| Location | Telluride, Colorado, United States |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Hosted by | National Film Preserve Ltd. |
| Festival date | Opening: August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31) Closing: September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03) |
| Website | Telluride Film Festival |
| Telluride Film Festival | |
| 46th 44th | |
The 45th Telluride Film Festival took place from August 31 to September 3, 2018 in Telluride, Colorado, United States.
Novelist Jonathan Lethem was selected as the guest director of the event. As the guest director, Lethem served as a key collaborator in the festival programming decisions. Telluride honored Alfonso Cuarón, Emma Stone, and Rithy Panh as the Silver Medallion winners.
Official selections
Main programme
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angels Are Made of Light | James Longley | 2018 | United States, Denmark, Norway | |
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Pamela B. Green | 2018 | United States | |
| The Biggest Little Farm | John Chester | 2018 | United States | |
| Birds of Passage | Pájaros de verano | Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego | 2018 | Colombia-Denmark-Mexico |
| Border | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | 2018 | Sweden |
| Boy Erased | Joel Edgerton | 2018 | United States | |
| Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Marielle Heller | 2018 | United States | |
| Christian Wahnschaffe, Parts I & II | Urban Gad | 1920–1921 | Germany | |
| Cœur fidèle | Jean Epstein | 1923 | France | |
| Cold War | Zimna wojna | Paweł Pawlikowski | 2018 | Poland, France, United Kingdom |
| Destroyer | Karyn Kusama | 2018 | United States | |
| Dogman | Matteo Garrone | 2018 | Italy, France | |
| Dovlatov | Aleksei German | 2018 | Russia, Poland, Serbia | |
| Eldorado | Markus Imhoof | 2018 | Germany, Switzerland | |
| The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | 2018 | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Fièvre | Louis Delluc | 1921 | France | |
| First Man | Damien Chazelle | 2018 | United States | |
| Fistful of Dirt | Sebastián Silva | 2018 | United States | |
| Free Solo | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | 2018 | United States | |
| The Front Runner | Jason Reitman | 2018 | United States | |
| Ghost Fleet | Shannon Service, Jeffrey Waldron | 2018 | United States | |
| Girl | Lukas Dhont | 2018 | Belgium, Netherlands | |
| Graves Without a Name | Les tombeaux sans noms | Rithy Panh | 2018 | France, Cambodia |
| The Great Buster | Peter Bogdanovich | 2018 | United States | |
| Meeting Gorbachev | Werner Herzog, André Singer | 2018 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | |
| Non-Fiction | Doubles vies | Olivier Assayas | 2018 | France |
| The Old Man & the Gun | David Lowery | 2018 | United States | |
| The Other Side of the Wind | Orson Welles | 1976/2018 | United States | |
| Peterloo | Mike Leigh | 2018 | United Kingdom | |
| Reversing Roe | Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | 2018 | United States | |
| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | 2018 | Mexico, United States | |
| Shoplifters | 万引き家族 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | 2018 | Japan |
| They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Morgan Neville | 2018 | United States | |
| Trial by Fire | Ed Zwick | 2018 | United States | |
| Watergate – Or, How We Learned to Stop an Out-of-Control President | Charles Ferguson | 2018 | United States | |
| Whirlpool of Desire | Remous | Edmond T. Gréville | 1934 | France |
| White Boy Rick | Yann Demange | 2018 | United States | |
| The White Crow | Ralph Fiennes | 2018 | United Kingdom | |
Guest Director's Selections
The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Jonathan Lethem.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | Ernst Lubitsch | 1937 | United States | |
| Bigger Than Life | Nicholas Ray | 1956 | United States | |
| Never Cry Wolf | Carroll Ballard | 1983 | United States | |
| The Tarnished Angels | Douglas Sirk | 1957 | United States | |
| To Be or Not to Be | Ernst Lubitsch | 1942 | United States | |
| The White Meadows | کشتزارهای سپید | Mohammad Rasoulof | 2009 | Iran |
Backlot
The films were selected and presented by Jeffrey Keil and Danielle Pinet. The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eyes of Orson Welles | Mark Cousins | 2018 | United Kingdom | |
| A Final Cut for Orson | Ryan Suffern | 2018 | United States | |
| The Ghost of Peter Sellers | Peter Medak | 2018 | United Kingdom, Cyprus | |
| Hal | Amy Scott | 2018 | United States | |
| Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America | Brigitte Berman | 2018 | Canada | |
| It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story | It Must Schwing - Die Blue Note Story | Eric Friedler | 2018 | Germany |
| What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Rob Garver | 2018 | United States | |
Filmmakers of Tomorrow
Student Prints
The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production universitie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalo's House | Kelley Kali | 2018 | University of Southern California | |
| My Nephew Emmett | Kevin Wilson Jr. | 2017 | New York University | |
| Tracing Addai | Esther Neimeier | 2018 | Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg | |
| The Victory of Charity | Der Sieg der Barmherzigkeit | Albert Meisl | 2017 | University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna |
| A Year | Jisun Jamie Kim | 2018 | New York University | |
Calling Cards
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins and presented by Nick O'Neill. It selected new works from promising filmmakers.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ambassador's Wife | Theresa Dahlberg | 2017 | Sweden | |
| Caroline | Logan George, Celine Held | 2018 | United States | |
| Fauve | Jérémy Comte | 2018 | Canada | |
| The Field | Sandhya Suri | 2018 | France, United Kingdom, India | |
| Mother Of | Gan de Lange | 2018 | Israel | |
| Third Kind | Yorgos Zois | 2018 | Greece, Croatia | |
Great Expectations
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins and presented by Nick O'Neill.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braguino | Clément Cogitore | 2017 | France, Finland | |
| Dark Chamber | Ottó Bánovits | 2018 | Sweden | |
| This Magnificent Cake! | Ce magnifique gâteau ! | Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels | 2018 | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
Introducing Saba Riazi
The section was intended to highlight the work by Iranian writer and director, Saba Riazi.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Cream | Saba Riazi | 2018 | United States, Iran | |
| The Wind is Blowing on My Street | Saba Riazi | 2010 | Iran, United States | |
Silver Medallion
Special Medallion
References
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- Erbland, Kate (August 30, 2018). "Telluride Reveals 2018 Full Lineup: 'Destroyer,' 'White Boy Rick,' and 'The Old Man & the Gun' Set for World Premieres". IndieWire. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- Kay, Jeremy (June 15, 2018). "Jonathan Lethem named Telluride 2018 guest director". Screendaily. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- Hammond, Pete (August 30, 2018). "Jackman, McConaughey, Redford, Kidman, McCarthy Movies Set For World Premieres In Rockies – Telluride Film Festival". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
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