About the Festival…

Trimedia Film Festival Mission Statement:
The TriMedia Film Festival is an annual event of national stature that celebrates film, television, and theatre arts, and integrates emerging and established artists in all categories. The festival has an innovative “tri-media” focus featuring independent film, TV pilots/specials, and live theatre, with a PG-13 or equivalent rating limit. We will screen and exhibit entries from all over the world. We will encourage local filmmakers and writers by showcasing their work, and exhibit the winning entries from area student film festivals. The festival will create a competitive cultural and educational festival for Fort Collins that unites filmmakers, writers, and actors with film, TV, and theatre enthusiasts, and while bringing this terrific location to the attention of national production industry representatives.

The festival is held every September, the weekend after Labor Day, in multiple venues in “Old Town,” Fort Collins, Colorado.
2010 TriMedia Film Festival Personnel

TriMedia Film Festival Executive Advisory Board:
Francie Meyer Glycenfer, Executive Board Chair
TriMedia Festival Co-Director; Vice President, Horsetooth Productions
Carol Van Natta
TriMedia Festival Co-Director; President, Horsetooth Productions
Jim Clark
Executive Director, Fort Collins Convention and Visitors Bureau
David Himot
President, Black Cat Pro Video Productions
Ann Hutchison
Executive Vice President, Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce
Robert Leja
Director of Corporate Support & Marketing, KUNC Radio
Peggy Lyle
Entertainment & Volunteer Coordinator, Downtown Business Association
Chris “Doc” Wyatt
Producer/Actor
Michael Mockler
Publisher, SCENE Magazine
Katy Schneider
Partnership & Guest Services, Fort Collins Convention and Visitors Bureau
Jeannie Sutter
Articulate City
T. Levi Brown
President, Rank Local Network and H3B Group
Matthew Jenkins
President, Elusive Entertainment

TriMedia Key Staff & Volunteers:
* Francie Glycenfer, Executive Co-Director, (970) 217-2579
* Carol Van Natta, Executive Co-Director, (970) 988-3133
* Dale Hansen, Technical Director
* Ann Marie Merline, Volunteer Coordinator
* Lisa Wegener, Student Film Section Director
* Barbara Pursley, Hospitality Coordinator

To contact us by email, please use the form on the Contact Us page.

Why the PG-13 Rating Limit
We’ve set a PG-13 (or equivalent) limit for three reasons: community, sponsors, and philosophy. First, we sought input from all facets of the Northern Colorado community in creating this event. One of the results was that a PG-13 rating is a better reflection of the community’s interests and activities. Second, the TriMedia Film Festival sponsors are community businesses that care about their corporate image, and prefer to be associated with works that meet community standards. Lastly, the festival organizers believe that filmmakers sometimes use language, nudity, or violence as the “easy way out” instead of telling a good story, and that filmmakers who can create edgy, thought-provoking films that are G or PG-13 should be given a place to showcase their work.
Friends of the TriMedia Film Festival

The TriMedia Film Festival wouldn’t be possible without the collaboration, support, and encouragement of our friends and allies:
* Fort Collins Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
* Downtown Business Association
* Words of Freedom radio show
* Lyric Cinema Cafe
* Bas Bleu Theatre
* Big Fish Talent
* Write to Act Workshops (Peter DeAnello)
* Rohrering Success (Paul Rohrer) & Roaring Success Radio Hour
* SE Film Association
* Living Fire Arts
* Articulate City