Crested Butte Film Festival
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| Location | Crested Butte, Colorado USA |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Awards | ACTNow, Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Feature, Audience Choice |
| No. of films | 100 |
| Language | International |
| Website | cbfilmfest |
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.[1][2][3][4]
History
Michael and Jennifer Brody established the Crested Butte Film Festival in 2011, looking for creative work together following careers in filmmaking and education.[4] 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 Aspen trees 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.
| Year | Winning film | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2012 | Bidder 70 | Beth Cage; George Cage |  United States
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| 2013 | Blood Brother | Steve Hoover | United States
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| 2014 | Virunga | Orlando von Einsiedel |  United Kingdom
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| 2015 | Racing Extinction | Louie Psihoyos | United States
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Juried Awards
| Year | Winning film | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2013 | De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) |
Jacques Audiard |  France
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| 2014 | The One I Love | Charlie McDowell | United States
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| 2015 | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter |
Nathan Zellner; David Zellner | United States
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| Year | Winning film | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2012 | Bidder 70 | Beth Cage; George Cage | United States
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| 2013 | Chasing Ice | Jeff Orlowski | United States
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| 2014 | The Overnighters | Jesse Moss | United States
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| 2015 | Almost Holy (Crocodile Gennadiy) |
Steve Hoover | United States
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| Year | Winning film | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2012 | A Finger, Two Dots, Then Me |
David Holechek | United States
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| 2013 | Arena | Martin Rath |  Poland
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| 2014 | Into the Silent Sea | Andrej Landin |  Sweden
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| Year | Winning film | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2015 | Our Curse | Tomasz Śliwiński | Poland
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| Year | Winning film | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2015 | La Hija | Jazmín Rada |  Spain
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Audience Choice
| Year | Winning film | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2012 | Kumaré | Vikram Gandhi | United States
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| 2013 | Blood Brother | Steve Hoover | United States
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| 2014 | About Alex | Jessie Zwick | United States
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| 2015 | Unbranded | Phillip Baribeau | United States
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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)
Spirit of the Festival
- 2013 - Jack Hanley
- 2014 - Scott Aigner and Marcelo Mitnik
- 2015 - Jennifer Brody
References
- ^ Wenzel, John (September 16, 2015). "13 Colorado film festivals to enjoy in fall 2015". Denverpost.com. Denver Post. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ Singer, Daliah (September 11, 2014). "Crested Butte Film Festival Is A (Sort Of) Homecoming for Filmmaker Jesse Zwick". 5280.com. 5280. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Crested Butte Film Festival: Our Story". Cbfilmfest.org. Crested Butte Film Festival. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
