Telluride Film Festival
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The program is a mix of forgotten gems and films making their North American, and in some cases World, premiers. Each year, tributes are paid to directors and actors who have fundamentally changed the world of film.
There are no prizes or awards given, unlike other film festivals. Being included in the program is an honor only 30 or so films get to earn each year. The primary focus is on independent film. In addition to features, a number of student films are also selected from myriad submissions each year. The program is created by co-directors Bill Pence, Tom Luddy and a third, carefully chosen "guest director" each year. Past guest directors include Errol Morris, Peter Bogdanovich, Bertrand Tavernier, Salman Rushdie, Stephen Sondheim and Buck Henry among others.
Some noteworthy film premiers include: Sling Blade, Roger & Me, Gummo, The Crying Game, Amelie, El Mariachi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Swingers, Nosferatu, City of God, Bowling for Columbine,* El Norte, Rushmore, My Dinner with André, To End All Wars, Lost in Translation, The Qatsi Trilogy, Shattered Glass, Touching the Void, House of Flying Daggers,* The Fog of War,* Finding Neverland, Elephant,* Gunner Palace, Kinsey, Yes, Cyrano de Bergerac and The Civil War by perennial attendee Ken Burns. (Asterisks indicate American, not worldwide, premieres.)
Tributes have been paid to artists such as Gloria Swanson, Jack Nicholson, Gérard Depardieu, Clint Eastwood, Fay Wray, Klaus Kinski, Laura Linney, Isabelle Huppert, and Jodie Foster. The list of directors who've accepted Telluride tributes includes: Francis Ford Coppola, Werner Herzog, Chuck Jones, Robert Altman, Andrei Tarkovsky, Pedro Almodóvar, Ken Burns and Neil Jordan.
Working for the festival
A staff of over 500 volunteers comes together each year to build venues, project films, serve popcorn, and host special events. Each year, the festival offers a small number of production apprentice positions that people over the age of 21 can apply for. A wage is paid and housing is provided to these lucky few.Film Entry
Unsolicited works may be submitted for consideration from May 1st to July 15th each year. Movies of any length, in any format, and in all genres and disciplines are eligible for consideration. Professional and amateur filmmakers working in all aesthetic disciplines and genres are welcome. The TFF has one key restriction, however, on feature length films – any works 60 minutes or longer which have had any public exposure in North America prior to the Labor Day event are immediately precluded from consideration.Festival Trivia
Each year, a small painting is applied to the sidewalk outside the Sheridan Hotel to commemorate the near fatality of festival director Tom Luddy.The festival operations/production department is unofficially known as Vespucci Pictures, who's slogan is "Save a buck, make a buck."
There is a festival super hero; bike riding Cookie Boy.
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