| 42nd Telluride Film Festival | |
| Location: | Telluride, Colorado, United States |
| Founded: | 1974 |
| Host: | National Film Preserve Ltd. |
| Date: | Opening: Closing: |
| Website: | Telluride Film Festival |
| Main: | Telluride Film Festival |
| Previous: | 41st |
| Next: | 43rd |
The 42nd Telluride Film Festival took place on September 4–7, 2015, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.[1]
Writer Rachel Kushner was appointed as the year's guest director.[2] Telluride honored Rooney Mara, Danny Boyle, and Adam Curtis as the awardees of the Silver Medallion.[3] Participant Media received the Special Medallion award.[4] The festival line-up was announced on September 3, 2015.[5]
The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Rachel Kushner.[6]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cocksucker Blues | Robert Frank | United States | |
| Partie de campagne | Jean Renoir | France | |
| The Mattei Affair | Francesco Rosi | Italy | |
| The Mother and the Whore | Jean Eustache | France | |
| My Little Loves | Jean Eustache | France | |
| Uncle Yanco | Agnès Varda | France | |
| Wake in Fright | Ted Kotcheff | Australia |
The selection was curated and introduced by Gregory Nava. It selected the best student-produced work around the world.
| Title | Director(s) | Production universitie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| El adiós | Clara Roquet | Columbia University | |
| Day One | Henry Hughes | American Film Institute | |
| The Mink Catcher | Samantha Buck | Columbia University | |
| My Aleppo | Melissa Langer | Stanford University | |
| Patriot | Eva Riley | National Film and Television School | |
| Pidge | Renee Zhan | Harvard University | |
| Two Sisters | Keola Racela | Columbia University |
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. It selected new works from promising filmmakers.
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| The Beast | Daina O. Pusić | Croatia |
| Chaud Lapin | Alexis Magaud, Soline Béjuy, Maël Berreur, Géraldine Gaston, Flora Andrivon | France |
| Coach | Ben Adler | France |
| The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul | Kitty Green | Australia |
| The Lights | Juan Renau, Manuel Abramovich | Argentina |
| Manoman | Simon Cartright | United Kingdom |
| Over | Jörn Threlfall | United Kingdom |
| Share | Pippa Bianco | United States |
| Teeth | Daniel Gray, Tom Brown | United Kingdom |
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins.
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everything Will Be Okay | Patrick Vollrath | Germany, Austria | |
| Hot Nasty Teen | Jens Assur | Sweden | |
| Ramona | Andrei Cretulescu | Romania |
The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers.
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Century of the Self | Adam Curtis | United Kingdom | |
| Cinema: A Public Affair | Tatiana Brandrup | Russia | |
| In the Shadow of the Great Oaks | Georges Mourier | France | |
| Stig Björkman | Sweden | ||
| Lisa Immordino Vreeland | United States | ||
| Sembene! | Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman | United States, Senegal | |
| Tyrus | Pamela Tom | United States |