As has become its tradition, the Telluride Film Festival has kept its lineup under wraps until the day before it gets underway. And even then, there could be more surprises as the four-day event gets underway on Friday (8/31) as additional sneak previews will be announced during the event itself.
Among the just announced features to be shown are: The Act of Killing directed by Joshua Oppenheimer from Denmark; Amour helmed by Michael Haneke from Austria; At Any Price directed by Ramin Bahrani, a U.S. film; The Attack helmed by Ziad Doueiri from Lebanon-France; Barbara directed by Christian Petzold of Germany; The Central Park Five directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon, a U.S. film; Everyday directed by Michael Winterbottom of the U.K.; Frances Ha helmed by Noah Baumbach of the U.S.; The Gatekeepers directed by Dror Moreh of Israel; Ginger and Rosa helmed by Sarah Potter, U.K.; The Hunt directed by Thomas Vinterberg of Denmark; Hyde Park on Hudson directed by Roger Michell, U.S.; The Iceman directed by Ariel Vromen, a U.S. film; Love, Marilyn helmed by Liz Garbus, U.S.; Midnight’s Children directed by Deepa Mehta, from Canada-Sri Lanka; No helmed by Pablo Larrain from Chile; Paradise: Love directed by Ulrich Seidl, Austria; Piazza Fontana directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy; A Royal Affair helmed by Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark; Rust & Bone directed by Jacques Audiard, France; The Sapphires directed by Wayne Blair, Australia; Stories We Tell directed by Sarah Polley, Canada; Superstar directed by Xavier Giannoli, France; Wadjda directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia; and What Is This Film Called Love helmed by Mark Cousins, from Ireland-Mexico.
Now in its 39th year, Telluride Film Festival will screen nearly 100 feature films, shorts and revivals representing more than 30 countries.
Additionally Telluride will bestow 2012 Silver Medallion Awards, which recognize significant contribution to cinema, upon three recipients: producer Roger Corman, Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose), and actor Mads Mikkelsen. Cotillard stars in the aforementioned Rust & Bone while Mikkelsen is in two 2012 Telluride films, The Hunt and A Royal Affair.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More