Telluride Film Festival Announces Lineup Despite Cancellation Of This Year’s Festival

Following in the footsteps of Cannes, which was forced to cancel its annual festival back in May but still went on to reveal what its schedule would have been anyway, the Telluride Film Festival released its own lineup on Monday.

Some of the highlights include Ammonite, Idris Elba in Concrete Cowboys, and director Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland starring Frances McDormand.

Telluride will have a branded event on September 11, when it presents a drive-in screening of Searchlight’s Nomadland in Los Angeles on the same day it premieres in Venice and Toronto.

Telluride Film Festival executive director Julie Huntsinger stated,

“Though we aren’t able to present our program in-person as planned, we still want to announce the lineup to bring attention to these brilliant films,” “We’ve listed everything we know about screening opportunities so that audiences may watch as many of these films as possible. The festival will continue to do everything in its power to champion and promote this art form and the people who create it.”

Here is the full festival line-up:

The Telluride 2020 Lineup

“After Love” (Aleem Khan, U.K.)

“All In: The Fight for Democracy” (Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortés, U.S.)
How to watch: In select theaters Sept. 9, available to stream on Amazon Prime Video Sept. 18

“The Alpinist” (Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, U.S.)
How to watch: Follow @redbulldocs for screening updates

“Ammonite” (Francis Lee, U.K.)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)

“Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer” (Andrey A. Tarkovsky, Italy-Russian Federation-Sweden)

“Apples” (Christos Nikou, Greece-Poland-Slovenia)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)

“The Automat” (Lisa Hurwitz, U.S.)
How to watch: follow at Facebook.com/THEAUTOMATthemovie for screening updates

“The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (Frank Marshall, U.S.)

“Charlatan” (Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic-Ireland-Poland-Slovakia)
How to watch: screening at the now in-progress Transilvania International Film Festival

“Concrete Cowboy” (Ricky Staub, U.S.)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)

“Dear Mr. Brody” (Keith Maitland, U.S.)

“The Duke” (Roger Michell, U.K.)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), theatrical release Spring 2021

“The Father” (Florian Zeller, U.K.-France)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)

“Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds” (Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, U.K.-U.S.)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19), Stream on Apple+ (date TBD)

“Ibrahim” (Samir Guesmi, France)
How to watch: French release Dec. 9

“Mainstream” (Gia Coppola, U.S.)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)

“Mandibules” (Quentin Dupieux, France)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), French release Dec. 2

“MLK/FBI” (Sam Pollard, U.S.)
How to watch: Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)

“The Most Beautiful Boy in the World” (Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri, Sweden)

“Never Gonna Snow Again” (Małgorzata Szumowska, co-dir. Michał Englert, Poland-Germany)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)

“Nomadland” (Chloé Zhao, U.S.)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19), Telluride From Los Angeles Drive-In Screening (Sept. 11), New York Film Festival (Sept. 25-Oct. 11), theatrical release Fall 2020

“Notturno” (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy-France-Germany)
How to watch: Venice Film Festival (Sept. 2-12), Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-19)

“Pray Away” (Kristine Stolakis, U.S.)

“There Is No Evil” (Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany-Iran)
How to watch: theatrical and virtual release

“To the Moon” (Tadhg O’Sullivan, Ireland)
How to watch: Venice Days Film Festival (Sept. 2-12)

”Torn” (Max Lowe, U.S.)

“The Truffle Hunters” (Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, Italy-U.S.-Greece)

“Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation” (Lisa Immordino Vreeland, U.S.)

“The Way I See It” (Dawn Porter, U.S.)


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