Venice opened with Francis Coppola paying tribute to Werner Herzog. Telluride revealed a Labor Day weekend lineup that includes Herzog's documentary "Ghost Elephants," shot in Namibia and Angola. Regular attendees and hosts include Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Lisa Henson, Oprah Winfrey, Rian Johnson, and Jason Reitman. Julie Huntsinger serves as festival director and emphasizes a communal, social atmosphere for screenings. Huntsinger aims to fix scheduling problems that left badge holders waiting in long lines. Telluride programmers select titles from Sundance, Berlin, and Cannes and favor highbrow awards contenders, classics, and carefully curated films, with past buzz sometimes translating into major awards success.
"Our community is a real community," said festival director Julie Huntsinger in a phone interview with IndieWire. "And I want everybody to hang out together and have fun and watch."
"Nobody saw that coming, I promise you, to the extent that it was popular," said Huntsinger. "It's a crapshoot, what people will go crazy for."
"Ghost Elephants," shot in Namibia and Angola.
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