39th Telluride Film Festival

Author Vendela Vida discusses the evolution of FRANCES HA, both the character and the film, with director Noah Baumbach.

In this final part of our Labor Day Picnic Seminar, actor Dennis Quaid shares some of the methods he employed to create his AT ANY PRICE character yet emphasizes the importance of working with a strong director.

Ray Liotta talks about preparing for his role in Ariel Vromen's THE ICEMAN and how important that preparation can be for an actor in any film... or not.

In this edition of our Labor Day Picnic Seminar, Gael García Bernal talks about the creation of his character from Pablo Larraín's new film NO.

In this second part of our Labor Day Picnic Seminar, moderator Annette Insdorf asks STORIES WE TELL director Sarah Polley how she has been inspired by the female filmmakers she has worked with.

In the first part of our Labor Day Picnic Seminar, WADJDA director Haifaa Al Mansour talks about some of the challenges she faced working with actors in Saudi Arabia, where she is the first female feature length film director.

Telluride Film Festival 39 Tributee Roger Corman talks to Leonard Maltin about founding New World Pictures and distributing some of the best world cinema to an US audience, sometimes in unconventional ways.

Journalist and author Mark Danner and THE ACT OF KILLING director Joshua Oppenheimer discuss how each has confronted evil with their work, but found something behind it they were not expecting. The Telluride Film Festival Courthouse Conversation series is sponsored by Universal Studios.

In this final part of our Sunday Noon Seminar, EVERYDAY director Michael Winerbottom talks about his own body of work dealing with stories of injustice, and how point of view plays a huge part in not only storytelling but in how we view the world everyday.

In this second part of our Noon Seminar on Sunday in Elks Park, moderator Annette Insdorf asks, "Can films provide answers or simply pose more questions?" THE ATTACK director Ziad Doueiri answers with an unflinchingly candid response.

During this session of our Noon Seminars in Elks Park, THE ACT OF KILLING director Joshua Oppenheimer, ARGO director Ben Affleck, and THE GATEKEEPERS director Dror Moreh go beyond the screen to talk about the hidden costs of taking orders in modern day warfare.

Following a sneak preview screening in Telluride, ARGO director Ben Affleck shares insights with LA Times journalist John Horn on working with actors, editing, and seeing the film for the first time with an audience.

Tributee Marion Cotillard talks with Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter about embodying characters like Édith Piaf in her Academy Award winning performance from LA VIE EN ROSE.

Tributee Mads Mikkelsen talks with journalist John Horn about his latest films A ROYAL AFFAIR, THE HUNT, and how privileged he feels being able to work in small and large films.

Our Saturday Seminar "I Did It My Way: American Indies Then and Now" focused on how American independent cinema has evolved in the decades since TFF 39 Tributee Roger Corman began his career. In this clip, FRANCES HA writer and actor Greta Gerwig talks about how she began her own career.

Errol Morris and TFF 39 Guest Director Geoff Dyer tackle the subject of truth in writing as it pertains to their most recent works- "Believing is Seeing" by Errol Morris and "Zona" written by Geoff Dyer.

Our Saturday Seminar "I Did It My Way: American Indies Then and Now" focuses on how American independent cinema has evolved in the decades since TFF 39 Tributee Roger Corman began his career. In this clip, HYDE PARK ON HUDSON actor Laura Linney talks about her favorite parts of working in the independent sphere.