TFFest · Telluride Film Festival
Telluride
Film Festival
The festival that won't tell you what's playing until the night before. Rate the lineup, see what your group wants, and get a conflict-free plan.
Sept 4–7, 2026
Telluride, Colorado · 8,750 ft · the box canyon
Program Decoder · Standing by
The lineup drops Thursday night
TFF keeps its program secret until the eve of opening day. When it lands, this site turns it into three ranked plans and a picks tracker — see the Schedule tab.
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Getting there
Eat, drink & shop
Telluride beyond the films
Open now bars & bites · live by the clock
Live open/closed is by the clock on your phone; hours are a seasonal best-guess, so call ahead for a group. The New Sheridan — go for the bar, skip the dinner.
Bring people in
Share the QR or link — they add their name and they're rating in seconds. Everyone sees each other's picks, group heat, and line reports.
Start here — rate the films then check your plan
How it works
Swipe every film — 👎 pass / 🤔 neutral / 👍 interested / ⭐ must-see — and it builds your optimal plan from what you want (neutral = a maybe, kept aside). Everyone's picks feed the group view. Right now it's last year's lineup with placeholder times — the real films + showtimes load Thursday.
Suggested slates tap one for a ready-made game plan
Rate the lineup your picks feed the plan & the group
Beta · no guarantees. The plan is a smart suggestion, not a ticket. It's built from published capacities and our best read of walk + gondola times — but the Q, sellouts, TBAs and last-minute swaps are real, and Telluride will do what Telluride does. Treat it as a strong starting point, trust the volunteers and the printed programme on the ground, and roll with it. We take no responsibility for a missed film or a bad seat — just for helping you pick well.
The Buzz what people are saying · verified
The shape of each day
Everyone who's in & what they want
Meet someone in line or on the gondola? Show them the QR. They add their name and they're rating in seconds — and you'll see what they want too.
Alerts & line reports our answer to seats & Q
What we can't do: the festival's live seat counts and Q times aren't public, so no app (ours included) can show official numbers. What we do instead: your group reports real lines — and everyone with alerts on gets pinged the moment a TBA, added show, or line goes up.