With actors arriving unannounced and studio logos kept off the festival theaters, 'I want people to feel like Telluride is Switzerland,' says fest director Julie Huntsinger.
Telluride kicks off its 50th annual festival on Thursday in the Rockies, with an extra day of programming ending Monday. This year’s slate of Oscar hopefuls, including the first public screenings of films like Alexander Payne’s it’ll be the first time many key players in the U.S. film industry have convened since the Screen Actors Guild joined the Writers Guild in striking against the Alliance of Motion Picture Television Producers July 14.
“This is where we physically come together, and you’re going to have to not recoil, and you can’t hide behind social media,” says Telluride director Julie Huntsinger. “You can’t hide behind anything but your smile or lack thereof, and you have to face people.” Despite the strike, actors will be attending, Huntsinger says, some of whom appear in films covered by one of SAG-AFTRA’s
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