Mountainfilm has hired Suzan Beraza to take the reins of the 40-year-old organization as its Festival Director. The organization also announced that pioneering alpinist Conrad Anker will serve as Guest Director in 2018. Telluride-based documentary filmmaker Suzan Beraza is no stranger to Mountainfilm having worked, volunteered...
Telluride’s Mountainfilm gives a total of $32,500 to 12 projects, the most prize money ever. Go here for important Updates from the desk of executive director Sage Martin. [caption id="attachment_69560" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A still image from Red Heaven, a film that follows a six-person team simulating...
Telluride’s Mountainfilm announces 2018 Symposium theme: Migration. Festival will dig deep into one of today’s most relevant issues. [caption id="attachment_69556" align="aligncenter" width="600"] MF17, Telluride Conference Center, High Camp, Symposium, John Holdren, The New Normal. Photo courtesy of Melissa Plantz.[/caption] Mountainfilm will launch its 40th anniversary festival in 2018 with...
"As fall begins to settle in, I'm excited to share some Mountainfilm news. I would like to formally welcome Suzan Beraza as Mountainfilm's interim festival director. With 20 years of Mountainfilm experience in various roles (videographer, festival judge, screening committee member, commitment grant judge and board member), Beraza has a long history with...
We have an important announcement to share with the Mountainfilm community. After 10 years, David Holbrooke's tenure as festival director of Telluride Mountainfilm has come to an end, effective July 12, 2017. [caption id="attachment_67567" align="aligncenter" width="480"] David Holbrooke[/caption] On behalf of the Board of Directors and the...
The party’s over. Time to call it wrap. Mountainfilm just announced the winning docs and causes. (Details here.) But the truth is everyone in the “tribe” won: over Memorial weekend, we all became a bit more enlightened, drew closer, and learned more about what activism really means....
Climate action and social justice triumph at 2017 Festival. Mountainfilm’s 2017 documentaries told of iconic seabirds, nonagenarian climbers, change-making labor activists, extraordinary Nepalese rites, and bold missions into interstellar space. But at the end of the day, it was stories of determined underwater photographers and citizen...
Mountainfilm uses the power of film, art, and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. The nonprofit anticipates another sold-out festival this year. A limited number of passes are still available. Buy your pass now. Go here for presenters. Go here for information about The New...
Mountainfilm, the official kick-off of Telluride’s summer festival season, uses the power of film, art, and shared ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. The nonprofit anticipates another sold-out festival this year. A limited number of passes are still available. Buy your pass now. Go...
Mountainfilm uses the power of film, art, and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. Mountainfilm’s online schedule is now live, including times and venues for films, presentations, Moving Mountains Symposium, parties, Town Talks, book signings – don’t miss Sunday’s Reading Frenzy –...
