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Amanda Quinn
Amanda Quinn

They Came to Play, Starz FilmCenter
Thursday, August 19 | Read more

Drama unfolds as They Came to Play takes you behind the scenes of the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. Like many artists, these pianists work hard to support their passions. Watch as several dilettantes struggle to balance jobs, home, and musical lives in order to follow their dreams and beat the competition.

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Amanda Quinn
Amanda Quinn

Bike Shorts Film Fest and Ice Cream Social

Old Main Chapel, University of Colorado at Boulder

Wednesday, June 23 | Read more

Once you’ve dutifully pedaled to and from work, top off Bike to Work Day by making your way to the lawn of CU’s Old Main. There, you can reward your effort with treats from Boulder Ice Cream while taking in the selection of short bicycle films. Bonus: Your door fee benefits Community Cycles’ Youth Earn-a-Bike program.

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Daliah Singer
Daliah Singer

Breckenridge Festival of Film, Breckenridge
Thursday, June 10, through Sunday, June 13 | Details | Read more

For 30 years, up-and-coming stars and about-to-break-big movies have converged in this beloved mountain town. Premiering films, like Babel and La Vie en Rose, have gone on to win major awards, so expectations are high for the almost 60 flicks playing this year. Don’t miss the opening-night presentation of Chanel Coco & Igor Stravinsky (trailer below).

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Daliah Singer
Daliah Singer
Daliah Singer is an award-winning writer and editor based in Denver. You can find more of her work at daliahsinger.com.

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Emily Dougherty
Emily Dougherty

Vail Film Festival, Vail and Beaver Creek
Thursday, April 1, through Sunday, April 4 | Read more

With more than 90 films to see this year and plenty of other activities, don’t miss Denver-based Mike Dion’s epic adventure documentary, Ride the Divide. The 40-year-old family man challenges himself to ride the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route—the world’s toughest and longest off-road mountain bike race—along with Matthew, an extreme-endurance racer, and Mary, the first female rider to brave this course.

More: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Vincere | Ajami

Ride The Divide Movie Trailer from Ride The Divide on Vimeo.

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Emily Dougherty
Emily Dougherty

Found Footage Festival, Starz FilmCenter
Friday, March 26 | Read more

Nick Prueher (Late Show with David Letterman) and Joe Pickett (The Onion) began stockpiling videotapes in 1991 after happening upon a training video entitled “Inside and Outside Custodial Duties” at a McDonald’s in their home state of Wisconsin. Fast forward to 2010 and the duo’s fifth Found Footage Festival, which showcases wonderfully strange and stupid videos from thrift stores, dumpsters, and garage sales across the country. Keep an eye out for the montage of locally found clips from Denver artist Andrew Novick.

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Stripped, Starz FilmCenter
Thursday, March 11 | Details | Read more | Watch trailer

Stripped follows photographer Greg Friedler as he shoots the fourth and final book in his critically acclaimed series, Naked. Director David Palmer joins Friedler—who earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder—for this disrobed documentary that leaves nothing to the imagination as the two scour the Vegas strip. The duo convinces a diverse group of 173 people to pose nude, exposing insecurity, beauty, humanity, and more along the way.

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33Boulder International Film Festival, Multiple Locations
Thursday, February 11, through Sunday, February 14 | Details | Read more

From the many selections at this year’s festival, don’t miss Academy Award nominees Ajami and The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.

Another highlight: Alec Baldwin will be honored with BIFF’s Award of Excellence in Acting on the festival’s closing night.

More: Harmony and Me | Skin | North Face | Police, Adjective

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Vanessa Martinez
Vanessa Martinez

Nine Benefit Screening, Ellie Caulkins Opera House Wednesday, December 9 | Details | Read more | Watch trailer You can see Nine in one of numerous theaters starting Christmas Day, or you can get a sneak peek tonight and help raise money and awareness for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. Expect Chicago-quality performances from a superdiva cast, but enjoy a VIP dinner or after-party (or both) for a more charitable donation. More: Colorado Film School Fall 2009 Student Show | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | Trucker | Red Cliff | ClarkWORLD | Me and Orson Welles | The Silence Before Bach | We Live in Public | The Horse Boy | Humble Pie

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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism, Starz FilmCenter
Thursday, October 15, through Sunday, October 18 | Details | Read more | Trailer below

What if every film buff also was a movie critic? In this era of instant access, that can be as easy as feeding Facebook or Twitter. Just like Roger Ebert or Harry Knowles, right? Consider the differences—and similarities—as this documentary follows the evolution of the craft, from its origins to the Internet and beyond.

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Denver Indigenous Film & Arts Festival, Multiple Locations
Tuesday, October 13 through Sunday, October 18 | Details | Read more

This multicultural series brings indigenous communities—too often generalized and stereotyped—to the fore with six days of films and discussions. Nahua, Inuit, Hawaiian, Creek, Apache, Seminole—the distinctions of the tribes are revealed through their stories. And at this festival, the issues are as original as the storytellers themselves.

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