The 44th Telluride Film Festival was held on September 1–4, 2017, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.
Director Joshua Oppenheimer was appointed as the guest director of the event. Telluride honored Edward Lachman and Christian Bale as the Silver Medallion winners. The Special Medallion was awarded to Katriel Schory of Israeli Film Fund.
Official selections Main program Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Arthur Miller: Writer Rebecca Miller United States The Baker's Wife Marcel Pagnol France Battle of the Sexes Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris United States The Cotton Club Encore Francis Ford Coppola United States Darkest Hour Joe Wright United Kingdom Downsizing Alexander Payne United States Eating Animals Christopher Dillon Quinn United States Faces Places Agnès Varda, JR France A Fantastic Woman Sebastián Lelio Chile, United States, Germany, Spain Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Paul McGuigan United Kingdom First Reformed Paul Schrader United States First They Killed My Father Angelina Jolie United States, Cambodia Foxtrot Samuel Maoz Israel Heroin(e) Elaine McMillion Sheldon United States Hostages Rezo Gigineishvili Georgia, Russia, Poland Hostiles Scott Cooper United States Human Flow Ai Weiwei United States, Germany The Insult Ziad Doueiri France, Lebanon Kean, or Disorder and Genius Aleksandr Volkoff France Lady Bird Greta Gerwig United States Land of the Free Camilla Magid Denmark, Finland Lean on Pete Andrew Haigh United Kingdom, United States Long Shot Jacob LaMendola United States Love, Cecil Lisa Immordino Vreeland United States Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia, France, Belgium, Germany Loving Vincent Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman United Kingdom, Poland A Man of Integrity Mohammad Rasoulof Iran The Other Side of Hope Aki Kaurismäki Finland The Rider Chloé Zhao United States The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro United States Such Is Life Carl Junghans Czechoslovakia Tesnota Kantemir Balagov Russia The Venerable W. Barbet Schroeder France, Switzerland The Vietnam War Ken Burns, Lynn Novick United States Wonderstruck Todd Haynes United States Wormwood Errol Morris United States
Guest Director's Selections The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Joshua Oppenheimer. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Even Dwarfs Started Small Werner Herzog West Germany Hotel of the Stars Jon Bang Carlsen Denmark The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton United States Salaam Cinema Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran Titicut Follies Frederick Wiseman United States The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy France
Backlot The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum Sophie Bassaler France Edge of Alchemy Stacey Steers United States Filmworker Tony Zierra United States Hitler's Hollywood Rüdiger Suchsland Germany Jamaica Man Michael Weatherly United States Portrait of Valeska Gert Volker Schlöndorff Germany Slim Gaillard's Civilisation Anthony Wall United Kingdom That Summer Göran Hugo Olsson Sweden, United States, Denmark
Filmmakers of Tomorrow Student Prints 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) Homeland Sam Peeters Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound It's Just a Gun Brian Robau Chapman University Leaving Syria: Long Live the Youth Yara Atz Geneva University of Art and Design Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Sunday Emerson Gullifer Victorian College of the Arts Who's Who in Mycology Marie Dvorakova New York University
Calling Cards The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. It selected new works from promising filmmakers. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Anderson Rodrigo Meireles Brazil The Ceiling Teppo Airaksinen Finland Debris Julio O. Ramos Peru Durango Matt Sukkar United States Fluffy Lee Filipovski Serbia, Canada Little Hands Rémi Allier Belgium
Great Expectations The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Best Fireworks Ever Aleksandra Terpińska Poland Delphi Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen Denmark Le film de l'ete Emmanuel Marre France, Belgium A Gentle Night Yang Qiu China Skywards Eva Weber United Kingdom
Silver Medallion Edward Lachman Christian Bale
Special Medallion Katriel Schory
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