From Sundance to Telluride, find Colorado film festivals happening from fall 2026 through September 2027.
The Sundance Film Festival’s move to Boulder in January 2027 has put Colorado on the international film world’s radar in a major new way.
Yet Colorado has been a film festival state for decades. Mountainfilm has been gathering documentary lovers in Telluride since 1979, while communities from Denver and Boulder to Durango, Vail, Pueblo and Crested Butte have built festivals devoted to everything from independent features and documentaries to horror, LGBTQ+ cinema, environmental films and silent movies.
The result is a festival calendar that now stretches through nearly every season of the year. Here are the Colorado film festivals happening between Sept. 29, 2026, and Sept. 28, 2027, arranged chronologically.
Dates are current as of Sept. 29, 2026. Festivals that have announced a 2027 edition but not exact dates are listed as TBA.
Aspen Filmfest — Sept. 29-Oct. 4, 2026
Cinema Toast House — Denver — Oct. 2-4, 2026
Telluride Horror Show — Oct. 16-18, 2026
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival — Colorado Springs — Oct. 16-18, 2026 (in-person at Colorado College) and Oct. 22-25 (virtual encore)
Denver Film Festival — Oct. 22-Nov. 1, 2026
Boulder Jewish Film Festival — Oct. 25-Nov. 1, 2026
Junktown Film Festival — Grand Junction — Oct. 30, 2026
Pueblo Film Fest — Nov. 6-7, 2026
Go West Film Festival — Greeley — Nov. 9-14, 2026
Ridgway Independent Film Festival — Nov. 13-15, 2026
Vail Film Festival — Dec. 3-6, 2026
First Peoples Film Festival — Estes Park — Jan. 16-17, 2027
Sundance Film Festival — Boulder — Jan. 21-31, 2027
Colorado Environmental Film Festival — Golden — Feb. 19-28, 2027
Durango Independent Film Festival — March 3-7, 2027
Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival — Denver — March 5-7, 2027
ScorpiusFest — Boulder —March 5-7, 2027
Denver Short Film Festival — March 18, 2027
ACT Human Rights Film Festival — Fort Collins — April 1-4, 2027
Denver Silent Film Festival — April 2-4, 2027
Denver Jewish Film Festival — April 4-11, 2027
Aspen Shortsfest — April 6-10, 2027
Boulder International Film Festival — April 8-11, 2027
XicanIndie FilmFest — Denver — April 2027, dates TBA
5Point Film Festival — Carbondale — April 19-25, 2027
Dome Fest West — Boulder — April 21-25, 2027
SeriesFest — Denver — April 23-27, 2027
Women+Film Festival — Denver — May 21-23, 2027
Mountainfilm — Telluride — May 27-31, 2027
CinemaQ Film Festival — Denver — June 11-13, 2027
Ouray International Film Festival — June 17-20, 2027
Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film Festival — July 2027, dates TBA
Telluride Film Festival — Sept. 3-6, 2027
Winter Park Film Festival — September 16-18, 2027
Colorado Short Circuit Film Festival — Colorado Springs — September 2027, dates TBA
Breckenridge Film Festival — September 2027, dates TBA
Crested Butte Film Festival — September 2027, dates TBA
Do you know of a film festival in Colorado that we missed? If so, please email OnScreen Colorado editor Toni Tresca at trescaanthony@gmail.com to get the film festival added to this list.
