Telluride Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 52nd edition, confirming a mix of world premieres and buzzy festival crossovers for the Labor Day weekend event in Colorado. New titles on the slate include Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player, alongside Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia and Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon. The announcement positions Telluride as an early bellwether for fall releases while maintaining its long-standing “discover it in the mountains” ethos.
Organizers set the dates for Friday, August 29 through Monday, September 1, noting more than sixty features, shorts, and revival programs across the weekend. Passes are already sold out, reflecting sustained demand for a festival that traditionally reveals its program just as attendees arrive, a practice designed to preserve first-look screenings and word-of-mouth momentum.
This year’s Silver Medallion tributes go to Ethan Hawke, Noah Baumbach, and Jafar Panahi, each paired with work screening at the festival; Hawke is also celebrated on stage in conjunction with Blue Moon and his documentary Highway 99 A Double Album. Ezra Edelman serves as Guest Director and has curated a classic-cinema sidebar that includes All the President’s Men, Network, and Malcolm X, selections intended to echo the program’s interest in truth-seeking stories.
The program guide highlights several high-profile presentations. Blue Moon stars Hawke as lyricist Lorenz Hart, with Andrew Scott and Margaret Qualley among the ensemble; Bugonia brings Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons to Telluride after its Venice bow; and Daniel Roher’s narrative debut Tuner features Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman in a New York-set caper. The official list also features Berger’s Macau-set Ballad of a Small Player and Zhao’s Hamnet, a Shakespeare-adjacent drama led by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.
