Denver Film Festival Announces Full In-Person Appearance List

The Denver Film Festival announced its list of in-person guests for the 44th edition of the festival scheduled Nov. 3-14, as well as the full list of in-person appearances from filmmakers, directors, actors, producers, documentary subjects and content creators. 

Kind will be appearing at the SeriesFest presentation of Creating Independent Television: A Special Conversation and Screening including a screening of Hudson Falls. Richard Kind will walk the Red Carpet at the AMC 9 + CO 10 alongside guests Chiké Okonkwo, Tara Westwood and Elias Plagianos.


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Full list of attending filmmakers:

A DECENT HOME
Sara Terry, Director/Producer 
Gretchen Landau, Producer
Alysa Nahmias, Producer

ACCEPTED 
Jesse Einstein, Producer
Dan Chen, Director/Producer

ACTORS
Betsey Brown, Director
Emily McEvoy, Producer
Peter Vack, Actor

ALIEN ON STAGE
Danielle Kummer, Director

ALL THESE SONS
Josh Altman, Director

ANONYMOUS SISTER
Jamie Boyle, Director 
Elizabeth Westrate, Producer

AS OF YET 
Taylor Garron, Director
Chanel James, Director

BELFAST
Jamie Dornan, Actor

CICADA
Daweoon Yoon, Director

COLD FEET
Hawk Zindell, Director

COSMIC DAWN
Patrick Hackett, Producer
Jefferson Moneo, Director 
Romain Vakilitabar, Producer

DEAR JASON
Katie Lowell, Director

DISTEMPER and HUDSON FALLS
Elias Plagianos, Director
Tara Westwood, Actor/Producer
Chike Okonkwo, Actor
Kathleen Burke, Producer
Brent Dameron, Producer

DOCUMENT ED. 
Alan Dominguez, Director 

EMBERS
Bruce Tetsuya, Director 
Jacob Glazier, Producer

FALLIN BACK
Hudson Ratzlaff, Director

FERENJ: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR 
Ainslee Robson, Creator
Adam Hailesilassie, Installation Designer

FIRE SEASON
Monica Miklas, Creator
Lauren Ludwig, Creator
Christina Bryan, Production Manager

FOREVER
Mitch McGlocklin, Director

GHOST DOGS
Joe Cappa, Director

HECTOR'S WOMAN
Ricardo Varona, Director 

HELLO FROM TAIWAN 
Tiffany Frances, Director 

HOLDFAST WALLS
Ryan Frazee, Director

I WANT TO TELL YOU
Ellis Ursula, Director
Maya Korn, Producer

IF I’M ALIVE NEXT WEEK 
Jennifer Morris, Writer/Director/Producer
Robbie Sublett, Director

IMPERFECT
Brian Malone, Director 
Regaon Linton, Director

IN THE AIR TONIGHT
Andrew Norman Wilson, Director 

IN THE CARDS
Colin Kane Healey, Director/Writer/Producer
Mark Myers, Producer
Ian Bell, Producer

INSTRUMENTS
Joseph Kolean, Director 
Zach Gutierrez, Director


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JOCKEY
Clifton Collins Jr., Actor

JUNGLE FEVER
Annabella Sciorra, Actor

KARMALINK 
Valerie Steinberg, Producer 
Jake Wachtel, Director

KRIMES
Jesse Krimes, Subject/Cast
Alysa Nahmias, Director/Writer/Producer

LADY BUDS
Chris J Russo, Director
Abby Posner, Composer

MERCY
Kayla Marque, Talent
Jeremy Pape, Producer/Director

MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
Eddie Canales, Subject/Cast

MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS
Stefano Cipani, Director
Anna Pennella, Casting Director

MY FIRST FILM
Zia Anger, Creator 

NUEVO RICO
Kristian Mercado, Director 

ONLY THE EARTH AND THE MOUNTAINS
Elleni Sclavenitis, Director/Producer

PURE GRIT
Kim Bartley, Director/Writer
Colm O'Meara, Sound
Savannah Martinez, Subject
Sharmaine Weed, Subject

PUSS
Leah Shore, Director 
Sean O’Connor, Producer
Kaleb Leija, Producer

RE ENTRY
Adam Bove, Director
Kate Rolston, Writer
Laurel Cohen, Producer

REVOLUTION FROM AFAR
Bentley Brown, Producer
Ramey Dawoud, Subject
Makkawi Atif Makkawi, Producer 

RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS 
Rebekah Henderson, Director

SOY CUBANA
Robin Miller Ungar, Producer

STORM LAKE
Art Cullen, Subject/Writer
Jerry Risius, Director 

STRAWBERRY MANSION 
Albert Birney, Director
Emma Hannawa, Producer
Sarah Winshall, Producer


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THE CONDUCTOR
Marin Alsop, Subject/Cast
Annette Porter, Producer 
Bernadette Wegenstein, Director/Writer

THE CYCLE
Grant Wordon, Director

THE FIRST STEP 
Brandon Kramer, Director
Pete White, Subject/Cast

THE TAKING
Jon Hegel, Composer
Robert Muratore, Director of Photography
Dave Krahling, Editor

THE SLEEPING NEGRO 
Skinner Myers, Director 

THESE ARE NOT ORANGES
Joseph Kolean, Director 

THUNDER RISES
Evan Curtis, Director 

TORN
Max Lowe, Director 
Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Subject/Cast
Conrad Anker, Subject/Cast

TROUBLE DON'T LAST 
Sasha Fryer Waters, Director

UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH
Ashlynn Hideman, Director/Producer
Jason Valenzuela, Actor

UPEKHA
Darren Alberti, Director
Alondra Kingman, Actor
Nathan Hutcheson, Actor

WALK INTO THE WATER
Aric Johnson, Director
Kristi Krings, Actor 

WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR 
Jane Schoenbrun, Producer
Sarah Winshall, Producer

WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED
Kier-La Janisse, Director/Writer/Producer

WINTER GLASS GLARE
Zhuolin Hong, Director

KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI AWARD JURY for Best Feature Film
Liz Cardenas, Ten to the Six Pictures
Jason Ishikawa, Cinetic Media 
Kevin Teng, Former Chairman of the Board of Denver Film 

MAYSLES BROTHERS AWARD JURY for Best Documentary
Lela Meadow-Connor, Film Festival Alliance
Ryland Aldrich, Producer, Point+Drop Productions
Tina Walls, Philanthropist


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AMERICAN INDEPENDENT AWARD JURY
Beth Barrett, Seattle International Film Festival 
Josh Mandel, Slamdance Film Festival 
FloraJane DiRienzo, Executive Director, Biennial of the Americas

SHORT FILM JURY
Joe Bilancio, Outshine Film
Mike Dougherty, Programming Director, Outfest
Claire Taylor, Programming Director, SeriesFest

MOFFON (MUSIC ON FILM, FILM ON MUSIC) JURY
Loretta Munoz, ASCAP
Jonathan Palmer, BMG 
Heather Guibert, Independent Music Supervisor 
Caryn Capotosto, Museum and Crane
Jill Sobule, Songwriter and Recording Musician


 

DFF44 COVID Protocol

Denver Film will require that all Festival patrons, guests, media, sponsors, employees and volunteers entering DFF44 venues or event host sites from Nov. 3-14 show proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with an FDA or WHO-approved vaccine. Children under the age of 12 ― who are currently ineligible to receive the vaccine―must instead provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of a screening or event start time.

To review DFF’s full COVID-19 protocol, click here.

2021 Denver Film Festival Sponsors:

Marquee – Anna and John J. Sie Foundation, Amazon, AOR, Barbara Bridges, Capital One Café, Ceavco, Denver Botanic Gardens, Liberty Global, Moye White, Sheila K. O’Brien, Stranahan’s, Xfinity, ZoomCare

Spotlight – Butler Rents, SeriesFest, University of Denver - Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, William LaBahn

Studio – American Airlines, Green Goo, Overture 9th + CO, Shopify

Cameo – Colorado Film and Video Association, Crested Butte Film Festival, CORT, Eldorado Natural Spring Water, Gopuff, Intrinsic Wine Co., Meow Wolf, Milkhaus, Molly’s Spirits, Ratio Beerworks, Syntrinsic, The Palm Group – Baird, TV5MONDE

Government & Foundations – Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Colorado Creative Industries, Consulate General of Canada, Colorado Office of Film, Television, and Media, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, National Endowment for the Arts, Riverfront Park Community Foundation, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)

Media – 5280, Birdy, CBS4, Colorado Public Radio (CPR), Denver Life, Rocky Mountain PBS, Westword 

Film – Bank of Colorado, Ballard Spahr, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, Dance to Be Free, Denver Screen Print & Embroidery, Emerge Colorado, LivWell, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, Pizzeria Locale, SAGindie, Telescope, University of Colorado Denver – College of Arts & Media, U.S. Bank, VenuHub, Visit Denver, Vizzy Hard Seltzer 

Partners – Colorado Dragon Boat, Colorado Symphony, Denver Arts & Venues, I Am Denver, Ken’s Print & Graphics, McNichols Civic Center Building, 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. 

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