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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    DFF49 Media Relations Team

Oct. 3, 2026           Marty Schechter: marty@denverfilm.org

Jon Ewing: jon@denverfilm.org

Shea Martin: shea@denverfilm.org                

                                                            

           

49th ANNUAL DENVER FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PROGRAM LINEUP, HONOREES AND TICKETS ON SALE

 

 Festival sets I Play Rocky for Opening Night; 

Behemoth! and Ink score Centerpiece slots, 

while Paper Tiger serves as Closing Night selection

 

Carrie Coon accepts Excellence in Acting Award, John Cho takes Outlaw Award, Fred Hechinger named Rising Star, Liz Sargent to receive Breakthrough Director Award, Benedetta Porcaroli will receive the Maglione Italian Film Award, David Acord to be recognized with Excellence in Sound Design Award and Michael Gitlin honored with the Stan Brakhage Award

 

Tickets on sale Oct. 4 to Denver Film members, Oct. 5 to the public

 

DFF49 Film Assets Features

DFF49 Film Assets Shorts

 

DENVER – Denver Film announced today its program lineup for the 49th Annual Denver Film Festival (DFF49), taking place Oct. 22-Nov. 1, 2026. This year’s Festival lineup delivers 129 feature-length films, documentaries and shorts from across the globe, presented at venues across the Denver area, including the Sie FilmCenter, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 

 

The robust lineup includes a collection of acclaimed films that have already distinguished themselves on the international festival circuit, earning major juried, audience and industry awards. Denver audiences will get an early opportunity to experience some of the year’s most celebrated and talked-about films, with several selections generating significant awards-season and Oscar buzz.

 

The complete schedule of films, screening times and locations is available via the DFF49 site here, along with ticket access to screenings, special presentations, red carpets and events. Tickets to individual screenings, panels and parties go on sale to Denver Film members Oct. 4 at 10 a.m., and to the general public Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. Through the generosity of Denver Arts & Venues and the 2026 Arts Complex Creates grant program, all three public screenings at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House will be offered with a dedicated allotment of sliding-scale “Pay-What-You-Can” admissions. In addition, select general admission screenings offered at other Festival venues will provide a limited number of sliding-scale tickets throughout the Festival.

 

The DFF49 curtain rises Oct. 22 with the Opening Night presentation of Amazon MGM Studios’ I Play Rocky at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Directed by Academy Award winner Peter Farrelly, the film tells the electrifying true story follows a young, unknown Sylvester Stallone who bets everything on himself, refusing to give up his dream of not only writing Rocky but playing the iconic underdog himself. Anthony Ippolito (The Offer) stars as Stallone, with a cast including AnnaSophia Robb, P.J. Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Matt Dillon, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass and Stephan James. Writer Peter Gamble will present the film to the Opening Night audience at the Ellie and participate in a Creative Conversation the following day. 

 

The Festival continues with Behemoth! and Ink as its Centerpiece presentations on Oct. 24 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Directed by Tony Gilroy, the Searchlight Pictures film Behemoth! stars Pedro Pascal as Alex Serian, a gifted cellist who returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, swells into an adventure that will change him forever. Utilizing an unprecedented nine composers, Behemoth! is a love letter to movie scoring and the dizzying power music holds on our memories and imaginations.

 

Netflix’s Ink, directed by Danny Boyle, is an explosive cinematic rollercoaster that captures the wild, chaotic true story of a group of misfits and visionaries who set out to revolutionize modern media. Fueled by a relentless desire to give the public what it wanted, their radical idea forever transformed the landscape of modern news. The film stars Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy.

 

The Festival will present its Closing Night film on Saturday, Oct. 31, with Neon’s Paper Tiger at the MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater. Directed by James Gray and starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, this deeply felt and intense drama follows two brothers who become entangled in an alluring scheme that proves too good to be true. As they attempt to navigate their way through the high-stakes, dangerous world of the Russian mafia, long-standing family bonds begin to fray with life-altering consequences.

 

Denver Film will also welcome and honor several special guests. Carrie Coon will receive the Excellence in Acting Award for her stellar work in The Liberation. The film stars Coon as a woman who stuns her family by joining a cult led by an enigmatic figure portrayed magnetically by Lily James. Acclaimed actor John Cho will be honored with this year’s Outlaw Award in conjunction with his work in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.

 

Liz Sargent will be honored as the festival’s Breakthrough Director for Take Me Home, her feature film debut based on her short film of the same name about a woman caring for her aging parents in a heat wave. Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus, Gladiator II) will receive the Rising Star Award following a screening of his latest work in A Long Winter. Benedetta Porcaroli, the star of previous festival awardee Amanda, will claim the 2026 Maglione Italian Film Award for The Kidnapping of Arabella. David Acord, known for his work as a sound editor in the Star Wars universe and for voicing that lovable scamp Grogu, will receive Excellence in Sound Design for Behemoth!, while experimental filmmaker Michael Gitlin will accept the annual Stan Brakhage Award alongside a retrospective of his work.

 

Denver Film will present more than a dozen Special Presentations of the most anticipated and acclaimed films of the year. Festival standouts include The Debut, directed by Jesse Eisenberg and starring Julianne Moore as an unassuming housewife whose foray into community theater transforms her into a committed method actress – and leads her to clash with her director, played by Paul Giamatti; Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh’s acid-burn comedy led by a never-better John Malkovich and an equally great Sam Rockwell as CIA agents on a mission best left unspoiled; Elsinore, with a powerhouse performance by Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson, an actor who battled to play Hamlet on stage while also battling AIDS; Club Kid, Jordan Firstman’s funny and moving breakthrough about a club promoter who is forced to grow up fast; Josephine, with Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan as parents trying to navigate the aftermath of a traumatic event; The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, starring John Turturro as a career thief who makes a move against the wrong mark; and Wicker, with Olivia Colman as a fisherwoman who finds love with a man made of wicker (it helps that he’s played by Alexander Skarsgård).

 

Special Presentation screenings of Josephine and Take Me Home are co-presented with the Sundance Film Festival.

 

In addition to Special Presentations, this year’s lineup will provide most attendees with their first opportunities to see international awards contenders like La Bola Negra, which recently won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the emotionally poignant All of a Sudden, and the morally tumultuous Minotaur. The Denver Film Festival will serve as the U.S. premiere of Growth of the Soil, Norway’s official Oscar submission.

 

“This year’s program highlights the remarkable ways cinema captures human connection and resilience, and it delivers a lineup that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking,” said Denver Film Festival Artistic Director Matthew Campbell. “From sharp, high-altitude Colorado comedies to award-winning festival circuit fare, captivating documentaries and stories born here in our own community, these films demonstrate the pure joy and impact of great storytelling. We’re looking forward to welcoming our audiences to experience this dynamic mix of bold international cinema, new voices and brilliant local talent.”

 

Completing the 11-day Festival programming, DFF49 will deliver a robust lineup of general screenings including feature-length films, documentaries, and shorts. In addition, the Festival will offer filmmaker conversations, events, panels, parties, industry guests, awards and tributes that will be presented in venues across the city, including the Sie FilmCenter, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater.

 

“Forty-nine years in, the Denver Film Festival is still driven by what has always mattered most: bringing our community together around great movies and the people who make them,“ said Denver Film CEO Kevin Smith. “We’re incredibly proud to be a long-standing part of Denver’s vibrant arts and cultural landscape and I can’t imagine a better way to open our 49th Festival than with I Play Rocky, an underdog story that captures the determination, creativity and spirit of independent film we celebrate every year. With an extraordinary lineup ahead of us and our 50th anniversary on the horizon, there’s so much to celebrate, and we’re just getting started.“

 

Additional in-person guests/honorees will be announced as confirmed in the weeks ahead.

 

 

2026 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

 

RED CARPET PRESENTATIONS

If you want to see films destined to receive industry honors and awards, red carpet presentations are an excellent place to start. The films below feature some of DFF49’s boldest and best artists, who are pushing envelopes and taking big swings. Many, if not all, are sure to generate passionate discussions after the credits roll.

 

OPENING NIGHT:

I Play Rocky (United States), directed by Peter Farrelly

 

CENTERPIECE:

Behemoth! (United States), directed by Tony Gilroy

Ink (United Kingdom), directed by Danny Boyle


SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:

Bedford Park (United States), directed by Stephanie Ahn

Being Heumann (United States), directed by Siân Heder

Bitter Christmas (Spain), directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Club Kid (United States), directed by Jordan Firstman

The Debut (United States), directed by Jesse Eisenberg

Elsinore (United Kingdom), directed by Simon Stone

Gentle Monster (Austria), directed by Marie Kreutzer

Josephine (United States), directed by Beth de Araújo

The Liberation (United States), directed by Guy Nattiv

A Long Winter (Canada, United Kingdom), directed by Andrew Haigh

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (United States), directed by Noah Segan

Ray Gunn (United States), directed by Brad Bird

Take Me Home (United States), directed by Liz Sargent

A Talent for Murder (United Kingdom, Italy), directed by Anton Corbijn

Tangles (Canada, United States), directed by Leah Nelson

Wicker (United Kingdom, Germany), directed by Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fisher

Wild Horse Nine (United Kingdom), directed by Martin McDonagh

 

CLOSING NIGHT:

Paper Tiger (United States, Brazil, Italy), directed by James Gray

 

DFF49 FILMS IN-COMPETITION

Featuring films from across the world, this year’s selection of in-competition films will be screened and judged by a panel of industry professionals and entertainment industry media.

 

Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature Film – Finalists

In its early years, the Denver Film Festival gained a reputation within the international film community for showcasing, on a regular basis, new Eastern European films. Krzysztof Kieslowski appeared in 1989 for a major tribute and was a guest again in 1994. The director died in 1996 at the age of 55. The following year, Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature, presented to a feature-length film that reflects the artistic sensibilities of the late Polish director, was established the next year under the auspices of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland and in collaboration with the widow of the late director.

 

All of a Sudden (France, Japan), directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Clarissa (Nigeria, United States), directed by Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri

Growth of the Soil (Norway), directed by Hans Petter Moland

La Bola Negra (Spain, France), directed by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Minotaur (France, Latvia, Germany), directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev

Possible Love (Republic of Korea (South Korea)), directed by Lee Chang-dong

 

Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary – Finalists

In the early 1960s, two brothers started a revolution in documentary filmmaking. Albert and his late brother David pioneered the method called direct cinema. Hand-held cameras and lightweight sound equipment made possible an immediacy and spontaneity that led to an entirely new way of making films uniquely suited to non-fiction subjects. The Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary is presented to a filmmaker who best represents the truth and purity of documentary filmmaking as established by the Maysles Brothers.

Edward Said: Between Worlds (United States), directed by Maiken Baird 

Nuisance Bear (Canada, United States, United Kingdom), directed by Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (United States), directed by David Greaves

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Czech Republic, Spain, Iran), directed by Pegah Ahangarani

SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing (Japan, United States, United Kingdom), directed by Erik Shirai

Whispers in May (Hong Kong, Netherlands, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Sweden), directed by Dongnan Chen

 

True Grit Award – Finalists

The True Grit Award celebrates the filmmakers and stories that reflect the creativity, spirit, and distinctive voices of the Centennial State. Returning to the Festival as a juried award category, True Grit honors the best Colorado productions with awards for best feature film and best short.

 

Art Not as Usual (United States), directed by Annie Eastman 

Colorado Shorts: Documentary

Colorado Shorts: Narrative

Good Help (United States), directed by Rebekah Henderson, Lilah Park

Hot Water (United States), directed by Ramzi Bashour

Ideas of Order (United States), directed by Erin Espelie

The River (United States), directed by Mara Gasbarro Tasker

Watch You Rise (United States), directed by Isabella Grace Cohn

Welcome to the Fishbowl (United States), directed by Sheryl Glubok

 

Featured Shorts – 

The shorts lineup includes a wide range of offerings from across the globe. The shorts jury will screen and award the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short and the Marilyn Marsh Saint-Veltri Award for Best Student Animation Short.

 

49th Denver Film Festival A-Z Film Guide

Features:

5 More Minutes (Spain), directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera

All of a Sudden (France, Japan), directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

American Zoo (United Kingdom), directed by Tim Travers Hawkins

Art Not as Usual (United States), directed by Annie Eastman

The Ascent (United States), directed by Edward Drake, Scott Veltri, Francis Cronin

Avedon (United States), directed by Ron Howard

Bedford Park (United States), directed by Stephanie Ahn

Begotten (United States), directed by E. Elias Merhige

Behemoth! (United States), directed by Tony Gilroy

Being Heumann (United States), directed by Siân Heder

The Beloved (Spain), directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen

A Bit of Light (Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Türkiye), directed by Ali Asgari

Bitter Christmas (Spain), directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Brian (United States), directed by Will Ropp

Campeón Gabacho (Mexico), directed by Jonás Cuarón

Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff (United States), directed by Nanette Burstein

Cheyenne (United States), directed by Taimi Arvidson

Clarissa (Nigeria, United States), directed by Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri

Club Kid (United States), directed by Jordan Firstman

Congo Boy (Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, France), directed by Rafiki Fariala

Coward (Belgium, France, Netherlands), directed by Lukas Dhont

The Cycle (United Kingdom), directed by Jordan Downey

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Greece, Germany, France), directed by Jacqueline Lentzou

The Debut (United States), directed by Jesse Eisenberg

The Diary of a Chambermaid (Romania, France), directed by Radu Jude

The Dreamed Adventure (Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria), directed by Valeska Grisebach

Edward Said: Between Worlds (United States), directed by Maiken Baird

Elephants in the Fog (Nepal, Germany, Brazil, France, Norway), directed by Abinash Bikram Shah

Elsinore (United Kingdom), directed by Simon Stone

Everybody to Kenmure Street (United Kingdom), directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra

Everytime (Austria, Germany), directed by Sandra Wollner

Fatherland (Poland, Germany, France), directed by Paweł Pawlikowski

Flies (Mexico, Spain), directed by Fernando Eimbcke

Forever Your Maternal Animal (Costa Rica, Belgium, France, Mexico), directed by Valentina Maurel

Frank & Louis (Switzerland, United Kingdom), directed by Petra Volpe

Gentle Monster (Austria), directed by Marie Kreutzer

Good Help (United States), directed by Rebekah Henderson, Lilah Park

Growth of the Soil (Norway), directed by Hans Petter Moland

Hot Water (United States), directed by Ramzi Bashour

I Play Rocky (United States), directed by Peter Farrelly

Ideas of Order (United States), directed by Erin Espelie

In Waves (France, Belgium), directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen

Ink (United Kingdom), directed by Danny Boyle

Iron Boy (France, Belgium), directed by Louis Clichy

Josephine (United States), directed by Beth de Araújo

Joybubbles (United States), directed by Rachael J. Morrison

Ken Russell’s The Devils (United Kingdom), directed by Ken Russell

The Kidnapping of Arabella (Italy), directed by Carolina Cavalli

La Bola Negra (Spain, France), directed by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

La Gradiva (France, Italy), directed by Marine Atlan

The Liberation (United States), directed by Guy Nattiv

A Long Winter (Canada, United Kingdom), directed by Andrew Haigh

Look Back (Japan), directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Match (Argentina), directed by Juan Cabral, Santiago Franco

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean (United Kingdom), directed by Barnaby Thompson

The Meltdown (Chile, Spain, Mexico, United States), directed by Manuela Martelli

Minotaur (France, Latvia, Germany), directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev

A Man of His Time (Belgium, France), directed by Emmanuel Marre

Mouse (United States), directed by Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson

The Night Visitors (United States), directed by Michael Gitlin

Nuisance Bear (Canada, United States, United Kingdom), directed by Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman

Odyssey (United States), directed by Avi Belkin

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (United States), directed by David Greaves

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (United States), directed by Noah Segan

Paper Tiger (United States, Brazil, Italy), directed by James Gray

The Parallax View (United States), directed by Alan J. Pakula

Possible Love (Republic of Korea (South Korea)), directed by Lee Chang-dong

Ray Gunn (United States), directed by Brad Bird

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Czech Republic, Spain, Iran), directed by Pegah Ahangarani

The River (United States), directed by Mara Gasbarro Tasker

Rose (Germany, Austria), directed by Markus Schleinzer

The Siege of Paradise (Ireland, Switzerland), directed by Gar O’Rourke

The Story of Documentary Film (United Kingdom), directed by Mark Cousins

SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing (Japan, United States, United Kingdom), directed by Erik Shirai

Take Me Home (United States), directed by Liz Sargent

A Talent for Murder (United Kingdom, Italy), directed by Anton Corbijn

Tangles (Canada, United States), directed by Leah Nelson

Tender Loving Care (United Kingdom, United States, Singapore), directed by Mike Leigh

Tin Castle (Ireland), directed by Alexander Murphy

Union Town (United States), directed by Barbara Kopple

Victorian Psycho (United Kingdom, Ireland), directed by Zachary Wigon

Watch You Rise (United States), directed by Isabella Grace Cohn

We Are All Strangers (Singapore), directed by Anthony Chen

Welcome to the Fishbowl (United States), directed by Sheryl Glubok

When a Witness Recants (United States), directed by Dawn Porter

Whispers in May (Hong Kong, Netherlands, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Sweden), directed by Dongnan Chen

Wicker (United Kingdom, Germany), directed by Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fisher

Wild Horse Nine (United Kingdom), directed by Martin McDonagh

Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep (Palestine, Belgium, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia), directed by Rakan Mayasi

Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird) (United States), directed by Anna Fitch, Banker White

 

Shorts:

The 12 Inch Pianist (United States), directed by Lucas Ansel

28 Kegs Later (United States), directed by Preston Tompkins

2:LOVE (Belgium), directed by Ronni Shalev

Because Today is Saturday (Portugal, Spain, France), directed by Alice Eça Guimarães

Born to Kill (United States), directed by Sally Tran

The Dark Knot at the Center (Portugal, United States), directed by Inês Pedrosa e Melo

Death’s Peak (United Kingdom), directed by Willy Fair

End of Things (United States), directed by Bruce Tetsuya

Family Strings (United States), directed by Daniel Wright, Brendan Young

Gatorville (United States), directed by Freddie Gluck

General Admission (United States), directed by Kaily Morgan Smith

Hag (United Kingdom), directed by Anna Ginsburg

Homemade Gatorade (United States), directed by Carter Amelia Davis

Hunting (Switzerland), directed by Lea Favre

Hyena (China, United States), directed by Altay Ulan Yang

In the Morning Sun (Canada, Philippines), directed by Serville Poblete

Interview with a Hero (Australia), directed by Celeste Diep

Ivar (Norway), directed by Markus Tangre

Lay Lefty Down (United States), directed by Traven Rice

Marga en el DF (Mexico, United States), directed by Gabriela Ortega

Man Eating Pussy (Canada, United States), directed by Emily Lawson

The Meloneers (United States), directed by Brendan Young

People of the Sacred Land (United States), directed by Dewi Sungai, Sarah Ortegon HighWalking

The Pigs Underneath (United Kingdom), directed by Charlie Dennis

Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts (Canada, Mexico, Spain), directed by Shervin Kermani

Reentry (United States), directed by Keenan O’Reilly

The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much (United States), directed by Eric Jackowitz

A Shot At Art (Netherlands), directed by Ilke Paddenburg

The Sky Was Candy (Germany), directed by Anh Tú Nguyen

Stalin Boys (United States), directed by Ora DeKornfeld, Bianca Giaever

Talking to the Sun (United States), directed by Megan Sweeney

Tapioca Esophagus (United States), directed by Jack Cosgriff

Them That’s Not (United States), directed by Mekhai Lee

Trading Cards (Australia, United Kingdom), directed by Radheya Jang

The Undying Pain of Existence (Germany), directed by Oscar Jacobson

We Were Here (India), directed by Pranav Bhasin

We’re All Sorry Souls (United States), directed by Alessandra Mesa

With Tapes and Toasts in the Car (Germany), directed by Kiana Naghshineh

A Wolf in the Suburbs (Canada), directed by Amélie Hardy

 

The Press Accreditation application process is now open for the 49TH Denver Film Festival (DFF49). The application to be considered for Accreditation can be found on the DFF49 website or by clicking here. Applications close Friday, Oct. 16 at 11:59 p.m.

 

 

DFF49 Sponsors

 

Marquee Sponsors

William LaBahn; Epicurean; Next50; Amazon; AOR; Halcyon; Sheila K. O’Brien; Crusonia Wealth Advisors; Dormer Harpring, LLC; Anna and John Sie Foundation; Betsy Mordecai Heyman and Gareth Heyman; Julie Mordecai; Mercedes-Benz of Denver; HW Home

 

Cameo Sponsors

Liberty Global; Visit Denver; BOK Financial; Denver Screen Print & Embroidery; milkhaus; Minuteman Press; Mary Watson; GHP Investment Advisors; Katie Reilly and Shane Harvey

 

Film Sponsors

Ireland Stapleton; Meow Wolf; Suzanne Siteman; Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP; Consulate General of Canada in Denver; Gloria Campbell & John Verwys; Sue Capitelli

 

Media

CBS Colorado; Axios; City Cast Denver; Colorado Public Radio; Denverse; Metromode; Rocky Mountain Public Media

 

Additional Thanks To

Alliance Française de Denver; AVFX; Best Day Brewing; Butler Rents; Colorado Party Rentals; Eldorado Natural Spring Water; Jay’s Valet; MiHi Entertainment; Ratio Beerworks; Red Rocks Spirits; Roche Bobois; Biennial of the Americas; Colorado Dragon Boat; Colorado Environmental Film Festival; Colorado Film & Video Association; Denver Community Media; Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Denver Performing Arts Complex; Eventive; Gary Community Ventures; Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival; MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater; SAG-AFTRA; Sexy Pizza; Taloma Partners; Tattered Cover Book Store; University of Denver

 

Proudly Funded By

Colorado Office of Film and Television; Bonfils Stanton Foundation; Denver Arts & Venues; SCFD (Scientific and Cultural Facilities District)

 

About Denver Film

Denver Film has been transforming and entertaining the Colorado community through the power of diverse voices in film since 1978. Operating as the region’s only membership-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit film institution, Denver Film has grown into a signature cultural organization in the West, screening international and independent movies found nowhere else in the region.

 

Serving more than 100,000 patrons annually through 600-plus screenings that include year-round programming at Denver Film’s flagship home the Sie (pronounced SEE) FilmCenter, the annual Denver Film Festival celebration, the iconic Film on the Rocks program at Red Rocks Amphitheater, and Spotlight Festivals including CinemaQ, Women+Film, and the Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival. Spotlights highlight underrepresented communities and foster inclusivity. Denver Film works to build resilience across all of its programming and events by amplifying diverse voices, promoting equity, and fostering community connections.

 

For more information or to explore the full suite of Denver Film programming, events, and ticketing visit: denverfilm.org.

 

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