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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!
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Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010 4:30pm

DFS Members:

Trying to come up with something fun and stay cool in the company of other FILMLOVERS for this Labor Day Weekend? Why not plan on coming to see the 15 short films produced at this summer's YOUNG FILMMAKERS WORKSHOP, an educational program of the Denver Film Society. Here are all the details:

The Films of the Young Filmmaker's Workshop

120 Minute Running Time

Saturday, September 4 at 7pm and Sunday, September 5 at 3pm
Digital presentation - Young Filmmakers Workshop Films
Summer 2010
Introductory Class – 8 shorts, total run time 56:30
Masters Class – 7 shorts, total run time 57:20

Regular screening ticket price: $9.75 General Public, $7.00 DFS Members

See what the next generation of filmmakers is creating! This program will show all 15 short films created this summer as part of the Young Filmmakers Workshop, an educational program of the Denver Film Society. There will be 8 films from the Introductory Class followed by 7 films from the Masters Class. Introductory students were young filmmakers with little or no experience making films, and yet they have created some extraordinary short films! The Masters Class students had to have previous filmmaking experience and it really shows in the advanced filmmaking on display here.

Join the Denver Film Society in honoring these young filmmakers by coming to watch their final projects. I will be there for both screenings, so see you at the Starz FilmCenter Labor Day Weekend!

MENTION THAT YOU SAW THIS HERE to the Starz FilmCenter Box Office and you can get 2 for one tickets! (Only available in person, not online.)

Click here to purchase tickets: YOUNG FILMMAKERS WORKSHOP SHORTS

cOMING IN 3 WEEKS! Don't miss this chance to see the ORIGINAL Beatles in performace:

Do you love the Beatles? Do you know who the original band was that John Lennon created BEFORE he was a Beatle? YES, IT WAS THE QUARRYMEN! And did you know that the QUARRYMEN are still playing together? And did you know that the Weinstein Bros have made a brand new film about young John Lennon NOWHERE BOY? Trust me, this is going to be THE event to go to in September!

Tuesday, September 28th at the Boulder Theatre
The Quarrymen in person! A very special event, tickets for DFS Members ONLY $75 for VIP (meet the Quarrymen in person at a pre-reception), $25 for general admission. Click HERE to purchase tickets!
A unique event giving John Lennon & Beatles fans a place to celebrate the upcoming 70th anniversary of John Lennon's birth featuring a sneak preview of the eagerly-anticipated new movie, NOWHERE BOY, about John Lennon's teenage years and the birth of the Beatles followed by Q&A and a full concert by John Lennon's closest childhood pals and original band mates, The Quarrymen.

For the ultimate VIP experience, join us at 5:30pm for a pre-reception and meet and greet with the Quarrymen plus the best seats in the house! $75 for members/$80 non-members.

Imagine… John Lennon's childhood. Liverpool 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen year-old is hungry for experience. In a family full of secrets, two incredible women clash over John: Mimi, the buttoned-up Aunt who raised him, and Julia, the prodigal mother. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into the new and exciting world of rock n' roll where his fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the teenage Paul McCartney. Just as John begins his new life, tragedy strikes. But a resilient young man finds his voice - and an icon explodes into the world.

DFS Members PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

Now is the time to make sure that your membership is ACTIVE!

The times are exciting!!!!
The Starz Denver Film Festival 2010 is
AROUND THE CORNER:
November 3 - 14, 2010.

Don't wait until the last minute to RENEW your membership, members will be getting all kinds of great benefits again this year both prior to the festival and during....So, pull out your membership cards right now and check the date on them! If you have expired or will expire soon, RENEW NOW and get your Starz FilmCenter and Starz Denver Film Festival vouchers BEFORE THE FESTIVAL RUSH!

Don't forget, along with all the other wonderful Year-round member benefits:

SINGLE MEMBERS get one voucher good for a regular screening at the Starz FilmCenter year-round and one voucher good for a regular FESTIVAL screening!

DUAL MEMBERS get 2 vouchers good for regular screenings at the Starz FilmCenter year-round and 4 vouchers good for regular FESTIVAL screenings!

PRODUCER MEMBERS get 20 vouchers that can be used for either regular Starz FilmCenter screenings OR regular FESTIVAL screenings along with 2 tickets to opening, big night and closing night films!

AND, what I think is the BEST CULTURAL DEAL in all of Denver:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MEMBERS get unlimited tickets for 2 people for any regular Starz FilmCenter screenings OR regular FESTIVAL screenings along with 2 tickets to opening night, big night and closing night films!

Do the math and you might discover that UPGRADING is a winning soludtion for YOU and for DFS!

And PLEASE, PLEASE NOTE.....
We have officially started the:

I (heart) Film campaign again!

That means any NEW, UPGRADED or DONATION monies will be matched by a generous grant from the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado.

So if this sounds like something YOU want to know more about, - you can UPGRADE and double the benefit to the DFS and get great new benefits for yourself! Please call or write me directly and let's talk (as Joan Rivers would say!)

Eileen O'Brien
Director of Membership & Volunteers
member@denverfilm.org
(303) 595-3456 Ext. 222

This Weekend
Friday - Sunday, 8/27-8/29

THE WATCHING HOUR

Time: 10pm
Date: Friday, 9/3/10 and Saturday, 9/4/10
Venue: Starz FilmCenter
Film: THE LAST DRAGON
Price: Regular screening price
Plus More: As usual, Keith Garcia, our FABULOUS programming magician here at DFS, is your host, he IS the HOST with the MOST when it comes to this program! You can't have a more "genre" experience in all of Denver than coming to a Watching Hour with Keith!
Click here for more details: THE LAST DRAGON

later this month! The second program in this popular sALON series:

colorado Cinema Salon:
The Movies in My Life

Time: 8PM
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Venue: Starz FilmCenter
Price: Regular screening prices, $7 for DFS Members, $9.75 Gen Public

90 Minute Running Time

Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Junge and Colorado State Senator Michael Johnston focus on the deep personal connections that we make with movies. Robert Denerstein moderates. Junge is a noted director of documentaries, including the widely hailed They Killed Sister Dorothy and the Oscar-nominated The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner. Senator Johnston, a driving force behind Colorado's recent educational reform legislation and a former school principal, has become a leading voice in the national debate on education reform. Junge and Johnston will tell us about the three movies (including clips) that have had the biggest impact on their lives—and why.

Click here to purchase tickets: THE MOVIES OF MY LIFE