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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...

In addition to two screenings of Scott Cohen’s “Red Knot”  – Saturday, Masons, 6:16 p.m. & Sunday, Sheridan Opera House, 9:15 p.m. – photographic images of Antarctica he shot while making the movie will be on display at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art during Gallery...

Over Mountainfilm weekend, find Emilie at the Telluride Art District’s Stronghouse Studios & Gallery, where she will be for sure during Gallery Walk, Friday, May 22, Passes and tickets for Mountainfilm here. Full schedule for Gallery Walk here. [caption id="attachment_50692" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Emilie Lee, artist-in-residence, Telluride Mountainfilm[/caption] A group of...

Mountainfilm began as a gathering for climbers and mountaineers in 1979, and last year to honor our outdoor roots we created programs to get guests outside the theaters and into Telluride’s beautiful surroundings. We call these Free Range Programs because these events not only offer...