Crested Butte Film Festival

The Crested Butte Film Festival is a celebration of international films, held annually over four days in the last weekend of September, in Crested Butte, Colorado.[2][3][4][5]

Crested Butte Film Festival
LocationCrested Butte, Colorado USA
Founded2011
AwardsACTNow, Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Feature, Audience Choice
Artistic directorMichael & Jennifer Brody
No. of films100[1]
Festival dateSeptember (annually)
LanguageInternational
Websitecbfilmfest.org

History

Michael and Jennifer Brody established the Crested Butte Film Festival in 2011, looking for creative work together following careers in filmmaking and education.[5] Crested Butte previously had Reel Fest, a shorts film festival that lasted ten years, but which was discontinued in 2010. The first installment of the Crested Butte Film Festival had an audience of 1,500 or about the population of the town; two years later attendance doubled. The festival is held just as the aspens turn into their imperial gold.

Program

Crested Butte Film Festival programs artful, moving, creative and provocative films. Preference is given to creativity, daring, great storytelling, and bravery. The top selections are awarded to ACTNow, to the best narrative and documentary features, best documentary short, children's films, and to those chosen by the audience.

Awards

Action and Change Together (ACTNow)

Awarded to a nonprofit organization linked to a call-to-action documentary.

ACTNow
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2012Bidder 70Beth Cage; George Cage United States
2013Blood BrotherSteve Hoover United States
2014VirungaOrlando von Einsiedel United Kingdom
2015Racing ExtinctionLouie Psihoyos United States
2016NewtownKim Snyder United States
2017Bending the ArcKief Davidson; Pedro Kos United States
A Plastic OceanCraig Leeson United Kingdom
2019SantuarioPilar Timpane; Christine Delp United States
2020Mossville: When
Great Trees Fall
Alexander Glustrom United States

Juried Awards

Director Ed Zwick (right) interviews Jesse Zwick (left) for About Alex.
Courtney Marsh, of Chau, Beyond the Lines, is interviewed at a filmmaker's function.
David Zellner discusses his film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter at an audience talkback.
Best Narrative Feature
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2013De rouille et d'os
(Rust and Bone)
Jacques Audiard France
2014The One I LoveCharlie McDowell United States
2015Kumiko, the
Treasure Hunter
Nathan Zellner; David Zellner United States
2016The LobsterYorgos Lanthimos Greece/
 Ireland
2017A Ghost StoryDavid Lowery United States
2019ParasiteBong Joon-ho South Korea
2020BaitMark Jenkin United Kingdom
Best Documentary Feature
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2012Bidder 70Beth Cage; George Cage United States
2013Chasing IceJeff Orlowski United States
2014The OvernightersJesse Moss United States
2015Almost Holy
(Crocodile Gennadiy)
Steve Hoover United States
2016LoveTrueAlma Har'el United States/
 Israel
2017Whose Streets?Sabaah Folayan; Damon Davis United States
2019Storm the GatesDaniele Anastasion;
Catherine Yrisarri; Josie Swantek
 United States
2020Us KidsKim Snyder United States
Best Short (2012-2014)
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2012A Finger, Two Dots,
Then Me
David Holechek United States
2013ArenaMartin Rath Poland
2014Into the Silent SeaAndrej Landin Sweden
Best Comedy Short
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2017Immaculate
Misconception
Michael Geoghegan United Kingdom
2019Hot DogAlma Buddecke; Marleen Valin Germany
2020OllaAriane Labed United States
Best Documentary Short
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2015Our CurseTomasz Śliwiński Poland
2016We All We GotCarlos Javier Ortiz United States
2017Woody's OrderAnn Talman United States
2019All InclusiveCorina Schwingruber-Ilić  Switzerland
2020Huntsville StationJamie Meltzer and Chris Filippone United States
Best Narrative Short
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2015La HijaJazmín Rada Spain
2016SituationalScott Simonsen; Alyssa Skoller United States
StuttererBenjamin Cleary Ireland
2017American ParadiseJoe Talbot United States
2019Moon and the NightErin Lau United States
2020Monstruo Dios
(Monster God)
Agustina San Martín Argentina

Audience Choice

Audience Choice
Year Winning film Director(s) Country
2012KumaréVikram Gandhi United States
2013Blood BrotherSteve Hoover United States
2014About AlexJessie Zwick United States
2015UnbrandedPhillip Baribeau United States
2016Jim: The James Foley StoryBrian Oakes United States
2017Band AidZoe Lister Jones United States
2019Peanut Butter FalconTyler Nilson;
Michael Schwartz
 United States
2020High CountryConor Hagen United States

Other awards

Special Jury Prize

  • 2012 – Alexander Gaeta, "Outstanding achievement, directorial debut"; Shoot the Moon
  • 2014 – Martin Rath, "Outstanding achievement, breakthrough filmmaker"; Written in Ink and Arena
  • 2015 – Yana Novikova (Яна Новикова), "Outstanding achievement, debut performance in a feature film"; The Tribe (Плем'я)
  • 2016 – Leonor Caraballo, Mattero Norzi, Abou Farman, and Adella Ladjevardi, "Artistic accomplishment"; Icaros: A Vision
  • 2016 – Ashley Valenzuela, "Filmmaker to watch"; Warm Waves
  • 2017 – David Byars, "Excellence in filmmaking"; No Man's Land
  • 2017 – Nancy Liu, "Filmmaker to watch"; Angeltown
  • 2017 – Dana Romanoff, "Embodying the spirit of activism in the arts"; Storytelling and the Spirit of Activism in Cinema
  • 2019 – Nancy Dionne, "Achievement in social impact and activism"; All I See is the Future
  • 2019 – Zack Gottsagen, "Outstanding debut performance"
  • 2020 – Mohammad Rasoulof, "Courage in filmmaking"
  • 2020 – Ashley Williams, "Outstanding achievement, directorial debut"

Spirit of the Festival

  • 2013 – Jack Hanley
  • 2014 – Scott Aigner and Marcelo Mitnik
  • 2015 – Jennifer Brody
  • 2016 – Jeramiah Friesen
  • 2017 – Stacey Donaldson and Kat Cooke

See also

References

  1. Harvey, Kasey (September 2, 2016). "2016 Crested Butte Film Festival". mountainliving.com. Mountain Living. Retrieved September 5, 2016. The lineup has a total of 100 films, with 20 feature-length narrative and documentaries and 80 short films in the narrative, documentary, outdoor adventure and children's genres.
  2. Wenzel, John (September 16, 2015). "13 Colorado film festivals to enjoy in fall 2015". Denverpost.com. Denver Post. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  3. Singer, Daliah (September 11, 2014). "Crested Butte Film Festival Is A (Sort Of) Homecoming for Filmmaker Jesse Zwick". 5280.com. 5280. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  4. Zable, Stacey (June 29, 2015). "Celebrate cinema at these fall film fests". usatoday.com. USA Today. Retrieved June 12, 2016. American and international cinema-lovers come to this scenic town in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado every September, the perfect time to marvel at the aspen forests showing off their fall colors. Some 90 films are shown over the four-day fest, with venues and events a mere "townie bike" ride away from each other.
  5. "Crested Butte Film Festival: Our Story". Cbfilmfest.org. Crested Butte Film Festival. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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