There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers ' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees ; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do.

The town of Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U. S. state of Colorado.

The Telluride Historic District, which includes a significant portion of the town, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also one of Colorado's 20 National Historic Landmarks.

Telluride is located at an elevation of 8, 750 feet in an isolated spot in Southwest Colorado.

From the west, Colorado Route 145 is the most common way into Telluride, however there are two alternate passes to enter the town as well.

The town is served by air transportation via Telluride Regional Airport ( TEX ), the highest altitude commercial airport in the United States.

Telluride boasts of a free box that is well supported by the community.

Beyond the ski lifts, Telluride is now widely recognized as an all-season resort.

Telluride Ski Resort is definitely the main attraction in the winter.

Telluride is served by Telluride Regional Airport.

Free public transportation is provided in Telluride.

Telluride was the subject of an essay by Edward Abbey, and Modern Telluride is the setting of Raymond H. Ring's 1988 detective novel Telluride Smile.

Telluride is mentioned in the song " Smuggler's Blues " by Glenn Frey, and is the subject of and eponymous songs by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1985, Kate Wolf, and Tim McGraw in 2001, which was re-recorded by Josh Gracin in 2008.

They seem to have chosen this name at least in part because of the theory that " Telluride " is itself a contraction of " To Hell You Ride ".

Originally a mining town, Telluride now is known for its ski resort, Telluride Ski Resort.

The county seat is Telluride.

Rico is developing in many ways as a bedroom community for the much wealthier town of Telluride in San Miguel County to the north.

The eastern portion of the county is served by CO 145 connecting to Dolores, CO, and Telluride, CO.

It is widely regarded as the highest in-bounds skiable terrain in North America, but the Telluride resort boasts Palmyra Peak () and Silverton Mountain has terrain up to.

A view of a mountain while driving above Telluride on one of its many trails.

Meanwhile ski area founder Joe Zoline worked hard to put Telluride on the map, developing one of the best mountains in North America for expert skiers and creating infrastructure for tourism which respected Telluride's need to stay small and beautiful.

Telluride and the area surrounding it has had a notable effect on pop culture.

He performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival on June 15, 2008, and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival on June 22, 2008, and for the first time in his career at England's Glastonbury Festival on June 29, 2008.

He continued to work on ranches until 1884, when he moved to Telluride, Colorado, ostensibly to seek work but perhaps to deliver stolen horses to buyers.

Parker, Warner and two of the McCarty Brothers were responsible for the robbery, on June 24, 1889, of the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride in which they stole approximately $ 21, 000, after which they fled to the Robbers Roost, a remote hideout in southeastern Utah.

They were married on December 22, 1994, in Telluride, Colorado near the area where they were both in a helicopter crash in March 1994.

David Lavender was born and raised on a cattle ranch 20 miles north of Telluride, Colorado, then a fading mining town.

Leftover Salmon marked their unofficial return to the stage with a performance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, June 24, 2007, as " Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman and Friends.

Shattered Glass premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was shown at the Telluride Film Festival, the Boston Film Festival, the Woodstock Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival, and the Austin Film Festival before opening on eight screens in New York City and Los Angeles on October 31, 2003.

" Telluride ," a song originally recorded by Tim McGraw on his 2001 album Set This Circus Down, was released as the album's fifth and final single.

It was also shown at the Moscow Film Festival, the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Athens Film Festival before going into theatrical release in the UK on 26 September 2003.

In 1992, Cuban novelist Guillermo Cabrera Infante, the guest co-director of the Telluride Film Festival, screened a print of the film at the festival as part of a retrospective on Kalatazov.

Black Bear Road, officially Forest Service Road 648, is a notorious jeep trail that starts from summit of Red Mountain Pass on U. S. Highway 550 ( between Ouray and Silverton ) to Telluride, Colorado.

" Hitchens was subsequently invited to appear on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC talk show, Scarborough Country, at which point a tape recording of his debate with Moore at the Telluride Film Festival in 2002 was replayed.

" Kenneth Turan, film critic of the Los Angeles Times, sums up the positions in his chapter on the festival in his book From Sundance to Sarajevo by saying that " the hothouse filmocentric universe Telluride creates over a Labor Day weekend has always been more a religion than anything as ordinary as a festival, complete with messianic believers and agnostic scoffers.

Everyday premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 3 2012 and will next screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012.

Moseley married Malia Rich, a business manager, on March 25, 2006, in Telluride, Colorado.

While a student at USC, he appeared on The New Dating Game, winning a trip to Telluride, Colorado.

A think-tank of international academics meet annually in Telluride, Colorado to address this issue directly, and until recently, Mark Tilden has been part of this effort ( he had to withdraw due to his new commercial commitments with Wow-Wee toys ).

In early 2010, a new Morris documentary had been submitted to several film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Telluride Film Festival.

* Independent films: In the US, Telluride Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Austin's South by Southwest, New York City's Tribeca Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival are all considered significant festivals for independent film.

He conducted an onstage public " conversation " with Herzog at the Telluride Film Festival in 2004, after a screening of Herzog's film Invincible at the Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival.

The film has not been released in the United States since its initial showing at the Telluride Film Festival in 2002.

Leigh has received three separate career tributes — at the Telluride Film Festival in 1993, a special award for her contribution to independent cinema from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2002, and a week-long retrospective showing of her film work held by the American Cinematheque at Los Angeles ' Egyptian Theatre in 2001.

The film debuted at the 2007 Telluride International Film Festival and won widespread critical acclaim.

Austin's son, Sam Austin, starred in the Disney film Mountain Born in 1970, shot in Telluride, Colorado.

The film also featured at the Telluride, Toronto, San Sebastian, Dinard and Stockholm Film Festivals of 2002.

The program is created by co-directors Gary Meyer, Tom Luddy and one of the Telluride film festival guest directors, who change each year.

Not to be confused with Mountainfilm in Telluride, another film festival held annually in Telluride over Memorial Day weekend.

fr: Festival du film de Telluride

As appreciation of his career grew in his final years, he fulfilled numerous lecture requests at film schools and fan gatherings as well as at retrospectives such as the Telluride Film Festival, along with European venues in France, Germany and other locations.

The film was screened at various film festivals, including: the Telluride Film Festival, USA ; the Toronto Film Festival, Canada ; the Medellín de Película, Colombia ; the Portland International Film Festival, United States ; the Cognac Festival du Film Policier, France ; the München Fantasy Filmfest, Germany ; the Norwegian International Film Festival, Norway ; and others.