Telluride Film Festival : Highlights

The likeliest Oscar contenders, women directors on the rise and diversity.

The Telluride Film Festival, which unfolded over this Labor Weekend, screened over sixty feature films, short films and revival programs from 26 countries. The organizers did set out the program of this year’s likeliest Oscar contenders, including Joe Wright’s ‘Darkest Hour’, Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird”, Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Shape of Water’, and Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris “Battle of the Sexes”

The extensive main program had 30 new feature films in the lineup including also Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father”, Christopher Quinn’s “Eating Animals”, Paul McGuigan’s “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”, Andrew Haigh’s “Lean on Pete” , Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing” among others.

Notably, the festival featured a number of female directors, who earned rave reviews including Greta Gerwig, Angelina Jolie, Rebecca Miller, Chloe Zhao, Valerie Faris and Agnes Varda.

The foreign-language program brought on quite a diverse stories from Russia (Loveless, Tesnota), Chile (A Fantastic Woman), Lebanon (The Insult) to name a few.

Alongside the main program, additional programs included revival selections by guest director Joshua Oppenheimer and BACKLOT(Behind-the-scenes movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers).

最有可能的奥斯卡竞争者，女性董事的崛起和多样性。

在这个劳动节周末展开的 Telluride 电影节，放映了来自26个国家的60多部故事片、短片和复兴节目。主办方确定了今年最有可能角逐奥斯卡的影片，包括 Joe Wright 的 “Darkest Hour”、Greta Gerwig 的 “Lady Bird”、Guillermo del Toro 的 “Shape of Water”, 以及Jonathan Dayton 和 Valerie Faris 的 “Battle of the Sexes”。

大阵容主要节目包络30部新片，其中包括 Angelina Jolie 的 “First They Killed My Father”、Christopher Quinn 的 “Eating Animals”、Paul McGuigan 的 “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”、Andrew Haigh 的 “Lean on Pete” 以及 Alexander Payne 的 “Downsizing” 等等。

值得注意的是，电影节上有很多女性导演，她们赢得了包括 Greta Gerwig、Angelina Jolie、Rebecca Miller、Chloe Zhao、Valerie Faris 和 Agnes Varda 在内的好评。

这个外语节目从俄罗斯（Loveless,Tesnota）、智利（A Fantastic Woman）以及黎巴嫩（The Insult）带来了很多不同的故事，仅举几例。

除了主要节目之外，其他节目还包括由嘉宾导演 Joshua Oppenheimer 和 BACKLOT（幕后电影艺术家、音乐家和电影制作人）的复活之选。