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ASPEN FILMMAKER PRESENTS AWARD-WINNING SHORT DOCUMENTARY: CONDUCTING LIFE, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL SHORTSFEST 2022 SCREENING
August 11, 2022
Aspen, CO (August 2, 2022) Aspen Film is pleased to screen an encore presentation of CONDUCTING LIFE, a short documentary that was shown at Aspen Film’s Oscar®-qualifying 2022 Shortsfest in April. Created by Aspen-based director Diane Moore, this special screening takes place at Aspen’s Isis Theatre on August 17, starting at 5 PM. The film […]
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EDUCATION COORDINATOR (BILINGUAL, PART TIME)
August 1, 2022
EDUCATION COORDINATOR (BILINGUAL, PART TIME) COORDINADOR DE EDUCACIÓN (BILINGÜE, MEDIO TIEMPO) Job Description The Education Coordinator will support the Head of Education in furthering the initiatives and goals of the organization’s education program. The Coordinator will interact with students, teachers, parents, filmmakers, and other community partners to bring quality programming into the schools. The focus […]
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Executive Director's Letter: Aug 2022
August 1, 2022
Hello Friends of Film, It is with a heavy heart that I write this month’s letter as Aspen Film mourns the loss of innovative and influential director Bob Rafelson, who passed away peacefully Saturday evening, July 23. Rafelson helped transform American independent cinema with his style and approach to filmmaking. He also launched the careers […]
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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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2022 Eisner/Lauder New Views Documentaries and Dialogue Series
July 7, 2022
The Aspen Institute Arts Program and Aspen Film announce the line-up of acclaimed documentaries for the 2022 Eisner/Lauder New Views Documentaries & Dialogue Series: GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN, SUBJECT, and STILL WORKING 9 TO 5. The summer series features critically acclaimed documentaries and conversations with special guests. All films will be screened at 7:30pm in-person at the Isis Theatre (406 E. […]
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Executive Director's Letter: JUNE 2022
June 1, 2022
Hello Friends of Film! I’m excited to be back in Aspen after long travels which included a week at the 75th Cannes Film Festival! This was my 21st Cannes, though I hadn’t attended in five years, and things have certainly changed in many ways. Though overall an excellent experience, the beginning of the festival was […]
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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 2022 SUMMER OF CINEMA LINEUP
May 11, 2022
Aspen, CO (May 11, 2022) – Aspen Film is excited to announce its 2022 Summer of Cinema lineup, partnering with numerous Aspen-area organizations to bring a broad range of films to the community. Susan Wrubel, Aspen Film Executive + Artistic Director explains: “Aspen Film helps create unique and diverse summer film experiences, even though our […]
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