Sarah Polley Cate Blanchett Mark Cousins The 49th Telluride Film Festival took place September 2–5, 2022.
[1] In July 2022 it was announced that author, artist, graphic novelist and publisher Leanne Shapton would design the annual poster for the 49th edition.
[2] It was also reported that Sarah Polley's Women Talking was being fought over by Telluride, Venice and Toronto, with the former getting the film's world premiere.
[4] In 2022, adding to their Sneak Preview selection, the festival was able to swipe Charlotte Wells' Aftersun and Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed's North America Premiere status ahead of TIFF.
[5] All the awardees of the Silver Medallion had their films screened at the festival: actress Cate Blanchett (who starred in Tár), director, writer and actress Sarah Polley (who wrote and directed Women Talking) and documentary director Mark Cousins (who directed both The March on Rome and My Name is Alfred Hitchcock).