Crested Butte Film Festival starts four days of mountain-town cinema

The Colorado festival's 16th edition begins today with more than 60 films, filmmaker conversations and community events through 27 September.

Crested Butte Film Festival opens its 16th edition today, 24 September, in the Colorado mountain town. The four-day programme runs through Sunday and combines independent features and shorts with visiting filmmakers, panels and community events. The organiser says this year's lineup contains more than 60 films. Its

current festival site links to the schedule, tickets and passes, and also points visitors to free community panels. Those panels offer an accessible way to take part even when a particular screening is sold out or outside a visitor's plans. Cinema with a local rhythm The festival began in 2010 with a mission to bring

independent film into the Rockies. Its about page describes a bike parade as part of the opening tradition, an unusually local touch alongside the international selection. The gathering is designed for conversations between audiences and filmmakers as much as for premieres. For anyone travelling in, the practical

choice is to check the live schedule rather than relying on a general date listing. Individual screenings, panels and other events have their own times and access arrangements. For readers farther away, the festival's programme is a useful list of smaller films and makers to follow as they move beyond Crested Butte.

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