Author: Susan Viebrock

To call Mountainfilm in Telluride a film festival is less a misnomer than an understatement. Now celebrating its 34th year, the event which takes place this Memorial Weekend includes, but is not limited to, films about mountain living, adventure, socio-cultural challenges, cultures under siege, flora...

Editor's Note: "Big in Bollywood" screens twice at Mountainfilm: Saturday, May 26, 12:15 p.m. and again at 8:45 p.m. at the Michael D. Palm Theatre. “What do you say when four of your closest friends want to make a documentary about you? Well I said no,...

What's in a name? If the name is I AM ART, a world of creativity, where the boundary between art and life is toast. Meaningless. Meet BK Adams, whose full name is BK Adams I Am Art. BK is Mountainfilm in Telluride's very first artist-in-residence, in ...

Editor's note: Multi-media happening includes documentary, music and musicians, and an  exhibit of still photography by Mike Scanlan. "True Delta" screens Friday, May 25, 9:15 p.m., Nugget Theatre and again on Sunday, May 27, 4 p.m., Masons Hall. Photos on display at the Kamruz Gallery...

Editor's Note: Nick Brandestini's  "Darwin" screens twice at Mountainfilm in Telluride: Saturday, May 26, 12 p.m., The Nugget Theatre and Sunday, May 27, 10 a.m., Masons Hall Are these folks really the fittest? Start with Monty, a salty old miner, who, with the help of his firecracker...

Twenty(by)Telluride is a fun and creative gathering produced by Telluride Arts and held throughout the year at venues around town and in Mountain Village. Twenty(by)Telluride is designed to showcase the innovation, knowledge and ideas of members of our community through very short, fast-paced presentations: presenters are...

Editor's Note: "Mission of Mermaids is scheduled to screen twice: Saturday, May 26, Nugget Theatre and Sunday, May 27, High Camp (Telluride Conference Center), 9:30 a.m. "Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal,...

Editor's Note: James Balog is everywhere you want to be at Mountainfilm in Telluride. In-person appearances include the following: Images from Extreme Ice Survey at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art during the weekend kick-off, Gallery Walk, 3:30 – 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 25. Balog...

"Plastiki" screens Saturday, May 26, 9.pm. and Sunday, May 27, 12 p.m., Sheridan Opera House In a way, David de Rothschild's "Plastiki," the documentary, is a response to to a Sixties pop phenomenon, another film, "The Graduate." In "The Graduate," Benjamin Braddock, (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college...

Editor's note: "The Dust Bowl," 120 minutes, Part 1, The Palm, Saturday, May 26, 9:30 a.m., Wilkinson Public LIbrary, Saturday, May 26, 8:30 p.m. Part 2, The Nugget, Sunday, 11:45 a.m., Monday, May 28, Masons, 9:15 a.m. Co-producer Julie Dunfey of Ken Burns's team is...