Mountainfilm in Telluride

Mountainfilm named one of MovieMaker’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals. Prestigious list decided by panel of festival experts. Earlier this wee, MovieMaker magazine confirmed what staff and fans of Telluride Mountainfilm have known for decades — that it’s one of the coolest festivals on the planet. Mountainfilm was included on...

On August 26, Telluride Mountainfilm will screen "The Diplomat,” a film by Mountainfilm festival director David Holbrooke. Two screenings at Nugget Theatre, 6 p.m.p.m. & 8:30 p.m. (Tickets, $15 for adults and $10 for children, go on sale 30 minutes prior to the show.)   Telluride Mountainfilm will present two special late-summer...

Telluride Mountainfilm, town work together for one-of-a-kind program. Typically, the only souls who can be found roaming Telluride’s streets at 3 a.m. are bears and the occasional insomniacs. But on May 24, during Telluride Mountainfilm, roughly 80 people — photographers, astronomy fans and festival attendees among them —...

The stunning new documentary feature film UNBRANDED –  from director/veteran cinematographer Phillip Baribeau and a team including executive producer Cindy Meehl, the director of the acclaimed Oscar-shortlisted documentary BUCK – has its U.S. premiere at Telluride Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado Saturday, May 23, and Sunday,...

Jacob and Isaac Seigel-Boettner’s “I Am Able” screens at Mountainfilm on Saturday, May 23, The Nugget, 5:45 p.m.; Sunday, May 24, twice: Telluride Library, 9:15 a.m., part of Mountainfilm on Tour and Mountainfilm for Students presentation and Masons Hall, 6:45 p.m. Full Mountainfilmschedule here. See notes below...

For a full schedule of Mountainfilm events, go here. “Frame by Frame” screens Friday, May 22, 9:15 p.m. at the Palm; Sunday, May 24, 6:45 p.m., The Palm.   Opening the Festival on Friday morning, Massoud Hossaini and Farzana Wahidy, photojournalists featured in the film, are scheduled to...

"Creative conservationist” and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Asher Jay at Mountainfilm 2015: Gallery Walk, East Gallery, Ah Haa, and panel discussion at the Telluride Library, Saturday, 12:45 - 2 p.m. Scroll down to bottom of story to find a podcast with Asher, whose work, conservation, is...

To kickstart Ian McCluskey’s documentary to completion, go here. Campaign ends May 31.  “Les Voyageurs Sans Trace” screens Friday, Masons, 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.; Saturday, High Camp, 8:45 p.m. – 11:15 p.m. [caption id="attachment_50649" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Original French trio of adventurers, “starring" in "Les Voyageurs Sans...

For a full schedule of Mountainfilm programs and events, go here. It is an old story that gets retold every time Congress debates immigration policy – or when a particularly gruesome account of violence against illegal border crossers provides grist for 24-hour news mills. Still, the sad...