Conception Debra **

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** Animation Short - 3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
** Beyond Assumptions - 6:45 pm | Block of 2 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
Director:
Margaret Cheatham Williams & Jocie Juritz
Date:
Friday 9/20
Duration:
5 min

Film Synopsis: Why I Won’t Teach My Son ‘Black Codes’: Debra’s son is just 1 year old, but she knows that soon he will be perceived as a “big black boy.” Can she overcome the “systems” she feels are in place to oppress him?
**INDICATES FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE (Subject to Change)

datastreamimagination **

 

3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director:
Eric Kunzendorf
Date:
Friday 9/20
Duration:
6 min

Film Synopsis: datastreamimagination fuses data and imagination finding its expression through the streaming medium of animation. The narrative interrogates ideas of building complexity from simplicity, destruction being necessary for creation, imagination overcoming even death and opposites giving form to each other.
**INDICATES FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE (Subject to Change)

Millie **

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3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director:
Hannah Olson, Isley Verbonitz
Date:
Friday 9/20
Duration:
8 min

Film Synopsis: Amongst the forgotten treasures of an old attic, an otherworldly encounter tests a boy’s limits in what he will do to mend a new bond, creating the chance for an unlikely friendship to be made.
**INDICATES FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE (Subject to Change)

 

Nothing To Say

 

3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director:
Aubry Mintz,
Date:
Friday 9/20
Duration:
10 min

Film Synopsis: A turtle challenges the zookeeper and other animals by not speaking on command to receive food. An allegorical film expressing themes of exile and displacement of family and culture. Various animation styles uncover the emotional quality of the turtle’s experience.

Recoiled **

 

10:00 am | Block of 4 Films | RIVERWALK CENTER | 150 W. Adams Ave.
Director:
Claire Grim
Date:
Saturday 9/21
Duration:
8 min

Film Synopsis: Kalli, a young African American girl, has hair that literally has a mind of its own. Unfortunately, her lively curls make her stand out. With the help of her sister, Ro, Kalli must learn the importance of self-love.
**INDICATES FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE (Subject to Change)

Spice Frontier

 

3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director:
Jalil Sadool & Adam Meyer
Date:
Friday 9/20
Duration:
9 min

Film Synopsis: Over a century has passed since the destruction of Earth. Without a home planet, humans now live among the thirty-eight known alien species. Kent Williams, a struggling chef, leads a disparate band of adventurers aboard their ship, The Serrano. Eager to discover the culinary secrets of his ancestors, Kent and his cyborg companion, traverse the cosmos in search of rare Earth spices.

Two Balloons

 

** Friday 9/19 - 3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
** Sunday 9/22 - Best of Fest - 10:00 am | Block of 3 Films | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.

** Date: Friday 9/20 and Sunday 9/22
Duration:
9 min
Location: COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.

Film Synopsis: Two adventurous lemurs navigate their dirigibles halfway around the world to a place where happenstance and fate threaten to disrupt their reunion.

Wawatay

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3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director:
Neil Affleck
Date:
Friday 9/20
Duration:
5 min

Film Synopsis: Wawatay is an indigenous-led animated short film that explores the relationship between the living stories of the Anishnnabe people and the journey of connecting to them. In creating a story that offers an introduction to their culture and teachings, the filmmakers encourage people to partake of the Annishnaabe experience.