| 43rd Telluride Film Festival | |
| Location: | Telluride, Colorado, United States |
| Founded: | 1974 |
| Host: | National Film Preserve Ltd. |
| Date: | – |
| Website: | Telluride Film Festival |
| Main: | Telluride Film Festival |
| Previous: | 42nd |
| Next: | 44th |
The 43rd Telluride Film Festival took place on September 2–5, 2016, in Telluride, Colorado, United States.[1]
Director Volker Schlöndorff was appointed as the year's guest director.[2] Telluride honored Casey Affleck, Amy Adams, and Pablo Larraín as the Silver Medallion awardees.[3] The festival line-up was announced on September 1, 2016.[4]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazing Grace | Alan Elliott | United States | |
| Arrival | Denis Villeneuve | United States | |
| Errol Morris | United States | ||
| Bleed for This | Ben Younger | United States | |
| California Typewriter | Doug Nichol | United States | |
| John Scheinfeld | United States | ||
| The End of Eden | Angus Macqueen | United Kingdom | |
| Finding Oscar | Ryan Suffern | United States | |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy, France | |
| Frantz | François Ozon | France | |
| Gentleman Rissient | Benoît Jacquot, Pascal Merigeau, Guy Seligmann | France | |
| Graduation | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Belgium | |
| Into the Inferno | Werner Herzog | United Kingdom, Austria | |
| The Ivory Game | Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani | Austria, United States | |
| La La Land | Damien Chazelle | United States | |
| Lost in Paris | Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon | France, Belgium | |
| Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | United States | |
| Maudie | Aisling Walsh | Canada, Ireland | |
| Men: A Love Story | Mimi Chakarova | United States | |
| Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | United States | |
| My Journey Through French Cinema | Bertrand Tavernier | France | |
| Neruda | Pablo Larraín | Chile, Argentina, France, Spain | |
| Norman | Joseph Cedar | United States, Israel | |
| Alexander Korda Marc Allégret Marcel Pagnol | France | ||
| Sully | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
| Things to Come | Mia Hansen-Løve | France, Germany | |
| Through the Wall | Rama Burshtein | United States, Israel | |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria | |
| Una | Benedict Andrews | United Kingdom | |
| Variety | E. A. Dupont | Germany | |
| Wakefield | Robin Swicord | United States |
The films were selected and presented by the year's guest director, Volker Schlöndorff.[5]
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Barefoot Contessa | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States | |
| Les Enfants terribles | Jean-Pierre Melville | France | |
| The Fire Within | Louis Malle | France | |
| I Was Nineteen | Konrad Wolf | East Germany | |
| It Was the Month of May | Marlen Khutsiev | USSR | |
| Spies | Fritz Lang | Germany |
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) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow's Eye | Francisca Alegría | Columbia University | |
| Edmond | Nina Gantz | National Film and Television School | |
| Un état d'urgence (State of Emergency) | Tarek Roehlinger | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | |
| Icebox | Daniel Sawka | American Film Institute | |
| Nocturne in Black | Jimmy Keyrouz | Columbia University | |
| Tear of the Peony | Yuxi Li | Columbia University |
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins. It selected new works from promising filmmakers.
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 Miles | Daphne Matziaraki | United States, Greece | |
| Asunder | Nathalie Álvarez Mesén | Sweden | |
| A Coat Made Dark | Jack O'Shea | Ireland | |
| Fais le mort | William Laboury | France | |
| The Last Leatherman of the Vale of Cashmere | Greg Loser | United States | |
| Little Bullets | Alphan Eşeli | Turkey | |
| Rhonna and Donna | Daina Oniunas-Pusić | United Kingdom |
The selection was curated by Barry Jenkins.
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirt | Darius Clark Monroe | United States | |
| The Gambler | Karim Lakzadeh | Iran | |
| Le Gouffre | Vincent Le Port | France |
The selection included behind-the-scene movies and portraits of artists, musicians, and filmmakers.
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauties of the Night | María José Cuevas | Mexico | |
| Bernadette Lafont and God Created the Free Woman | Esther Hoffenberg | France | |
| Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens | United States | ||
| Cool Cats | Janus Køster-Rasmussen | Denmark | |
| The Family Whistle | Michele Salfi Russo | United States, Italy | |
| A Fanatic Heart – Bob Geldof on William Butler Yeats | Gerry Hoban | Ireland | |
| Gulag | Angus Macqueen | United Kingdom | |
| I Called Him Morgan | Kasper Collin | Sweden, United States | |
| Steven Okazaki | United States | ||
| Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown | Gregory Monro | France |