48 Conversations are proudly sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2021
Duration: 51:41
From the Singular to the Collective Protagonist: Moderator Annette Insdorf leads this first Noon Seminar of the 48th Telluride Film Festival weekend. Panelists Jane Campion, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Dinklage, Peter Hedges, Erica Schmidt and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi offer their perspectives on the topic at hand. Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by Participant.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2021
Duration: 39:37
Director Sean Baker, along with actors Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Sun, Ethan Darbone and Britteny Rodriguez talk about their new film RED ROCKET with Eugene Hernandez. Telluride Film Festival Conversations are sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2021
Duration: 47:12
Director Joe Wright chats with TFF 48 Tributee Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Erica Schmidt and Aaron and Bryce Dessner about their new film CYRANO. Isabel Pinner moderates this Conversation, proudly sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 04, 2021
Duration: 34:08
Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West talk about their new documentary JULIA, about renowned chef Julia Childs, with Alice Waters and Davia Nelson at the 48th Telluride Film Festival Conversation Series, sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2021
Duration: 47:31
"How are new movies exploring family ties?" with Kenneth Branagh, Jamie Dornan, Asghar Farhadi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Max Lowe, Mike Mills and moderated by Annette Insdorf. Sponsored by Participant.
PlayRecorded: September 04, 2021
Duration: 48:47
Directors of the documentaries JULIA, EL GRAN FELLOVE, BECOMING COUSTEAU, SPEER IN HOLLYWOOD and HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG discuss how working with archival material shapes their stories. Panelists include Julie Cohen, Matt Dillon, Liz Garbus, Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Vanessa Lapa, Betsy West and is moderated by Annette Insdorf.
PlayRecorded: September 06, 2021
Duration: 16:57
Director Pablo Larraín and actor Kristen Stewart reflect on making their new film SPENCER with moderator Noah Cowan at the 48th Telluride Film Festival.
PlayRecorded: September 05, 2021
Duration: 40:31
Director Peter Hedges discusses his latest film THE SAME STORM with actors Noma Dumezweni, Moses Ingram, Mary-Louise Parker and moderator Davia Nelson. Telluride Film Festival Conversation Series is proudly sponsored by Universal.
PlayRecorded: September 03, 2021
Duration: 37:24
Directors Sarah Burns and David McMahon share thrilling memories of both the man and of making their latest series, MUHAMMAD ALI, with Ali's daughter Rasheda Ali and retired boxer Michael Bentt. Festival Resident Curator Peter Sellars guides this Conversation Series in the park, proudly sponsored by Universal.
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