For over 20 years the Telluride Film Festival has presented students with the opportunity to experience the Festival as it was initially intended—a celebration of film as an art, a festival of discovery and rediscovery, and a place to share your love of film with others who feel just as passionately as you do.

You don’t need to be a film student. All you need is a consuming passion for film. Seize the opportunity to immerse yourself in a direct and intimate dialogue with some of the greatest filmmakers out there, joined by peers that share your enthusiasm.

The goals of the Festival’s education programs are as follows:

• Expand participants’ worldview through film screenings and discussions with filmmakers
• Develop participants’ ability to become more thoughtful and discriminating media critics
• Assist participants’ growth into more thoughtful and active cultural participants and leaders for the future
• Broaden participants’ knowledge and understanding through learning of other students’ backgrounds and lifestyles
• Provide participants with the opportunity to become lifelong friends with peers from divergent backgrounds

The Student Symposium is designed for college undergraduates and grad students; all majors are welcome. Fifty students, from around the globe, are chosen to participate in a rigorous five days of screenings and cloistered seminars. Participants receive a special festival pass, a travel stipend and special access to rub elbows with various celebrities.