The 42nd Telluride Film Festival took place on September 4–7, 2015, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.
Writer Rachel Kushner was appointed as the year's guest director. Telluride honored Rooney Mara, Danny Boyle, and Adam Curtis as the awardees of the Silver Medallion. Participant Media received the Special Medallion award. The festival line-up was announced on September 3, 2015.
Official selections Main program Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 45 Years Andrew Haigh United Kingdom Amazing Grace Alan Elliott United States Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson United States Beasts of No Nation Cary Joji Fukunaga United States Bitter Lake Adam Curtis United Kingdom Black Mass Scott Cooper United States Carol Todd Haynes United States He Named Me Malala Davis Guggenheim United States Heart of a Dog Laurie Anderson United States Hitchcock/Truffaut Kent Jones United States Ixcanul Jayro Bustamante Guatemala Marguerite Xavier Giannoli France Mom and Me Ken Wardrop Ireland Only the Dead See the End of the War Michael Ware, Bill Guttentag United States, Australia Rams Grímur Hákonarson Iceland Room Lenny Abrahamson Ireland, Canada Siti Eddie Cahyono Indonesia Son of Saul László Nemes Hungary Spotlight Tom McCarthy United States Steve Jobs Danny Boyle United States Suffragette Sarah Gavron United Kingdom Taj Mahal Nicolas Saada France, India Taxi Jafar Panahi Iran Tikkun Avishai Sivan Israel Time to Choose Charles Ferguson United States Viva Paddy Breathnach Ireland Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Evgeny Afineevsky Russia, Ukraine
Guest Director's Selections The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Rachel Kushner. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Cocksucker Blues Robert Frank United States Partie de campagne Jean Renoir France The Mattei Affair Francesco Rosi Italy The Mother and the Whore Jean Eustache France My Little Loves Jean Eustache France Uncle Yanco Agnès Varda France Wake in Fright Ted Kotcheff Australia
Filmmakers of Tomorrow Student Prints The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world. Title Director(s) Production universitie(s) El adiós Clara Roquet Columbia University Day One Henry Hughes American Film Institute The Mink Catcher Samantha Buck Columbia University My Aleppo Melissa Langer Stanford University Patriot Eva Riley National Film and Television School Pidge Renee Zhan Harvard University Two Sisters Keola Racela Columbia University
Calling Cards The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. It selected new works from promising filmmakers. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Beast Daina O. Pusić Croatia Chaud Lapin Alexis Magaud, Soline Béjuy, Maël Berreur, Géraldine Gaston, Flora Andrivon France Coach Ben Adler France The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul Kitty Green Australia The Lights Juan Renau, Manuel Abramovich Argentina Manoman Simon Cartright United Kingdom Over Jörn Threlfall United Kingdom Share Pippa Bianco United States Teeth Daniel Gray, Tom Brown United Kingdom
Great Expectations The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Everything Will Be Okay Patrick Vollrath Germany, Austria Hot Nasty Teen Jens Assur Sweden Ramona Andrei Cretulescu Romania
Backlot The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Century of the Self Adam Curtis United Kingdom Cinema: A Public Affair Tatiana Brandrup Russia In the Shadow of the Great Oaks Georges Mourier France Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Stig Björkman Sweden Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Lisa Immordino Vreeland United States Sembene! Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman United States, Senegal Tyrus Pamela Tom United States
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