FOR MEMBERS ONLY a weekly column written especially for Denver Film Society Members. It includes special programs for DFS Members only, along with information about programs that are especially of interest to film-loving members and others who are cinema lovers! If you are NOT already a member, please JOIN NOW so you can enjoy many of the "Members Only" benefits!
What I try to highlight in this DFS Members column, are all those
events that DFS Members are ESPECIALLY hot for....I like to call those
events- FILM PLUS MORE.....that means, films plus guest filmmakers,
panels and/or receptions, some for DFS Members ONLY!
If you are already a DFS Member - check in here whenever you are looking for something wonderful to do!
Thanks!
Posted Thursday, February 3, 2012
DFS Members!
I know some of you have been wondering what happened to the DFS Member Screenings each month? Well, they (and the DFS Staff) took a much needed vacation during the holidays!.......BUT THEY ARE BACK and are going to be BETTER THAN EVER! I know this seems like a non-sequitor, but last night was the 30th Anniversary of the DAVID LETTERMAN show...and for those of you who haven't been tortured by my stories of my past glories might not know, I held Cue Cards for him and Saturday Night Live in the 1980's....and my favorite part of his show was and is, THE TOP TEN LIST....so in honor of Dave, and because it is such a fun idea, we are letting YOU, THE DFS MEMBERS help us program the Member Screenings this year! And here is how we will do it:
We want you to send us your TOP TEN FAVORITE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME, and Keith Garcia, our genius programmer, will program a film the last Monday of every month (except for February, the first FREE DFS Member Screening of 2012 will be on Monday, February 20th....all of the screenings after that will be the LAST Monday of every month.) Keith will tell you the Director but the film will be a SECRET until you arrive at the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax! So stand by for "Hitchcock Monday, or Spielberg, or Aronofsky or Von Trier Monday".....It is ALL UP TO YOU!
Here's what you need to do to vote for the DFS Members TOP TEN FAVORITE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!:
If you are on FaceBook, go to: http://www.facebook.com/questions/10150622576221620/?notif_t=question_forward_success
This will take you directly to the poll and you can vote for directors who have already been picked, or add your own!
If you are NOT on FaceBook, simply compose your TOP TEN FAVORITE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME and mail it to me: member@denverfilm.org
Once we add up the ballots (no hanging chads here!) we will have a list of Directors and for the next 10 months Keith will amaze and surprise you with a fabulous film from that director each month!
So GET TO WORK and create your own
TOP TEN, Dave would approve, I can assure you!
AND SPEAKING OF
BALLOTS!
The ballots where you can PREDICT THE WINNERS of the Academy
Awards (broadcast on Sunday, February 26th)...will be available for
purchase starting THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd at the Denver FilmCenter Box Office ONLY!
Ballots are ONLY $10
.....and the FABULOUS prizes include all access passes to
festivals, dinners at Denver
A-list restaurants and SO much more!
You DO NOT need to be in attendance at the official party to win, so THINK OF
THESE BALLOTS AS THE DFS Lottery!
You've got to be in it to win it!
Again, you can ONLY purchase ballots, in person, at the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax during regular theater hours. Check the website, the Box Office opens 30 minutes prior to the first screening of the day!
A Denver FilmCenter EXCLUSIVE:
LAST CHANCE TO SEE IT.....LEAVING Thursday, February 2nd
Limited screenings (not the same times every day)
Be sure to check online for times each day!
In The Land of Blood and Honey
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS: LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY
tHIS WEEKEND:
FRIDAY, February 4th
WATCHING HOUR!
pERFECT
With "very special" AEROBICS PRE-PARTY on both Friday and Saturday...be sure you wear your BEST 70's Jane Fonda outfit! Pull out those
legwarmers, sweatbands because it's going to get leo-tarded! FREE Basil
Docs pizza! Hip thrusting contest! Feel the burn!!
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS: PERFECT
don't miss out FAMOUS
Party with oscar!
Oscar Night® America/Denver
Oscar Night® America is a gala fundraiser benefiting the
year-round programs of the nonprofit Denver Film Society. The event will
raise both funds and awareness of the Film Society’s activities,
programs, and educational events. Oscar Night® America is one of 50
official parties held across the country and is the only Colorado event
sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
WHAT: Oscar Night® America/Denver presented by Moët & Chandon Champagne
WHERE: EXDO Event Center (3500 Walnut Street, Denver CO 80205)
WHEN: 5:00 PM (DOORS OPEN) – 5:30 PM (HALL OF FAME AWARD) – 6:00 PM (TELECAST BEGINS)
WHAT: WALK THE RED CARPET ~ Make an entrance in style and pose for photographers!
BALLOT PRIZES ~ You pick correctly and could walk away a winner!
COCKTAIL RECEPTION & DINNER ~ Enjoy cocktails, a buffet or an elegant, seated dinner!
ACADEMY AWARDS® BROADCAST ~ Join in the excitement watching the 84th Annual Academy Awards® via a live feed!
SILENT AUCTION ~ Bid on exciting and unique items!
.
REGULAR PRICING (in effect after January 23rd!)
Cast Table - $2000
Marquee Ticket – $250
Featured Player Ticket – $100 general admission/$80 member
coming in February
JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
February 25 - March 3
Hosted by the Denver Film Society
Buy tickets here: JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
ENTER!
The women + Film VOICES
MOBILE Short film Contest
Help celebrate the inspiring
voices of women at the W+F Voices Film Festival and make your
own short movie to be part of the Voices festival.
The voice is a powerful tool and we
would like you to bring someone’s voice to life! Produce a 2-3 minute video,
created on a mobile device, about a woman who inspires you or who has an
interesting story to tell. The video will promote the mission behind the W+F
Voices Film Festival to celebrate inspiring stories and to raise up and help
women claim their voices in society. This will be a fun event to learn something
new and practice with all the new tools! Flex your creative muscles!
Please
contact Tammy Brislin at tammy@denverfilm.org for more details and
guidelines.
Absolute deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Feb. 21,
2012.
The Perfect Cultural Triple Play on Colfax:
Movies, Music and Literature
See you at the Denver FilmCenter//colfax soon!
Eileen O'Brien
Director of Membership & Volunteers