39th Telluride Film Festival

Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by United Talent Agency. Luc Dardenne, one half of the renown Dardenne Brothers team, discusses the role of the prop in both screenplay development and the overall significance of their film THE KID WITH A BIKE.

Nick James of Sight & Sound Magazine (TFF 38 Special Medallion recipient) and A DANGEROUS METHOD screenwriter Christopher Hampton discuss the balance between the real and the invented when writing an adapted screenplay of historical nature.

Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by United Talent Agency. THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD director Joshua Marston and INTO THE ABYSS director Werner Herzog talk about the roles their films play off the screen.

Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by United Talent Agency. In this third part, our panelists wonder: Does 3D filmmaking fit into the new language of cinema? INTO THE ABYSS director Werner Herzog and FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD director Joshua Marston have strong opinions on the matter, but both agree: Wim Wenders' PINA does it right.

Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by United Talent Agency. In this second part of our Sunday panel, PINA director Wim Wenders talks about working in 3D as the best showcase for the choreography of Pina Bausch. The challenges that particular format presents, both technically and physiologically, causes INTO THE ABYSS director Werner Herzog to speak up as well.

United Talent Agency proudly sponsors the 38th Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars. In this first part of Sunday's "What Screen Are You On?" discussion, THE ARTIST director Michel Hazanavicius talks about his love for the silent film format.

Proudly Sponsored by United Talent Agency, our Labor Day Picnic Seminar "Actor as Auteur" continues. In this edition, Rodrigo Garcia addresses how he and Glenn Close worked to make a cinematic version of the title character from the film ALBERT NOBBS, which originated as a stage play.

38th Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by United Talent Agency. In this third edition, director Asghar Farhadi talks about the benefits of long takes, particularly in telling the story of his film A SEPARATION.

Tilda Swinton, 38th Telluride Film Festival Tributee and star of Lynne Ramsay's WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, believes there is a common thread between the different directors she has worked with.

38th Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars are proudly sponsored by United Talent Agency. During the Labor Day Picnic, Annette Insdorf moderates the seminar titled "Actor as Auteur" with Rodrigo Garcia, Lynne Ramsay, and Asghar Farhadi. In this part, Ramsay reveals the concept behind an early title of her new film WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.

Universal proudly sponsors our Courthouse Conversation Series. In this edition, Olivia Harrison - joined by producers Nigel Sinclair & Margaret Bodde, editor David Tedeschi, and author Greil Marcus - shares an early quote from George Harrison that served as inspiration for making the documentary LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, particularly for director Martin Scorsese.

Telluride Film Festival Tributee George Clooney shares his thoughts on receiving his Silver Medallion and the selection of roles that brought him to this moment.

Universal proudly sponsors our Courthouse Conversation series. As producer, writer, and star of ALBERT NOBBS, Glenn Close talks with John Horn about collaborating with the film's director Rodrigo Garcia.

United Talent Agency proudly sponsors our Noon Seminars in the park. In this second part, GOODBYE FIRST LOVE director Mia Hansen-Løve explains how script writing tends to be an ongoing process.

United Talent Agency proudly sponsors our 38th Telluride Film Festival Noon Seminars. In this first part, director Micha Peled explains how the integral truths discussed in BITTER SEEDS were distilled into the kernel of human experience you see on screen.

Universal proudly sponsors our Conversation Series. In this edition, 38th Telluride Film Festival Guest Director Caetano Veloso surprises Peter Sellars and all of Elks Park with a special serenade.

38th Telluride Film Festival Tributee Pierre Ètaix shares wisdom, and a laugh, with an Opening Night crowd at the Sheridan Opera House.