TEN (PLUS) BETS FOR TFF #53-VOL. 6
Six weeks until TFF unveils its lineup!
Here's your sixth look at MTFB's best guess as to what could play.
We begin with last week's list:
Bucking Fastard
Club Kid
Coward
The Debut
Elsinore
A Long Winter
Fatherland
La Bola Negra (The Black Ball)
Minotaur
Paper Tiger
Other possibilities: Artificial, Fjord, Yellow Letters and The Story of Documentary Film.
And now, after the news of this past week, here's your latest Ten (Plus) Bets for TFF #53 ranked by likelihood):
1) The Debut
2) Elsinore
3) Ink
4) Club Kid
5) La Bola Negra (The Black Ball)
6) A Long Winter
7) Minotaur
8) Fjord
9) Everest: The Other Side
10) Gentle Monster
11) Tenzig
12) Tender Loving Care
13) Bucking Fastard
14) Fatherland
15) The Story of Documentary Film
Other possibilities: Behemoth! Yellow Letters, Rose, Alpha Gang.
VENICE ANNOUNCES
As MTFB readers know, the Venice to Telluride connection is usually fairly robust with an average of nearly eight films playing both fests over the last five years. Here are the films that feel most likely to do both fests in 2026 in light of Venice announcing its lineup early this morning:
From the Competition lineup:
Company/C. Affleck
Ink/Boyle (all but confirmed for Telluride)
Bucking Fastard/Herzog
Wild Horse Nine/McDonagh
Primetime/Oppenheim
Out of Competition
The Basics of Philosophy/Schrader
Non-Fiction:
Burgundy/Dweck and Kershaw
Musk/Gibney
Everest: The Other Side (all but confirmed for Telluride)
Remember, our next clue about what could play Venice and then Telluride comes when the former announces its schedule.. The films that play both places will need to have an early slot in Venice.
https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/lineup
PALM UPDATE
After devastating floods an mudslides in Telluride last week, the first assessment of school facilities, including a seriously impacted Palm Theater, are emeging.
The Telluride Times reported that:
"Following meetings and a walk-through Monday of the Michael D. Palm Theatre and Telluride Intermediate School and Telluride Middle/High School complex, Nicole Hattler, Palm Arts’ executive director, described herself as “cautiously optimistic.”
Telluride city and school officials noted that the first priority will be getting all other affected areas in the schools up and ready for the opening of school by Aug. 18th. Further, they note that seating is the top priority for The Palm.
https://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_24fa27f5-c902-452e-9879-6dd2717e1a17.html
This post was corrected on July 24th.
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2 comments:
Wow that's cautiously encouraging news about the Palm!
What about the Cannes title "The Unknown" by Arthur Harari, which was also designated as a Canadian Premiere by TIFF?
Also, regarding Venice cross-overs: "Look Back" and "Hombre al agua" are designated North American Premieres at TIFF.
Pretty sure look back is a North American premiere at tiff, so unless it’s a sneak like they did for Frankenstein, it most likely won’t play.
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