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Blog Posts
Interview With Breck Film Festival’s Founder
By Bodhi McClung Meg Lass (ML), one of the original founders of the Breckenridge Film Festival currently serves on Breck Film’s board and has been involved on and off for the past 43 years. In August of 2023, she was interviewed about the founding of the festival, how it has evolved, and what it’s potential…
Breck Film Fest’s 43rd Year!
“Where Mountains and Movies Collide”…The Breckenridge Film Festival is one of the longest running film festivals in the United States celebrating its 43rd year this September 21-24 in Breckenridge, Colorado.
The winners of the 2018 Awards are…
Best of Fest award winners are pre-announced, while others are surprised at the annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening of the Festival. Audience Award winners are announced on Sunday night, after all films screen.
BFF Makes USA Today Top 10 Poll
Are you wondering where we landed in the USA Today Top 10 Poll??
Filmmaker of the Month
Filmmaker of the Month – July 2024 – Sandra Mitrović
Meet the Filmmaker of the Month: Sandra Mitrović Sandra Mitrović is an award winning writer/director from Belgrade, Serbia. Born and raised in Belgrade, she moved to London, UK at the age of 17 and graduated from London School of Film, Media and Performance in England. After that she lived in New York City for 6…
Filmmaker of the Month – June 2024 – Andrew Adams
Meet the Filmmaker of the Month: Andrew Adams About Andrew Adams Andrew Adams is an accomplished independent writer, director, and producer based in Los Angeles. He feature film, AMERICAN MELTDOWN, premiered at Chattanooga Film Festival, where it took home the "Best Feature" award. It has since played nearly twenty additional festivals, won “Best Feature” four…
Filmmaker of the Month – May 2024 – Marie Clements
A renowned writer, director, and producer whose decorated career has spanned film, TV, radio, and live performance. Marie’s current slate as director includes the NFB documentary feature Lay Down Your Heart (Audience Award at The Vancouver International Film Festival) and as a writer, director and producer, her feature film Bones of Crows, which premiered at…
Filmmaker of the Month – April 2024 – Bahar Dorabadi
Bahar Dorabadi is a Iranian filmmaker. Her short film, The Quarantine Redemption played the 2023 Breckenridge Film Festival!
Filmmakers of the Month – March 2024 – Brian Beckman & Miriam McSpadden
Miriam McSpadden first picked up a camera when she was 19 years old while studying theater in undergrad. Her work has been featured on outlets like NBC, ESPN, and PBS. Her work over the last decade has won her 8 Mid-South Emmy awards. Brian Beckman’'s journey started when he founded a non-profit that now employs…
Filmmaker of the Month – February 2024 – Harriet Marin Jones
Award-winner director and producer, Harriet Marin Jones grew up in different countries in Europe. Through the years, she wrote and directed two high budgets short films, followed by her first feature film, “Epouse-Moi” distributed by Gaumont. “King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones,” her first documentary, has won 18 awards including Best Documentary at the 2023…
Filmmaker of the Month – January 2024 – Josh Berman
Josh Berman started his career in the New York City production scene while earning a degree in Film from Dartmouth College. Josh followed his passion for snowsports to Colorado and has been directing award winning outdoor and action sports films for the past two decades. His first feature doc, Full Circle won the 1st Place…
Filmmaker of the Month – November 2023 – Ashley Avis
Ashley Avis is an award winning filmmaker, best known for writing, directing, as well as editing Disney’s BLACK BEAUTY starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet and Twilight's Mackenize Foy. Her most recent documentary feature, WILD BEAUTY: MUSTANG SPIRIT OF THE WEST played Breck Film Fest 2022 and was recently named as a top tier awards contender for the Oscars…
Filmmaker of the Month – October 2023 – Dan Bronzite
Dan’s latest drama-fantasy short ALL THAT GLITTERS starring Sophia Myles and Alec Newman played Breck Film Fest 2022 and has garnered over 50 international film festival selections and 32 awards. Dan studied photography and graphic design before pursuing his passion for cinema and directing his first short FINDERS, KEEPERS while studying at the New York…
