Telluride Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup
The 53rd Telluride Film Festival will screen more than sixty feature films, short films and revival programs representing countries from around the world, alongside Tributes, Guest Director selections, Conversations, Panels, Student Programs and Festivities. This year’s Festival runs Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7, 2026.
The 53rd Telluride Film Festival is proud to present the following new feature films and long-formworks to play in its main program, the SHOW:
- A LONG WINTER (d. Andrew Haigh, U.K., 2026)
- ACT 3 (d. Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Ireland/U.K., 2026)
- ALPHA GANG (d. David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, U.S., 2026)
- AVEDON (d. Ron Howard, U.S., 2026)
- BUCKING FASTARD (d. Werner Herzog, Ireland/U.S., 2026)
- BURGUNDY (d. Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, France, 2026)
- CARL SAGAN: WE ARE MADE OF STAR STUFF (d. Nanette Burstein, U.S., 2026)
- CLUB KID (d. Jordan Firstman, U.S., 2026)
- THE DEBUT (d. Jesse Eisenberg, U.S., 2026)
- THE DISCIPLE (d. Joanna Natasegara, U.K./U.S./Morocco, 2026)
- ELSINORE (d. Simon Stone, U.K., 2026)
- EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE (d. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, U.S./China/Nepal, 2026)
- FATHERLAND (d. Paweł Pawlikowski, Poland/France/Germany/Italy, 2026)
- FJORD (d. Cristian Mungiu, Romania/France/Norway/Sweden/Denmark, 2026)
- GENTLE MONSTER (d. Marie Kreutzer, Austria/Germany/France, 2026)
- THE IDIOT(S) (d. Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert, Poland/Germany, 2026)
- INK (d. Danny Boyle, U.K./U.S./France, 2026)
- LA BOLA NEGRA (d. Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Spain/France, 2026)
- THE LIBERATION (d. Guy Nattiv, U.S., 2026)
- MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE (d. Sofia Coppola, Italy/U.S., 2026)
- THE MAN I LOVE (d. Ira Sachs, U.S., 2026)
- MINOTAUR (d. Andrey Zvyagintsev, France/Germany/Latvia, 2026)
- MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART II – EXILE (d. Julia Loktev, U.S., 2026)
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM (d. David Greaves, Liani Greaves, U.S., 2026)
- THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK (d. Noah Segan, U.S., 2026)
- PETE TOWNSHEND: BEHIND BLUE EYES (d. Frank Marshall, Nigel Sinclair, U.S./U.K., 2026)
- REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION (d. Pegah Ahangarani, Czech Republic/Spain, 2026)
- ROSE (d. Markus Schleinzer, Austria/Germany, 2026)
- THE ROW (d. Bryan Fogel, U.S./Australia/Ireland, 2026)
- THE STORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM (d. Mark Cousins, Scotland/U.K., 2026)
- SUMO: SPIRIT WEIGHS NOTHING (d. Erik Shirai, U.S./Japan/U.K./Denmark, 2026)
- TENDER LOVING CARE (d. Mike Leigh, U.K., 2026)
- TENZING (d. Jennifer Peedom, U.S./Australia, 2026)
- THE UNKNOWN (d. Arthur Harari, France/Italy, 2026)
- WILD HORSE NINE (d. Martin McDonagh, Chile/U.S., 2026)
Also playing in the main program are two newly restored features: BEGOTTEN (d. E. Elias Merhige, U.S., 1989/2026) and BEAU GESTE (d. Herbert Brenon, U.S., 1926), with live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin; short films: A SONG FOR THE SNOW LION (d. Pawo Choyning Dorji, Bhutan/U.S., 2026), A DANCE THROUGH TIME (d. Sarah Gavron, U.K., 2026), MAYBE TOMORROW (d. Wafa Mustafa, Waad Al-Kateab, U.K., 2026), SAWYER AVENUE, SUNDAY AFTERNOON (d. Bill Morrison, U.S., 2026), LOVE, RENDERED (d. Liz Garbus, U.S., 2026), THE REVOLUTION AGAINST DEATH (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark/Sweden, 2026), and Ben Proudfoot’s THE BUFFALO MIRACLE (U.S., 2026) and WITT V. AIR FORCE (U.S., 2026).
Telluride Film Festival is also pleased to welcome acclaimed actor, writer and director Rebecca Hall as this year’s Guest Director. A cherished Festival tradition, the Guest Director program invites a distinguished artist to curate a special selection of films, offering audiences a fresh lens through which to explore cinema history. Her curated program is presented in partnership with Turner Classic Movies, the Festival’s proud sponsor of the Guest Director section this year. Hall will present the following selections:
- AKENFIELD (d. Peter Hall, U.K., 1974)
- MARGARET (d. Kenneth Lonergan, U.S., 2011)
- PORTRAIT OF JASON (d. Shirley Clarke, U.S., 1967)
- THE SERVANT (d. Joseph Losey, U.K., 1963)
- SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (d. Charlie Kaufman, U.S., 2008)
- WHAT’S UP, DOC? (d. Peter Bogdanovich, U.S., 1972)