Doors open at 6:30pm for film starts at 7:00pm
Riverwalk Center
150 W Adams Street Breckenridge, CO, 80424
This is the host page for all individual films and ticket links. To purchase tickets, simply find the film you want to see and click “tickets.”
Reminder, your ticket may include more than just the film you pick as we show shorts before many of our films. You may also purchase tickets by phone 970.547.3100 from 12-7pm Tuesday-Sunday or purchase tickets in person at the Riverwalk Center or Old Masonic Hall.
Please note many of our films are part of “blocks.” Shorts may be shown before or after a feature film; comedies may be paired with dramas. When you choose a film, note that it is most likely paired with other films. Individual tickets will have the block name rather than the individual film.
If you are a pass-holder, check in which block your chosen film resides. We ask that you stay for the entirety of the block and enjoy all our films!
4:45 pm | Block of 5 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
Director: Patrick W. Shaver
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 30min
Synopsis: A mother-daughter art story, Composite explores the role of the forensic artist at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation by tracing the unlikely beginnings of the original GBI sketch artist and following it through to the legacy continued by her daughter.
** Filmmaker in attendance
12:00 pm | Block of 3 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director: Katy-Robin Garton
Date: Saturday 9/21
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 9min
Film Synopsis : CRABB RANCH shares the story of the Crabb family who set out to achieve their dream of owning their own ranch, and in the process, conserved a magical 8500-acre Montana landscape for generations to come. A story of partnership in conservation and the beauty of co-existence.
3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director: Eric Kunzendorf
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Animation
Duration: 6min
Film Synopsis : datastreamimagination fuses data and imagination finding its expression through the streaming medium of animation. The narrative interrogates ideas of building complexity from simplicity, destruction being necessary for creation, imagination overcoming even death and opposites giving form to each other.
** Filmmaker in attendance
7:30 pm | Block of 3 Films | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Director: Michael Wohl
Genre: Short Comedy
Date: Friday 9/20
Duration: 13min
Film Synopsis: A pregnant couple comes to terms with their fears and insecurities as their families descend upon their home during the final days of the pregnancy. Note: Adult situations
** Saturday 9/21 - 2:30 pm | Block of 4 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
** Sunday 9/22 - Best of Fest - 10:00 am | Block of 3 Films | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Director: Brian Robau
Date: Saturday 9/21 and Sunday 9/22
Genre: Short Drama
Duration: 20min
Film Synopsis : In the wake of Fidel Castro’s rise to power, over 14,000 unaccompanied children fled to the United States in hopes of a better life. Inspired by their stories, Esta Es Tu Cuba follows Anton, a young boy who is thrust into adulthood as revolution tears his family apart.
** Filmmaker in attendance
5:00 pm | Block of 1 Film | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Director: Darlene Naponse
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Drama
Duration: 95 min
Film Synopsis: Tantoo Cardinal shines as a world-famous Anishinaabe musician who returns to the reserve to rest and recharge -- only to discover that fame (and the outside world) are not easily left behind, in writer-director Darlene Naponse’s riveting portrait of resilience set among a northern First Nation.
10:00 pm | Block of 2 Films | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Director: Hellen O Reilly
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Short Comedy
Duration: 19min
Film Synopsis : Culture Club are no. 1, everyone’s glued to Knight Rider, and Kelly Harrison is not only experiencing her first crush, she’s going to her first disco. The only problem is that she’s getting train tracks before her big night and becomes besieged by self-consciousness. However, with the help of her best friend, Kelly realises what’s really important in her life.
12:00 pm | Block of 1 Film | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Director: Adan Alliaga
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Drama
Duration: 100min
Film Synopsis : Jan works as a chef in a top restaurant in Manhattan. She is a workaholic without personal attachments. The sudden death of her father makes her leave NY and go back to Tabarca, a tiny island in Spain. Note: Nudity
9:15 am | Block of 2 Films | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Director: Phil Kibbe
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 82min
Film Synopsis : In the ultra-competitive indoor sport of elite, stunningly-designed model airplanes, a wild-card newcomer threatens to knock a teammate off his world champion throne.
9:00 am | Block of 2 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director: David Ganske
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 43min
Film Synopsis : The energy landscape in Colorado is changing. Over the past 15 years, there has been a gradual shift in the way electricity is produced and consumed across the state. The change is not unique to Colorado, but the way it is happening here makes this story special. In 2017, Xcel Energy announced further plans to retire existing coal plants and invest in more natural gas and renewable energy as part of the proposed Colorado Energy Plan.
Is this the end for coal in Colorado?
This documentary includes a brief history of the coal industry in Colorado, a discussion of groundbreaking energy policy, and perspectives from local leaders in the energy sector.
** Filmmaker in attendance
12:00 pm | Block of 2 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director: Matt McDonough
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Human Spirit Documentary
Duration: 85min
Film Synopsis : More than two decades after the shooting at Columbine, we’ve created an entire generation who grew up under the threat of gun violence. This film examines the epidemic of school shootings and their lasting impact through the eyes of survivors.
Note: Adult situations
Panel Discussion with the Director of Generation Columbine - Matt McDonough; a Building Hope representative, and other area mental health professionals and those affected by the Columbine shooting. (following the films The Last Prayer and Generation Columbine)
** Filmmaker in attendance
2:30 pm | Block of 4 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
Director: Kendell Courtney Klein
Date: Saturday 9/21
Genre: Drama
Duration: 28 min
Film Synopsis: Unfolding over a single night during the bloodiest days of the Civil War, GINGERBREAD chronicles Abraham Lincoln through the darkest night of his Presidency as he reluctantly agrees to join Mary Todd in a séance to contact their recently departed son.
3:30 pm | Block of 10 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director: Patrick Smith
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Animation
Duration: 2 min
Film Synopsis: There are currently 393 million firearms in the US. This film shows 2328 of them. “Gun Shop” juxtaposes the frightening visual power of guns with a whimsy of Jazz percussion, and a dose of cultural irony.
4:45 pm | Block of 5 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
Director: Mark Allen Davis
Date: Saturday 9/21
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 14min
Film Synopsis : In 2014 an eccentric member of a New York lake community mysteriously vanishes. As neighbors search for answers, we discover the unnerving circumstances of her upbringing. Helen illustrates what happens when good intentions collide with a rigid and unaccepting world.
2:15 pm | Block of 2 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
Director: Paprika Leaverton
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 60min
Film Synopsis : HIKO is a unique juggling game, competition and culture that empowers all generations of females in this Pacific Island Group, The Kingdom of Tonga. It is highly unusual because Juggling is male dominated throughout the world. But in Tonga, the Hiko is for women only and men wouldn’t dare.
** Filmmaker in attendance
** Saturday 9/21 - 9:30 pm | Block of 3 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
** Sunday 9/22 - Best of Fest - 1:30 pm | Block of 2 Films | SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
Director: Jennifer Blair
** Date: Saturday 9/21 and Sunday 9/22
Genre: Short Comedy
Duration: 7min
Film Synopsis : When a college sophomore returns home to share some important news with his parents, things don’t go exactly as he had expected… until they do. Note: Adult situations
2:30 pm | Block of 4 Films | THE SPEAKEASY THEATRE | 103 S. Harris St.
Director: Ksenia Ivanova
Date: Saturday 9/21
Genre: Short Drama
Duration: 15min
Film Synopsis : Jack and Anna is an MFA thesis film based on true events that happened in the early 1900s in Colorado. It tells the story of a young woman who was put on trial for cross-dressing and same-sex marriage.
** Filmmaker in attendance
9:00 am | Block of 2 Films | COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | 107 Denison Placer Rd.
Director: Tyson Culver
Date: Friday 9/20
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 80min
Film Synopsis : While the availability of electricity doesn’t guarantee wealth, its absence almost always means poverty. Juice takes viewers to Beirut, Reykjavik, Kolkata, San Juan, Manhattan, and Boulder to tell the human story of electricity and explain why power equals power.
** Filmmaker in attendance
12:30 pm | Block of Short Films | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Elise Scanlan
Production Coordinator on Frozen II, Characters & Lighting Departments
The Walt Disney Company - Elise Scanlan is a Summit County native and former Day Camp Coordinator at Keystone Science School.
Film Synopsis : See young filmmakers in action! After a weekend of work with professional and student mentors attending the Breck Film Fest, students participating in the Girls in STEM program will showcase their stop-motion animation films.
WHY FOSTER FEMALES IN THE FILM INDUSTRY?
“Film is a magical medium allowing artists to tell stories that transport the audience from their seats to new places. Through the lens of cinema, one can sneak through the halls of Asgard or Pod Race over the sands of Tatooine. Stories told on screens both big and small have a major influence on our very perception of the world.
6:00 pm | Block of 17 Films | BRECKENRIDGE THEATER | 121 S. Ridge St.
Director: Tomas Chrapusta
Producer: Ewelina Stryjewska
Date: Saturday 9/21
Genre: Music VIdeo
Film Synopsis : What happens when two creative forces meet? When extreme emotions are given voice and indomitable passion prevails over the complicated matter? Time is in the void, scattered over the past, the present and the future. Sense of place is of no consequence, it’s merely a pretext to show the real and lasting solitude of a man. There is however light in darkness, which shelters from fear. Two opposed forces fight each other, none wins over the other. Good and evil, light and darkness, life and death. All come together in Lone in the Dark. A young girl falls into the deep void of pitch black water and is immediately absorbed by liquid matter. Is it the darkness that scares her to death or is it her own demons?
Since its opening event in 1981, the Breckenridge Film Festival has celebrated the art of filmmaking. Each year a unique and varied array of independent films, premieres, receptions, educational programs and retrospectives honoring featured guests takes place high in the Colorado Rockies.
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