Telluride International Film Festival

A top-of-the-line boutique festival in a magnificent setting, Telluride continues to impress its audiences with both highly anticipated titles and archival treasures.

Festival Website: http://www.telluridefilmfestival.com/

Timing: Four days over the Labor Day weekend

2009 Dates: September 4-7

Programming

A discriminating selection of international world premieres and revivals. Due to the festival’s prestige, programmers can cherry pick the best of what’s available. It’s hard to go wrong here; whatever you decide to see.

Special Guests

Many A-list filmmakers and other luminaries from around the world attend.

Audience

Industry types and journalists attend in force, but they don’t seem to affect the laid-back ambience of this friendly place. The give-and-take among cinephiles waiting in line to get into screenings is among the best anywhere.

Screening Venues:

Some are improvised for the event, but all are satisfactory. The festival sponsors free late-night outdoor screenings.

Screening Schedule

Screenings begin in the morning and continue late into the evening.

Tickets

Individual tickets are $20 each, but they’re hard to come by. Various passes are also available, but these, too, sell out quickly.

Surroundings

Telluride is a picturesque town perched high in the Rockies, but it’s not easy to get to.

The Town of Telluride

THE FESTIVAL YEAR BY YEAR

I have not attended Telluride since the late 1980s, so I hope that others will leave comments on their recent experience there.

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