Pro Tip: Come Sit and Be Swept Away

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Those of you who know me, know that I would marry the Denver Film Festival if I could. It’s funny, romantic, worldly, exciting, knowledgeable, attractive, and actually encourages you to have a good cry when you need it. Additionally, it’s welcoming, quite stylish, inspires great conversation, and has really cool friends. It is also the same age as me.

It is my impression that a lot of folks in Denver still aren’t quite sure how to participate when the film fest rolls into town. They’re not sure how they can attend, if they can attend, when they can attend, and how much it costs. Since the Denver Film Festival is one of my MOST favorite events in town, I created the below guide for festival newbies who want to take advantage of this world-class festival, perhaps for the first time. [Pssst, and peep this quick promo vid that I created for last year’s fest while you are at it!]

The Skinny:

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Additional Tips

I’ll be the first to admit, the festival guide can be a bit overwhelming. But here are some simple guidelines for choosing a film (or twenty): If you really aren’t sure where to begin, look into one of the red carpet screenings or the special presentations. These are usually chosen with a wider audience in mind. You can also refer to the films marked as “Programmer’s Pick” in the festival guide to help steer you to a strong selection. If you are feeling somewhat adventurous, pick a few movies that sounds good and check their ratings on either IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes to read how they fared with other audience members and critics. If you are feeling more adventurous, simply pick a movie that sounds interesting without doing any other research. If you are feeling very adventurous, pick a film that you wouldn’t normally watch and prepare to be pleasantly surprised.

If you have the chance, attend a film that has the filmmaker in person. (These are denoted in the festival guide.) Being able to ask questions and hear behind-the-scene stories will nearly always increase your enjoyment of a film.

There are a number of special interest tracks, including CinemaQ, CineLatino, First Look Student Program, Spotlight on Colorado, and Women + Film. These tracks can help further guide you to something of interest.

This year’s country in focus is Poland (shout-out to the motherland!) Explore the offerings in this track to learn more about this quietly artistic culture.

If someone invites you to the Late Night Lounge, accept the invitation – no matter what! The LNL is for sure a Denver bucket list experience.

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