The First Ten Bets for TFF #52 / Deliver Me from Nowhere Has a Trailer / Die My Love Has a Date

THE FIRST TEN BETS FOR TFF #52

Welp...here it is.  2025's first "Ten Bets" attempt to suss out films that might make the TFF #52 lineup.  I do a good deal of research and study to come up with these lists and even then...this first one usually does well to have six titles on it that actually make it to Telluride.

This was my first Ten Bets for last year (with the films that actually made it to TFF #51 in Bold):

1) Anora/Sean Baker

2) The Seed of the Scared Fig/Mohammad Rasoulof

3) Emilia Perez/Jacques Audiard

4) The Room Next Door/Pedro Almodovar

5) Bird/Andrea Arnold

6) Maria/Pablo Larrain

7) Oh, Canada/Paul Schrader

8) The End/Joshua Oppenheimer

9) Queer/Luca Guadagnino

10) Conclave/Edward Berger

So seven out of the Ten...a better than average year.

Here's the track record for the first Ten Bets for the last 

2011: 8/10
2012: 5/10
2013: 6/10
2014: 7/10
2015: 4/10
2016: 3/10
2017: 7/10
2018: 5/10

2019: 4/10

2020: No fest

2021: 8/10

2022: 6/10

2023: 6/10

2024: 7/10

The puts the average at 5.8 correct guesses per year.

So, with that caveat, here is your first Ten Bets for TFF #52:

1) It Was Just an Accident/Panahi

2) Blue Moon/Linklater

3) Bugonia/Lanthimos

4) The Love That Remains/Palmason

5) Sentimental Value/Trier

6) The Young Mothers' Home/Dardennes

7) The Secret Agent/Filho

8) Hamnet/Zhao

9) Deliver Me from Nowhere/S. Cooper

10) The Ballad of a Small Player/Berger

Let's see what happens.

DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE HAS A TRAILER AND POSTER

Here's the poster:

Scott Cooper's Bruce Springsteen biopic, Deliver Me from Nowhere, dropped a trailer for the film.  Jeremy Allen White plays "The Boss" with Jeremy Strong as Springsteen's manager Jon Landau.  The film reportedly focuses on the period in Springsteen's life when he was working on his Nebraska album.

I have high hopes for the film and also hopes for it to be in Telluride Labor Day.  I hope its appearance at #9 on the first Ten Bets list doesn't jinx its chances.

Here's the trailer from YouTube:

 

DIE MY LOVE HAS A DATE

Jordan Ruimy at World of Reel reports that Lynne Ramsay's Die, My Love will have a wide release on Nov. 7th.  That date puts it in place for possible screenings at Telluride, Toronto, Venice, New York and/or London.  Ruimy suggests Toronto is a real possibility.  

Ramsay was at Telluride in 2011 with We Need to Talk about Kevin.  Prior to that she screened Morvern Callar at T-ride in 2002.  So, chances aren't impossible for a Telluride run.

The film screened at Cannes back in May to mixed reviews but generally universal praise for Jennifer Lawrence's performance.  The Nov. 7th date sets up a reasonable time frame for an awards push for her specifically.

Ruimy's report is here.

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