- 15 films likely vying for Oscar® gold to screen from December 26-30, 2018 - Aspen, Colo. (November 20, 2018) — Aspen Film announced today the program for its 27th Academy Screenings, which runs December 26-30, 2018 at the Wheeler Opera House and Paepcke Auditorium in Aspen. With Aspen being a longtime favorite winter...
Audience Award for Best Film: MOMENTUM GENERATION Audience Award Runner-Up: 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS Aspen, Colo. (October 2, 2018) - Aspen Film announced today its balloted Audience Award winners for the 39th Aspen Filmfest, which ran Sept. 25-30 at the Wheeler Opera House and the Isis Theatre in Aspen and the Crystal...
Andrew Travers September 24, 2018 As boys, Mark and Andy Godfrey survived a horrific 1974 plane crash that killed their parents, brother and sister on their way to an Aspen ski vacation. The pair stayed alive in the wreckage for three days on a snow-covered mountainside outside of Glenwood Springs before an...
By CHRISTIN KAY Sep 21, 2018 Aspen Filmfest kicks off Tuesday with the documentary “Howard.” It’s the story of Howard Ashman, the lyricist for Disney classics like "Aladdin," "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast." Ashman died of AIDS when he was 39 years old. The film’s writer and director, Don Hahn, worked...
Andrew Travers Sep 20, 2018 The Aspen Filmfest audience will be among the first anywhere to see some of the most anticipated and most Oscar-touted titles of the fall. Highly praised Filmfest titles coming off of recent festival premieres include Steve McQueen's star-studded Viola Davis-led heist thriller "Widows,"the addiction drama "Beautiful Boy" with Timothee Chalamet and...