52nd Telluride Film Festival

52nd Telluride Film Festival
LocationTelluride, Colorado, United States
Founded1974
AwardsTelluride Film Festival Silver Medallion:
Artistic directorJulie Huntsinger (Festival's Programing Director)
Festival date (2025-August-29) (2025-September-01)August 29 – September 1, 2025
Websitewww.telluridefilmfestival.org

The 52nd Telluride Film Festival took place from August 29 to September 1, 2025, in Telluride, Colorado. Graphic novelist Daniel Clowes designed the festival's official poster.[1]

The official line-up was announced, as usual, the day before the festival's official opening, August 28. The Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion was presented to Noah Baumbach, Jafar Panahi and Ethan Hawke, while the Special Medallion was awarded to producer Tessa Ross.[2]

World premieres includes The American Revolution, Ask E. Jean, Ballad of a Small Player, The Cycle of Love, Everywhere Man: The Lives and Times of Peter Asher, Highway 99: A Double Album, Hamlet, Hamnet, H Is for Hawk, Karl, Lost in the Jungle, Man on the Run, The New Yorker at 100, The Reserve, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Summer Tour, This Is Not a Drill and Tuner.

Official Sections

Main Program

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The American Revolution (series) Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt United States
Ask E. Jean Ivy Meeropol
Ballad of a Small Player Edward Berger United Kingdom, Germany
The Bend in the River Robb Moss United States
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos Ireland, South Korea, United States
Cover-Up Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus United States
The Cycle of Love Orlando von Einsiedel United Kingdom, India, Sweden
Everywhere Man: The Lives and Times of Peter Asher Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller United States, United Kingdom
Ghost Elephants Werner Herzog United States
La grazia Paolo Sorrentino Italy
Hamlet Aneil Karia United Kingdom
Hamnet Chloé Zhao United Kingdom, United States
Highway 99: A Double Album Ethan Hawke United States
The History of Sound Oliver Hermanus United Kingdom, United States
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein United States
H Is for Hawk Philippa Lowthorpe United Kingdom, United States
It Was Just an Accident یک تصادف ساده Jafar Panahi Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach United Kingdom, United States
Karl Nick Hooker United Kingdom
Lost in the Jungle Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin and Juan Camilo Cruz United States, Colombia
Man on the Run Morgan Neville United States
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt United States, United Kingdom
The New Yorker at 100 Marshall Curry United States
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater France
Pillion Harry Lighton United Kingdom
A Private Life Vie privée Rebecca Zlotowski France
The Reserve Pablo Pérez Lombardini Mexico, Qatar
The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Sentimental Value Affeksjonsverdi Joachim Trier Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom
Shifty (series) Adam Curtis United Kingdom
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Scott Cooper United States
Summer Tour Mischa Richter
This Is Not a Drill Oren Jacoby
Tuner Daniel Roher
Urchin Harris Dickinson United Kingdom
Short films
All the Empty Rooms Joshua Seftel United States
All the Walls Came Down Ondi Timoner
Last Days on Lake Trinity Charlotte Cooley
Sallie's Ashes Brennan Robideaux
Song of My City David C. Roberts

References

  1. ^ "2025 Telluride Film Festival Poster Revealed". www.filmfestivals.com. 2025-06-12. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  2. ^ Davis, Clayton (2025-08-28). "Telluride Festival Lineup: 'Hamnet,' 'Springsteen' and 'Ballad of Small Player' Set for Premieres With Tributes for Ethan Hawke and Noah Baumbach". Variety. Retrieved 2025-08-28.