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The Telluride Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado, during Labor Day weekend (the first Monday in September). The 51st edition took place on August 30–September 4, 2024.

History

First held on 30 August 1974, the festival, hosted at the Sheridan Opera House, was founded ^[1] by Bill and Stella Pence,^[2] Tom Luddy,^[3] and James Card^[4] of Eastman-Kodak Film Preserve .^[5] It is operated by the National Film Preserve.^[6]

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.^[7] The partnership was further extended in 2012, the two partners created a mutually curated film program on UCLA's Westwood campus.^[8]

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.^[9]

The festival went on hiatus in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed a year later in 2021.^[10]

Program

The bulk of the program is made up of new films, and there is an informal tradition that new films must be shown for the first time in North America to be eligible for the festival.^{[citation needed]} Telluride is situated on the international film festival calendar after the Cannes Film Festival, but just before the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. This insistence on premieres has led to Telluride's being associated with the discovery of a number of important new films and filmmakers like Michael Moore (whose first film Roger and Me debuted there in 1989) and Robert Rodriguez (whose first feature El Mariachi got its first festival screening there in 1992).

The festival has also hosted the American premiere of films such as My Dinner With Andre (Louis Malle, 1981),^[11] Stranger than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984), Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986), The Civil War (Ken Burns, 1990), The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992), Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001), Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005), The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, 2014), Sully (Clint Eastwood, 2016), Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016), Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017), and Saltburn (Emerald Fennell, 2023).^[12]

Since 1995, a special medallion has also been presented annually, usually to a non-filmmaker who has had a major impact on American or international film culture. Past recipients include Milos Stehlik (founder of Facets Multi-Media), HBO, the French film magazine Positif, Ted Turner, and Janus Films.

Silver Medallion

The Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion is awarded to three honorees each year.

The 1974 tributes honored Francis Ford Coppola, Gloria Swanson and Leni Riefenstahl. Other tributees have included Riz Ahmed, Pedro Almodóvar, Robert Altman, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Toni Colette, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Peter Dinklage, Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Peter Greenaway, Sterling Hayden, Werner Herzog, Harvey Keitel, Ang Lee, David Lynch, Jack Nicholson, Mads Mikkelsen, Peter O'Toole, Sara Polley, Mickey Rooney, John Schlesinger, Jean Simmons, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, Andrei Tarkovsky and Peter Weir.^[13]

Style

As of 2015 the program was created by founder and artistic director Tom Luddy, executive director Julie Huntsinger and one of the Telluride Film Festival guest directors, who change each year. These have included Errol Morris, Peter Bogdanovich, Bertrand Tavernier, Salman Rushdie, Don DeLillo, Peter Sellars, Stephen Sondheim, Buck Henry, and Michael Ondaatje.

Each year, an artist is selected to produce the poster art for the festival. Those who have accepted the commission include Chuck Jones, David Salle, Doug and Mike Starn, Dottie Attie, Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha, Francesco Clemente, Dave McKean, Gary Larson^{[citation needed]} and Luke Dorman of Meow Wolf.^[14] The sole requirement for the poster is that the word SHOW be featured. This is a tribute to a large illuminated sign which says "Show" and sits outside of the Sheridan Opera House, the festival venue where the Silver Medallions are awarded.

Reactions

Susan Sontag, in her 1974 essay "Fascinating Fascism", lamented that, "The purification of Leni Riefenstahl's reputation of its Nazi dross has been gathering momentum for some time, but it has reached some kind of climax this year, with Riefenstahl the guest of honor at a new cinéphile-controlled film festival held in the summer in Colorado...."^[15]

After serving as guest director in 2001, Salman Rushdie wrote that, "It is extraordinarily exciting, in this age of the triumph of capitalism, to discover an event dedicated not to commerce but to love".^[16]

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 2002 that "the hothouse filmocentric universe Telluride creates over a Labor Day weekend has always been more a religion than anything as ordinary as a festival, complete with messianic believers and agnostic scoffers."^[17] Jeffrey Ruoff, a film historian at Dartmouth College, noted in 2015 that "Early buzz at Telluride opens the fall season of North American award speculation that climaxes with the Oscars."^[18]

Notes

^ Green, Penelope (February 26, 2023). "Tom Luddy, a Behind-the-Scenes Force in Cinema, Dies at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
^ "This is Telluride, festival capital of Colorado". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
^ "First Person: Tom Luddy". KQED. August 22, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "James Card; Telluride Film Festival Co-Founder". Los Angeles Times. January 21, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ Taufen, Amber (August 10, 2006). "Telluride Techies". Westword. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "Programs of the National Film Preserve - Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "Telluride Film Festival | UCLA School of TFT". www.tft.ucla.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
^ "Telluride, UCLA Film School Extend FilmLab Partnership". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
^ Ruoff, Jeffrey (January 31, 2016). Telluride in the Film Festival Galaxy. St Andrews: St Andrews Film Studies. ISBN 9781908437198.
^ Lane, Carly (September 1, 2021). "Telluride Film Festival Announces 2021 Lineup, Including 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Spencer,' and 'C'mon C'mon'". Collider. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ Ebert, Roger (June 13, 1999). "My Dinner with Andre movie review (1981)". www.rogerebert.com/. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "Program Guide - Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ Uproxx (August 28, 2013). "From Coppola to the Coens: 40 years of Telluride tributes". UPROXX. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ The Editors. "Telluride Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Program Lineup | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved September 5, 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ Sontag, Susan (1974). "Fascinating Fascism". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
^ Rushdie, Salmon (September 8, 2001). "No prizes for the best celebration of cinema". The Guardian. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
^ Turan, Kenneth (2002). From Sundance to Sarajevo: Film, Festivals and the World They Made. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 150. ISBN 9780520218673.
^ Ruoff, Jeffrey (September 8, 2015). "When Film Is a Festival". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ "Telluride Film Festival Collection". Academy Film Archive.

External links

Official website
Telluride Film Festival records, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

[1] Green, Penelope (February 26, 2023). "Tom Luddy, a Behind-the-Scenes Force in Cinema, Dies at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

[2] "This is Telluride, festival capital of Colorado". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

[3] "First Person: Tom Luddy". KQED. August 22, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[4] "James Card; Telluride Film Festival Co-Founder". Los Angeles Times. January 21, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[5] Taufen, Amber (August 10, 2006). "Telluride Techies". Westword. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[6] "Programs of the National Film Preserve - Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[7] "Telluride Film Festival | UCLA School of TFT". www.tft.ucla.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[8] "Telluride, UCLA Film School Extend FilmLab Partnership". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[9] Ruoff, Jeffrey (January 31, 2016). Telluride in the Film Festival Galaxy. St Andrews: St Andrews Film Studies. ISBN 9781908437198.

[10] Lane, Carly (September 1, 2021). "Telluride Film Festival Announces 2021 Lineup, Including 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Spencer,' and 'C'mon C'mon'". Collider. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[11] Ebert, Roger (June 13, 1999). "My Dinner with Andre movie review (1981)". www.rogerebert.com/. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[12] "Program Guide - Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[13] Uproxx (August 28, 2013). "From Coppola to the Coens: 40 years of Telluride tributes". UPROXX. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[14] The Editors. "Telluride Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Program Lineup | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved September 5, 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[15] Sontag, Susan (1974). "Fascinating Fascism". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved November 3, 2011.

[16] Rushdie, Salmon (September 8, 2001). "No prizes for the best celebration of cinema". The Guardian. Retrieved November 3, 2011.

[17] Turan, Kenneth (2002). From Sundance to Sarajevo: Film, Festivals and the World They Made. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 150. ISBN 9780520218673.

[18] Ruoff, Jeffrey (September 8, 2015). "When Film Is a Festival". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[19] "Telluride Film Festival Collection". Academy Film Archive.

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-The '''Telluride Film Festival''' was started in 1974 by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy and Jim Card in the town of [[Telluride, Colorado]], [[United States]]. It is operated by the [[National Film Preserve, LTD]].
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+The '''Telluride Film Festival''' ('''TFF''') is a [[film festival]] held annually in [[Telluride, Colorado]], during [[Labor Day|Labor Day weekend]] (the first Monday in September). The [[51st Telluride Film Festival|51st edition]] took place on August 30–September 4, 2024.
-During the 33rd Festival, Bill and Stella Pence announced that they would be retiring as Director and Managing Director. Gary Meyer was announced as the new Co-Director, with Tom Luddy. Julie Huntsinger was later hired to act as Managing Director. The festival is now based in [[Telluride, Colorado]] after years of having been based in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]] and later [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]. It is held on [[Labor Day]] weekend each year, although you will not find the word “annual” on any information, posters or announcements regarding the festival.
+==History==
-The program is a mix of forgotten gems and films making their North American, and in some cases World, premieres. Each year, tributes are paid to directors and actors who have fundamentally changed the world of film.
+First held on 30 August 1974, the festival, hosted at the Sheridan Opera House, was founded <ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=2023-02-26 |title=Tom Luddy, a Behind-the-Scenes Force in Cinema, Dies at 79 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/movies/tom-luddy-dead.html |access-date=2023-03-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> by Bill and Stella Pence,<ref>{{Cite web |title=This is Telluride, festival capital of Colorado |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/entertainment/2015/06/19/telluride-festival-capital-colorado/28984189/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Fort Collins Coloradoan |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Tom Luddy]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Person: Tom Luddy |url=https://www.kqed.org/forum/201108221000/first-person-tom-luddy |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=KQED |date=August 22, 2011 |language=en-us}}</ref> and [[James Card]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-01-21 |title=James Card; Telluride Film Festival Co-Founder |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-21-mn-56342-story.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> of Eastman-Kodak Film Preserve .<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taufen |first=Amber |date=August 10, 2006 |title=Telluride Techies |url=https://www.westword.com/arts/telluride-techies-5093592 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Westword |language=en}}</ref> It is operated by the National Film Preserve.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Programs of the National Film Preserve - Telluride Film Festival |url=https://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/nfp |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.telluridefilmfestival.org}}</ref>
+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 [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tft.ucla.edu/programs/festivals-workshops/telluride-film-festival/|title=Telluride Film Festival {{!}} UCLA School of TFT|website=www.tft.ucla.edu|access-date=July 4, 2017}}</ref> The partnership was further extended in 2012, the two partners created a mutually curated film program on UCLA's [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]] campus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/08/31/telluride-ucla-film-school-extend-filmlab-partnership/|title=Telluride, UCLA Film School Extend FilmLab Partnership|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=July 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref>[[File:Werner and Lena Herzog, Werner Herzog Theatre, 2013..tif|thumb|Werner Herzog and Lena Herzog outside the Werner Herzog Theatre in 2013.]]
-As far as the poster art goes, each year, an artist is selected to produce the poster art for the festival. the artist is granted much artistic icense- the single requirement is that the word SHOW be worked into the poster art. Artists have included Chuck Jones, David Salle, the Starn Bros., Dotty Attie, Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha, Francesco Clemente, Gary Larson and Dave McKean.
+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.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Telluride in the Film Festival Galaxy|last=Ruoff|first=Jeffrey|date=January 31, 2016|publisher=St Andrews Film Studies|isbn=9781908437198|location=St Andrews|language=en}}</ref>
+The festival went on hiatus in 2020 due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema|impact of the COVID-19 pandemic]], and resumed a year later in [[48th Telluride Film Festival|2021]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Carly |date=2021-09-01 |title=Telluride Film Festival Announces 2021 Lineup, Including 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Spencer,' and 'C'mon C'mon' |url=https://collider.com/telluride-film-festival-2021-lineup/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Collider |language=en-US}}</ref>
-There are six "special events" that take place over the course of The Telluride Film Festival, starting the first night of the festival-
+==Program==
-- '''The Opening Night Feed''' is held on Telluride's historic main street. The festival's passholders, filmmakers, celebrities and guests enjoy a buffet dinner and complimentary spirits.
+The bulk of the program is made up of new films, and there is an informal tradition that new films must be shown for the first time in North America to be eligible for the festival.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} Telluride is situated on the international film festival calendar after the [[Cannes Film Festival]], but just before the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] and the [[New York Film Festival]]. This insistence on premieres has led to Telluride's being associated with the discovery of a number of important new films and filmmakers like [[Michael Moore]] (whose first film ''[[Roger and Me]]'' debuted there in 1989) and [[Robert Rodriguez]] (whose first feature ''[[El Mariachi]]'' got its first festival screening there in 1992).
+The festival has also hosted the American premiere of films such as ''[[My Dinner With Andre]]'' ([[Louis Malle]], 1981),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=June 13, 1999 |title=My Dinner with Andre movie review (1981) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-my-dinner-with-andre-1981 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.rogerebert.com/ |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Stranger than Paradise]]'' ([[Jim Jarmusch]], 1984), ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'' ([[David Lynch]], 1986), ''[[The Civil War (TV series)|The Civil War]]'' ([[Ken Burns]], 1990), ''[[The Crying Game]]'' ([[Neil Jordan]], 1992), ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]'' ([[David Lynch]], 2001), ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' ([[Ang Lee]], 2005), ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' ([[Morten Tyldum]], 2014), [[Sully (film)|''Sully'']] ([[Clint Eastwood]], 2016), ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' ([[Barry Jenkins]], 2016), ''[[Lady Bird (film)|Lady Bird]]'' ([[Greta Gerwig]], 2017), and ''[[Saltburn (film)|Saltburn]]'' ([[Emerald Fennell]], 2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Program Guide - Telluride Film Festival |url=https://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/show/program_guide |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.telluridefilmfestival.org}}</ref>
-- '''The Filmmaker Dinner''' is an exclusive VIP event held in an elegant private home on the eve of the festival to welcome the filmmakers, actors and special honorees.
+Since 1995, a special medallion has also been presented annually, usually to a non-filmmaker who has had a major impact on American or international film culture.  Past recipients include Milos Stehlik (founder of [[Facets Multi-Media]]), [[HBO]], the French film magazine ''[[Positif (magazine)|Positif]]'', [[Ted Turner]], and [[Janus Films]].
-- '''The Patron's Brunch''' is an exclusive party held for 400-500 Patron Passholders and filmmaker guests at the famous Skyline Ranch. 13,000' peaks are used as the perfect backdrop for the lavish food and drink served and is a perfect place to mingle with directors, celebrities, and industry insiders.
+===Silver Medallion===
--'''The Filmmaker Reception''' is a private mid-festival mixer that offers a fun and informal environment for filmmakers and sponsors to catch up.
+The [[Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion]] is awarded to three honorees each year.
+The 1974 tributes honored [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Gloria Swanson]] and [[Leni Riefenstahl]]. Other tributees have included [[Riz Ahmed]], [[Pedro Almodóvar]], [[Robert Altman]], [[Christian Bale]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[George Clooney]], [[Toni Collette|Toni Colette]], [[Penélope Cruz]], [[Marion Cotillard]], [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], [[Catherine Deneuve]], [[Gérard Depardieu]], [[Peter Dinklage]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Jodie Foster]], [[Peter Greenaway]], [[Sterling Hayden]], [[Werner Herzog]], [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Ang Lee]], [[David Lynch]], [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Mads Mikkelsen]], [[Peter O'Toole]], [[Sarah Polley|Sara Polley]], [[Mickey Rooney]], [[John Schlesinger]], [[Jean Simmons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Tilda Swinton]], [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] and [[Peter Weir]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uproxx |date=2013-08-28 |title=From Coppola to the Coens: 40 years of Telluride tributes |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/from-coppola-to-the-coens-40-years-of-telluride-tributes/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}</ref>
--'''The Mid-Festival Gathering''' is a fun, late-night VIP and celebrity bash held in one of Telluride's signature private homes. An elegant buffet dinner is served with select wines, cocktails, and a special midnight toast- a favored festival tradition.
+==Style==
--'''The Labor Day Picnic''' is held in Telluride's Town Park with breathtaking views of the rugged San Juan Mountains.
+As of 2015 the program was created by founder and artistic director Tom Luddy, executive director [[Julie Huntsinger]] and one of the [[Telluride film festival guest directors|Telluride Film Festival guest directors]], who change each year. These have included [[Errol Morris]], [[Peter Bogdanovich]], [[Bertrand Tavernier]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Don DeLillo]], [[Peter Sellars]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Buck Henry]], and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
-[http://telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/36thTFF_SponsorDeck.pdf]
+Each year, an artist is selected to produce the poster art for the festival. Those who have accepted the commission include [[Chuck Jones]], [[David Salle]], [[Doug and Mike Starn]], [[Dottie Attie]], [[Jim Dine]], [[Ed Ruscha]], [[Francesco Clemente]], [[Dave McKean]], [[Gary Larson]]{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} and [[Luke Dorman]] of [[Meow Wolf]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=The Editors|title=Telluride Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Program Lineup {{!}} Festivals & Awards {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/telluride-film-festival-announces-full-2021-program-lineup|access-date=2021-09-05|website=rogerebert.com|language=en}}</ref> The sole requirement for the poster is that the word SHOW be featured. This is a tribute to a large illuminated sign which says "Show" and sits outside of the Sheridan Opera House, the festival venue where the Silver Medallions are awarded.
-There are also seven "programs" spread throughout the four days of the festival:
+== Reactions ==
-- '''The Festival Lounge''' is the official lounge venue for the festival and provides a place for guests and passholders to meet and relax. Festival program guides, newspapers and local information are provided in this venue. Promotions, product sampling and demonstrations can be offered here as well.
+[[Susan Sontag]], in her 1974 essay "Fascinating Fascism", lamented that, "The purification of Leni Riefenstahl's reputation of its Nazi dross has been gathering momentum for some time, but it has reached some kind of climax this year, with Riefenstahl the guest of honor at a new cinéphile-controlled film festival held in the summer in Colorado...."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Sontag, Susan |year=1974 |title=Fascinating Fascism |url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1975/feb/06/fascinating-fascism |accessdate=November 3, 2011 |magazine=[[The New York Review of Books]]}}</ref>
+After serving as guest director in 2001, [[Salman Rushdie]] wrote that, "It is extraordinarily exciting, in this age of the triumph of capitalism, to discover an event dedicated not to commerce but to love".<ref>{{cite news |title=No prizes for the best celebration of cinema |author=Rushdie, Salmon |newspaper=The Guardian |date= September 8, 2001 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/08/telluridefilmfestival.salmanrushdie |access-date= November 3, 2011}}</ref>
-- '''The Noon Seminars''' takes place in an open forum setting where hundreds of festival attendees converge upon Telluride's Elks Park to listen to panels of film industry experts critique and discuss film and the the issues facing filmmakers. Past panelists have included Penelope Cruz, Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Todd Haynes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Lee, Laura Linney, William H. Macy, Sean Penn, Julian Schnabel, Meryl Streep, Ted Turner, Forest Whitaker and many more.
+Kenneth Turan of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote in 2002 that "the hothouse filmocentric universe Telluride creates over a Labor Day weekend has always been more a religion than anything as ordinary as a festival, complete with messianic believers and agnostic scoffers."<ref>{{cite book |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |title=From Sundance to Sarajevo: Film, Festivals and the World They Made |url=https://archive.org/details/sundancetosaraje00tura_963 |url-access=limited |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sundancetosaraje00tura_963/page/n160 150]|isbn=9780520218673 }}</ref> Jeffrey Ruoff, a film historian at Dartmouth College, noted in 2015 that "Early buzz at Telluride opens the fall season of North American award speculation that climaxes with the Oscars."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-ruoff/when-film-is-a-festival_b_8092396.html|title=When Film Is a Festival|last=Ruoff|first=Jeffrey|date=September 8, 2015|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>
-- '''The Conversations''' is an event where several major guest artists are scheduled, with a celebrity moderator, to discuss their work.  Past guests have included Willem Dafoe, Janet Leigh, Robert McNamara, Michael Moore, Errol Morris, Sean Penn, Salman Rushdie, Stephen Sondheim, Gus Van Sant, and more.
+==Archive==
-- '''The Tributes''' recognizes three artists for their significant contribution to the history of world cinema.  The tributees are presented with a Silver Medallion and their stellar careers are honored with a program of clips, a feature presentation, and often an on-stage interview.  Past Tributees include Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Ang Lee, David Lynch, Jack Nicholson, Peter O'Toole, Mickey Rooney, John Schlesinger, and Meryl Streep.
+The Academy Film Archive houses the Telluride Film Festival Collection, which consists of conversations with iconic filmmakers, tributes, symposium and seminars dating back to 1978.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telluride Film Festival Collection|url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/telluride-film-festival-collection-0|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>
+==Notes==
-- '''The Individual Films''' event presents 18-20 US or World premieres. Each film is accompanied by its director, producer, and/or actors. Recent premieres have included Into the Wild, Babel, Last King of Scotland, Juno, Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog Millionaire, and Capote.
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
-- '''The Volunteer Program''' is composed of a cross-section of American life with abounding passion for the festival and incredible stories to tell. From high-ranking lawyers, to corporate execs, to college students, the 400+ volunteers are the true heart of the festival.
+* {{official website|http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/}}
+* [http://catalog.oscars.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=67116 Telluride Film Festival records], Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
+{{Telluride Film Festival}}
-- '''The Filmmakers of Tomorrow- Calling Cards and Great Expectations''' is made up of two series. The Calling card series is composed of short films made by emerging filmmakers outside of film school who use their films as their "calling card" to get their next project started.  Filmmakers of Tomorrow series features special, longer films by students and film artists whose debut visions demonstrate a maturity of style.
-[http://telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/36thTFF_SponsorDeck.pdf]
-There are nine theatre venues in Telluride used at the festival:
-- '''Abel Gance''': Created in 1979 to show the 1927 masterpiece NAPOLEON by French director Abel Gance, the Open Air Cinema is located in Elks Park. This theatre, now a much beloved Telluride tradition, shows festival films each night, free of charge, to huge enthusiastic crowds.
--'''Backlot''': The Backlot is an intimate all-digital video screening room dedicated to the art of film. It provides attendees with a special behind the scenes look to the past, present and future of cinemas where they discover new stories about famous and unknown film personalities.
-- '''Chuck Jones''': Seating 500 in a superb, professional theatre with top quality projection equipment and Dolby sound, the "Chuck" is a favorite of festival audiences. Located in Mountain Village, the CJC is linked to downtown Telluride by a free, spectacular 12-minute gondola ride.
-- '''Galaxy''': Unveiled in 2001, the galactic artistry of the Galaxy theatre quickly made it a festival favorite. Seating 500 in partial stadium seating, the Galaxy is a spectacularly designed state of the art theatre, featuring Dolby sound and immaculate projection.
-- '''Le Pierre''': Named after our longtime friend and one of the world's great cinephiles, Pierre Rissient, Le Pierre is a sophisticated and intimate venue (135 seats) that features comfortable stadium seating and is equipped with 16mm and 35mm projection as well as digital video projection.
-- '''Masons Hall''': The historic Masons Hall is the festival's own "art" house. Seating 151, and utilizing 35mm and 16mm projection and Dolby sound, this theatre features the most specialized festival programs. At the Masons you'll be treated to films you could rarely, if ever, see elsewhere.
-- '''Nugget''': The Nugget Theatre opened in 1995 and has operated as Telluride's year-round movie theatre. Seating 200, this historic theatre has a rugged, mountain town flavor. With excellent 35mm and 16mm projection and Dolby sound, it is a mainstay of festival scheduling.
-- '''Palm''': Opened in 2005, named in memory of philanthropist Michel D. Palm, the Palm theatre is a 30,000 square foot multi-use performing arts facility located in Telluride High School. Seating 650, the Palm features wide screen cinema with dual 35mm projectors, a large format digital projector and surround sound.
-- '''Sheridan Opera House''': This "jewel box" of a theatre was built in 1912. Noted for its turn of the century Venetian roll-up curtain, the Opera House is the primary venue of the festival.  Most of the world and US premieres occur here. This showcase facility is also the site of the festival's Tributes.
-[http://telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/36thTFF_SponsorDeck.pdf]
-Some noteworthy film premieres include: ''[[Sling Blade]]'', ''[[American Violet]]'', ''[[Babel (film)|Babel]]'', ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'', ''[[Everlasting Moments]]'', ''[[Flash of Genius (film)|Flash of Genius]]'', ''[[Happy-Go-Lucky]]'', ''[[Infamous (film)|Infamous]]'', ''[[Roger & Me]]'', ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]'', ''[[Gummo]]'', ''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]'', ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'', ''[[Little Children (film)|Little Children]]'', ''[[The Lives of Others]]'', ''[[The Crying Game]]'',  ''[[Amélie]]'', ''[[El Mariachi]]'', ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', ''[[Swingers (1996 film)|Swingers]]'', ''[[Nosferatu]]'', ''[[City of God (film)|City of God]]'', ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'',* ''[[El Norte (film)|El Norte]]'', ''[[Rushmore (film)|Rushmore]]'', ''[[My Dinner with André]]'', ''[[To End All Wars]]'', ''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]'', The [[Qatsi Trilogy]], ''[[Margot at the Wedding]]'', ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'', ''[[Volver]]'', ''[[Shattered Glass]]'', ''[[Touching the Void (film)|Touching the Void]]'', ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]'',* ''[[The Fog of War]]'',* ''[[Finding Neverland]]'', ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', ''[[Walk the Line]]'', ''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]'', ''[[Conversations with Other Women]]'', ''[[Venus (film)|Venus]]'', ''[[Elephant (film)|Elephant]]'',* ''[[Gunner Palace]]'', ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'', ''[[Yes (film)|Yes]]'', ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'', and ''[[The Civil War (documentary)|The Civil War]]'' by perennial attendee [[Ken Burns]], The Last Station. (Asterisks indicate American, not worldwide, premieres.)
-Tributes have been paid to artists such as [[Gloria Swanson]], [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Gérard Depardieu]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Fay Wray]], [[Klaus Kinski]], [[Laura Linney]], [[Isabelle Huppert]], and [[Jodie Foster]]. The list of directors who've accepted Telluride tributes includes: [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Werner Herzog]], [[Chuck Jones]], [[Robert Altman]], [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], [[Pedro Almodóvar]], [[Ken Burns]] and [[Neil Jordan]].
-Not to be confused with [[Mountainfilm in Telluride]], another film festival held annually in Telluride over Memorial Day weekend.
-==Special honors==
-There are no prizes or awards given, unlike other [[film festivals]]. Instead, simply being included in the program is an honor that a mere forty or so films get to earn each year. The primary focus is on [[independent film]]. In addition to features, a number of shorts and student films are also selected from myriad submissions each year. The program is created by co-directors [[Gary Meyer]], [[Tom Luddy]] and a third, carefully chosen "guest director" each year. Past guest directors include [[Errol Morris]], [[Peter Bogdanovich]], [[Bertrand Tavernier]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Don DeLillo]], [[Peter Sellars]], [[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[Buck Henry]], among others.
-While the selection process involved in putting the program together is highly competitive, there are no juried awards given at this festival. There are, however, special honors bestowed upon a few people each year. These include:
-*The [[Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion]] - Typically, 3 of these are given out at each festival to actors and directors. Accompanying the medallion is a special tribute program of clips and films that exhibit the honoree's distinguished career and achievements.
-*[[Telluride film festival guest directors|Telluride Film Festival Guest Directors]]: A guest director is chosen each year and serves to bring new ideas and overlooked films to Telluride
-*The Festival is dedicated to a fallen friend of the festival, in the unfortunate event of one's passing.
-==Festival guests==
-Festival guests have included: [[Joan Allen]], [[Laurie Anderson]], [[Ellen Barkin]], [[Noah Baumbach]], [[Annette Bening]], [[Peter Bogdanovich]], [[Helena Bonham Carter]], [[Ken Burns]], [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Toni Collette]], [[Bill Condon]], [[Sofia Coppola]], [[Daniel Craig]], [[David Cronenberg]], [[Penelope Cruz]], [[Willem Dafoe]], [[Don DeLillo]], [[Roy Disney]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Ralph Fiennes]], [[David Fincher]], [[Harrison Ford]], [[Jodie Foster]], [[Andy Garcia]], [[Gael Garcia Bernal]], [[Terry Gilliam]], [[Phillip Glass]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], [[Michel Gondry]], [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], [[Marcia Gay Harden]], [[Todd Haynes]], [[Buck Henry]], [[Werner Herzog]], [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]], [[Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu]], [[Tamara Jenkins]], [[Neil Jordan]], [[Catherine Keener]], [[Greg Kinnear]], [[Ang Lee]], [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]], [[Daniel Day Lewis]], [[Laura Linney]], [[George Lucas]], [[Kevin_Macdonald_(director)|Kevin Macdonald]], [[William H. Macy]], [[James Mangold]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Errol Morris]], [[Youssou N'Dour]], [[Peter O'Toole]], [[Sean Penn]], [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Walter Salles]], [[Julian Schnabel]], [[Paul Schrader]], [[Liev Schreiber]], [[Chloe Sevigny]], [[Tom Shadyac]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Rip Torn]], [[Ted Turner]], [[Gus Van Sant]], [[Forest Whitaker]], and many more.
-[http://telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/36thTFF_SponsorDeck.pdf]
-==Working for the festival==
-A staff of over 500 [http://telluridefilmfestival.org/volunteer.html volunteers] comes together each year to build venues, project films, serve popcorn, and host special events. Each year, the festival offers a small number of production apprentice positions that people over the age of 21 can apply for. A wage is paid and housing is provided.
-==Film entry==
-Unsolicited works may be submitted for consideration from [[April 15]] to [[July 15]] each year. Movies of any length, in any format, and in all genres and disciplines are eligible for consideration. Professional and amateur filmmakers working in all aesthetic disciplines and genres are welcome. The TFF has one key restriction, however, on feature length films: any works 60 minutes or longer which have had any public exposure in North America prior to the Labor Day event are immediately precluded from consideration.
-==Media coverage==
-The Telluride Film Festival regularly welcomes representatives from many distinguished news outlets. The past two festivals attracted critics Scott Foundas, Pete Hammond, Leonard Maltin, Todd McCarthy, Joe Morgenstern, Michael Rechtshaffen and A.O. Scott and yielded enthusiastic coverage in the Boston Globe, Box Office, Christian Science Monitor, Daily Variety, Denver Post, The Guardian (London), The Hollywood Reporter, LA Daily News, LA Times, London Free Press, New York Times, Reuters, Rocky Mountain News, San Francisco Chronicle, Screen International, W Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Weekly Variety, Entertainment Tonight, Starz Cinema, and online at many sites including washingtonpost.com, indiewire.com, laweekly.com, apple.com, LeonardMaltin.com, theenvelope.com, backstage.com, screendaily.com, greencine.com, movieshow.com, moviesonline.com, moviehabit.com, slashfilm.com, cinematical.com, MSNBC, yahoo.com, filmthreat.com, variety.com and dellounge.com.
-[http://telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/36thTFF_SponsorDeck.pdf]
-==The 34th Festival 2007==
-*Guest Director: [http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/press/release/TXT0108 Edith Kramer]
-*Tributees: [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], [[Michel Legrand]] and [[Shyam Benegal]]
-*Special Medallion: [[Leonard Maltin]]
-*Films: ''[http://imdb.com/title/tt1093837/maindetails Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema]'' (U.S., 2007, 115m), ''[[Secret Sunshine]]'' (South Korea, 2007, 142m), ''[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809936126/info The Return of Norman Lloyd]'' (U.S., 2007, 67m), ''[[Rails & Ties|Rails and Ties]]'' (U.S., 2007,108m), ''Five Days in June'' (France, 1989, 108m), ''The Young Girls of Rochefort'' (France, 1967, 124m), ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'' (France, 2007, 112m), ''[[4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days]]'' (Romania, 2007, 113m), ''[http://www.thebandsvisit.com/ The Band's Visit]'' (Israel, 2007, 80m), ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0838233/ A Thousand Years of Good Prayers]'' (U.S., 2007, 83m), ''Angkur'' (India, 1974, 131m), ''[[Bhumika]]'' (India, 1977, 142m), ''[[Zubeidaa]]'' (India, 2001, 153m), ''The Counterfeiters'' (Austria, 2007, 98m), ''[[Persepolis (film)|Persepolis]]'' (France-U.S., 2007, 96m), ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829098/ When Did You Last See Your Father?]'' (UK, 2007, 92m), ''[[The Big Parade]]'' (U.S., 1925, 143m), ''[http://www.terrorsadvocate.com/ Terror's Advocate]'' (France, 2007, 135m), ''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]'' (U.S., 2007, 140m), ''George Kuchar, Moviemaker'', ''[[Jar City]]'' (Iceland, 2007, 91m), ''[[Jellyfish (film)|Jellyfish]]'' (Israel, 2007, 78m), ''[[Blind Mountain]]'' (China, 2007, 95m), ''[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809761926/info Brick Lane]'' (UK, 2007, 102m), ''Bound by Chastity Rules'' (South Korea, 1962, 99m), ''[[My Enemy's Enemy]]'' (UK, 2007, 87m), ''[[People on Sunday]]'' (Germany, 1929, 73m), ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847880/ Cargo 200]'' (Russia, 2007, 90m), ''[[Margot at the Wedding]]'' (U.S., 2007, 100m), ''[[Encounters at the End of the World]]'' (U.S., 2007, 98m), ''[[I'm Not There]]'' (U.S., 2007, 135m), ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' (UK, 1965, 90m), ''[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809924864/info Wind Man]'' (Russia-Kazakhstan, 2007, 90m), ''[[Dillinger Is Dead]]'' (Italy, 1969, 95m), ''Journey with Peter Sellars'' (UK, 2007, 90m), ''Rediscovering Vitaphone'', ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138792/ The Way You Wanted Me]'' (Finland, 1944, 102m), ''[[Millions Like Us]]'' (UK, 1943, 101m), ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023190/ Marie, a Hungarian Legend]'' (Hungary, 1932, 68m)
-*Sneak Previews: ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]'' (U.S., 2007, 92m), ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'' (U.S., 2007, 113m), ''[[Redacted (film)|Redacted]]'' (U.S., 2007, 86m), ''The Princess of Nebraska'' (U.S., 2007, 78m)
-*Shorts: ''Fission'' (d. Kun-I Chang, U.S., 2007 5m), ''L'Amerique Lunaire'' (d. François Reichenbach, France, 1962, 8m), ''Madame Tutli-Putli'' (d. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, Canada, 2007, 17m), ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071820/ The Pearce Sisters]'' (d. Luis Cook, UK, 2007, 9m), ''Salim Baba'' (d. Tim Sternberg, India-U.S., 2007, 15m), ''Spider'' (d. Nash Edgerton, Australia, 2007, 9m), ''Yours Truly'' (d. Osbert Parker, UK, 2007, 7m), ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071232/ The Replacement Child]'' (d. Justin Lerner, U.S., 2007, 25m), ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0999895/ In the Name of the Son]'' (d. Harun Mehmedinovic, U.S./Bosnia/India, 2007, 25m),  ''Joburg'' (d. Thabo Wolfaardt, South Africa, 2007, 22m).
-==The 33rd Festival 2006==
-[[Image:33rd poster full1.jpg|thumb|left|33rd poster, by John Canemaker <br>Program PDF download: http://telluridefilmfestival.org/pdfs/33tffguide_abcd.pdf]]
-*Guest Director: [[Jean-Pierre Gorin]]
-*Tributees: [[Walter Murch]], [[Penelope Cruz|Penélope Cruz]] and [[Rolf de Heer]]
-*Films: ''Murch'' (U.S., 2006), ''Jindabyne'' (Australia, 2006), ''Charmed Lives'' (England, 1968), ''Venus'' (UK 2006), ''[[The Italian (2005 film)|The Italian]]'' (Russia, 2006), ''[[Volver]]'' (Spain, 2006), ''[[Infamous (film)|Infamous]]'' (U.S., 2006), ''20,000 Streets Under the Sky'' (UK, 2006), ''The Page Turner'' (France, 2006), ''Civic Life'' (Ireland, 2006), ''[[Ten Canoes]]'' (Australia, 2006), ''Day Night Day Night'' (U.S./Germany, 2006), ''12:08 East of Bucharest'' (Romania, 2006), ''[[The Lives of Others]]'' (Germany, 2006), ''The Sentimental Bloke'' (Australia, 1919), ''Ghosts of Cité Soleil'' (Denmark/U.S., 2006), ''[[Fur (film)|Fur]]'' (U.S., 2006), ''[[Dodsworth (film)|Dodsworth]]'' (U.S., 1936), ''[[The U.S. Versus John Lennon|The U.S. vs. John Lennon]]'' (U.S., 2006), ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' (UK, 2006), ''[[Playtime]]'' (France, 1967), ''Little Children'' (U.S., 2006), ''Passio'' (Netherlands/Italy/U.S., 2006), ''Deep Water'' (UK, 2006), ''Lonesome'' (U.S., 1928), ''Babel'' (Mexico, 2006), ''[[Severance (film)|Severance]]'' (UK, 2006), ''The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On'' (Japan, 1986), Indignes "Days of Glory" (France-Algeria, 2006), ''Signs'' (France, 2006), ''No Third Company'' (Romania, 2006), ''Don't Move'' (Italy, 2004), Directed by John Ford (U.S. 1971/2006), ''Maldone'' (France, 1928), ''Remorques'' (France, 2006), ''Lumière d'Été'' (France, 1943)
-*Shorts: ''Dreams and Desires - Family Ties'' (d. Joanna Quinn, UK, 2006 10m), ''Carmichael & Shane'' (d. Alex Weinress and Rob Carlton, Australia, 2005, 5m), ''When We Are Big'' ''"Als Wij Groot Zijn"'' (d. Eveline Ketterings, Netherlands, 2006, 7m), ''Rabbit'' (d. Run Wrake, Scotland, 2005, 9m), ''Din of Celestial Birds'' (d. Elias Merhige, U.S., 2006, 14m), ''Changes'' (d. Lorcan Finnegan, Ireland, 2006, 3m), ''Film Noir'' (d. Osbert Parker, UK, 2005, 3m), ''The Tube With A Hat'' (d. Radu Jude, Romania, 2006, 23m), ''Marilene De La P7'' (d. Christian Nemescu, Romania, 2006, 45m), ''Bawke'' (d. Hisham Zaman, Norway, 2005, 15m), ''The Eyes of Alicia'' (d. Ugo Sanz, Spain, 2005, 8m), ''Delivery'' (d. Till Nowak, Germany, 2005, 9m), ''I Want To Be A Pilot'' (d. Diego Quemada-Diez, U.S., 2006, 12m), ''Burst'' (d. Juliet Lamont, Australia, 2006, 7m), ''Run'' (d. Peter Mackie Burns, Scotland, 2005, 9m), ''Useless Dog'' (d. Ken Wardrop, Ireland, 2004, 5m), ''Dead Letters'' (d. Paolo Rotondo, New Zealand, 2006, 13m), ''Cross Your Eyes  Keep Them Wide'' (d. Ben Wu, 2006, 23m), [http://wolvesinthewoods.com Wolves in the Woods] (d. B. J. Schwartz, 2006, 7m), ''High Maintenance'' (d. Phillip Van,  2006, 8m), ''Graceland'' (d. Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2006, 18m), ''Your Dark Hair Ihsan'' (d. Tala Hadid, 2005, 13m), ''Substitute'' (d. Talya Lavie, Israel, 2005, 19m)
-*At the 33rd Festival, co-founders and directors Bill and Stella Pence announced their retirement. Gary Meyer will take over Bill's Position and continue working with Tom Luddy.
-==Festival trivia==
-{{Trivia|date=September 2007}}
-Each year, a small painting is applied to the sidewalk outside the [[Sheridan Hotel]] to commemorate the near fatality of festival director [[Tom Luddy]].
-The festival operations/production department is unofficially known as [[Vespucci Pictures]], whose slogan is "Save a buck, make a buck".
-There is a festival super hero; bike riding Cookie Boy.{{Fact|date=March 2009}}
-Unlike most other film festivals, the Telluride Film Festival does not announce its program line-up in advance.  Filmgoers purchase festival passes on faith, and the schedule is released the day before the Festival begins.
-The Telluride Film Festival is rated among top 10 international festivals, as well as among the top 5 of U.S. Festivals, alongside Sundance, Austin Film Fest, AFI Fest and Tribeca.
-==External links==
-*[http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/ Telluride Film Festival official site]
-*[http://smithsonianjourneys.org/Vistas/Vistas_articles/Telluride.asp Smithsonian Journeys]
-*[http://www.visittelluride.com/ Telluride Tourism Information]
-*[http://www.telluride.net/ Telluride Visitor Information]
-*[http://www.telluride-rentals.com/ Telluride Rentals - Private Luxury Vacation Rentals]
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