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October 3, 2022
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DENVER – Denver Film today announced its complete program lineup for the 45th Denver Film Festival (DFF45). With Opening Night scheduled for Nov. 2 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, the Festival will run through Nov. 13 with a robust lineup of in-person Red Carpet presentations, feature length film screenings, documentaries, shorts, music videos and episodic content, as well as immersive and virtual reality programming, events, panels, parties, industry guests and films in competition. Screenings, events and entertainment will be held at venues throughout the city including the Sie FilmCenter, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Botanic Gardens, AMC 9 + CO 10 and the Tattered Cover East Colfax.
The DFF45 curtain rises with the Opening Night Red Carpet presentation of ARMAGEDDON TIME, James Gray’s semi-autobiographical telling of his childhood in New York. The film, starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Anthony Hopkins, has already received rave reviews and is anticipated to be a serious awards season contender. Also featured on the Red Carpet will be the Nov. 8 Centerpiece Presentation of the Sam Mendes helmed, Olivia Colman starring EMPIRE OF LIGHT. Big Night, Nov. 10 features the Al Sharpton-centered documentary LOUDMOUTH. The Festival’s Nov. 12 Closing Night Red Carpet film features Sarah Polley’s long-awaited return to the director’s chair with WOMEN TALKING, a film with an ensemble cast including Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, and Jessie Buckley.
Special Presentations include THE WHALE, with its much-touted performance by Brendan Fraser as a severely obese man trying to reestablish a relationship with his teenage daughter. SHE SAID stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as the New York Times journalists who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation – a story that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood. THE SON follows director Florian Zeller’s Oscar-winning THE FATHER, this time with Hugh Jackman balancing increasingly fraught relationships. Fans of documentaries will want to check out ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, an examination of artist Nan Goldin and her efforts to shed light on the opioid epidemic and one-time pharmaceutical titans the Sackler family.
“We could not be more excited to bring this year’s diverse, global film lineup to our Denver-area audiences,” said Denver Film Festival Artistic Director Matthew Campbell. “We’re thrilled to have so many incredible films from across the world and to present the latest works by so many acclaimed directors. These wide-reaching creations and performances go well beyond entertaining and often deliver experiences for our guests as they generate conversations, debate and growth around serious topics that touch on the lives of so many in our community and beyond.”
Other films of note to Colorado audiences include HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE, directed by Boulder native Daniel Goldhaber; R.M.N., which recently screened in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and Amazon’s upcoming horror film, NANNY. Also drawing notice is THE INSPECTION, a highly personal film of a marine facing homophobia during bootcamp.
In addition to four Red Carpet and 15 Special Presentation screenings, this year’s festival also focuses its lens on a wide range of Spotlight Sections including: Sheila K. O’Brien Spotlight on UK/Ireland Cinema; Italian Showcase; CineLatinx; J’Adore; Late Night; CinemaQ; Women+Film; Colorado Spotlight; Colorado Dragon Boat Spotlight; The Color of Conversation; and Retrospectives.
“Our annual celebration of the world’s best films presents opportunities to experience groundbreaking content, to see, experience and understand new perspectives of our world through the eyes of the industry’s most creative writers, directors and actors”, said Denver Film CEO Kevin Smith. “Over four-and-a-half decades, Denver Film has been instrumental in delivering these shared, communal opportunities with Denver-area film lovers and, now more than ever, we understand and appreciate just how important it is to experience these works in person.”
Tickets to individual screenings, Special Presentations, Red Carpets, Panels and Creative Conversations go on sale to Denver Film members Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. and to the general public Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. The complete lineup of films, screenings and ticketing information is available at: https://www.denverfilm.org/denverfilmfestival/dff45/
RED CARPET & SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: There is much to admire in every category, but if you want to see the movies destined to get awards buzz, this is a good place to start. The films below feature some of DFF’s boldest and best artists pushing envelopes and taking big swings. Many, if not all, are sure to generate passionate discussions after the credits roll.
RED CARPET:
ARMAGEDDON TIME
USA / Director: James Gray
From acclaimed filmmaker James Gray, Armageddon Time is a deeply personal story on the strength of family, the complexity of friendship and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. The film features an all-star cast including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong.
Opening Night / Wednesday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
UK, USA / Director: Sam Mendes
From Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire of Light is an intimate and moving story about love, friendship, and connection. Set in a coastal town in Southern England, a woman with a difficult past and an uneasy present, is part of a makeshift family at the old Empire Cinema. When Stephen (Micheal Ward) is hired to work at the cinema, the two find an unlikely attraction and discover the healing power of movies, music, and community.
Centerpiece / Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House
LOUDMOUTH
USA / Director: Josh Alexander
The national political scene in New York City in the late 1980s changed when preacher and activist Reverend Al Sharpton became the center of national conversations revolving around race. Loudmouth puts an unprecedented spotlight on the veteran activist and asks whether Al Sharpton has gone mainstream, or if America has finally decided to listen.
Big Night / Thursday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House
WOMEN TALKING
USA / Director: Sarah Polley
In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Based on the novel by Miriam Toews.
Closing Night / Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
USA / Director: Laura Poitras
Academy Award®–winning documentarian Laura Poitras chronicles the life and work of famed artist Nan Goldin. Goldin’s efforts include her protests against the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin.
Saturday, Nov. 5, 6:15 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
BROKER
South Korea / Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with Broker, starring Cannes Best Actor winner Song Kang Ho ( Parasite). The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.
Friday, Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
CLOSE
Belgium, France, Netherlands / Director: Lukas Dhont
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Close is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing and portray Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart.
Saturday, Nov. 12, 6:45 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
GOOD NIGHT OPPY
USA / Director: Ryan White
Fun for the whole family, Good Night Oppy tells the inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. The film follows Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans millions of miles away.
Thursday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m. AMC 9 + CO 10
HUNT
South Korea / Director: Lee Jung-jae
Hunt sets out to find a spy among North Korean operatives and a special forces unit, both of which are deeply embedded within their agencies. When the spy starts leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are assigned to investigate each other. In this tense situation, if they cannot find the mole, they may be accused themselves.
Friday, Nov. 11, 6:45 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
THE INSPECTION
USA / Director: Elegance Bratton
Inspired by director Elegance Bratton’s own story, a young, gay Black man with limited options for his future decides to join the Marines. As he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will forever change his life.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens
LINOLEUM
USA / Director: Colin West
Chaos turns into opportunity when a satellite falls from orbit and crashes into a family’s home in suburban Ohio. The father (Jim Gaffigan) seizes the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut and turns the found machine into a rocket ship. Midlife crisis or not, surreal events begin to unfold, which force him to reconsider real life connections.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m. AMC 9 + CO 10
LIVING
UK / Director: Oliver Hermanus
This film captures how a small but epic act can become a momentous event. Set in London in 1952, Williams, a veteran civil servant, has become stuck in routine office work in rebuilding post-WWII England. He begins to question the meaning of life, when at the eleventh hour, a supreme effort turns his dull life into something wonderful.
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens
ONE FINE MORNING
France / Director: Mia Hansen- Løve
Books, words, and lectures become a thing of the past for Sandra’s father who has become blind. While his world becomes dark, Sandra finds comfort with a friend that turns into a passionate love affair. Stuck between always saying goodbye, Sandra tries to come to grips with her life in One Fine Morning.
Sunday, Nov. 13, 4 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
RETURN TO SEOUL
France, Germany, Belgium / Director: Davy Chou
After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
Monday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
SHE SAID
USA / Director: Maria Schrader
Two-time Academy Award® nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, An Education) and Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America limited series, The Big Sick) star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation— a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement, shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture forever.
Monday, Nov. 7, 7p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens
THE SON
UK / Director: Florian Zeller
A star-studded drama, featuring Laura Dern, Hugh Jackman and Sir Anthony Hopkins, The Son follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. It centers on Peter, whose hectic life is upended when his ex-wife appears with Nicholas and their troubled teenage son. Peter strives to care for his family, but he loses sight of how to hold onto the present.
Sunday, Nov. 6, 6:15 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB
USA / Director: Lizzie Gottlieb
Turn Every Page explores the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, oddities, and joys of these two ferocious intellects at the culmination of a journey that has consumed both their lives.
Sunday, Nov. 13, 1:30 p.m. Sie FilmCenter
THE WHALE
USA / Director: Darren Aronofsky
From Darren Aronofsky comes The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Starring Brendan Fraser and based on the acclaimed play by Samuel D. Hunter.
Saturday, Nov. 12, 4 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens
WILDCAT
USA / Director: Melissa Lesh / Trevor Frost
Back from war in Afghanistan, a young British soldier struggling with depression and PTSD finds a second chance in the Amazon rainforest when he meets an American scientist, and together they foster an orphaned baby ocelot.
Sunday, Nov. 13, 3:45 p.m. AMC 9 + CO 10
NARRATIVE COMPETITION: Six international films will vie for the honor of winning an award named for one of cinema’s great masters. Their subjects range from the horrors of a serial killer in Iran, to a wayward priest making his way through the unforgiving lands of Iceland, to a young girl growing up with little in the way of parentage in 1980s Ireland. Six more films from the U.S. will compete for the American Independent Award. Their contents are equally diverse: an undocumented woman who gets more than she bargained for when she is hired as a nanny for an affluent New York family, a heist film with climate change on the brain, and a very different take on West Side Story and greaser culture.
Finalists, Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature Film:
BEFORE, NOW & THEN – Indonesia / Director: Kamila Andini
DOMINGO AND THE MIST – Costa Rica, Qatar / Director: Ariel Escalante Meza
EO – Poland, Italy / Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
GODLAND – Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden / Director: Hlynur Pálmason
HOLY SPIDER – Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden / Director: Ali Abbasi
THE QUIET GIRL – Ireland / Director: Colm Bairéad
Finalists, American Independent Award:
GOOD GIRL JANE – Director: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE – Director: Daniel Goldhaber
LAND OF GOLD – Director: Nardeep Khurmi
NANNY – Director: Nikyatu Jusu
PLEASE BABY PLEASE – Director: Amanda Kramer
THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY – Director, Morrisa Maltz
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION: As topical as they are entertaining, the six finalists in this category chronicle everything from two brother’s obsession with saving a local species to one of our most acclaimed filmmakers and his obsession with a Kansas girl who finds there’s no place like home.
Finalists, Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary
ALL THAT BREATHES – India, USA, UK / Director: Shaunak Sen
THE GRAB – USA / Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
THE GREAT BASIN – USA / Director: Chivas DeVinck
LAKOTA NATION vs. UNITED STATES – USA / Director: Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli
LYNCH/OZ – USA / Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
MASTER OF LIGHT – Netherlands, USA / Director: Rosa Ruth Boesten
SHEILA K. O’BRIEN SPOTLIGHT ON UK / IRELAND CINEMA: This category is presented annually in recognition of the myriad of talents and achievements within the U.K. and Ireland film industries. It spotlights the diverse and compelling cinematic works of our nation’s allies across the Atlantic.
FASHION REIMAGINED – UK, USA / Director: Becky Hutner
LIVING – UK / Director: Oliver Hermanus
THE LOST KING – UK / Director: Stephen Frears
THE QUIET GIRL – Ireland / Director: Colm Bairéad
ITALIAN SHOWCASE: Italy is the longtime home of a diverse and vibrant filmmaking community. The 45th Denver Film Festival is pleased to present five new Italian works from established and emerging directors. Included among them are THE KING OF LAUGHTER—the 2022 recipient of the Maria & Tommaso Maglione Italian Filmmaker Award.
THE ADVENTURES OF GIGI THE LAW – Italy, France, Belgium / Director: Alessandro Comodin
DELTA – Italy / Director: Michele Vannucci
THE KING OF LAUGHTER – Italy, Spain / Director: Mario Martone
SMALL BODY – Italy, France, Slovenia / Director: Laura Samani
YOU CAME BACK – Italy / Director: Stefano Mordini
CINELATINX: This category highlights cinema from the Americas and indigenous cultures. Taken together, the films display the diversity of storytelling from within the Latinx community.
CHILE 1976 – Chile, Argentina, Qatar / Director: Manuela Martelli
THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE – Chile, France, USA, Germany / Director: Francisca Alegria
DOMINGO AND THE MIST – Costa Rica / Qatar / Director: Ariel Escalante Meza
GODS OF MEXICO – Mexico / Director: Helmut Dosantos
MEMORIES OF MY FATHER – Colombia / Director: Fernando Trueba
ROBE OF GEMS – Mexico, Argentina / Director: Natalia López Gallardo
SANSÓN AND ME – Mexico, USA / Director: Rodrigo Reyes
UTAMA – Bolivia, Uruguay, France / Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi
J’ADORE: This selection of French language films is presented by TV5MONDE. Come for the story of the disturbed YouTuber, stay for the fable involving a witch and a World War I veteran.
COMA – France / Director: Bertrand Bonello
FALCON LAKE – France, Canada / Director: Charlotte Le Bon
THE FIVE DEVILS – France / Director: Léa Mysius
RODEO – France / Director: Lola Quivoron
ROSE – France / Director: Aurélie Saada
SCARLET – France, Italy, Germany / Director: Pietro Marcello
THAT KIND OF SUMMER – Canada / Director: Denis Côté
THE WORST ONES – France / Director: Lisa Akoka, Romane Gueret
LATE NIGHT SHOWCASE: The midnight movies of the Denver Film Festival, except, you know, screened at a more reasonable time. This year’s films range from traditional horror to cult comedies to the straight-up weird. Drink an extra cup of coffee and bring a date – you’ll find out quickly if you have the same taste.
ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS – USA / Director: Alex Phillips
CHEE$E – Trinidad and Tobago, USA / Director: Damian Marcano
ENYS MEN – UK / Director: Mark Jenkin
GIVE ME PITY! – US / Director: Amanda Kramer
HUESERA – Mexico, Peru / Director: Michelle Garza Cervera
NIGHTSIREN: Slovakia, Czech Republic / Director: Tereza Nvotová
SHORTS 5: LATE NIGHT – Canada, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, USA, France / Director: Joanna Tsanis, Stephen Kang, Jan Soldat, Alex Fofonoff, Gabriela Ortega, Sam Max, Nieto
SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING – France / Director: Quentin Dupieux
SPOONFUL OF SUGAR – USA / Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
CINEMAQ: Queer voices. Queer visions. Queer lives. Experience the best in films that highlight LGBTQ+ community with the DFF45 CinemaQ program.
THE BLUE CAFTAN – France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark / Director: Maryam Touzani
CLOSE – Belgium, France, Netherlands / Director: Lukas Dhont
THE FIVE DEVILS – France / Director: Léa Mysius
THE INSPECTION – USA / Director – Elegance Bratton
MARS ONE – Brazil / Director: Gabriel Martins
PIAFFE – Germany / Director: Ann Oren
PLEASE BABY PLEASE – USA / Director: Amanda Kramer
THE WHALE – USA / Director: Darren Aronofsky
WILL-O’-THE-WISP – Portugal / Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
WOMEN+FILM: Women+Film showcases documentaries, narratives, and short films celebrating the best in women-centric programming; both by and about women. These films are thought-provoking and often inspiring.
ALCARRÀS – Spain, Italy / Director: Carla Simón
BATTLEGROUND – USA / Director: Cynthia Lowen
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER – USA / Director: Nina Menkes
CORSAGE – Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg / Director: Marie Kreutzer
JOYCE CAROL OATES: A BODY IN THE SERVICE OF MIND – Sweden / Director: Stig Björkman
LAST FLIGHT HOME – USA / Director: Ondi Timoner
MORE THAN EVER – France / Director: Emily Atef
MY NAME IS ANDREA – USA / Director: Pratibha Parmar
RAMONA – Spain / Director: Andrea Bagney
SELL/BUY/DATE – USA / Director: Sarah Jones
SWEET AS – Australia / Director: Jub Clerc
UNDER THE FIG TREES -Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar / Director: Erige Sehiri
COLORADO SPOTLIGHT: Ever more diverse and collaborative, Colorado’s filmmaking scene continues to grow and is producing works that screen in both film festivals and theaters around the country.
COLORADO SHORTS: DOCUMENTARY – Director: Chad Weber, Olive Van Eimeren, Kelly Sears, Usama Alshaibi, Billy Kanaly
COLORADO SHORTS: NARRATIVE – Director: Emma Needell, Adam J. Graves, Jessica McGaugh, Emilie Upczak, Evan Wiley, Jacob Glazier, Bruce Tetsuya
THE HOLLY – Director: Julian Rubinstein
HOW TO BUILD A SEX ROOM – Netflix
LYNCH/OZ – Director : Alexandre O. Philippe
MY SISTER LIV – Director: Alan Hicks
QUANTUM COWBOYS – Director: Geoff Marslett
THIS IS (NOT) WHO WE ARE – Director: Beret E Strong, Katrina Miller
WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS – Director: Samuel Krentzman
COLORADO DRAGON BOAT FILM FESTIVAL: Two of Colorado’s leading nonprofits, Denver Film and Colorado Dragon Boat partner to showcase the best in contemporary Asian and Asian American cinema.
BAD AXE – USA / Director: David Siev
BEFORE, NOW & THEN – Indonesia / Director: Kamila Andini
CHILDREN OF THE MIST – Vietnam / Director: Ha Le Diem
CROWS ARE WHITE – USA / Director: Ahsen Nadeem
LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE – Philippines / Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar
LIQUOR STORE DREAMS – USA / Director: So Yun Um
MY SMALL LAND – Japan, France / Director: Emma Kawawada
THE NOVELIST’S FILM – South Korea / Director: Hong Sangsoo
PLAN 75 – Japan, Philippines, France / Director: Chie Hayakawa
RETURN TO DUST – China / Director: Li Ruijun
RICEBOY SLEEPS – Canada / Director: Anthony Shim
THE COLOR OF CONVERSATION: The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival teams up with Denver Film to present the Color of Conversation series. This selection of films features illuminating conversations with filmmakers and subjects, detailing the creative process along with narratives and topics within the African American community.
AFTER SHERMAN – USA / Director: Jon-Sesrie Goff
THE CAVE OF ADULLAM – USA / Director: Laura Checkoway
KATRINA BABIES – USA / Director: Edward Buckles Jr.
LOUDMOUTH – USA / Director: Josh Alexander
MASTER OF LIGHT – Netherlands, USA / Director: Rosa Ruth Boesten
NANNY – USA / Director: Nikyatu Jusu
RETROSPECTIVES: Who doesn’t want to see one of their favorites on the big screen again? DFF is proud to celebrate the life of the late Jean Luc-Godard with a showing of PIERROT LE FOU. Sony Picture Classics will also be honored on its 30th anniversary with a screening of the German action classic, RUN LOLA RUN.
PIERROT LE FOU – France / Director : Jean Luc-Godard
RUN LOLA RUN – Germany / Director: Tom Tykwer
VIRTUAL REALITY AND IMMERSIVE PROGRAMMING: DFF45 virtual reality offerings will explore the best of new-cinema storytelling from across the globe with a combination of ticketed and free, first-come, first-serve programming at the Tattered Cover Book Store on East Colfax. Details on this year’s offerings can be found at: https://www.denverfilm.org/denverfilmfestival/dff45/
THE ADVENTURES OF GIGI THE LAW – Italy, France, Belgium / Director: Alessandro Comodin
AFTER SHERMAN – USA / Director: Jon-Sesrie Goff
ALCARRÀS – Spain, Italy / Director: Carla Simón
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – USA / Director: Laura Poitras
ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS – USA / Director: Alex Phillips
ALL THAT BREATHES – India, USA, UK / Director: Shaunak Sen
ARMAGEDDON TIME – USA / Director: James Gray
BAD AXE – USA / Director: David Siev
BATTLEGROUND – USA / Director: Cynthia Lowen
BEFORE, NOW & THEN – Indonesia / Director: Kamila Andini
THE BLUE CAFTAN – France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark / Director: Maryam Touzani
BOY FROM HEAVEN – Sweden, Finland, France, Denmark / Director: Tarik Saleh
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER – USA / Director: Nina Menkes
BROKER – South Korea / Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
BURNING DAYS – Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia / Director: Emin Alper
BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY – USA / Director: Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb
THE CAVE OF ADULLAM – USA / Director: Laura Checkoway
CHEE$E – Trinidad and Tobago, USA / Director: Damian Marcano
CHILDREN OF THE MIST – Vietnam / Director: Ha Le Diem
CHILE 1976 – Chile, Argentina, Qatar / Director: Manuela Martelli
CHOP & STEELE – USA / Director: Ben Steinbauer, Berndt Mader
CLOSE – Belgium, France, Netherlands / Director: Lukas Dhont
COLORADO SHORTS: DOCUMENTARY – Director: Chad Weber, Olive Van Eimeren, Kelly Sears, Usama Alshaibi, Billy Kanaly
COLORADO SHORTS: NARRATIVE – Director: Emma Needell, Adam J. Graves, Jessica McGaugh, Emilie Upczak, Evan Wiley, Jacob Glazier, Bruce Tetsuya
COMA – France / Director: Bertrand Bonello
CORSAGE – Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg / Director: Marie Kreutzer
THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE – Chile, France, USA, Germany / Director: Francisca Alegria
CROWS ARE WHITE – USA / Director: Ahsen Nadeem
DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA – France / Director: Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
DELTA – Italy / Director: Michele Vannucci
DOMINGO AND THE MIST – Costa Rica / Qatar / Director: Ariel Escalante Meza
THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO – USA / Director: C.B. Stockfleth
EMPIRE OF LIGHT – UK, USA / Director: Sam Mendes
ENYS MEN – UK / Director: Mark Jenkin
EO – UK / Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
FALCON LAKE – France, Canada / Director: Charlotte Le Bon
FASHION REIMAGINED – UK, USA / Director: Becky Hutner
THE FIVE DEVILS – France / Director: Léa Mysius
FOOLS – Poland, Romania, Germany / Director: Tomasz Wasilewski
THE FORGER – Germany, Luxembourg / Director: Maggie Peren
FOUR SAMOSAS – USA / Director: Ravi Kapoor
GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE – Canada / Director: Jacquelyn Mills
GIVE ME PITY! – US / Director: Amanda Kramer
GODLAND – Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden / Director: Hlynur Pálmason
GODS OF MEXICO – Mexico / Director: Helmut Dosantos
GOOD GIRL JANE – USA / Director: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz
GOOD NIGHT OPPY – USA / Director: Ryan White
THE GRAB – USA / Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE – Finland, Germany, France / Director: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
THE GREAT BASIN – USA / Director: Chivas DeVinck
THE HOLLY – Director: Julian Rubinstein
HOLY SPIDER – Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden / Director: Ali Abbasi
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE – USA / Director: Daniel Goldhaber
HUESERA – Mexico, Peru / Director: Michelle Garza Cervera
HUNT – South Korea / Director: Lee Jung-jae
I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE – USA / Director: Reid Davenport
THE INSPECTION – USA / Director – Elegance Bratton
THE INTEGRITY OF JOSEPH CHAMBERS – USA / Director: Robert Machoian
INTO THE WEEDS: DEWAYNE “LEE” JOHNSON vs. MONSANTO COMPANY – Canada / Director: Jennifer Baichwal
THE ISLAND – Romania, Belgium, France / Director: Anca Damian
JOYCE CAROL OATES: A BODY IN THE SERVICE OF MIND – Sweden / Director: Stig Björkman
KATRINA BABIES – USA / Director: Edward Buckles Jr.
THE KING OF LAUGHTER – Italy, Spain / Director: Mario Martone
KLONDIKE – Ukraine, Turkey / Director: Maryna Er Gorbach
LAKOTA NATION vs. UNITED STATES – USA / Director: Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli
LAND OF GOLD – USA / Director: Nardeep Khurmi
LAST FLIGHT HOME – USA / Director: Ondi Timoner
LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE – Philippines / Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar
LET IT BE MORNING – Israel / Director: Eran Kolirin
LINOLEUM – USA / Director: Colin West
LIQUOR STORE DREAMS – USA / Director: So Yun Um
LIVING – UK / Director: Oliver Hermanus
THE LOST KING – UK / Director: Stephen Frears
A LOT OF NOTHING – USA / Director: Mo McRae
LOUDMOUTH – USA / Director: Josh Alexander
LOVE, CHARLIE: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHEF CHARLIE TROTTER – USA / Director: Rebecca Halpern
LYNCH / OZ – USA / Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
MARS ONE – Brazil / Director: Gabriel Martins
MASTER OF LIGHT – Netherlands, USA / Director: Rosa Ruth Boesten
MEMORIES OF MY FATHER – Colombia / Director: Fernando Trueba
METRONOM – Romania, France / Director: Alexandru Belc
MORE THAN EVER – France / Director: Emily Atef
MUSIC PICTURES: NEW ORLEANS – USA / Director: Ben Chace
MUSIC VIDEO MIXTAPE: Canada, USA, France, Hungary, UK, Slovakia / Director: Jordan Clarke, Cady Buche, Travis Barron, Chris White, David M. Helman, Blue Stephens, William J. Stribling, Jean-Charles Charavin, Ryan Frazee, Humberto Besa, Ebeneza Blanche, Michael Parks Randa, Balázs Simon, Erik Jasaň, Alexander Farah, Hector Aponysus
MY NAME IS ANDREA – USA / Director: Pratibha Parmar
MY SISTER LIV – Australia, USA / Director: Alan Hicks
MY SMALL LAND – Japan, France / Director: Emma Kawawada
NAKED GARDENS – USA, France / Director: Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas
NANNY – USA / Director: Nikyatu Jusu
NEXT EXIT – USA / Director: Mali Elfman
NIGHTSIREN: Slovakia, Czech Republic / Director: Tereza Nvotová
THE NOVELIST’S FILM – South Korea / Director: Hong Sangsoo
OF MEDICINE AND MIRACLES – USA / Director: Ross Kauffman
ONE FINE MORNING – France / Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
THE PEZ OUTLAW – USA, Austria / Director: Bryan Storkel, Amy Bandlien Storkel
PIAFFE – Germany / Director: Ann Oren
A PIECE IN THE SKY – Switzerland, Germany / Director: Michael Koch
PIERROT LE FOU – France / Director : Jean Luc-Godard
PLAN 75 – Japan, Philippines, France / Director: Chie Hayakawa
PLEASE BABY PLEASE – USA / Director: Amanda Kramer
QUANTUM COWBOYS – USA / Director: Geoff Marslett
THE QUIET GIRL – Ireland / Director: Colm Bairéad
R.M.N. -Romania, France, Belgium / Director: Christian Mungiu
RAMONA – Spain / Director: Andrea Bagney
RETROGRADE – USA / Director: Matt Heineman
RETURN TO DUST – China / Director: Li Ruijun
RETURN TO SEOUL – France, Germany, Belgium / Director: Davy Chou
RICEBOY SLEEPS – Canada / Director: Anthony Shim
RIMINI – Austria, France, Germany / Director: Ulrich Seidl
ROBE OF GEMS – Mexico, Argentina / Director: Natalia López Gallardo
RODEO – France / Director: Lola Quivoron
ROSE – France / Director: Aurélie Saada
RUN LOLA RUN – Germany / Director: Tom Tykwer
SANSÓN AND ME – Mexico, USA / Director: Rodrigo Reyes
SCARLET – France, Italy, Germany / Director: Pietro Marcello
SELL/BUY/DATE – USA / Director: Sarah Jones
SHE SAID – USA / Director: Maria Schrader
SHORTS 1: NARRATIVE – France, Lebanon, USA, Pakistan / Director: Dania Bdeir, Will Seefried, Harris Doran, Antonio Marziale, Walter Thompson-Hernández, Seemab Gul
SHORTS 2: DOCUMENTARY – USA / Director: Lewis Kloster, Noah Kloster, Rayka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome, Brydie O’Connor, Joey Izzo, Cynthia Wade, Sharon Liese
SHORTS 3: ANIMATION – Chile, France, USA, UK, Portugal, Lithuania, Canada / Director: Hugo Corvarrubias, Francisco Bianchi, Daniel Zvereff, João Gonzalez, Nicole Stafford, Vasco Sá, David Doutel, Amandine Meyer, Zacharias Kunuk
SHORTS 4: AVANT GARDE – USA, UK, France, Argentina / Director: Joseph Wilson, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Yoriko Mizushiri, Hope Tucker, Maria Silvia Esteve
SHORTS 5: LATE NIGHT – Canada, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, USA, France / Director: Joanna Tsanis, Stephen Kang, Jan Soldat, Alex Fofonoff, Gabriela Ortega, Sam Max, Nieto
SICK OF MYSELF – Norway / Director: Kristoffer Borgli
SMALL BODY – Italy, France, Slovenia / Director: Laura Samani
SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING – France / Director: Quentin Dupieux
SOMEWHERE OVER THE CHEMTRAILS – Czech Republic / Director: Adam Koloman Rybanský
THE SON – UK / Director: Florian Zeller
SPOONFUL OF SUGAR – USA / Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
STUDENT SHORTS: ANIMATION COMPETITION – France, Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Poland, Israel, Singapore, Belgium / Director: Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr, Eliška Kerbachová, Jonatan Schwenk, Florence Yuk Ki Lee, Mahboobeh Kalaee, Marion Boisrond, Marie-Liesse Coumau, Gwendoline Legendre, Ada Hernaez, Romane Tisseau, Laurène Fernandez, Keren Sofi karasik, Calleen Koh, Stan Lievens, Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
STUDENT SHORTS: DOMESTIC COMPETITION – USA, China / Director: Katherine Propper, Sining Xiang, Katie Blair, Pepi Ginsberg, Zahida Pirani, Michael T Workman
STUDENT SHORTS: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION – Germany, UK, Ukraine, Australia, Italy, Israel / Director: Marleen Valien, Masha Novikova, Ruby Challenger, Valerio Ferrara, Bar Cohen
SUBJECT – USA / Director: Jennifer Tiexiera, Camilla Hall
SWEET AS – Australia / Director: Jub Clerc
THAT KIND OF SUMMER – Canada / Director: Denis Côté
THERE THERE – USA / Director: Andrew Bujalski
THIS IS (NOT) WHO WE ARE – USA / Director: Beret E Strong, Katrina Miller
TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB – USA / Director: Lizzie Gottlieb
UNDER THE FIG TREES -Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar / Director: Erige Sehiri
THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY – USA / Director: Morrisa Maltz
UTAMA – Bolivia, Uruguay, France / Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi
WARM BLOOD – USA / Director: Rick Charnoski
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD – Germany / Director: Natalia Sinelnikova
THE WHALE – USA / Director: Darren Aronofsky
WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS – USA / Director: Samuel Krentzman
THE WILD ONE – France / Director: Tessa Louise-Salomé
WILDCAT – USA / Director: Melissa Lesh, Trevor Frost
WILL-O’-THE-WISP – Portugal / Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
WOMEN TALKING – USA / Director: Sarah Polley
THE WOODCUTTER STORY – Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany / Director: Mikko Myllylahti
THE WORST ONES – France / Director: Lisa Akoka, Romane Gueret
YOU CAME BACK – Italy / Director: Stefano Mordini
THE YOUTUBE EFFECT – USA / Director: Alex Winter
The Press Accreditation application process is now open for the 45th Denver Film Festival (DFF45). The application and guidelines to be considered for Accreditation can be found on the DFF45 website or by clicking here. Applications close Friday, Oct. 14 at 11:59 p.m.
MARQUEE: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation, Amazon, AOR, Barbara Bridges, Catering by Design, Denver Botanic Gardens, Liberty Global, Moye White, Sheila K. O’Brien, University of Denver Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Xfinity
SPOTLIGHT: Butler Rents, NPU Events, SeriesFest, William LaBahn
STUDIO: American Airlines
CAMEO: CFVA, Crested Butte Film Festival, Eldorado Natural Spring Water, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Newberry Brothers, Ratio Beerworks, Taloma Partners, The Family Jones, The Palm Group – Baird, TV5MONDE, Unrated Cab
PARTNERS: Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival, Denver Arts & Venues, Ken’s Prints & Graphics, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
GOVERNMENT & FOUNDATIONS: Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Colorado Creative Industries, Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media, Consulate General of Canada, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)
FILM: Canada Now, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, La Colombe, SAGindie, The Center for African American Health, Visit Denver
MEDIA: 5280, CBS4, Pearl Street Marketing
About Denver Film
Founded in 1978, Denver Film is a membership-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural institution that produces film events throughout the year, including the award-winning Denver Film Festival and the popular, summertime series Film on the Rocks. With a vision to cultivate community and transform lives through film, Denver Film provides opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences.
The permanent home of Denver Film, the Sie FilmCenter is Denver’s only year-round cinematheque, presenting a weekly-changing calendar of first-run exclusives and arthouse revivals both domestic and foreign, narrative and documentary – over 600 per year, all shown in their original language and format. Denver Film’s one-of-a-kind programs annually reach more than 200,000 film lovers and film lovers-in-training.
