2025 Telluride Film Festival Review - Movie Selection: Exploration of Sound and Shakespeare's Influence in Telluride

The Telluride Film Festival, taking place from August 29 to September 1, has announced an impressive lineup of new feature films for its 52nd edition. Here are some of the highlights:

New Feature Films

Lost in the Jungle, a new feature film, promises an exciting adventure.
Ask E. Jean, H Is for Hawk, and Hamlet are among the new feature films gracing the festival.
Ethan Hawke directs the Merle Haggard documentary, Highway 99: A Double Album.
Riz Ahmed stars and produces in a re-envisioning of Hamlet at the festival.
Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's book, Hamnet, is a world premiere at this year's festival.
Werner Herzog's Ghost Elephants and Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly are also part of the lineup.
Other notable additions include Ballad of a Small Player, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Blue Moon, and The Reserve.

Guest Director's Picks

Guest Director Ezra Edelman has selected a series of classics for his section, including All the President's Men, Malcolm X, Network, Rashomon, and The Insider.

Documentaries

Elvira Lind's documentary, King Hamlet, features Oscar-nominated Oscar Isaac.
The History of Sound is a narrative about preserving folk ballads, directed by Oliver Hermanus.
The New Yorker at 100 is a new feature film from Marshall Curry.
Cover-Up is a new documentary from Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus.
Man on the Run is a new feature film from Morgan Neville.

Short Films

The festival will screen a selection of short films, including All the Empty Rooms, All the Walls Came Down, Last Days on Lake Trinity, Sallie's Ashes, and Song of My City.

Special Mentions

It Was Just an Accident is a new feature film from Jafar Panahi.
The Cycle of Love is a new feature film from Orlando von Einsiedel.
Lumière, Le Cinéma is a new feature film from Thierry Frémaux.
The Secret Agent is a new feature film from Kleber Mendonça Filho.
The Bend in the River is a new feature film from Robb Moss.
Shifty is a new feature film from Adam Curtis.
The Mastermind is a new feature film from Kelly Reichardt.
The American Revolution is a new feature film from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt.
This is Not a Drill is a new feature film from Oren Jacoby.
A Private Life is a new feature film presented by the festival.
Bugonia is a new feature film from Yorgos Lanthimos.
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You is a new feature film from Mary Bronstein.
Urchin is a new feature film from Harris Dickinson.
Sentimental Value is a new feature film from Joachim Trier.
Summer Tour is a new feature film from Mischa Richter.

The Telluride Film Festival is currently underway, with films screening from Friday onwards. The festival's sections "Filmmakers of Tomorrow" and "Student Prints" are not explicitly listed, but include over sixty films, including the aforementioned short films and other highlighted films in the main lineup.