47th Telluride Film Festival

The 47th Telluride Film Festival was scheduled to take place on September 4–7, 2020. In May 2020, it was announced that the festival would kick off a day earlier on September 3 for safety purposes. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado, the festival announced its cancellation on July 14, 2020. Telluride was due to honor the Silver Medallion to Chloé Zhao, Anthony Hopkins, and Kate Winslet.
Telluride announced the year's initial line-up on August 3, 2020. Ammonite and Concrete Cowboy were set to world premiere at the festival, but the two films were screened for the first time at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival instead. Nomadland was also set to premiere at the festival, but it premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. Telluride held a drive-in screening of the film at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles.

Official selections

These films were set to screen at the festival before its cancellation.

The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world.

Title	Director	Production universitie
Border	Shu Zhu, Ino Yang Popper	American Film Institute
Forever	Mitch McGlocklin	University of South Carolina
Metamorphosis	Xi Wang	University of South Carolina
Peeps	Sophie Somerville	Victorian College of the Arts
Silento	Esteban García Vernaza	Columbia University
Something to Believe In	Fany de la Chica	Columbia University
Under the Heavens	Gustavo Milan	New York University
Viktor on the Moon	Christian Arhoff	National Film School of Denmark

The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins.

The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins.