Mountainfilm in Telluride

Please scroll down to the bottom of this story to watch the time-lapse video of Telluride’s new mural, thanks to Mountainfilm and its artist-in-residence, Chip Thomas, a doctor, activist and street artist from Navajo reservation. Last week, the wall was a bare expanse of concrete on the...

Telluride Mountainfilm 2016, like all Mountainfilms past, means Telluride's summer season of chockablock festivals is off and running. Established in 1979 Mountainfilm was named by Moviemaker in 2015 as one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals. The one-of-a-kind weekend is dedicated to preserving and protecting endangered people, places, and ideas, using...

Telluride Mountainfilm 2016, like all Mountainfilms past, means Telluride's summer season of chockablock festivals is off and running. Established in 1979 Mountainfilm was named by Moviemaker in 2015 as one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals. The one-of-a-kind weekend is dedicated to preserving and protecting endangered people, places, and ideas, using...

Telluride Mountainfilm, which opened for business in 1979, uses the power of film, art, and dynamic conversations to inspire audiences to create a better world by helping to preserve and protect endangered people, places and ideas. [caption id="attachment_58636" align="aligncenter" width="600"] From "Life Animated, "courtesy, Mountainfilm[/caption] Tellluride Mountainfilm screens feature documentaries on...

Alpinists, photographers, writers and explorers on the roster for 2016 Telluride Mountainfilm. [caption id="attachment_57922" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A photo by National Geographic Young Explorer Alec Jacobsen, courtesy, Telluride Mountainfilm.[/caption] They have walked solo around the world, traveled to frigid landscapes to dive with leopard seals, scaled some of...

Two free screenings. 5:30 p.m. & 8 p.m., of 2015 Telluride Mountainfilm documentary “Les Voyageurs Sans Trace,” Wednesday, March 23 at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library. Go here to listen to my interview with director Ian McCluskey. Scroll down to bottom of post to watch a trailer for...

Filmmaker and photographer James Marcus Haney will be in town for screening and workshop of “No Cameras Allowed." No ticket? No money? No problem. That’s the philosophy at the heart of "No Cameras Allowed," the excellent music documentary by James Marcus Haney about sneaking into festivals, refusing to...

Telluride Mountainfilm at Sheridan Opera House features winter shorts, a throwback, and new Patagonia film. Pre-sale tickets are available online at $15 for adults and $10 for children. [caption id="attachment_55953" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo rights expire May 1, 2017: Leah Evans puts a finishing touch on the day. Jumbo...

Telluride Mountainfilm, with support from the Telluride Ski & Golf Company, brings encore of "Racing Extinction,” Community screening is Tuesday, December 8, Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the show begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.  [caption id="attachment_55502" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 2015 Film Images, Racing...

Found this story by Stefanie Spear about Louis Psihoyos’s latest, very buzzy documentary, “Racing Extinction.” The interview was posted on EcoWatch. Next Tuesday, December 8, Telluride Mountainfilm, with support from the Telluride Ski & Golf Club, will be screening the documentary, at once alarming and reassuring. The event takes...