49th Telluride Film Festival


The 49th Telluride Film Festival took place September 2–5, 2022. In June 2022, it was announced that the festival would receive the dissident Russian filmmakers Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko as Guest Directors "as key collaborators in the Festival's programming decisions, bringing new ideas and overlooked films to Telluride". In July 2022 it was announced that author, artist, graphic novelist and publisher Leanne Shapton would design the annual poster for the 49th edition.
Although only divulging its full line-up on the day before it begins, the festival's selections usually can be correctly assumed through films' premiere status in other major fall season film festivals, such as the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. This year's edition has also been commented by Venice Film Festival's Alberto Barbera, who confirmed in an interview for Variety that the Venice premieres Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All, Todd Field's Tár and Alejandro González Iñárritu's Bardo were on Telluride's selection.
Marked by the presence of documentaries, the 2022 edition also saw the presence of "several films making their North American debuts after first premiering at Cannes in May and Venice which is running simultaneously". All the awardees of the Silver Medallion had their films screened at the festival: actress Cate Blanchett, director, writer and actress Sarah Polley and documentary director Mark Cousins.

Official Sections

Guest Director's Selections

Movies selected for screening at the festival by Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko.
FilmDirectorProduction countrieYear
Elegy of a VoyageAleksandr SokurovFrance, Russia, Netherlands2001
Getting to Know the Big, Wide, WorldKira MuratovaSoviet Union1978
L'AtalanteJean VigoFrance1934
OasisLee Chang-dongSouth Korea2002
Where Is the Friend's House?Abbas KiarostamiIran1987
The WondersAlice RohrwacherItaly, Switzerland, Germany2014

Filmmakers of Tomorrow Official Selection

Student Prints

Curated and introduced by Gregory Nava.
FilmDirectorProduction countrie/universitie
Favorite DaughterDana ReillyUnited States
Berry PickersAgnes Skonare KarlssonSweden, United States
SoloAnat EisenbergIsrael
The Rotting Of Casey CulpepperDaniel SlottjeUnited States
The MidwifeAnne-Sophie BaillyFrance

Calling Cards

Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins.
FilmDirectorProduction countrie
NutureSasha ArgirovCanada
Neighbour AbdiDouwe DijkstraThe Netherlands
Uogus Vytautas KatkusLithuania
Fire at the LakePierre MenahemFrance
Un Petite Homme Aude David and Mikaël GaudinFrance
Le ComoranLubna PlayoustFrance
Calling Cards — Redband
Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins.
FilmDirectorProduction countrie
StarfuckersAntonio MarzialeUnited States
ZoonJonatan SchwenkGermany
Luciene in a World Without SolitudeGeordy CouturiauFrance
AbyssJeppe LangeDenmark
AmbasciatoriFrancesco RomanoItaly
BestiaHugo CovarrubiasChile

Official Awards

Silver Medallion

Cate Blanchett, actress for TárSarah Polley, actress, director, and writer for Women TalkingMark Cousins, filmmaker for My Name is Alfred Hitchcock and ''The March on Rome''