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Film Festival Name: Telluride Film Festival
Location: Telluride, Colorado, USA
Founded: 1974
Awards: –
Language: International
Website: telluridefilmfestival[dot]org
Telluride Film Festival, film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado, during Labor Day weekend. Although no movie awards are given, the festival honours various filmmakers and others in the industry.
Telluride Film Festival: Overview
First held on August 30, 1974, the festival, hosted at the Sheridan Opera House, was founded by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy, and James Card of Eastman-Kodak Film Preserve. It is operated by the National Film Preserve.
In 2010, TFF partnered with UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. This partnership created FilmLab which was a program that focuses on the art and industry of filmmaking. This program is custom-designed for ten selected filmmaker graduates from UCLA. The partnership was further extended in 2012, the two partners created a mutually curated film program on UCLA’s Westwood campus.
In 2013 the festival celebrated its 40th anniversary with the addition of a new venue, the Werner Herzog Theatre and an extra day of programming.
The festival went on hiatus in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed a year later in 2021.
The festival honours three actors, actresses, or directors from film each year – often past luminaries or people whose fame is rising—and presents them with the Silver Medallion award. The first festival offered tributes to actress Gloria Swanson and directors Francis Ford Coppola and Leni Riefenstahl. Later festivals honoured an eclectic pantheon of filmmakers and artists, including animation director Chuck Jones (1976), director Robert Wise (1979), and actresses Meryl Streep (1998) and Jean Simmons (2008). Telluride also offers special medallions to other people involved in the film industry, such as film critics, preservationists, historians, and technicians.
