Who's On the Guest List? / Gold Derby Spills Some Tea / Does
Gibney Play Anyway?
WHO'S ON THE GUEST LIST?
One of the great things about Telluride is the folks that come to support the films that screen there. Bountiful Q&A's give regular Joe's an opportunity to hear from great directors, actors and other creatives about the film's they're involved in.
So it's always fun to take a look at the talent who might make the trip to southwest Colorado. Here's a rundown of some of the films that MTFB thinks will make the grade at Telluride and the stars that might be in town with those projects.
ALPHA GANG: Cate Blanchett, Dave Bautista, Chris Pine, Lea Seydoux
BUCKING FASTARD: Rooney Mara, Kate Mara, Orlando Bloom, Domhnall Gleeson
CLUB KID: Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva
THE DEBUT: Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Jesse Eisenberg
ELSINORE: Andrew Scott, Oliva Colman.
FATHERLAND: Sandra Huller, August Diehl
FJORD: Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan
GENTLE MONSTER: lea Seydoux, Catherine Denueve
THE IDIOT(S): Amy Lou Wood, Johnny Flynn, Vicky Kreips
INK: Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy
LA BOLA NEGRA (THE BLACK BALL): Penelope Cruz, Guitarricardelafuente, Glenn Close
THE LIBERATION: Carrie Coon, Tracy Letts, Lily James
A LONG WINTER: Kit Connor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitriona Balfe
THE MAN I LOVE: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall
ROSE: Sandra Huller
TENDER LOVING CARE: Kate O'Flynn
TENZIG: Willem Dafoe, Tom Hiddleston, Caitriona Balfe
THE UNKNOWN: Lea Seydoux
WILD HORSE NINE: Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Parker Posey, Tom Waits
And a few from the "Possibilities" list:
THE BASICS OF PHILOSOPHY: Bill Pullman, Dana Delaney, Jack Huston
DIAMOND: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray
PRIMETIME: Robert Pattinson, Merritt Weaver
GOLD DERBY SPILLS SOME TEA
In a post from Gold Derby from last week titled:
"2026 fall festival scorecard: Who’s heading to Venice, Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF — and who’s skipping the circuit?"
They name seven films that..."Despite the Telluride Film Festival's long-standing tradition of keeping its official program strictly under wraps until the eve of Labor Day weekend, the tea leaves are brewing up some obvious premieres..."
The films:
Bucking Fastard
The Debut
Elsinore
Ink
A Long Winter
Tender Loving Care
Wild Horse Nine
They also suggest that Primetime is a possibility.
https://www.goldderby.com/film/2026/2026-venice-telluride-toronto-new-york-festivals-scorecard/
DOES GIBNEY PLAY ANYWAY?
We already have discerned that Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk is not going to play Telluride, but could another Gibney doc make the TFF #53 lineup?
I'm talking about Knife, Gibney's look at the 2022 attempt on the life author Salman Rushdie. Rushdie, as of TFF #52 was still listed among a member of TFF's "Esteemed Council of Advisors in last year's TFF #52 program so it seems like a no-brainer, except...the doc has screened already in the USA.
Knife world premiered at Sundance this year and has also been programmed at Sundance, Chicago's DOC 10 fest, Nantucket and it has screened in New York. On the other hand, the film is being distributed by Abramorama which had Ask E. Jean at TFF #52.
I'm putting its chances at 40% and let's see what happens.
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