Oscar season favorites emerge at Telluride Film Festival: From 'Marriage Story' to 'Judy'

TELLURIDE, Colo. - Set in an isolated box canyon in the mountains of Colorado, the Telluride Film Festival likes to pride itself on its casual, decidedly un-Hollywood atmosphere. Red carpets and paparazzi are nowhere to be found, and even the high-powered film executives who arrive on private jets stroll around town in jeans.

But beneath this laid-back surface, Telluride, along with the other fall festivals in Venice, Toronto and New York, has become an increasingly pivotal stop on the awards-season calendar in recent years. And as the 46th edition unfolded over Labor Day weekend, all eyes were peeled for signs of which movies might be