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Empowering the valley’s youth via film
September 26, 2022
Aspen Film’s 43rd annual Filmfest is around the corner. Commencing Tuesday through Sunday with a stacked lineup of engaging new cinema, the festival cultivates educational opportunities for the valley’s youth. Through its Film Educates department, Aspen Film offers year-round educational programming for students and teachers from Rifle to Aspen. And these far-reaching, free programs are […]
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Aspen Film to pay tribute to cinema pioneer Bob Rafelson
September 23, 2022
The transformative filmmaker Bob Rafelson’s storied career took him all over the globe, but his Castle Creek residence and Aspen were his home base for more than 40 years. So it’s no wonder Aspen Film and Rafelson had a connection until he died from lung cancer July 23 at his home at age 89. The […]
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Colorado has more than just Telluride Film Fest. Here’s when you can see films in Denver, Vail, Breckenridge and beyond.
September 19, 2022
It’s full-swing for film festival season, following September’s twin pillars of prestige and influence, the Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film Fest — the latter continuing through Sunday, Sept. 18. Here in Colorado, we’re geared toward adventure and nature films, as well as features and shorts that explore Latino and Indigenous and Asian-American Pacific Islander cultures. […]
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Regionally Inspiring, Internationally Recognized: Aspen Film’s 43rd Annual Filmfest
September 15, 2022
This year’s lineup includes films featuring Cannes 2022 Palme d’Or winner TRIANGLE OF SADNESS; Sam Mendes’ EMPIRE OF LIGHT with Olivia Coleman, Colin Firth, and Michael Ward; THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. Calling all film fans far and wide to a little place called Aspen. Aspen Film is proud to […]
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Aspen Film’s 43rd annual Filmfest returns
September 12, 2022
Aspen Film’s 43rd annual Filmfest returns Sept. 27 through Oct. 2. This year’s festival will present 16 feature-length films, comprising a diverse selection of cinematic storytelling from across the globe. Susan Wrubel, executive and artistic director of Aspen Film, has spent months scouting some of the biggest film festivals in the world — such as […]
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Bob Rafelson was passionate about Aspen, and filmmaking
July 28, 2022
Bob Rafelson is best known as a boundary-breaking filmmaker who helped kickstart Jack Nicholson’s acting career. The two had met at a film screening and then co-wrote the 1968 satirical, adventure film “Head,” featuring the pop-rock group The Monkees. In a conversation with Bob Braudis at the Wheeler Opera House in 2019, Rafelson said that […]
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How Art and Aspen ‘Intersect’
July 28, 2022
The Intersect Aspen art fair returns to the Roaring Fork Valley this Sunday, July 31 through Thursday, Aug. 4, with more than two dozen gallery exhibitions at the Aspen Ice Garden and collaborations with a number of other arts-related organizations and nonprofits around the valley. With 31 galleries represented from 21 cities, 11 of the […]
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Short film by Aspen teens gains global recognition
May 26, 2022
On a school night in November, a small group of Aspen High School students were up until three in the morning surrounded by empty coffee cups and glowing laptop screens, writing the first drafts of what would become an internationally recognized short film. Titled “Faces of the Future,” the 17-minute short film was selected and […]
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ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES 31ST ANNUAL SHORTSFEST DATES WITH A NEW, PRESALE FESTIVAL PASS
February 18, 2022
ASPEN, CO (Feb. 17, 2022) – Aspen Film announces that the 31st Annual Aspen Shortsfest 2022 will return to live showings at the Wheeler Opera House for the first time in three years. Aspen Film is excited to showcase 11 programs, including 75 short films, scheduled Apr. 5-10, 2022. New this year, a presale festival pass is […]
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Through collaborations, Aspen Film fosters diverse storytelling
February 14, 2022
Film is a powerful storytelling platform. And Aspen Film manifests its medium — and mission — to bring diversity to the screen, sparking conversations, collaborations and community programming throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. From putting on three major festivals each year to hosting monthly Indie Showcase and “Aspen Film Presents” screenings at the Isis Theatre […]