Telluride Film Festival 2024

<p>In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha&#39;s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha&#39;s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.</p>

<p>Anora is a comedy about a sex worker shot in New York City and Las Vegas.</p>

<p>When does a democracy end and a theocracy begin? Apocalypse in the Tropics investigates Brazil&rsquo;s descent into religious fundamentalism during the Covid-19 pandemic and president Bolsonaro&rsquo;s leadership.</p>

<p>Director Michael Gracey leverages his extensive visual effects background to produce a dazzling and singular profile of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.</p>

<p>Bailey lives with his brother Hunter and his father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn&#39;t have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.</p>

<p>Faced with their children&#39;s impending blindness, the Pelletier family embarks on a global adventure to create lasting memories. As they explore Earth&#39;s wonders, from riding horses in Mongolia to ziplining in Zimbabwe, deeper bonds emerge amidst travel challenges. The film captures the intertwining joy and uncertainty as the family races against time. Blink is a poignant testament to resilience, celebrating our world&#39;s marvels and the enduring power of shared experiences in the face of life-altering circumstances.</p>

<p>Carville was deeply concerned that Biden&rsquo;s presence on the ballot could cost the Democrats the election. That all changed on July 21st, when Biden dropped out. But by then, the film was close to completion. A brief end title reports the news of Harris&rsquo; ascension, yet the film still seems skewed.</p>

<p>Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci lead a brilliant ensemble cast in All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger&rsquo;s stunning adaption of Robert Harris&rsquo; high-stakes drama, in which Cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new Pope.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Disclaimer&rdquo; is a gripping psychological thriller in seven chapters starring Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline. Written and directed by five-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, &ldquo;Disclaimer&rdquo; is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Ren&eacute;e Knight. Acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett) built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets.<br /> <br /> As Catherine races to uncover the writer&rsquo;s true identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys both her own life and her relationships with her husband, Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen), and their son, Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee). The ensemble cast includes Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George and Hoyeon.</p>

<p>For her directorial debut, acclaimed actress Embeth Davidtz (Schindler&rsquo;s List, The Morning Show) draws on her South African roots to powerfully adapt Alexandra Fuller&rsquo;s memoir of life in a white farming family in the Rhodesian government&rsquo;s waning days.</p>

<p>Mexico, today. Lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer. She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he&#39;s always dreamed of being. Mexico, today. Overqualified and exploited, lawyer Rita is wasting her talents working for a large firm far better at whitewashing criminal garbage than serving justice. But an unexpected way out appears, the sort of offers you can&#39;t refuse : to help feared cartel boss Juan &quot;Little Hands&quot; Del Monte - aka Manitas - retire from his business and disappear forever. Manitas has a plan he&#39;s been fine-tuning in secret for years : to become, at last, the woman he&#39;s always dreamed of becoming.</p>

<p>Highly decorated Navy SEAL Marcus Capone struggles with PTSD after returning from Afghanistan. His wife finds hope in psychedelic therapy. They embark on providing access to this treatment for other veterans battling mental health issues.</p>

<p>Jean Cocteau possessed a staggering breadth of talent; he achieved fame as a poet, playwright, visual artist, choreographer, set designer and filmmaker. When he died in 1963, he was one of the most celebrated figures in France. Though many in Montparnasse were jealous of the &ldquo;aura&rdquo; that surrounded him and which seemed to assure his success in every new endeavor, his life was full of failures, betrayals, and reversals. He responded to these setbacks with a manic work ethic and non-stop artistic output. This feature documentary will explore the give-and-take between his life and his art.</p>

<p>The story of Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, best known as Leonardo da Vinci, a fifteenth century Italian polymath of soaring imagination and profound intellect, who left behind artistic works of staggering beauty and detailed sketches of futuristic contraptions of warfare and flight that today are marveled at for their technical ingenuity and foresight.</p> <p>From his birth out of wedlock to a notary and peasant woman and apprenticeship to a distinguished Florentian painter, to his days as a military architect, cartographer, sculptor and muralist for hire, the film will offer an intimate portrait of a singular visionary whose Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and The Vitruvian Man are among the most celebrated works known to man, but whose artistic endeavors sometimes seemed an afterthought to his pursuits in science and engineering.</p>

<p>Follows the life story of the world&#39;s greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, during her final days in 1970s Paris.</p>

<p>The definitive documentary on Martha Stewart, featuring a series of candid interviews with the icon herself. From her early start on Wall Street to becoming the original influencer, Stewart continues to reinvent herself with each passing decade. A Netflix release.</p>

<p>From Academy Award winning animator Adam Elliot comes this bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs.</p>

<p>Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss&#39;s funeral, J&eacute;r&eacute;mie&#39;s stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot&#39;s shady intentions.</p>

<p>RaMell Ross&rsquo;s extraordinary realization of Colson Whitehead&rsquo;s Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning novel about two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory in Jim Crow&ndash;era Florida adopts an ingenious visual approach to the novel&rsquo;s exercise in subjectivity. Ross&rsquo;s first fiction feature confirms his status as a visionary cinematic artist.</p>

<p>This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank&rsquo;s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.</p>

<p>ONE TO ONE, set in New York in 1972, explores John &amp; Yoko&rsquo;s musical, personal, artistic, social, and political world set against the backdrop of a turbulent era in American history. At the core of the film is the One to One Charity Concert for Special Needs Children, John Lennon&rsquo;s only full length concert between the final Beatles concert in 1966 and his death. The film includes a wealth of previously unseen Lennon archives including personal phone calls, home movies filmed by John &amp; Yoko, as well as restored and remastered footage from the One to One Concert with remixed audio overseen by Sean Ono Lennon.</p>

<p>The life of singer and producer Pharrell Williams is told through LEGO pieces in this animated feature debut from Morgan Neville, featuring the voices of Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay-Z.</p>

<p>In 2018, Santosh, aged 28, assumes her deceased husband&#39;s role as a police officer in India following his tragic death.</p>

<p>At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.</p>

<p>Separated delves into the Trump administration&rsquo;s family separation crisis at the US-Mexico border.</p>

<p>The story is told of Geoff (John Magaro), a young, ambitious producer who wants to prove himself to his boss, the legendary Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). With the help of the German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch), Geoff unexpectedly takes over the direction of the live broadcast. While time is running out, contradictory rumors are circulating and the lives of the hostages are at stake, Geoff has to make difficult decisions and come to terms with his own moral compass. How should one report on such a situation when the perpetrators are using the media attention for their own purposes?</p>

<p>Social Studies is an American documentary series directed and produced by Lauren Greenfield. It follows teenagers over the course of a school year in Los Angeles, exploring how the generation has grown up online.</p>

<p>Joshua Oppenheimer, known for his groundbreaking documentary The Act of Killing (TIFF &rsquo;12), makes his fiction debut with this sombre musical about a family in denial at the end of the world, starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay, and Moses Ingram.</p>

<p>Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, and a charismatic Great Dane named Bing propel this wise and insightful character drama based on the acclaimed novel by Sigrid Nunez and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel.</p>

<p>After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland&#39;s Orkney Islands - where she grew up - hoping to heal. Adapted from the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot.</p>

<p>Malcolm Washington makes his feature directorial debut with this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning August Wilson play, featuring an incredible cast that includes Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson in a story about a family haunted by the legacy of an heirloom.</p>

<p>This film tells a compelling story set within the socio-political landscape of Iran, reflecting the challenges faced by individuals under restrictive regimes.</p> <p>A timely, heartrending tale set against the backdrop of the &ldquo;Woman. Life. Freedom&rdquo; movement in Iran follows a newly promoted investigating judge who, under pressure from his corrupt superiors, is forced to betray his own morals by cracking down on protesters without due process. This fateful decision sets off a chain reaction, as his compliance with the oppressive regime leads to a devastating rift with his wife and two daughters. Tensions escalate when the paranoid father discovers his gun is missing, plunging the family into a slow-burning spiral of fear and distrust.</p> <p>In the shadow of the Hijab Protests, this powerful drama subtly exposes the insidious impact of the Islamic Republic&#39;s chauvinistic and oppressive regime on the private lives of its citizens, with a particular focus on the suffering endured by women.&nbsp;<em>The Seed of the Secret Fig</em>&nbsp;is the latest masterpiece from acclaimed director Mohammad Rasoulof, a filmmaker and political activist whose career has been marked by relentless harassment and censorship by the Iranian authorities. Despite being sentenced to eight years in prison during the making of this film, Rasoulof managed to complete it and flee his homeland just in time for its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where his courage was recognized with a Special Jury Award. &ndash; Amir Bogen</p>

<p>When George H.W. Bush won the presidency in 1988, scientists had already been warning for years of the dangers of global warming. Bush promised to counter the &ldquo;greenhouse effect&rdquo; with the &ldquo;White House Effect,&rdquo; but his administration&rsquo;s ties to the fossil fuel industry soon undermined efforts to environmentalist intentions. This sobering yet humorous all-archival film offers captivating flashbacks to the early days of the climate crisis, raising questions about what might have been if our government was accountable to the will of its people and the health of our planet.</p>

<p>When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America. Will Ferrell and Harper Steele are humorously and lovingly vulnerable in director Josh Greenbaum&rsquo;s latest documentary, <em>Will &amp; Harper</em>. Through the frame of a decadeslong friendship (and the windshield of Harper&rsquo;s Jeep), the pair reconnect in emotional and unexpected ways as they journey across middle America.</p> <p>Layers of friendship are laid bare as Harper reenters once-safe spaces as her authentic self, reintroducing the eccentric yet earnest Will to the woman he&rsquo;s always known. Their levity is reinforced and challenged: Harper embraces her newfound identity amid adversity, as Will is invited to stand by her, negotiating his celebrity in the process. What emerges is an exploration of both silliness and strife, a sincere facet of the trans experience audiences rarely witness, and an affirmation of the unbreakable bonds of friendship.&mdash;CA</p>

<p>A group of women denied abortions, even at the brink of death, band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state of Texas in an extraordinary effort to regain their rights and reproductive futures-not only for themselves but millions of others.</p>

<p>A SWIM LESSON is an ode to an everyday hero: Bill Marsh, a swim coach who helps children manage their fears and discover their own power when submerged in an overwhelming unknown. He has taught thousands of kids and worked together with their parents and families to instill confidence and safety in their lives. Directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, the film is a prime example of one&#39;s dedication to teach and inspire a new generation. Over half of the worlds&#39; population cannot swim, and drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 year - 4 years in the United States. The number of drowning deaths has risen by more than 12% during the pandemic according to the CDC. The New York Times cites this as a &quot;long-neglected public health crisis&quot; with an &quot;obvious need for action&quot; to encourage prevention. Bill&#39;s dedication to getting these infants to be able swim is inspiring, and we hope this story will encourage others to learn to swim. The ability to swim is important for every person of every age and every socioeconomic background. Learning to swim can be lifesaving and life changing.</p>

<p>A compelling portrait of ALOK, acclaimed nonbinary author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. Executive-produced by Jodie Foster.</p>

<p>&ldquo;The Turnaround&rdquo; tells the story of Philadelphia Phillies&rsquo; superfan Jon McCann, who helped inspire an unlikely 2023 standing ovation for Phillies shortstop Trea Turner, which helped turned the team around after hitting a major roadblock.</p>

<p>Illegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.</p>

<p>An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband&#39;s aristocratic position in 18th-century England.</p>

<p>The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist&#39;s wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.</p>

<p>A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.</p>

<p>After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.</p>

<p>A beautiful young woman takes her father&#39;s place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.</p>

<p>The portrait of an old man who decides to abandon his comfortable bourgeois way of life and live with a Bohemian couple. There he rediscovers his freedom to think and his joie de vivre.</p>

<p>To stand on the edge of a cliff and throw your body into the wind, one has to be willing to lose everything. That could mean the love of your life, or it could be the life you love. FLY is an intimate portrait of three romantic couples entwined in the world&#39;s most dangerous sport. Can they protect their partners while also setting them free?</p>

<p>Based on the stage play by Stanley Houghton, this silent film by Maurice Elvey tells the story of a factory girl named Fanny (Estelle Brody) who takes a short vacation to Blackpool, sometimes called &ldquo;England&rsquo;s Coney Island.&rdquo;</p>

<p>A New York street hustler specializing in name-brand knock-offs finds his highly profitable game suddenly complicated when his ex-girlfriend shows up toting the son he never knew he had.</p>

<p>One of the most important women in British modern art, the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a highly inspirational figure, whose work was deeply impacted by a pivotal event in her life. In May 1949, this leading representative of the modernist St Ives group of artists climbed to the top of the Grindelwald glacier in Switzerland, an experience which was to transform the way she saw the world. She spent the rest of her life capturing its shapes and colours, indeed its very essence. In his essayistic portrait documentarist Mark Cousins delves into complex themes of gender, climate change and creativity, while laying bare the artist&rsquo;s character and vast imagination so pervasively that he creates the impression we are seeing the world through her eyes.</p>

<p>It was known far and wide as the Disneyland of Mexican restaurants, a massive, labyrinth-like Denver wonderland famous for its 30-foot waterfall and attendant cliff divers, throwback Western theme, massive gorilla mascot and food that was&hellip;not so good. But when COVID-19 forced the legendary Casa Bonita restaurant into bankruptcy, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone saw the opportunity to bring a childhood dream to life, buying the beleaguered landmark with an eye on returning it to its early 1970s glory. Working with famed restaurateur Dana &ldquo;Loca&rdquo; Rodriguez to update the menu and armed with over $8 million for renovations, the pair quickly realize that this dream might just be beyond their control as they face a deteriorating structure, rapidly aging fixtures and a spiraling budget. With a projected summer 2023 opening date and the eyes of a nation upon them, Parker and Stone strive to see their vision through in this hilarious ode to the power of creativity and love of community.</p>

<p>Fifty years after Tobe Hooper&#39;s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film&#39;s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists - Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama - through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes, and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct dialogue formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), CHAIN REACTIONS goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.</p>

<p>Invented in 1922, the Moviola remained for a long time the dominant machine for editing film in English-language cinema. Mastering it allowed an editor, in tandem with the director and producer, to create a language and rhythm within a film.&nbsp;<em>Her Name Was Moviola</em>&nbsp;sees Academy Award&reg; -winning sound and film editor Walter Murch working with a team to rebuild a Moviola editing suite to take us through the process of how a film was pieced together. Using two scenes from Mike Leigh&rsquo;s 2014 drama&nbsp;<em>Mr. Turner</em>&nbsp;&ndash; reverse-engineered from digital to 35mm prints &ndash; Murch and his collaborators take us through the way the Moviola was employed to bring a multitude on individual shots together into one cohesive narrative. It&rsquo;s a riveting deep-dive into a process that is key to every form of filmmaking.</p>

<p>Directing great, Martin Scorsese, offers an intimate and personal consideration of the work and influence of fellow filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Responsible for classics including The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and Black Narcissus, the filmmaking duo left an indelible mark on the world of cinema. They also had a formative influence on the Killers of The Flower Moon director from an early age and in David Hinton&rsquo;s documentary, he reflects on how they not only shaped his own filmmaking but on a later friendship he developed with Powell.</p>

<p>Matsuhisa&rsquo;s path to success was strewn with obstacles, adversity and tragedy. His story will be uncovered by Tyrnauer, the former editor-at-large at Vanity Fair, with exclusive access to the chef, his global empire, and his key collaborators, friends and famous fans.</p>

<p>Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Her films TRIUMPH OF THE WILL and OLYMPIA stand for perfectly staged body worship and the celebration of the superior and victorious. At the same time, these images project contempt for the imperfect and weak. Riefenstahl&#39;s aesthetics are more present than ever today - but is that also true for their implied message? The film examines this question using documents from Riefenstahl&#39;s estate, including private films, photos, recordings and letters. It uncovers fragments of her biography and places them in an extended historical context. How could Riefenstahl become the Reich&#39;s preeminent filmmaker and keep denying any closer ties to Hitler and Goebbels? In personal documents, she mourns her &quot;murdered ideals&quot;. Riefenstahl represents many postwar Germans who, in letters and recorded telephone calls from her estate, dream of an organizing hand that will finally clean up the &quot;shit-hole state. Then, her work would also experience a renaissance, in a generation or two this time could come - what if they are right?</p>

<p>Nashville singer Elizabeth Cook embarks on a journey to break free from country music constraints, embracing her authentic artistic self-expression.</p>

<p>What does it mean to learn? Academy Award&reg; winning actor Tilda Swinton and Bartek Dziadosz travel between the UK, Bangladesh, West Africa and North America, probing the experiences of young people and exploring the role of education in our past, present and future. Swinton plays researcher and Dziadosz filmmaker in their second feature collaboration (the first was one of the chapters of The Seasons in Quincy: The Four Portraits of John Berger). The result, produced by the Derek Jarman Lab, is a beautiful cinematic rumination. Drawing insights from scientists, farmers, philosophers, educators and children, this warm and engaging film highlights how, in a complex world, we must never stop being curious.</p>

<p>In a small house by the sea, a woman begins a letter to an unknown correspondent. Surrounded by the books, mementoes and clutter of a life lived in one place, her home exposed to the waves of a rising ocean, she writes about the history of lost art.</p>