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Reporting on Colorado’s film industry, the festivals shaping the state’s screen culture and the filmmakers, venues and productions behind them.
Breckenridge Film Festival returns with 91 films for its 46th year
Your guide to the Breckenridge Film Festival 2026, which takes place this weekend, Sept. 17-20.
What to see and do at Winter Park Film Festival 2026
Mountain movies, keynotes, panels, parties and outdoor meetups take over Grand County Sept. 10-13.
Telluride Film Festival 2026 lineup: Every movie announced
The 53rd Telluride Film Festival packs 83 film titles into four days.
Muenzinger Auditorium reopens with a major cinematic upgrade
New sound, screen and accessibility features debut as CU Boulder prepares one of its key venues for Sundance.
Sundance Institute and CU Boulder deepen partnership ahead of festival’s Boulder debut
New agreement expands academic, volunteer and internship opportunities for CU Boulder students as Sundance prepares to open its first Boulder chapter January 21-31, 2027.
Sundance volunteer applications for Boulder festival open Aug. 31
The Sundance Institute is holding a series of Zoom information sessions in August and September ahead of the application opening for the 2027 festival, the first to be held in Colorado.
Mountainfilm awards more than $34,000 in prizes at 48th Telluride festival
Documentary feature winner Kikuyu Land and adventure honoree Teeth to the Wind were among the films recognized as the Memorial Day weekend festival closed in Telluride's Town Park.
CO150 Film Festival a statewide celebration of Colorado cinema
A summer-long, 150-screening retrospective marking Colorado's sesquicentennial spans more than 35 venues from Denver to Steamboat Springs, with selections drawn from films shot in, set in, or made by Coloradans.
Sie FilmCenter joins national ‘Bleak Week’ with a week of cinema’s darkest films
Denver Film's cinematheque is one of nearly 100 venues worldwide programming the American Cinematheque's despair-themed series, running June 12–18 with titles including 'Se7en,' 'Dogville' and 'Threads.'
Aurora’s People’s Building to host world premiere of RMSEL documentary ‘In the Absence of Shelter’
The May 28 screening at the Aurora venue follows Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning students through a solo wilderness journey that caps their K–12 experience.
Mountainfilm rounds out 2026 festival with authors, art exhibitions and community events
The 48th annual documentary festival, May 21–25 in Telluride, layers book signings, gallery shows, outdoor programs and late-night parties around its film slate.
SeriesFest’s Claire Taylor-Smith on building a TV festival in Denver — and what to see at Season 12
The festivals programming officer on 'the Sundance of television,' what's changed since 2015 and why first-timers should just pick a panel and go.
Film on the Rocks returns to Red Rocks for 2026 summer season
Denver Film's outdoor movie series brings five films to the amphitheatre this summer, including a Sundance-partnered screening of Little Miss Sunshine with a live score by Devotchka.
