Documentary on Adam Pearson, 'Zero Intention of Living Quietly,' to Premiere at Telluride
A documentary about British actor Adam Pearson will open the 53rd Telluride Film Festival on Friday, according to Deadline (Deadline).
Titled Zero Intention of Living Quietly, the film is directed by Edward Lovelace, whose previous credits include Antiheroine and Name Me Lawand. Deadline, which broke the news exclusively on 3 September 2026, also shared a first clip from the project.
The documentary centres on Pearson's friendship with Ellie, a teenage girl who, like Pearson, was born with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 — a rare genetic condition that causes tumours to grow along nerves. The film follows their bond and the conversations that come with sharing a condition most people have never heard of.
Pearson rose to prominence with his role as Oswald in the 2024 film A Different Man, in which he co-starred with Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve. His character in that film, a man with NF1, brought Pearson's own experience with the condition to a wider audience.
Telluride, held annually in the Colorado mountains, is one of the key festival stops on the awards-season calendar. It is known for quietly adding titles to its lineup at the last moment, and for launching films that go on to dominate conversations through the autumn.
For Lovelace, whose Name Me Lawand tracked the story of a deaf Kurdish boy, the move into Pearson and Ellie's world continues a career spent close to stories about communication, identity, and the body. The festival slot gives the documentary its first public screening before any wider release plan is announced.
No distribution deal for the film has been confirmed. Telluride premieres often attract acquisition interest from streamers and specialty distributors, but as of publication nothing has been announced.
