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Beat the Heat at Denver’s Bug Theater July 28th for Activism Film Festival

Updated Feb. 2020. Submissions opened July 17, 2019 for #CIAFF2020.Thanks to our amazing and talented submitters! Get $5 tickets for our 3rd annual film festival event July 28th, 3-9 PM, The Bug Theater, 3654 Navajo Street, Denver Colorado 80211. Here’s the Event Program, PDF.

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Here’s the Poster, PDF. We’re planning to screen a sampling of Award, Finalist, Semi-Finalistand Selectedshorts & music videos. Also, we’ll show trailers for a few of our longer submissions. Learn more.

Colorado Intl. Activism Film Festival Submission
#CIAFF2019 Submission

Learn more about Denver’s own totally intimate and eclectic The Bug Theater. As usual, we’ve had to make hard decisions about what to screen this year at our live event. We’re excited to bring to our Denver-based audience some of the magic our team experienced these past months viewing these fantastic creations.

We’re growing our community! Your regular donation to AIAFilmmakers can mean the world to so many aspiring activist filmmakers and bring more of these amazing films, music videos and screenplays to Denver! Call/text to make a confidential donation today (720) 298-1524.

Also, submissions are open for Colorado Intl. SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival #CISFFF2019 and Colorado Intl. Cannabis & Hemp Film Festival #CICHFF2020.

Tank Man by Robert Anthony Peters is the story of the iconic gentleman who stood in front of and stopped a line of tanks after the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989. All that is known of this man are the images that were recorded of his acts. This film is a speculation of what he went through the day he took his courageous steps 30 years ago.

AIAFilmmakers.org supports Filmmakers, Musicians, Artists & Writers
AIAFilmmakers.org supports Filmmakers, Musicians, Artists & Writers

Blue whales weigh about 300,000 pounds – the approximate weight of plastic that ends up in the ocean every nine minutes! The docshort, Every Nine Minutes, directed by DJ O’Neil & Oliver Hamilton tells the story of how the Monterey Bay Aquarium set out to build a gigantic, 82-foot blue whale out of recycled single-use plastic and display it in front of the Golden Gate Bridge to raise public awareness. Read here.

Colorado Intl. Activism Film Festival Submission
#CIAFF2019 Submission

Based on a true story, Hope by Katie Damien explores the tumultuous life of a widow with mental illness who attempts suicide. She survives only to find herself homeless and unable to reconnect with her son. After a year of living in a shelter with no hope of overcoming her situation, she has a chance encounter that changes her life.

For their music video, LOUD, Felicia Harding and the Salish Sea Singers join with Mark Pedelty and the Hypoxic Punks to raise awareness about noise pollution in, around, and above the Salish Sea of Washington State and British Columbia. Colors of Resistance by Areeb Zuaiter is a personal journey that questions the concept of belonging to a place that is struggling to survive, inside and outside its own borders. Here’s the screening playlist, PDF. This list is not yet in order of playback. We’ll post the program in a few days.

For $5, attendees can enjoy a little over 5 hours’ worth of entertainment. That’s only $1 an hour! Such a deal! Beat the heat at The Bug! Don’t miss this year’s event! Learn more & submit.

See you at the live event, July 28th. Also, Donate now to bring quality activist theme films to Denver!

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