The 2026 Telluride Film Festival runs September 4-7 at Telluride, Colorado. In this podcast, Megan McLachlan, Joey Moser, and special guest Mark Johnson discuss what they’re expecting out of the film schedule lineup.
The 2026 Telluride Film Festival is right around the corner, meaning we’re gearing up for another awards season.
This year looks like a doozy, with past Oscar winners like Julianne Moore in the mix, newbies like Jordan Firstman campaigning their first awards season, and actresses like Sandra Huller with not one, not two, but four films in contention this year (eat your heart out, Hathaway!).
With the TIFF schedule out and Venice lineup announced, we thought it would be a good idea to take a stab at figuring out the Telluride schedule — although one can never predict when a Frankenstein will show up for a last-minute screening. The great Rebecca Hall will be a guest director, curating her own selection of films (one of her own might even be on the schedule at this fest—she’s in Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love).
In this new Contending at the Water Cooler Podcast, Megan and Joey are joined by Mark Johnson to talk about what to expect out of the film lineup, including what celebrities will be traipsing around Main Street. (Will Joey lose his mind if he sees Penelope Cruz? Probably.)
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Most Likely to Be at the 2026 Telluride Film Festival
A Long Winter
Bucking Fastard
Club Kid
The Debut
Elsinore
Fatherland
Fjord
Gentle Monster
Ink
Knife
La Bola Negra
Minotaur
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Rose
Tender Loving Care
Wild Horse Nine
Maybe at the Festival as a TBA or Surprise
Artificial
Behemoth!
Digger
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
The Man I Love
Primetime
The Social Reckoning
Probably Not at Telluride
All of a Sudden
Being Heumann
Bunker
Josephine
Klara and the Sun
Misty Green
The 2026 Telluride Film Festival takes place September 4-7.
