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One of the best places to watch new and exciting films and to talk to filmmakers about their projects are Film Festivals and if you are looking for a film festival, Colorado is the place to be. Currently Colorado offers more than sixty Film Festivals, screening programs and special one-time film presentations every year.

Colorado's Film Festivals offer a variety of film experiences ranging from world-class feature premiers to award winning short films, from special interest projects to competition screenings, from best-loved favorites to undiscovered treasures. Film screenings take place around the state in parks, on riverbanks, in opera houses and state-of-the-art theaters. Colorado's world-class film festival events include the Telluride Film Festival, Vail Film Festival, Aspen Filmfest, Boulder International Film Festival and Starz Denver Film Festival.

The Colorado Film Festival season starts in Boulder in February and runs almost every weekend and wraps up with the largest film festival in Colorado, The Starz Denver Film Festival, in November.

Additional information on Colorado's many Film Festivals follows below with ongoing Film Festivals listed first then in order by month.

Colorado Film Commission - November 2009 Film Festivals

Starz Denver Film Festival

November 12 - 22nd, 2009
Contact
900 Auraria Parkway
Denver, Colorado 80204
Phone: 303.595.3456 x250

It entertains. It educates. It provokes and persuades, moves and motivates. Cinema has the potential to transform as well as reflect society in all its diversity is what the Denver Film Society aims to recognize and realize.

Colorado Film Commission - December 2008 Film Festivals

Colorado Film School Student Show

December 10, 2009
Veronica Sanchez
Program Assistant/Directors Assistant
9075 E. Lowry Blvd., Building 965
Denver, Colorado 80230
Phone: 303.340.7321

Films produced by Colorado Film School students.


Denver School of the Arts Student Film Festival

December 10-11, 2009
Ed Glassman
VCA Teacher
7111 Montview Blvd.
Denver, Colorado 80220
Phone: 720.424.1773

The Denver School of the Arts presents a Fall Student Film Festival on Thursday, December 10, and Friday, December 11. Both nights at 7:00pm. $10 Adults, $7 Students. Includes pizza and soda. Movies created by middle school and high school students will be presented in the following genres: Comedy, Drama, Foreign Film, Mockumentary, Animation, Claymation and Still Image Stories.


Aspen Academy Screenings

December 19, 2009 - January 2, 2010
Laura Vogel
Program Coordinator
110 East Hallam St, Suite 102
Aspen, Colorado 81611
Phone: 970.925.6882

Open to everyone, this two-week extravaganza offers a sneak peek at some of the films everyone will be talking about come Academy Awards time.

Colorado Film Commission - January 2009 Film Festivals

Festivus Film Festival

January 7-10, 2010
Johnathan McFarlane
Festival Director
P.O. Box 4955
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80155
Phone: 720.221.3586

Festivus Film Festival Real Indie Flicks, for Real Indie Fans. Films shown at the

Oriental Theater & Bug Theatre in Denver.


Aspen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

January 10-17, 2010
John Busch
Festival Director
548 Race Street
Aspen, Colorado 81611
Phone: 970.925.6431
Fax: 970.544.1972

Aspen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is held during Aspen Gay and Lesbian Ski Week in Aspen.

Colorado Film Commission - February 2010 Film Festivals

Mellon Financial Denver Jewish Film Festival

February 3-13, 2010
Roberta Bloom
Assistant Director
Mizel Center for Arts and Culture
350 South Dahlia Street
Denver, Colorado 80246
Phone: 303.316.6319
Fax: 303.320.0042

Screenings for the Mellon Financial Denver Jewish Film Festival unfolds annually at the Shwayder Theatre.


Boulder International Film Festival

February 11-14, 2010
Kathy Beeck
Colorado Film Society
Executive Director
1906 13th St, Ste 301
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Phone: 303.449.2283

Boulder International Film Festival is held every President's Day weekend and has developed international recognition as a showcase for the best new films by today's most important new filmmakers and stars. Includes screening all genres of international film.

Colorado Film Commission - March 2010 Film Festivals

Durango Independent Film Festival

March 3-7, 2010
Joanie Fraughton
Festival Director
PO Box 1587
Durango, Colorado 81302
Phone: 970.375.7779

An intimate celebration of the true Independent Filmmaker screening the best Independent documentary, feature, short, sports adventure, family and animation films.

Colorado Film Commission - March 2009 Film Festivals

Aspen Shortsfest

April 1-5, 2009
Laura Vogel
Program Coordinator
110 East Hallam St, Suite 102
Aspen, Colorado 81611
Phone: 970.925.6882

Filmmakers from around the world compete for significant cash prizes. In recent years, several Aspen Shortsfest award-winners have garnered Oscar awards or nominations. Widely recognized as one of the world's premiere showcases for short film and video, Aspen Shortsfest offers an intimate international forum attended by emerging artists, established film professionals, journalists, buyers, bookers and film-loving audiences from the US and abroad. Highlights of the five-day event include public screenings, tributes, retrospectives, panels and workshops.


Vail Film Festival

April 2 - 5, 2009
Vail Film Institute
PO Box 747
Vail, Colorado 81657
970.476.1092
Email: info@vailfilmfestival.org

The Vail Film Festival is one of the most respected and fastest-growing film festivals in the world. In 2007, MovieMaker magazine, the #1 independent film magazine, rated the Vail Film Festival as one of the top-ten best destination film festivals in the world. The Vail Film Festival also has the singular honor of being the only film festival in the world to have partnered with Bono's Product Red initiative, whereby the Festival donates 25% of pass sales to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. Past Festival award recipients include legendary producer Adrian Grenier & Tim Daly, actor Luke Wilson, actor William Forsythe and actor/writer/director Harold Ramis.


XicanIndie FilmFest

April 2-6, 2009
Daniel Salazar
El Centro Su Teatro
4725 High St.
Denver, Colorado 80216
Phone: 303.296.0219

The International Latino Film Festival of the Rockies, featuring Latino world cinema, classic and nuevo cinema Mexicano plus contemporary US Latino films.


Adventure Film Dirt Days Earth Day Fest Festival

April 19th, 2009
Jonathan Copp
Director
PO Box 3340
Boulder, Colorado 80307
Phone: 303.818.6402

Films covering the range of human adventure.


Starz Denver Pan African Film Festival

April 23-26, 2009
Ta’Shia Asanti
Co-Director
Pan African Arts Society
909 Park Ave. West
Denver, Colorado 80205
Phone: 303.298.8188
Cell: 720.339.1356

Showcases independent and mainstream films from the International Black experience including guest presenters, independent filmmakers, workshops, panels, parties and an educational youth film festival. The Starz Denver Pan African Film Festival is a collaboration between the Pan African Arts Society, Denver Film Society and Starz Film Center. Film screenings are at Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Parkway in Denver.


Indie Spirit Film Festival of Colorado Springs

April 24-26, 2009
Jim Turner
Director
Independent Film Society of Colorado

The Indie Spirit Film Festival is an annual event for filmmakers (professionals and students) and film lovers alike, with a superb program of feature films, shorts, docs, animation and many other films from around the world. Indie Spirit also has a sub-theme in which Native American films are showcased. A portion of the proceeds from the ticket sales for Native American films will be donated to social programs at reservations across North America.


Colorado Film School Student Show

April 30, 2009
Veronica Sanchez
Program Assistant/Directors Assistant
9075 E. Lowry Blvd., Building 965
Denver, Colorado 80230
Phone: 303.340.7321

Features films produced by Colorado Film School students.

Colorado Film Commission - May 2009 Film Festivals

Silver Spoon Film Festival

May 9, 2009
Jenni Dobson or Kim Akeley-Charron
Loveland Museum/Gallery
503 N. Lincoln
Loveland, Colorado 80537
Phone: 970.962.2410

Films by Colorado residents ages 13-20, 20 minutes or less.


Denver Academy Film Festival for Youth DAFFY

May 21, 2009
Dan Loan
Director of Film Festival
Denver Academy
Kenneth King Academic & Performing Arts Center
Campus Box R, P.O. Box 173361
Denver, CO 80221-3361
Phone: 303.777.5161

Open to anyone in grades 7-12 who wishes to participate, maximum 10 minute film.


MountainFilm in Telluride

May 22-25, 2009
Peter Kenworthy
Executive Director
PO Box 1088
109 E. Colorado Ave, Suite 1
Telluride, Colorado 81435
Phone: 970.728.4123 Ext. 10

Currently in its 31st year, the Mountainfilm Festival is a four-day, six-senses experience of art, adventure, culture and the environment. It attracts filmmakers, photographers, conservationists, mountaineers and explorers from around the world. Their audiences also come from around the world to gather in theaters that range from historical to state-of-the-art in the box canyon of Telluride, Colorado and the gondola-linked town of Mountain Village.

Colorado Film Commission - June 2008 Film Festivals

29th Annual Breckenridge Festival of Film

June 11-14th, 2009
Dawna Foxx
Executive Director
PO Box 718
Breckenridge, Colorado 80424
Phone: 970.453.6200

Independent films and Hollywood’s Premieres.

Colorado Film Commission - September 2009 Film Festivals

Independence Film Fest

in Leadville, Buena Vista & Salida

September 2-6, 2009
Lawrence David Foldes & Victoria Paige Meyerink
13547 Ventura Blvd., Suite 140
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
Colorado Info Line: 719.966.3005
Phone: 818.988.2200
Fax: 818.988.2202
Email: info@independencefilmfest.com

The highest film festival in the world, the Independence Film Fest of Colorado was been named Colorado’s Feisty New Film Festival by The Denver Post and Westword’s Best Undiscovered Film Festival of 2008. This annual event has expanded to 5 cities, incorporating and showcasing the region’s rich cultural history and historic venues creating a synergy between cinema, culture, and community. Get High On Film!


Telluride Film Festival

September 4-7, 2009
Email
800 Jones Street
Berkeley, California 94710
Phone: 510.665.9494
Fax: 510.665.9589

A premiere International Film Festival featuring approximately 15 shorts and 20 feature films.


Castle Rock Film Festival

September 11-13, 2009
Tim Galllagher
Festival Director
P.O. Box 1824
Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
Phone: 818.451.3827

The Castle Rock Film Festival strives to support producers and promote film production in the Rocky Mountain region. With this is mind, we are giving our regional Student, Short and Feature Film talent a better opportunity to get their work seen by only accepting submissions from CO, UT, NM, WY and MT. In addition, we are also accepting Trailers - providing the option for filmmakers to promote their feature film, but who aren't quite prepared to submit the actual film at this time; and Actor Reels - for those who want to promote their acting talent. Trailers and Reels will not be judged, but will be shared through-out the festival's Friday "Trailer Park" Meet-n-Greet event. Daytime activities include screenings, script readings and a "Tenacity in Independent Film Making" seminar by local filmmaking experts (including the CO Film Commission). Evening festivities will include performances by local musical and comedic talent..


TriMedia Film Festival

September 11-13, 2009
Carol Van Natta
TriMedia Festival Co-Director
PO Box 271370
Ft. Collins, Colorado 80527
Phone: 970.988.3133

Northern Colorado's premier festival for independent film, TV pilots & specials and original theater.


Toofy Film Fest

Fall 2009
Jeff Siebert
Festival Director
9415 Wolfe Place
Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129
Phone: 303.332.5060

Exposes the raw untapped talent that exists in the independent world of cinema, fashion, fine art and music.


Estes Park Film Festival

September 17-20, 2009
Sean Doherty
453 East Wonderview Ave., PMB 227
Estes Park, Colorado 80517
Phone: 970.231.2580

With a mission to educate, inspire, and advance a greater appreciation of independent cinema, the annual Estes Park Film Festival takes place every September at the Historic Park Theatre in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. Set against the backdrop of breathtaking Rocky Mountain National Park, the Estes Park Film Festival has been showcasing some of the world's best in cutting edge indie cinema since 2006.


Moondance International Film Festival

September 25 - 27, 2009
Elizabeth English
Executive Director
Phone: 303.545.0202
Email: director@moondancefilmfestival.com

At Moondance, you can come together with other writers, directors and producers to create new opportunities, develop tools for success and forge new alliances within the international film and entertainment industry..


Independence Film Fest

in Pueblo

September 25-27, 2009
Lawrence David Foldes & Victoria Paige Meyerink
13547 Ventura Blvd., Suite 140
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
Colorado Info Line: 719.966.3005
Phone: 818.988.2200
Fax: 818.988.2202
Email: info@independencefilmfest.com

The highest film festival in the world, the Independence Film Fest of Colorado was been named Colorado’s Feisty New Film Festival by The Denver Post and Westword’s Best Undiscovered Film Festival of 2008. This annual event has expanded to 5 cities, incorporating and showcasing the region’s rich cultural history and historic venues creating a synergy between cinema, culture, and community. Get High On Film!


The Shoot OutTM 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival Boulder

September 25-27, 2009
Michael Conti
Executive Director
The Shoot Out Boulder
3107 B 28th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80301
Phone: 303.449.1515

Founded in 2004, The Shoot Out Boulder asks filmmakers to trust their courage, imagination and determination by making a 7-minute film in just 24 hours. The challenge and skill involved becomes evident with the list of required technical, material, and timing rules for creating the films.


Aspen Filmfest

September 30 - October 4, 2009
Laura Vogel
Program Coordinator
110 East Hallam St, Suite 102
Aspen, Colorado 81611
Phone: 970.925.6882

Aspen Filmfest offers a five-day feast of film and fall color that satisfies filmmakers and film lovers alike. With an emphasis on independent productions from around the world, Aspen Filmfest champions filmmaking at its finest. Intimate in scale and celebratory in tone, Filmfest offers new features and documentaries, as well as unique presentations, special events and family films.

Colorado Film Commission - October 2009 Film Festivals

6th Annual Denver Indigenous Film & Arts Festival

October 2009
Jeanne Rubin
International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management
Film Festival Director
444 South Emerson Street
Denver, Colorado 80209-2216
Fax: 303.744.9808

The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management "Telling Our Stories"


Steamboat Mountain Film Festival

October 9, 2009
Michael Martin
Founder/Director
PO Box 882322
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80488
Phone: 970.870.9676

Showcases films from around the world plus Reel Awards with the best sports action films at the Steamboat Grand Ballroom.


Denver Underground Film Festival

October 16-18, 2009
Ed Mendez
Director
1427 Humboldt St., Suite 3
Denver, Colorado 80218
Phone: 720.301.1951
Email: info@duffcinema.com

A showcase for independent filmmakers from Colorado and beyond since 1997.


Intersections Film Festival

October 16 -18, 2009
Contact
Carole Woodall, IFF Executive Curator
Colorado Springs, Colorado

IFF seeks to engage the Colorado Springs and Front Range communities in an exploration of women; their lives and experiences both in major urban centers as well as provincial contexts. The films represent a diverse range of issues that document contemporary realities of the Middle East from honor killings to drug addiction and sexual abuse, from sharing intimate stories and frustrations in a beauty parlor to waiting for the return of a migrant working spouse.

Colorado Film Commission - November 2009 Film Festivals

Colorado Environmental Film Festival

November 5-7, 2009
Contact
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
15260 South Golden Rd
Golden, Colorado 80401
Phone: 303.273.9527

The Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF) is a celebration of the power of film to inspire, educate, and motivate audiences. We hope to provide an experience for our audiences that goes beyond just passive film viewing: we aim to inspire our audiences into awareness and action..

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