Telluride Movie Competition Set With World Premieres – Deadline

The forty ninth Telluride Film Festival opens Friday in a much-awaited version that’s set to characteristic world premieres of Searchlight’s Oscar hopeful Empire of Light from director Sam Mendes, starring Olivia Coleman and Colin Firth; Women Talking from director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara and Frances McDormand within the ensemble; Sebastian Lelio’s The Marvel, starring Florence Pugh; and Sony/Netflix’s scorching new model of D.H. Lawrence’s Woman Chatterley’s Lover with Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell; amongst different movies.

Thought-about a should cease on the awards circuit, Telluride may even characteristic Silver Medallion tributes to docu filmmaker Mark Cousins, Cate Blanchett, and Polley. Netflix, Searchlight, Sony Footage Classics, Amazon, and the Academy of Movement Image Arts & Sciences are amongst these additionally throwing dinners and events over the Labor Day weekend occasion which runs September 2 via 5 within the Colorado Rockies city.

Along with the World Premieres, there can be a number of movies making their North American debuts after first premiering at Cannes in Could and Venice which is operating concurrently and opened final night time with Noah Baumbach’s White Noise.  Amongst Venice movies making the trek to Telluride are Blanchett’s Tar which represents director Todd Subject’s first movie in 16 years and incorporates a closely awards-buzzed flip from its star;  5 time Oscar winner Alejandro G. Inarritu’s first characteristic in 7 years, and maybe his most private with the three+ hour Bardo;  Luca Guadagnino’s Bones And All starring Timothee Chalamet,  and the director’s fantastic documentary on Ferragamo, Salvatore: Shoemaker Of Desires  which really premiered in Venice in 2020 however solely now’s making it stateside forward of its November theatrical launch from Sony Picutres Classics.  Moreover a documentary debuting in Venice right now may even present up this weekend in T-Experience: Determined Souls, Darkish Metropolis And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy from Nancy Buirski.

Cannes titles embrace its Grand Prize winner Shut from Lukas Dhant and Belgium and A24; Hirokazu Kor-eda’s Dealer; the Iranian serial killer drama, Holy Spider; James Grey’s  Armageddon Time from Focus Options with stars Jeremy Sturdy and Anne Hathaway becoming a member of the director in particular person; Davy Chou’s Korean Return To Seoul; and Mia Hansen-Love’s terrific One Nice Morning. 

If something may outline this forty ninth version of Cannes nevertheless it’s the multitude of documentaries of all stripes that can be premiering together with Amazon’s and Amblin’s bold retelling of the 14 yr Mars Rovers expedition, Good Night time Oppy which  has been known as a cross between Wall E and The Martian. Amazon additionally has Wildcat which chronicles a conflict veteran’s efforts within the Peruvian jungles to organize orphaned Ocelots to reside on their very own. Amongst different docus can be Matthew Heineman’s account of the final days of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, Retrograde; the first-ever docu portrait of former German chief Angela Merkel appropriately known as Merkel; the Greg LeMond Tour de France story, The Final Rider;  SPC’s nation music saga, The Return Of Tanya Tucker that includes Brandi Carlisle; and on one other musical word there may be Paul McCartney’s daughter Mary McCartney’s account of the well-known Abbey Highway studio, If These Partitions Might Sing.  

Silver Medallion honoree Cousins who simply debuted his docu The March On Rome in Venice, additionally has his intelligent My Identify Is Alfred Hitchcock narrated by a Hitchcock soundalike that can be on show at Telluride. Telluride common Werner Herzog (who has his personal theatre named after him on the pageant) is again with a brand new docu, Theatre Of Thought, and filmmaker Chris Smith and Robert Downey Jr. can be on the town displaying Sr, the story of Downey Jr’s dad.  Bryan Fogel can be readily available along with his sequel to his Oscar successful Icarus, and Matt Tyrnauer’s newest, The Finish Of The World can be there as properly. Anton Corbijn’s album cowl docu, Squaring The Circle, 1314 Frames Of Love And Struggle which profiles conflict photographer Micha Bar Am, and even the uncommon Sundance movie may even be spotlighted (together with one other Sundance debut, Dwelling with Invoice Nighy) . The latter, MTV Movies Final Flight Residence is a outstanding and riveting take a look at one man’s proper to die journey as seen via the lens of his filmmaker daughter Ondi Timoner. There may even be quite a few docu shorts together with Guerilla Habeas examing herculean efforts of immigration attorneys and directed by Betsy Hershey and Emma Wall, the latter married to the aforementioned Jeremy Sturdy, so husband and spouse will each be hitting the mountain city with completely different movies simply to maintain all of it within the household.

Telluride fest goers can, as typical, even count on a few “sneaks” not listed of their launch, however utilizing the chance to pop in as a shock.

Together with my colleague Todd McCarthy, a 4 decade veteran of the fest, and our newest Deadline addition columnist Baz Bamigboye, we can be masking all of it weekend because the nascent 2022 Oscar race kicks off and Telluride has its influence.

Right here is the entire lineup:

• ARMAGEDDON TIME (d. James Grey, U.S., 2022) In particular person: James Grey, Jeremy Sturdy, Anne Hathaway

• BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (d. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico-U.S., 2022) In particular person: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Íker Sánchez Solano

• BOBI WINE, GHETTO PRESIDENT (d. Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo, Uganda-U.Okay., 2022) In particular person: Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo, Bobi Wine, Barbie Kyagulanyi

• BONES AND ALL (d. Luca Guadagnino, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Luca Guadagnino, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance

• BROKER (d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, South Korea, 2022) In particular person: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Track Kang-ho

• CLOSE (d. Lukas Dhont, Belgium-France-Netherlands, 2022) In particular person: Lukas Dhont, Eden Dambrine

• A COMPASSIONATE SPY (d. Steve James, U.S.-U.Okay., 2022) In particular person: Steve James

• THE CORRIDORS OF POWER (d. Dror Moreh, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Dror Moreh

• EMPIRE OF LIGHT (d. Sam Mendes, U.Okay.-U.S., 2022) In particular person: Sam Mendes, Micheal Ward

• THE END OF THE WORLD (d. Matthew Tyrnauer, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Matthew Tyrnauer, Jonathan Lethem

• THE FUTURE TENSE (d. Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, Eire, 2022) In particular person: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Molly Lawlor

• GODLAND (d. Hlynur Pálmason, Denmark-Iceland-France-Sweden, 2022) In particular person: Hlynur Pálmason, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

• GOOD NIGHT OPPY (d. Ryan White, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Ryan White, Steve Squyres

• HOLY SPIDER (d. Ali Abbasi, Denmark-Germany-Sweden-France, 2022) In particular person: Ali Abbasi, Zar Amir Ebrahimi

• ICARUS: THE AFTERMATH (d. Bryan Fogel, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Bryan Fogel

• IF THESE WALLS COULD SING (d. Mary McCartney, U.Okay., 2022) In particular person: Mary McCartney

• LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER (d. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, U.Okay.-U.S., 2022) In particular person: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Emma Corrin, Jack O’Connell

• LAST FLIGHT HOME (d. Ondi Timoner, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Ondi Timoner, Morgan Physician, Rabbi Rachel Timoner, and the Timoner household

• LIVING (d. Oliver Hermanus, U.Okay., 2022) In particular person: Oliver Hermanus, Invoice Nighy, Aimee Lou Wooden

• THE MARCH ON ROME (d. Mark Cousins, Italy, 2022) In particular person: Mark Cousins

• MERKEL (d. Eva Weber, U.Okay.-Denmark-Germany, 2022) In particular person: Eva Weber

• MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (d. Mark Cousins, U.Okay., 2022) In particular person: Mark Cousins

• ONE FINE MORNING (d. Mia Hansen-Løve, France, 2022) In particular person: Mia Hansen-Løve, Léa Seydoux

• RETROGRADE (d. Matthew Heineman, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Matthew Heineman, Common Sami Sadat, Matt Chaney

• “SR.” (d. Chris Smith, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Chris Smith, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey

• SQUARING THE CIRCLE (d. Anton Corbijn, U.Okay., 2022) In particular person: Anton Corbijn

• TÁR (d. Todd Subject, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Todd Subject, Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss

• TORI AND LOKITA (d. Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, Belgium-France, 2022) In particular person: Joely Mbundu

• WILDCAT (d. Melissa Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost, Harry Turner, Samantha Zwicker

• WOMEN TALKING (d. Sarah Polley, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Sarah Polley, Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Jessie Buckley, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, August Winter, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil

• THE WONDER (d. Sebastián Lelio, U.Okay.-Eire, 2022) In particular person: Sebastián Lelio

Extra episodic works and quick movies additionally enjoying in the principle program:

• ANASTASIA (d. Sarah McCarthy, U.Okay.-Russia, 2022) In particular person: Sarah McCarthy, Anastasiia Shevchenko, Vladislava Shevchenko, Mikhail Shevchenko

• ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? VOICES FROM A PLANTATION PRISON (d. Cinque Northern, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Cinque Northern, Liza Jessie Peterson

• THE BEST CHEF IN THE WORLD (d. Ben Proudfoot, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Ben Proudfoot

• GUERRILLA HABEAS (d. Emma Wall and Betsy Hershey, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Emma Wall, Betsy Hershey, Gregory Copeland, Baba Sillah, Mamou Drame

• LE PUPILLE (d. Alice Rohrwacher, Italy-U.S., 2022)

• MARIANNE (d. Lara Porzak and Rebecca Ressler, U.S., 2022) In particular person: Lara Porzak, Rebecca Ressler, Marianne Wiggins

• RUSSIA [1985-1999] TRAUMAZONE (d. Adam Curtis, U.Okay., 2022)

• THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST Episode 1 (d. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, U.S., 2022)

TFF’s 2022 Visitor Administrators Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko can be current to introduce their finely curated movie alternatives:

• ELEGY OF A VOYAGE (d. Aleksandr Sokurov, France-Russia-Netherlands, 2001)

• GETTING TO KNOW THE BIG, WIDE WORLD (d. Kira Muratova, Soviet Union, 1978)

• L’ATALANTE (d. Jean Vigo, France, 1934)

• OASIS (d. Lee Chang-dong, South Korea, 2002)

• WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOME? (d. Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1987)

• THE WONDERS (d. Alice Rohrwacher, Italy-Switzerland-Germany, 2014)

5 movie revival applications embrace two reveals offered in collaboration with The Movie Basis: the five-hour miniseries EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS (d. Mikko Niskanen, Finland, 1972); ÉL (d. Luis Buñuel, Mexico, 1953); two reveals offered by Serge Bromberg of Lobster Movies: THE MÉLIÈS AMERICAN NEGATIVES: World Premiere 3-D Screening and THE ROBBER SYMPHONY (d. Friedrich Feher, U.Okay., 1936); in addition to KENTUCKY PRIDE (d. John Ford, U.S., 1925).

Backlot, Telluride’s intimate screening room that includes movies about motion pictures and portraits of artists, musicians, and cultural icons, will display the next applications:

• 1341 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR (d. Ran Tal, Israel-U.S.-U.Okay., 2022)

• DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY (d. Nancy Buirski, U.S., 2022)

• FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE (d. KD Davison, U.S., 2022)

• THE LAST RIDER (d. Alex Holmes, U.Okay., 2022)

• THE MÉLIÈS MYSTERY (d. Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange, France, 2021)

• MIÚCHA, THE VOICE OF BOSSA NOVA (d. Daniel Zarvos and Liliane Mutti, Brazil-France, 2022)

• THE PADILLA AFFAIR (d. Pavel Giroud, Spain-Cuba, 2022)

• SALVATORE: SHOEMAKER OF DREAMS (d. Luca Guadagnino, Italy, 2020)

• SEE YOU FRIDAY, ROBINSON (d. Mitra Farahani, France, 2022)

Particular Screenings and Festivities programmed all through the Competition embrace ORLANDO (d. Sally Potter, U.Okay.-Russia-Italy-France-Netherlands, 1992); THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER – FEATURING BRANDI CARLILE (d. Kathlyn Horan, U.S., 2022); THE FIRE WITHIN: A REQUIEM FOR KATIA AND MAURICE KRAFFT (d. Werner Herzog, U.Okay.-France-Switzerland-U.S., 2022); THEATER OF THOUGHT (d. Werner Herzog, U.S., 2022); WERNER HERZOG: RADICAL DREAMER (d. Thomas von Steinaecker, Germany-U.Okay., 2022); Bobi Wine in Live performance; and a poster signing with forty ninth TFF poster artist Leanne Shapton.