The 47th Telluride Film Festival, originally scheduled for Sept. 3 to Sept. 7, has been cancelled, organizers announced on Tuesday.
“After months of intense due diligence around physically holding an event, we’ve come to the heartbreaking but unanimous conclusion to cancel this year’s Labor Day celebration of film in Telluride,” the statement said. “But with a seemingly unending number of new cases of Covid-19 and the national chaos around it, even the best strategy is threatened by this out of control environment.”
The festival plans to release its lineup in the near future, and hopes film fans will be able to see the films at other festivals like New York Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Venice.