Peace Shorts Program
Short Narrative
Director: Harry Kakatsakis
Country: US
Admissions is a short film starring Academy Award nominee James Cromwell that tells a transformational tale about what it takes to find lasting peace, even in war-torn places like the Middle East. Featuring an Israeli couple and a Palestinian man, this modern parable is set in the Admissions Room for the afterlife. Its purpose is to start a conversation that heals.
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“Apache 8”
Friday Sept. 21 3:30pm-Nomad
Feature Documentary
Director: Victoria Westover
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
Apache 8 tells the story of an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who have been fighting fires in Arizona and throughout the U.S. for over 30 years. The film delves into the challenging lives of these Native firefighters.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“As Goes Janesville”
Saturday Sept. 22 5:45pm-Barn
Feature Documentary
Director: Brad Lichtenstein
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
As Goes Janesville shows the front lines over the future of America’s middle class – a debate that became a battle over unions in Wisconsin. First, GM shut down Janesville’s century-old plant causing massive layoffs. Then, newly elected governor Scott Walker ignites a firestorm by ending collective bargaining, unleashing a fury of protesters demanding a recall election. We tell the tale from inside, following 3 years in the lives of workers trying to reinvent themselves; business leaders aligned with the Governor to promote a pro-business agenda to woo companies to town, and a state senator trying to bring peace to his warring state and protect workers’ rights. As Goes Janesville, so goes America, a country mired in polarization and falling short of the American Dream.
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Barking Horse”
Shorts Program #1
Short Narrative
Director: Patrick Sheridan
Country: US
Barking Horse explores the struggle of a man who is trying to find meaning in the words for things after the woman he loves as gone away. This is based on a 1988 poem by the same name.
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“The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia”
Sunday Sept. 23 2:45pm-Nomad
Filmmaker Attending
Call2ACTion
Feature Documentary
Director: James Redford
Country: US
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia follows a dyslexic boy named Dylan. The film reveals that dyslexia is a neurological issue, not a character flaw. It shares some of the practical – and occasionally humorous – tips on how to deal with dyslexia on a daily basis. The film explains that the struggle with the written word is not an indication of one’s ability to think, create, or solve problems.
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia Trailer
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Birds in the Park”
Art Shorts Program
Feature Documentary
Director: Dagmar Diebels and Tom Meffert
Country: Germany
Colorado Premiere
Birds in the Park surrounds art with conversation. Artist Christy Hengst creates porcelain birds with writing and pictures on their backs. Inspection of the birds raises questions like “What is public art and – can it achieve anything?” “What is war?” “What is peace?” These are some of the questions that arise in this documentary.
Birds in the Park Trailer
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“Birth of a White Boy”
Peace Shorts Program as well as Shorts Program #1
Filmmaker Attending
Short Narrative
Director: J. Paul Preseault
Country: US
World Premiere
Peace Shorts Program
Birth of a White Boy follows a man by the name of Jonathon who is torn by thoughts of revenge or reconciliation as he prepares to give the best man toast at his father’s wedding reception. The film highlights important issues such as racism and forgiveness from childhood through adulthood. As we follow Jonathon on his short journey during his father’s wedding we learn that there is more than just meets the eye.
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“The Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain”
Thursday Sept. 20 3:30pm-Barn (This film is paired with the film Carbon for Water)
Call2ACTion
Short Narrative
Director: Kim Ramsay
Country: US
Awards: Best Screenplay- Los Angeles Movie Awards, Award of Excellence, La Movie Awards, Award of Excellence Acrolade Awards
Colorado Premiere
The Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain is a strongly-observed portrait of a family facing the challenges of the Australian Outback. Years of drought and hard luck have taken their toll on the Cobblin family. Patriarch Neil views everything, everyone and any attempt to help with wounded pride and suspicion, while his wife, Rita, tries to keep up a brave face.
The Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain Trailer
Ticket Price$10.00 General Admission $8.00 Seniors and Students
To purchase tickets for the Environmental Shorts Program please CLICK HERE
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“Carbon for Water”
Thursday Sept. 20 3:30pm-Barn (This film is paired with the film Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain)
Call2ACTion
Short Documentary
Director: Elisabeth Wilhelm
Country: US
Awards: Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival – Best International Short, Development and Climate Days Film Competition at Durban During COP-17 – Highly Commended, California International Shorts Festival – Best Documentary Short, Mountain Film Awards – Sir Edmund Hillary Award, Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival – Best Environmental Sustainability Film
Carbon for Water examines the contamination of water in one part of Kenya. Most of the drinking water here is contaminated. Women and girls are responsible for finding water and often miss school or work, and even encounter sexual violence. Yet waterborne illness remains a daily and life-threatening reality for them and their families. This film introduces audiences to the inspiring people who face these hardships, and explores one company’s innovative solution for improving the health of Kenyans and the environment they live in.
Ticket Price $10.00 Regular Admission $8.00 Seniors and Students
To purchase tickets for the Environmental Shorts Program please CLICK HERE
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“Ceiling Skies”
Shorts Program #2
Short Narrative
Director: Amanda Henshall
Country: Austrailia
Colorado Premiere
At the age of 20, Damien has been thrust into being the full-time caregiver of his terminally ill mother, Ellie. Alone and emotionally not ready to deal with this situation, Damien finds a systematic way to cope while his father, Henry, hides himself from the reality of his wife’s terminal condition by immersing himself in his work. One day when Damien is preparing Ellie for her bath, he is faced with a life-altering decision when Ellie asks him to help her die. Damien is now forced to confront the truth about his mother’s condition, making him battle his emotions, morals and his father to figure out what he should do.
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“Cord”
Sunday Sept. 23 7:00pm-Barn (This film is paired with the film Vittorio, Capitan Pistone…e tutti gli altri)
Call2ACTion
Short Narrative
Director: Kyoungju Kim
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
Cord follows the life of a woman who takes care of her elderly mother. Her responsibilities range from feeding her mother to keeping her from crawling out of the window. Through the shared daily rituals come traces of a deep history which binds mother and daughter which may ultimately forcing one to make a fateful decision.
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission $8.00 Seniors and Students
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“Dave”
Saturday Sept. 22 8:00pm-Barn
Student Program Not Open to General Public for More Information Click Here
Feature Documentary
Director: Eric Geadelmann
Country: US
An unlikely mentor uses basketball to shepherd an intellectually disabled teen and in turn becomes led himself into reconciliation with his estranged father. ‘Coach D’ Adam Donyes and Big Dave ‘Diesel’ Sterling, were an unlikely pair that were strangely brought together and significantly affected each others lives in ways that were seemingly impossible – serving as ‘bridges’ for each other in reconciling with their respective fathers who had abandoned each of them long ago.
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Digital Dharma”
Friday Sept. 21 8:45pm-Nomad
Filmmaker Attending
Feature Documentary
Director: Dafna Yachin
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
In 1959, Tibetan villages were attacked and monasteries destroyed. Ancient Sanskrit and Tibetan writings disappeared, putting the history of an entire culture in peril. Enter destiny in the unlikely form of E. Gene Smith, a Mormon from Ogden, Utah, who led an effort to rescue, preserve and share these early insights into mankind’s consciousness, from the medical to the mystical. Crossing multiple borders – geographic, political and philosophical – Digital Dharma is an epic story of a cultural rescue and how one man’s mission became the catalyst for an international movement to provide free access to the story of a people.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Distance”
Peace Shorts Program
Shorts Program 1
Short Narrative
Director: Sang Joon Kim
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
The director relates the miscommunication between brother and father who never understand each other. The film is presented through humor.
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“The Extraordinary Life of Rocky”
Shorts Program #2
Short Narrative
Director: Stephen Dhoedt and Kevin Meul
Country: Belgium
Colorado Premiere
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky follows a boy named Rocky who grows up surrounded by death: everyone around him dies in a freak accident and each time he’s at the center of it all. A modern tale about a lot of bad luck and a tiny bit of bliss.
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky Trailer
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“fambul tok”
Saturday Sept. 22 1:30pm-Nomad
Student Program-Not Open to General Public for More Information Click Here
Feature Documentary
Director: Sara Terry
Country: USA
Awards: St. Clair Bourne (Best Documentary) Award – San Francisco Black Film Festival, 2012, Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit Award – Mountainfilm, 2012, Jury Special Prize – Portugal Underground Film Festival, 2012, Jury Grand Prize – Non Violence International Film Festival, 2012, Best Documentary – Queens World Film Festival, 2012, Best Documentary – Reynolda Film Festival, 2012, Best Feature – Show Me Justice Film Festival, 2012, Crystal Heart Award – Heartland Film Festival, 2011, Human Spirit Award – Nashville Film Festival, 2011, Honorable Mention Best Documentary – Nashville Film Festival, 2011, Best Documentary – Ft. Myers Film Festival, 2011
Best of Fest – Global Social Change Film Festival, 2011, Best Documentary, Audience Choice Award – FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2011SIGNIS Award – Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2011
Colorado Premiere
Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together for the first time in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies. Through reviving their ancient practice of fambul tok (family talk), Sierra Leoneans are building sustainable peace at the grass-roots level – succeeding where the international community’s post-conflict efforts failed. Filled with lessons for the West, this film explores the depths of a culture that believes that true justice lies in redemption and healing for individuals – and that forgiveness is the surest path to restoring dignity and building strong communities.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Grace Running”
Art Shorts Program
Short Narrative
Director: Jim McQuaid
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
Grace is fourteen. Grace makes beautiful drawings. Grace is a good girl. Things are about to change.
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“Grave Digging”
Peace Shorts Program
Short Narrative
Director: Julien Thomas
Country: Canada
World Premiere
Grave Digging is a reflection on the present circumstances surrounding conflict and the glipse of humanity in which we find ourselves.
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“Gun Hill Road”
Hosted by Rose Garcia
Sunday Sept. 23 12:30-Nomad
Feature Narrative
Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green
Country: US
Gun Hill Road tells the story of a family in transition. It is the story of a young man exploring his sexuality in an intolerant and judgmental world and his exploration’s impact on his relationship with his parents and himself. Followed by a CALL2ACTION featuring Rose Garcia.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Haiti: Where did the money go?”
Sunday Sept. 23 5:00pm-Barn
Filmmaker Attending
Call2ACTion
Feature Documentary
Director: Michele Mitchell
Country: US
Haiti: Where did the money go? asks the pivotal question: why did so much money buy so little relief? And why are so many people in Haiti still living in squalor? In the US alone, half of all households gave a total of $1.4 billion to charities for relief in Haiti, yet almost two years later sanitation is inadequate, malnutrition and cholera are on the rise. What Happened?
Haiti: Where did the money go? Trailer
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“In the Presence of Absence”
Peace Shorts Program
Short Narrative
Director: Brigid Tierney
Country: Canada
World Premiere
In the Presence of Absence examines perceptions and ideas of the “other”. This is explored as two girls meet in the space that divides them.
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“Let it Out”
Art Shorts Program
Short Documentary
Director: Dawn Jones
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
Let it Out is an exploration of the sequence of emotional and physical events that come to us when we cry. With vivid images and colorful animation, crying is re-imagined as an opportunity to joyfully release the feelings and thoughts that can sometimes bind us.
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“Little People Living Inside My Head”
Shorts Program #2
Short Narrative
Director: Agnete Hjerl
Country: Denmark
Colorado Premiere
Little People Living Inside My Head is a death dance between the rational and the creative side of a human being, taking place in a dark and dreamy world… Will they ever find peace from their battle?
Little People Living Inside My Head Trailer
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“Movement”
Peace Shorts Program
Short Narrative
Director: Daniel Le Baron
Country: Canada
World Premiere
Movement shows two dancers from opposing communities expressing their pain through movement.
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“The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising”
Sunday Sept. 23 1:00pm-Nomad
Filmmaker Attending
Call2ACTion
Feature Documentary
Director: Kurt Miller
Country: US
Awards: Eugene Film Festival – Board Choice Awards, Catalina Film Festival – Avalon Documentary Award
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising captures the life of Rick Finkelstein who was paralyzed in a ski accident on Aspen Mountain in 2004. Rick suffered a severed spine and internal trauma, and was not expected to live. Six years, nine surgeries, and a lifetime of rehab later, cameras captured his dramatic return to Aspen.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising Trailer
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Music from the Big House”
Thursday Sept. 20 8:00pm-Nomad
Feature Documentary
Director: Bruce McDonald
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
Music from the Big House is a musical journey at a glance into what used to be the bloodiest prison in America. Through music, it gives sensational stories of convicts and a historic jailhouse performance with inmates serving life sentences for murder, rape and armed robbery. This film allows us to witness remarkable voices of hope, humanity and redemption.
Music from the Big House Trailer
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“The Necklace”
Shorts Program #1
Filmmaker Attending
Short Narrative
Director: MaryLee Herrmann
Country: US (Colorado Filmmaker)
Awards: Best Short Drama from the SNOB Film Festival, American International’s Best Director, Myrtle Beach Film Festival’s Best Short Film, Taos Shortzfest, Audience Choice Award
The Necklace follows a woman who, feeling trapped, has spent her life being everything to everyone else, reaches out to her free-spirited sister to find the courage to pursue her own dreams.
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“Openings – The Search for Harry”
Friday Sept. 21 8:00pm-Barn
Filmmaker Attending
Feature Documentary
Director: Mark McGinnis
Country: US (Colorado Filmmaker)
World Premiere
The feature film Openings – The Search for Harry is based on true events and is the story of one man’s climb back from despair and anger, closed off from those important in his life, to reconnecting and to rebuilding an authentic, richer life. Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, this film explores life in a way that is both real and insightful. Interwoven into the film are interviews from some of today’s most relevant new age personalities who share compelling insights and introduce rarely discussed concepts related to the major themes of Openings. It is a rare type of film, one that will open your mind as well as your heart.
Openings – The Search for Harry Trailer
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Passion in Paint”
Art Shorts Program
Short Documentary
Director: Amber Rinehart
Country: US
Awards: Film Festival Official Selection by UC Davis
Colorado Premiere
Passion in Paint explores the power of art. Art has always been one of humanity’s greatest tools of expression and therapy. This film explores art as therapy and tells the story of three women who found their voices and hope through the canvas.
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“Planet of Snail”
This Film is brought to you by Colorado University’s International Film Series
Friday Sept. 21 1:30pm-Nomad
Feature Documentary
Director: Seungjun Yi
Country: Korea
Awards: Sterling Award for Best World Feature at Silverdocs
Colorado Premiere
Planet of Snail is a love story like no other. It is a mesmerizing documentary about a poet who can no longer see or hear and his relationship to the world around him. In this film he finds his soul mate, who is an inseparable part of his life, and a window to the outside world.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Project Hopeful”
Friday Sept. 21 6:00pm-Barn (This film is Paired with the film Unbreakable Spirit)
Short Documentary
Director: Kelsie Kiley and Grace Johnson
Country: US
Awards: Best Picture in College and Young Adult Competition, Second Place in the Student Division, Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival
Colorado Premiere
Project Hopeful explores the power of hope. The film follows three couples from Illinois that have chosen to double the size of their families in an inspiring way. Their influence has been seen worldwide, bringing hope to orphans with special needs.
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission $8.00 Seniors and Students
To purchase tickets for the Special Awareness Shorts Program please CLICK HERE
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“Scarlet Road”
This film is brought to you by Colorado University’s International Film Series
Friday Sept. 21 7:00pm-Nomad
Feature Documentary
Director: Catherine Scott
Country: Australia
Colorado Premiere
Scarlet Road follows the extraordinary work of Australian sex worker, Rachel Wotton. Impassioned about freedom of sexual expression and the rights of sex workers, she specializes in a long over-looked clientele – people with disability.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Somewhere West”
Saturday Sept. 22 6:00pm-Nomad
Feature Narrative
Director: David Marek
Country: US
Awards: Best Feature Film- East Lansing Film Festival, Best No Budget Feature- Vegas Independent Film Festival, Best Fiction Feature- Student Film Festival London, Best Cinematography- Uptown Film Festival, Silver Pal Award- Mexico International Film Festival, Best Detroit Windsor Feature Film
Colorado Premiere
Somewhere West is a visually breathtaking road-film that explores the human spirit with emotional breath and quiet subtlety. After battling with a terminal illness, Ian decides to forgo treatment and head West in search of solitude.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Spectrum”
Peace Shorts Program
Short Narrative
Director: Anita Hung
Country: Canada
World Premiere
Spectrum follows the life of a newspaper delivery man. In this film, the man discovers the significance of expanding one’s perspective.
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“Statue”
Shorts Program #1
Short Narrative
Director: Andrew Bryan
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
Most of us would not choose to spend our afternoon in the French Quarter getting heckled by drunk tourists. But for a ‘living-statue’ street performer, it’s just another day at the office. Needless to say, distractions are welcome. And this particular day has brought the best distraction yet – a beautiful girl playing her guitar down the street. So just go talk to her, right? Unfortunately, it’s not so easy when you’re covered from head to toe in silver paint. Statue is a silent love story that explores the power of unspoken attraction between two people and how they interact despite limitations in communication.
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“Talking Story”
Saturday Sept. 22 11:30am-Nomad
Filmmaker Attending
Feature Documentary
Director: Marie-Rose Phan-Le
Country: US
Awards: Best Cinematography – Breckenridge Festival of Film, Best Documentary TFFOC, Silver Ace Award – Las Vegas
Colorado Premiere
Talking Story is a chronicle of lives, rituals and the wisdom of healers and spiritual leaders from diverse world cultures. Its unique approach of utilizing the personal journey humanizes the fight for cultural preservation and the importance of maintaining perceptual diversity.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Tango Your Life”
Thursday Sept. 20 7:30pm-Barn (This film is paired with Dance of the Heart Tango Class)
Feature Documentary
Director: Chan Park
Country: US
Colorado Premiere
Tango Your Life examines the the discovery of tango as culture, music, dance, friendship, love and daily living in Buenos Aires, all of which have helped many discover the inner passion for life.
Ticket Price: $10.00 Regular Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Through a Glass, Darkly”
Peace Shorts Program
Short Narrative
Director: Jenni Leigh Harder
Country: Canada
World Premiere
Through a Glass, Darkly brings together two women. In this film they are brought together by their own story, a reflection of grief and death that surrounds them.
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“Tomboy”
Friday Sept. 21 4:00pm-Nomad
Feature Narrative
Director: Celine Sciamma
Country: France
Awards: Jury Award, Best Performance, Zoe Heran – Newfest, New York LGBT Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Feature – FRAMELINE San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature – Seattle Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Best Feature – Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Teddy Jury Award – Berlin International Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Foreign Film – Pittsburgh International Film Festival, Jury Prize, Best Feature – Philadelphia International LGBT Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Film – Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Golden Duke, Best Film – Odessa International Film Festival, Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Tomboy brings a light and charming touch to this contemporary coming-of-age story which deftly explores relationships between children and their peers; between children and their parents; and the even more complicated relationship between one’s heart and one’s body.
Ticket Price $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Town of Runners”
Opening Night Film
Wednesday Sept. 19th 8:00pm-Nomad
Feature Documentary
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Country: England
Colorado Premiere
Town of Runners is about young runners from the Ethiopian Rural town of Bejoki, a home to the current Olympic and World Champions Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. The film follows three children as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood.
Town of Runners Trailer
Ticket Price for Opening Gala $20
Film-only Rush Tickets at the door – $12.00 General Admission
$10.00 Seniors and Students rush tickets available at the box office
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“Unbreakable Spirit”
Friday Sept. 21 6:00pm-Barn (This film is paired with the film Project Hopeful)
Short Documentary
Director: Roland Kuehn
Country: Canada
Awards: Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival – Best Short Film (Documentary)
US Premiere
Unbreakable Spirit is the uplifting story of Lynette Kisala, a Kenyan school teacher living with AIDS who, despite extreme hardship, runs a school for orphans and HIV positive children in rural Kenya. With the help of Students for International Development, a small group of volunteer students from the University of Toronto, and money raised by an elementary school in Ottawa, Lynette is able to provide food, health care, clothing and education for many vulnerable and marginalized children. Moreover, Lynette’s honesty, gifted leadership, and stubborn refusal to accept the world the way it is, transforms the community at large, especially those suffering from AIDS. When Lynette dies unexpectedly, her unbreakable spirit lives on through the people she helped and inspired in Kenya and Canada.
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission $8.00 Seniors and Students
To purchase tickets for the Special Awareness Shorts Program please CLICK HERE
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“UNFIT: Ward vs. Ward”
Sunday Sept. 23 3:00pm-Barn
Call2ACTion
Feature Documentary
Directors: Katie Carmichael, Edwin Scharlau, and Penny Edmiston
Country: US
Who is more fit to raise a child: a convicted killer or a lesbian? According to one judge in Florida, the convicted killer. UNFIT: Ward vs. Ward follows the true story of Mary Ward who lost custody of her eleven year old daughter because she was a lesbian. The judge decided that the father was a more fit parent even though he had served nine years for murdering his first wife, did not know what grade his daughter was in or what school she attended, and had only spent four consecutive days with his daughter in the previous five years. No one could have imagined the firestorm that would ensue and the tragic consequences the judge’s decision would have on the lives of everyone involved.
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Urban Odyssey”
Friday Sept. 21 4:30pm-Barn
Filmmaker Attending
Feature Documentary
Director: Maryanne Galvin
Country: US
Awards: Boston International Film Festival (Indie Spec/Special Recognition in Documentary Award)
Colorado Premiere
Urban Odyssey follows three inner city teens and three retirees as they join forces in a year long escapade in the great outdoors. The film is a mix of joyful exploration, convservationist attitudes and volunteer labor as they play out before the camera with little inetervention or direction from the filmmaker.
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“Vittorio, Capitan Pistone…e tutti gli altri”
Sunday Sept. 23 7:00pm-Barn (This film is paired with the film Cord)
Call2ACTion
Feature Documentary
Director: Mara Consoli
Country: Italy
Colorado Premiere
Vittorio, Capitan Pistone…e tutti gli altri tells the story of the filmmaker’s father, Vittorio, a vibrant man who is hit during the last years of his life by Alzheimer’s disease. The film captures the interactions, sorrows, fears, and love Vittorio has.
Vittorio, Capitan Pistone…e tutti gli altri Trailer
Ticket Price $10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students tickets available at the box office or by calling 303.818.4645
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“When You Find Me “
Shorts Program #1
Short Narrative
Director: Bryce Howard
Country: US
When You Find Me tells the story of two sisters whose childhood bond is tested by a tragedy they are too young to undersatnd. Alternating between past and present, this film is an emotional fable of two people coping with loss in very different ways.
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“Wolf Call”
Shorts Program #1
Short Narrative
Director: Rob Underhill
Country: US
Awards: Hollywood Black Film Festival – Best Short Film, Berlin Black International Cinema – Best Film, Appalachian Film Festival – Best Short Film, Gasparilla International Film Festival – Best Short, Carrboro Film Festival – Best Actor/Audience Choice, North Carolina Black Film Festival – Best Short Film, Magnolia Independent Film Festival – Best Written Film, Clare Valley Film Festival – Best International Actor/2nd Best International Short Film
It is 1956. Previous year, 14-year old Emmett Till from Chicago had gone missing in Money, Mississippi. Later, the boy’s mutilated body was found in a river. William Bradford Huie of Look magazine sits down with the two men acquitted for the boy’s murder, Roy Bryant Jr. and J.W. Milam, to discuss the trial. Not a word had been uttered outside a courtroom by them or their kin, until now…
Wolf Call is the true-story crafted from public record that became a lightning rod for moral outrage pivotal in inspiring a whole generation to commit to social change in the 1950s. ‘His death was a spark that ignited the Civil Rights Movement in America,’ Ed Bradley, Emmy Award-winning journalist.
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