{"id":118241,"date":"2023-09-05T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=118241"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T19:09:41","slug":"telluride-film-festival-goes-on-despite-anxiety-over-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/business\/telluride-film-festival-goes-on-despite-anxiety-over-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Telluride Film Festival Goes On, Despite Anxiety Over Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Majestic vistas, burbling brooks and sanguine festival goers are the hallmarks of the Telluride Film Festival, a showcase for the most prestigious films of the year. But no amount of natural beauty can overcome the low-level of anxiety that coursed through this mountain town over Labor Day weekend. With dual strikes raging in Hollywood \u2014 the writers\u2019 strike just hit four months \u2014 no one wants to appear out of step with these unprecedented times.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hell getting here,\u201d Julie Huntsinger, the executive director of the Telluride Film Festival, said in an interview. \u201cThere was just so much anxiety and nervousness. Once the actors went on strike, all bets were off. I had to call up every company and say, \u2018Please, please, please, don\u2019t go away.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

But according to Ms. Huntsinger, it went off without a hitch. The festival, long considered one of the preferred stops for films vying for Oscar consideration, both for studio-backed projects and independent films, <\/strong>received every movie it requested, including a handful of world premieres.<\/p>\n

Unlike most film festivals, Telluride is more of a viewing than sales opportunity \u2014 though some filmmakers do attend in search of distribution partners. This year\u2019s program, one day longer than usual in order to honor its 50th anniversary, was filled, and only two directors didn\u2019t show up. Stars, on the other hand, faced a more complicated situation because of the strikes.<\/p>\n

Scheduled tributes for Annette Bening and Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal were canceled. Prominent actors such as Austin Butler, Paul Mescal, Jodie Foster and Colman Domingo were not here even though their films were premiering. And those who did come were concerned about how their appearance would play to the public.<\/p>\n

The SAG-AFTRA union, which has been on strike against the major studios since July 14, has forbidden its membership to promote any project financed by them. Independent films, though, can receive special dispensation from the union, termed an \u201cinterim agreement,\u201d that allows its members to show up and tout their projects as long as the independent producers have agreed to SAG\u2019s latest demands.<\/p>\n

Eleven of the 26 narrative films shown were backed by divisions of the big studios, whose actors couldn\u2019t attend the festival because of union rules.<\/p>\n

Yet, SAG\u2019s clarity on that guidance came less than a week before the start of the Colorado event, causing a lot of stress for actors eager to promote their films but anxious about running afoul of their union.<\/p>\n

Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u2019s film \u201cTuesday,\u201d from the indie studio A24, received an interim agreement only on Monday, for a film premiering on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m delighted to have gotten it. Obviously, I wouldn\u2019t have come otherwise,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it was a real mad scramble to get here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Louis-Dreyfus set a path for how her fellow union members can behave during this season of labor unrest. The actress made a rousing speech on behalf of her union\u2019s fight at her film\u2019s premiere and has followed it up with interviews that highlight both her work in the film and her stance on the strikes.<\/p>\n

Studio executives would not speak on the record for this article because of sensitivities surrounding the strike, but said the screening experience has been bittersweet because actors were not able to share in their films\u2019 success.<\/p>\n

Emma Stone, the star of \u201cPoor Things,\u201d a film from Disney\u2019s Searchlight Pictures that premiered at Telluride on Saturday, came to the festival as a spectator and did not promote her film, in accordance with guidance from SAG. Dakota Johnson, who has an interim agreement, also attended to promote and seek distribution for her film \u201cDaddio,\u201d which she produced.<\/p>\n

And Ethan Hawke trekked to the mountain town with \u201cWildcat,\u201d the independent film he directed about the novelist Flannery O\u2019Connor, along with Laura Linney and his daughter Maya Hawke, two of the film\u2019s actors. The three were also covered by an interim agreement.<\/p>\n

Ms. Linney, who owns a home in Telluride and is a longtime attendee of the festival, admitted to being wary early on about attending. \u201cI was very nervous before the interim agreement was made clear to us and why it exists and what it really means,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Emerald Fennell, the writer-director behind Amazon\u2019s \u201cSaltburn,\u201d who is also a member of both SAG and the Writers Guild of America (she played Midge in \u201cBarbie\u201d), introduced her film on Thursday night while wearing a W.G.A. pin. She was allowed to be there because she was attending as a member of the Directors Guild of America, which recently settled on a new contract with the big studios, but her role is complicated because her movie is financed by Amazon, part of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the group representing the major studios and streamers.<\/p>\n

And on Friday afternoon, Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, a member of the studio alliance, and her husband, the veteran producer Frank Marshall, held their annual Telluride event at their house in town.<\/p>\n

A handmade sign saying \u201cSwitzerland\u201d adorned the entryway, and guests seemed to embrace the sentiment with executives from Amazon; National Geographic, a Disney company; and Higher Ground, former President Barack Obama\u2019s production company, which has a distribution deal with Netflix, mingling with filmmakers and actors. The vibe was convivial and centered more on the movies than the contentious rhetoric heard on the picket lines.<\/p>\n

On Friday night, the filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, who are married, debuted their first narrative feature, the Netflix film \u201cNyad.\u201d The film, about Diana Nyad\u2019s 35-year quest to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys, stars Ms. Bening as the swimmer and Ms. Foster as her best friend and coach.<\/p>\n

Neither actress could attend the festival because Netflix is represented by the studio alliance and their appearances would be akin to crossing a picket line. Ms. Nyad, who as a sports broadcaster is also a member of SAG, also chose not to attend.<\/p>\n

Rather, it was up to Mr. Chin and Ms. Vasarhelyi to carry the promotional load for the film, lauding the acting prowess of both Ms. Bening and Ms. Foster while also extolling the virtues of their studio for taking a flier on a subject matter that does not get a lot of attention in Hollywood, a movie Mr. Chin called a \u201cfemale, gay buddy comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

But squaring their gratitude for Netflix with their support for the writers and actors on strike did not come easily.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just trying to be good citizens,\u201d said Ms. Vasarhelyi, who in one breath uttered her utmost \u201crespect for the writers and actors\u201d and then praised \u201cthe great executives\u201d at Netflix who protected her film.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot to balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicole Sperling<\/span> is a media and entertainment reporter, covering Hollywood and the burgeoning streaming business. She joined The Times in 2019. She previously worked for Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly and The Los Angeles Times. More about Nicole Sperling<\/span><\/p>\n

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