Programs, Events & Series

What Denver Film is all about. Explore our year-round programming, spotlight festivals, summer events, and more!

Festivals

Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival

Colorado's only Asian and Asian American film festival, in partnership with Colorado Dragon Boat.

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Women+Film Festival

Women+Film Festival is a live event screening over a dozen of outstanding features, shorts, and documentaries celebrating female filmmakers behind the camera and stories of women on the screen.

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CinemaQ Film Festival

Denver’s only LGBTQIA+ film festival celebrates the community’s vibrant and diverse stories through a captivating selection of curated movies, panels, and discussions, and iconic events.

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Denver Silent Film Festival

Denver Silent Film Festival is dedicated to celebrating the extraordinary body of silent film and inviting contemporary audiences to immerse themselves in the foundation of film history.

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Denver Film Festival

Denver’s premiere celebration of cinema – filled with diverse and thought-provoking films from all over the world, filmmaker appearances, special events, and more.

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Series

Film on the Rocks

Cult classics at Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, featuring pre-screening performances and a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience.

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Sie Saw Retrospective Series

Each month at the Sie FilmCenter, enjoy a new curated retrospective series from our Artistic Director, Keith Garcia. This month check out Science Friction - A ZZZap of Queer Sci-Fi

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Scream Screen

This horror film series programmed and hosted by Theresa Mercado at the Sie FilmCenter in Denver, Colorado features one-of-a-kind screenings of under-seen and classic genre films, live music, special guests, and outlandish cosplay.

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Sci-Fi Film Series

Denver Film and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science joined forces to untangle fact from fiction in your favorite science fiction films.

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History Colorado Presents: Reel to Real

History Colorado and Denver Film have joined forces to present Reel to Real, a four-week series that brings to life Colorado’s history, culture, and communities through film. After each screening, held at the Sie FilmCenter, History Colorado curators, and other experts, will lead a discussion covering the film’s historical context and impact on the state.

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National Theatre Live

Presented by Maxine and Mark Rossman, National Theatre Live is an initiative by the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain to broadcast performances in cinemas around the world. Since June 2009, with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Helen Mirren, over 1.75 million people have now experienced the work of National Theatre Live in cinemas worldwide.

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Cinema Sundays

Denver Film and MCA Denver are partnering for a family-friendly film series – Cinema Sundays – at MCA Denver’s Holiday Theater. Each screening will offer an exciting lineup of our favorite cult classics.

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Sunset Cinema

Sunset Cinema is back at Sculpture Park! This summer, we have a great lineup of films made possible by Denver Arts & Venues and pre-show entertainment presented by some fantastic local groups. All events are free and family-friendly!

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Events

Summer Scream

Summer Scream at Lakeside Amusement Park is the only private, cultural event to take over Denver’s historic Lakeside Amusement Park — all in support of Denver Film.

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Filmmaker Support & Awards

Filmmaker Support

Denver Film is proud to support filmmakers through our Fiscal Sponsorship Program and our MOFFOM Grant Opportunity

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Fiscal Sponsorship

This program allows us to support the production, distribution, and educational efforts of local storytellers.

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MOFFOM

The Music on Film-Film on Music (MOFFOM) Documentary Grant Program is designed for projects that directly focus on music. This grant provides up to $20,000 annually in finishing funds for scoring, composition, and music licensing efforts for feature-length documentaries directly related to music in post-production.

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Italian Filmmaker Award

Established in 2008, the Maria and Tommaso Maglione Italian Filmmaker Award recognizes the best in Italian cinema.

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Awards

Every year at our Denver Film Festival, we honor the best of the film industry with our hand-picked and juried awards. See the all the winners of our awards so far.

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