Tim DeChristopher is a familiar name on campus. In fact he could be the poster boy for the Mountainfilm in Telluride. Not only does the man embody Mountainfilm’s motto, “Celebrating the Indomitable Spirit,” he is the exclamation point on the event’s driving idea: awareness into action. Tim began...
Photographers, painters, mapmakers and more coming to Memorial Day weekend festival A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, National Geographic Emerging Explorer and an amputee painter from Rwanda are all among the dynamic and diverse lineup of artists who will be featured at the 2015 Telluride Mountainfilm Festival. [caption id="attachment_49975" align="aligncenter" width="400"]...
Local classroom outreach and night of films for community, Mountainfilm’s free encore series at Telluride Library begins Wednesday, March 25, 6 p.m. Tickets/passes to Mountainfilm here. With a touring arm that places film curriculum in schools across the country and beyond, Telluride Mountainfilm is actively involved in...
When former CIA operative (and Ophir local) Bob Baer spoke in town on February 9, the Program Room at the Telluride Library was SRO. To accommodate the crowds who missed the talk, the remix hosted by The Telluride Conference Center takes place Thursday, March 19, 7-9 p.m. The program is...
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...
