41st Telluride Film Festival


The 41st Telluride Film Festival took place on August 29–September 1, 2014, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.
Artists Guy Maddin and Kim Morgan were appointed as the year's guest directors. Telluride honored director Volker Schlöndorff, actress Hilary Swank and feature Apocalypse Now as the awardees of the Silver Medallion. Special Medallion was awarded to film archive Cineteca di Bologna and its head Gian Luca Farinelli. The festival line-up was announced on August 28, 2014.

Official selections

Guest Directors' Selections

The films were screened in archival 35 mm prints and selected by the year's guest directors Guy Maddin and Kim Morgan.
TitleDirectorProduction countrie
California SplitRobert AltmanUnited States
Il GridoMichelangelo AntonioniItaly
MJoseph LoseyUnited States
Man's CastleFrank BorzageUnited States
The Road to GloryHoward HawksUnited States
Wicked WomanRussell RouseUnited 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.
TitleDirectorProduction countrie/universitie
First PrizeKevin McMullinUnited States
GuestsMark ColumbusUnited States
No Man's LandDavid AdlerDenmark
NoceboLennart RuffGermany
The Pride of StrathmoorEinar BaltinUnited States
Stone CarsReinaldo Marcus GreenUnited States, South Africa

Calling Cards

The selection was curated by Jonathan Marlow. It selected new works from promising filmmakers.
TitleDirectorProduction countrie
CutMatthias Müller, Christoph GirardetGermany
Discussion QuestionsJonn HerschendUnited States
En plein airJerzy RoseUnited States
Ja vi eskerHallvar WitzøNorway
The Sand StormJason WishnowChina, United States
Symphony No. 42Réka BucsiHungary
Theoretical ArchitecturesJosh GibsonUnited States
WashingtoniaKonstantina KotzamaniGreece

Great Expectations

The selection was curated by Jonathan Marlow.
TitleDirectorProduction countrie
BallkoniLendita ZeqirajKosovo
DiveMatthew J. SavilleNew Zealand
La IslaDominga Sotomayor Castillo, Katarzyna KlimkiewiczChile, Poland
L'assenzaJonathan RomneyUnited Kingdom