The 52nd Telluride Film Festival kicked off on Friday with the annual Patrons Brunch, which brings together filmmakers, journalists and the fest’s highest-spending passholders for bacon, eggs and mingling at a private residence high above the center of town.

Among those present were Jafar Panahi , the Iranian dissident whose It Was Just an Accident (Neon) won Cannes’ Palme d’Or in May, and who the festival helped to bring to the U.S. for the first time in 20 years; E. Jean Carroll , the former advice columnist who later won legal judgments against Pres. Donald Trump , who took a train from New York to attend the world premiere of the documentary feature Ask E. Jean (still seeking U.S. distribution); and two Skarsgårds , Stellan , here with Sentimental Value (Neon), and Al

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