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 (who starred in Tár), director, writer and actress Sarah Polley (who wrote and directed Women Talking) and documentary director Mark Cousins (who directed both The March on Rome and My Name is Alfred Hitchcock).
Official Sections Main program English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)Armageddon TimeJames GrayUnited StatesBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsBardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdadesAlejandro González IñárrituMexicoBobi Wine: Ghetto PresidentMoses Bwayo and Christopher SharpUnited Kingdom, Uganda, United StatesBones and AllLuca GuadagninoUnited States, ItalyBroker브로커Hirokazu Kore-edaSouth KoreaA Compassionate SpySteve JamesUnited StatesThe Corridors of PowerDror MorehCloseLukas DhontBelgium, Netherlands, FranceThe End of the WorldMatt TyrnauerUnited StatesEmpire of LightSam MendesUnited Kingdom, United StatesThe Future TenseChristine Molloy and Joe LawlorIrelandGood Night OppyRyan WhiteUnited StatesGodlandVolaða landHlynur PálmasonDenmark, Iceland, France, SwedenHoly Spiderعنکبوت مقدسAli AbbasiDenmark, Germany, Sweden, FranceIcarus: The AftermathBryan FogelUnited StatesIf These Walls Could SingMary McCartneyUnited KingdomLady Chatterley's LoverLaure de Clermont-TonnerreUnited Kingdom, United StatesLast Flight HomeOndi TimonerUnited StatesLivingOliver HermanusUnited KingdomThe March on RomeMark Cousins ItalyMerkelEva WeberUnited KingdomMy Name is Alfred HitchcockMark Cousins One Fine MorningUn beau matinMia Hansen-LøveFranceRetrogradeMatthew HeinemanUnited StatesSr.Chris SmithSquaring the CircleAnton CorbijnUnited KingdomTárTodd FieldUnited States, GermanyTori and LokitaTori et LokitaJean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc DardenneBelgium, FranceWildcatMelissa Lesh, Trevor Beck FrostUnited StatesWomen TalkingSarah PolleyUnited StatesThe Wonder Sebastián LelioUnited States, United Kingdom, Ireland
Main Slate: Episodic Form and Short Form FilmDirector(s)Production countrie(s)AnastasiaSarah McCarthyUnited Kingdom, RussiaAngola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation PrisonCinque NorthernUnited StatesThe Best Chef in the WorldBen ProudfootGuerrilla HabeasEmma Wall and Betsy HersheyLe pupilleAlice RohrwacherItaly, United StatesMarianneLara Porzak and Rebecca ResslerUnited StatesRussia 1985-1999: TraumaZoneAdam CurtisUnited KingdomThe U.S. and the Holocaust (episode 1)Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah BotsteinUnited States
Sneak Previews FilmDirector(s)Production countriesAftersunCharlotte WellsUnited Kingdom, United StatesAll the Beauty and the BloodshedLaura PoitrasUnited States
Guest Director's Selections Movies selected for screening at the festival by Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko. FilmDirector(s)Production countrie(s)YearElegy of a VoyageAleksandr SokurovFrance, Russia, Netherlands2001Getting to Know the Big, Wide, WorldKira MuratovaSoviet Union1978L'AtalanteJean VigoFrance1934OasisLee Chang-dongSouth Korea2002Where Is the Friend's House?Abbas KiarostamiIran1987The WondersAlice RohrwacherItaly, Switzerland, Germany2014
Backlot FilmDirector(s)Production countrie(s)Frames of Love and WarRan TalIsrael, United States, United KingdomDesperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight CowboyNancy Buirski United StatesFragments of ParadiseKD Davison United StatesHigh Noon on the WaterfrontDavid Roberts, Billy Shebar United StatesThe Last RiderAlex Holmes United Kingdom The Méliès Mystery Serge Bromberg, Eric LangeFranceMiúcha, the Voice of Bossa NovaDaniel Zarvos, Liliane MuttiBrazil, FranceThe Padilla AffairPavel GiroudSpain, CubaSalvatore: Shoemaker of DreamsLuca GuadagninoItalySee You Friday, RobinsonMitra FarahaniFrance
Special Screenings FilmDirector(s)Production countrie(s)YearOrlandoSally PotterUnited Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands1992Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonAng LeeUnited States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China2000The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi CarlileKathlyn Horan United States 2022The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft Werner HerzogUnited Kingdom, France, Switzerland, United States 2022Theater of Thought United States 2022Werner Herzog: Radical DreamerThomas von SteinaeckerGermany, United Kingdom 2022Wild LifeElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy ChinUnited States 2022
Filmmakers of Tomorrow Official Selection Student Prints Curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. FilmDirector(s)Production countrie(s)/universitie(s)Favorite Daughter Dana ReillyUnited States (University of Texas at Austin)Berry PickersAgnes Skonare KarlssonSweden, United States (Columbia University)SoloAnat EisenbergIsrael (Tel Aviv University)The Rotting Of Casey CulpepperDaniel SlottjeUnited States (Columbia University)The MidwifeAnne-Sophie BaillyFrance (La Fémis)
Calling Cards Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins. FilmDirector(s)Production countrie(s)NutureSasha ArgirovCanadaNeighbour AbdiDouwe DijkstraThe NetherlandsUogus (Cherries)Vytautas KatkusLithuaniaFire at the LakePierre Menahem FranceUn Petite Homme (A Tiny Man)Aude David and Mikaël Gaudin FranceLe ComoranLubna Playoust France
Calling Cards — Redband Curated and introduced by Barry Jenkins. FilmDirector(s)Production countrie(s)StarfuckersAntonio MarzialeUnited StatesZoonJonatan SchwenkGermanyLuciene in a World Without SolitudeGeordy CouturiauFranceAbyssJeppe LangeDenmarkAmbasciatoriFrancesco RomanoItalyBestiaHugo CovarrubiasChile
Official Awards
Silver Medallion Cate Blanchett, actress for Tár Sarah Polley, actress, director, and writer for Women Talking Mark Cousins, filmmaker for My Name is Alfred Hitchcock and The March on Rome
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