Mountainfilm Announces 2018 Symposium Theme
The symposium will dive deeply into the theme of migration, examining both human and animal migration across the globe and the causes, which range from climate change to conflict.
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CELEBRATING INDOMITABLE SPIRIT SINCE 1979.
Mountainfilm uses the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world.
2018 Symposium Theme - Migration
May 25-28, 2018 / Telluride, Colorado
Annual Festival
Held every Memorial Day weekend, Mountainfilm is a documentary film festival that showcases nonfiction stories about environmental, cultural, climbing, political and social justice issues that matter. Along with exceptional documentaries, the festival goes beyond the film medium by bringing together world-class athletes, change makers and visionary artists for a multi-dimensional celebration of indomitable spirit. Mountainfilm, which includes interactive talks, free community events, a gallery walk, outdoor programming and presentations, aims to inspire audiences to action on worthy causes.
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Mountainfilm Announces 2017 Commitment Grant Winners
12 projects that tackle topics from space to climate change and poaching in Africa.
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Mountainfilm Announces the 2017 Commitment Grant Finalists
Each fall, Mountainfilm awards $25,000 in grants to filmmakers, artists and photographers whose projects are intended to inspire audiences to create a better world. Mountainfilm’s Commitment Grant initiative helps creatives tell the stories that fuel the organization’s mission.
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Commitment Grant Season Returns to Mountainfilm
While Mountainfilm gets a rest each summer from the breakneck pace of festival planning, it’s not all bench-sitting, weekend camping and mountain biking for the staff. Along with putting on a slew of tour and education shows, summertime is the season for Mountainfilm Commitment Grants.
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Mountainfilm announces departure of David Holbrooke, Festival Director
We have an important announcement to share with the Mountainfilm community. After 10 years, David Holbrooke's tenure as festival director of Telluride Mountainfilm has come to an end, effective July 12, 2017. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the leadership and staff of Mountainfilm, and on behalf of all friends, supporters, and fans of Mountainfilm, we offer our most heartfelt gratitude to David for his decade of dedicated service to the organization.
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Commitment Grants
We are committed to help creative individuals tell stories that represent the spirit of the Mountainfilm festival. Grants are awarded to filmmakers, photographers, artists and adventurers whose projects are intended to move audiences to action on issues that matter.
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The New Normal
At Mountainfilm, we believe that climate change is the most critical issue of our time. We also believe in grassroots movements and have spent nearly four decades sharing and celebrating their powerful stories.
At this year’s festival, we will join the millions of individuals, groups, agencies and organizations actively working to battle climate change.
This is our New Normal, and we invite you to help shape it. Toward this end, we encourage you to take action on our five key initiatives. We will celebrate you, and add you to our list of partners:
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Mountainfilm for Students
Education is a primary element of Mountainfilm’s mission. We accomplish this in three ways: tour education, festival education and regional Outreach.
The very nature of our programming — eye-opening adventure, environmental and cultural documentary films on contemporary issues — educates students by simply presenting exceptional content to contemplate, study and explore. Students are an important audience, and we aim to share Mountainfilm’s inspiring content with them because they may otherwise never experience it.
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