The line-up has been announced for the 2016 Telluride Film Festival, this year celebrating their 43rd year. Presented by the National Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival is an annual Colorado tradition showcasing some of the finest works of cinema of the year. As per usual, the line-up was unveiled one day before festivities kick-off. Interestingly, the festival has also built up an immense Oscar season reputation over the years – the last five eventual Best Picture winners all played Telluride, for example.

This year’s line-up looks particularly enticing for its blend of seemingly more populist, commercial fare (Clint Eastwood’s Sully), expectant awards magnets (Damien Chazelle’s La La Land, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea – already a hit at Sundance earlier this year), respected titles that premiered at Cannes (Maren Arde’s Toni Erdmann, Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation), prime upcoming independent features (Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, Robin Swicord’s Wakefield) and hopeful surprises (Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, Ben Younger’s Bleed For This).

Check out the line-up below:

·       ARRIVAL (d. Denis Villeneuve, U.S., 2016)
·       THE B-SIDE: ELSA DORFMAN’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY (d. Errol Morris, U.S., 2016)
·       BLEED FOR THIS (d. Ben Younger, U.S., 2016)
·       CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER (d. Doug Nichol, U.S., 2016)
·       CHASING TRANE (d. John Scheinfeld, U.S., 2016)
·       THE END OF EDEN (d. Angus Macqueen, U.K., 2016)
·       FINDING OSCAR (d. Ryan Suffern, U.S., 2016)
·       FIRE AT SEA (d. Gianfranco Rosi, Italy/France, 2016)
·       FRANTZ (d. François Ozon, France, 2016)
·       GENTLEMAN RISSIENT (d. Benoît Jacquot, Pascal Mérigeau, Guy Seligmann, France, 2016)
·       GRADUATION (d. Cristian Mungiu, Romania/France/Belgium, 2016)
·       INTO THE INFERNO (d. Werner Herzog, U.K./Austria, 2016)
·       THE IVORY GAME (d. Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani, Austria/U.S., 2016)
·       LA LA LAND (d. Damien Chazelle, U.S., 2016)
·       LOST IN PARIS (d. Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, France/Belgium, 2016)
·       MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (d. Kenneth Lonergan, U.S., 2016)
·       MAUDIE (d. Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland, 2016)
·       MEN: A LOVE STORY (d. Mimi Chakarova, U.S., 2016)
·       MOONLIGHT (d. Barry Jenkins, U.S., 2016)
·       MY JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA (d. Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2016)
·       NERUDA (d. Pablo Larraín, Chile/Argentina/France/Spain, 2016)
·       NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER (d. Joseph Cedar, U.S./Israel, 2016)
·       SNAPSHOTS: EYES ON THE WORLD – three nonfiction short films including EXTREMIS (d. Dan Krauss, U.S., 2016); REFUGEE (d. Joyce Chen, Emily Moore, U.S., 2016); THE WHITE HELMETS (d. Orlando von Einsiedel, U.K., 2016)
·       SULLY (d. Clint Eastwood, U.S., 2016)
·       THINGS TO COME (d. Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany, 2016)
·       THROUGH THE WALL (d. Rama Burshtein, U.S./Israel, 2016)
·       TONI ERDMANN (d. Maren Ade, Germany/Austria, 2016)
·       UNA (d. Benedict Andrews, U.K., 2016)
·       WAKEFIELD (d. Robin Swicord, U.S., 2016)

The Telluride Film Festival runs from September 2nd-5th.