Features leading journalists, poets, photographers & filmmakers. Early bird passes to Mountainfilm end March 15. Purchase here now or volunteer. Telluride Mountainfilm has unveiled the speaker lineup for its 2015 Moving Mountains Symposium on Afghanistan. The event will feature an impressive roster of journalists, policy makers, filmmakers, and...
Ridgway organization works with underserved communities in Nepal [caption id="attachment_48788" align="aligncenter" width="348"] Nepalese children fill up the family water jugs at one of the 486 water taps dZi has built to date. Centralized drinking water systems improve health and allow women and children to efficiently and safely gather...
Philanthropist, idealist, humanist, architect by training and a globe-trotting heavyweight champion of photojournalism – he is a National Geographic fellow whose images have graced many covers – the man known simply as Reza was an honored guest of Mountainfilm in Telluride last May. His subject, ironically in the...
Major commitment from The McManemin Family Fund of the Telluride Foundation [caption id="attachment_47140" align="aligncenter" width="185"] Mountainfilm’s Making Movies That Matter. The program has already reach over 700 students. initiative offers teachers and students the chance to view a content-rich documentary and then learn how to use footage...
Telluride Mountainfilm presents two special screenings,a Telluride premiere, of the award-winning film “Valley Uprising,” a thrilling documentary from Sender Films about the history of climbing in Yosemite National Park. Sheridan Opera House, Friday, December 26, 4 p.m.(doors, 3:30 p.m.) and 7:30 p.m. (doors and cash...
In the run-up to Thanksgiving, a treat for denizens of the Big Apple: for the 5th year, Mountainfilm in Telluride returns to the Film Society of Lincoln Center with a weekend of documentaries about adventure, environment, and culture. But mainly adventure. From wrangling buffalo in...
James "The Amazing" Randi was a guest at Mountainfilm 2014, in support of the doc about his life and work, “An Honest Liar," a festival favorite – both the film and the man. James Randi became a world-famous magician and escape artist by studying the art of...
For much of the past decade, for Mountainfilm's Moving Mountains Symposium, we’ve chosen environmental themes, issues we’ve felt were essential to the global conversation. This year, we’re changing directions and will focus on Afghanistan. [caption id="attachment_46007" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Kabul, Afghanistan ©Aaron-Huey-AFGHAN[/caption] Mountainfilm has not selected a theme directly tied to a...
Mountainfilm in Telluride is all about “celebrating indomitable spirit.“ The event, traditionally the kick off Telluride’s nonstop summer festival season, is dedicated to educating, inspiring and motivating audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving, adventures worth pursuing and conversations worth sustaining. The...
