The Second annual Estes Park Film Festival has been set! for
September 14-16 2007!
The 2nd Annual Estes Park Film Festival is now accepting your film entries!
We are looking for the best independent feature films, documentaries, and short films in all genres. Films accepted into the festival will be eligible to compete for cash prizes up to $1,000, and a chance to attend one of the most exciting annual events in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. To enter your film, please visit www.estesparkfilm.com . If you have any questions, please e-mail us at info@estesparkfilm.com . We hope to see you at the festival!
The Estes Park Film Festival will take place at The Historic Park Theatre September 14th through the 16th, 2007 with an awards ceremony on the final night! The Festival will showcase an amazing blend of independent feature length films, short films, and documentaries. Estes Park, Colorado, Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, is the perfect back-drop for a film festival. Millions of people visit each year to enjoy the shops, golf courses, beautiful mountain scenery, horseback riding, and numerous hiking trails. In addition to the films the Estes Park Film Festival will also serve as a fundraising event to help renovate and restore The Historic Park Theatre to its original cinematic elegance.
The Estes Park Film Festival is dedicated to providing a platform for filmmakers from around the world to screen their newest productions in the relaxing and creative atmosphere of Estes Park, Colorado. Our goal is to entertain, inspire, and advance a greater appreciation of independent film.
Entry Fees & Deadlines:
Early Submission Deadline: November 10th, 2006 – January 1st, 2007: $30 Features (Narrative or Documentary) / $25 Shorts / $20 Students
Regular Submission Deadline: January 2nd, 2007 – May 1st, 2007: $35 Features (Narrative or Documentary) / $30 Shorts / $25 Students
Late Submission Deadline: May 2nd, 2007 – June 1st, 2007: $40 Features (Narrative or Documentary) / $35 Shorts / $30 Students
Entries postmarked after the late deadline will not be accepted.
All student film entries must include a photocopy of a valid student I.D.
Join us for the 2006 Estes Park Film Festival! The Festival will take place at The Historic Park Theatre September 15th through the 17th, 2006
2006 Festival Schedule:
Friday September 15th, 2006
2:00 pm - Shorts Program #1
Sandcreek Massacre
SideShow
Carhenge: Genius or Junk?
Sand Mandala
Science or Faith: Intelligent Design in Public Schools
Return to Auschwitz
Do You Want The Elephant Music
4:30 pm - Subdivision, Colorado (Feature Film)
Genesee is tired of spending everyday fishing in her neighborhood with her three best friends--Patton, Chris, and Stock Exchange. She wants an adventure! Her wish is granted when the crew stumbles upon an Indian arrowhead that magically levitates, pointing to an unseen target. The gang decides to follow the mysterious `compass,' unaware that it carries an ancient curse that could spell their doom. As this brave caravan traverses the Rocky Mountains, they must contend with dangerous terrain, face villainous foes and learn to work together as a team if they hope to discover the arrowhead's mysterious origins and purpose. As the secret is revealed, Genesee and her friends realize that the fate of the neighborhood is in their hands. A Film by Neil Widener / 70 min. / Morrison, Colorado
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Opening Night Party at the Park Theatre!
Join us at the Historic Park Theatre as we celebrate the opening of our first annual film festival in Estes Park! This is your chance to meet and mingle with the filmmakers, special guests, and other film enthusiasts. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. (Food and Drinks will be provided by Estes Valley Resorts)
8:00 pm-Tower of Love (Opening Short)
"Tower of Love" is a documentary that will tell the story of the Historic Park Theatre in Estes Park, Colorado and the people that are trying to save it. Built in 1913, The Park Theatre is the oldest running movie theatre west of the Mississippi. The story of the theatre and the mission to save it will be told by the Stanger Family and many of the employees who were there during the theatre's early years. A Documentary by Sean Doherty (Non-Competitive Entry)/ Estes Park, Colorado / (Opening Short Film for Preserve Me a Seat)
PRESERVE ME A SEAT
(Feature Film)
We don't remember a lot about our distant past, but we do remember our favorite movie theatre. Featuring the efforts to save historic movie theatres in Boston, Chicago, Omaha, and Salt Lake City, “Preserve me a Seat” is a documentary about these theatres and the ongoing fight to protect and preserve them for future generations. Director Jim Fields and his camera crew capture on film the victories and defeats of dedicated preservationists as they enter the cultural battle zone to save some of America’s finest example of classic architecture. A Documentary by Jim Fields / Omaha, Nebraska /
10:30 pm- Empty Acre
Set in rural, Kansas, "The Empty Acre" is a dramatic horror film about an unseen force that feeds on a small farming community. The invisible entity reaches out from a lifeless acre of land on a young farm couple's property. One late summer night, the unsuspecting couple's baby is taken by the ominous being. A Senoreality Film by Patrick Rea / 1 Hour 45 Min. / Lawrence, Kansas /
Saturday September 16th, 2006
9:30 am - 3:30 pm- Lighthouse Writers Screenwriting
Workshop at the Lakeshore Lodge -
12:00 pm - A Thousand Words (Opening Short)
A Contemporary love story shot by students from Expression College for the Digital Arts. A Student Short by William Craig / 12 Min. / Emeryville, California / (Opening Short Film for STREETWOK'N)
STREETWOK'N
An Uncle and his Nephew move to America to open a Chinese food vending machine business, but find the machines are being used by a local drug dealer. A Florida Metropolitan University comedy by Matthew Gunter & Eric Matyas / 70 Min. / Orlando, Florida /
2:00 pm - COSTA RICA Documentary
Nick Molle’s latest Documentary takes you on an adventure to one of the most bio-diverse places on earth; Costa Rica! A Documentary by: Nick Molle & John Goerner / 60 Min. / Estes Park, Colorado /
4:30 pm - Shorts Program #2
Southwestern Orange County vs. the Flying Saucers
Escape Velocity
Monday Morning
The Girl Who Could Run 600 Miles Per Hour
Getting Lucky
The Viewing
Test
7:00 pm - BRATS: Our Journey Home
American military "brats" of all ethnicities share intimate memories about their strange, but interesting childhoods - growing up on military bases around the world, then struggling to fit into an America with which they have little in common, but for whom they sacrificed their youths. Narrated by Kris Kristofferson. Featuring songs by Kris Kristofferson, interviews with General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, and never-before-seen archival footage from post-war Germany and Japan. Documentary by Donna Musil Executive Producer: Tessa Lyn Stephenson / 90 Minutes / Eatonton, Georgia /
9:30 pm - SELF MEDICATED
Based on true events. Having recently suffered the death of his father, seventeen-year-old Andrew Eriksen's inability to cope with the loss catapults him down a path of denial, self-loathing and emotional entropy. Once a promising young scholar, Andrew finds himself on a drug-addled path to self-destruction. Resentful of his mother, Louise (Diane Venora), for her own chemical dependency, Andrew withdraws only further at a time when they need each other most. Louise's last resort is to hire a company that kidnaps troubled teens and places them in a locked-down and corrupt psychiatric hospital. After being subjected to the secret physical and emotional abuses of the program, Andrew learns the only thing that will help him come to terms with the loss of his father is Andrew himself. 107 min Dir: Monty Lapica / Producer: Tommy Bell / Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday September 17th, 2006
10:30 am - 12:00 pm- Filmmaker Q&A - Meet the filmmakers as they discuss how they got their films from script to screen! Attendance is free.
12:00 pm - Shorts Program #3
Zero the Counter
Riverside
In the Can
Leave 'em Hangin'
The Offering
Eyes of an Artist
3:16
A Bedtime Story for the End of the World
Air Hockey
2:30 pm - WORLD AT WASTE (Opening Short)
The day begins normally for a young father. He takes his regular drive to the river where he dumps his used motor oil. He's launched into the future where he finds his world a wasteland. A Film by Stuart MacDonald / 30 Min. / Adrian, Michigan / (Opening Short Film for Tara's Daughters)
TARA's DAUGHTERS
Four generations of Tibetan refugee women show how they maintain Tibetan culture in exile through their religious orientation, culture, and community. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, interviews with the Dalai Lama, Ama Adhe, Rinchen Khando, and Jetsun Pema. This is the only documentary on Tibetan culture that features Tibetan refugee women. A Documentary by: Roslyn Dauber / 55 min. / Lafayette, Colorado
5:00 pm - SCARED NEW WORLD
Affairs are tempestuous, indeed, for a substitute teacher and struggling novelist; a pot-dealing single mother; and a sexually reckless, French exchange student, all sharing a house in Oakland. But their intertwining lives, and the lives of those they touch, are brought to the screen with such tenderness and grace that you root for them to make it through the storm. This may be a “Scared New World” for some, but it augurs a bright future of filmmaking. A Film by: Yahn Soon / 80 min. / Oakland, California /
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Awards Gala at the Lakeshore Lodge -
Films and Festival Schedule are subject to change.
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