“The most exclusive film festival of all is Telluride. Why? Because it is the most difficult to get to, it doesn’t announce its program in advance, it charges the press for a pass and it has as its guests some of the best filmmakers in the world. It’s one of the friendliest and most democratic, as if the least important attendees were just as consequential as the most distinguished.”
– Derek Malcolm, The Guardian (London)

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Before the event unfolds nobody knows what's playing, or who's being honored at Telluride, before the event unfolds. It's a secret to members of the press, also. This keeps things surprising for everybody.

We love to have members of the press attend. We just don't provide free passes. This keeps things fair all around. Regardless of this idiosyncrasy, members of the press return year after year amid sell-out crowds. You'll screen breakthrough works and rediscovered classics, enjoy tributes, and encounter one-of-a-kind discussions with filmmakers who are at ease in the low-key atmosphere of our little mountain festival. Perhaps it's this very feeling of being so far removed from film industry pressures that inspires many of our attending talents to make themselves unusually accessible to others. With all attendees mixed together, you may just find yourself in an impromptu interview with the likes of Clint Eastwood or Meryl Streep.

To assist working press, the festival does maintain a Press Desk before and during the event. Accredited members of the press who need information about individual films, filmmakers, or general festival info will be given ample support by our helpful staff. Please note that some restrictions may apply to the media, particularly regarding photography inside our theaters.

For further information on the festival's press accreditation policy, please contact Shannon
Mitchell, Public Relations Manager, at 415.810.1286, or by email at shannon@telluridefilmfestival.org.

"Telluride plays host to a spectacle of film, free of press hounds, nagging paparazzi and a market mentality that turns celebrations of art into bare-naked bidding wars."
– Stephen Garrett, Time Out

"Telluride is so much fun, because much of its casual, standing-in-the-line-with-the-stars atmosphere has remained and nobody is pestering me to interview stars and directors."
– Harper Barnes, St. Louis Post Dispatch