2011 TriMedia Film Festival Awards!

Congratulations to the jury and audience choice award winners at the 2011 TriMedia Film Festival!

* The Director’s Award for Best of the Festival was given to “The Hopeful,” produced by Desiree Echevarria.
* The Choice City Award for Best Feature Film was given to “Fort McCoy,” written, produced and co-directed by Kate Conner.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film was given to “The Yankles,” directed by David R. Brooks.
* The Jury Award for Best Feature Film was given to “The River Why,” produced by Kristi Denton Cohen.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary was given to “What’s Organic About Organic?” directed by Shelley Rogers.
* The Jury Award for Best Documentary was given to “Wood” by David Fenster.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Short Comedy Film was given to “Time Freak,” written and directed by Andrew Bowler.
* The Jury Award for Best Short Comedy Film was given to “Sudden Death!” written and directed by Adam Hall.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best International Film was given to “Love at First Sight,” directed by Michael Davies.
* The Jury Award for Best International Film was given to “Frog in the Well,” directed by Ken Ochiai.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Short Narrative Film was given to “Cataplexy,” directed by John Salcido.
* The Jury Award for Best Short Narrative Film was given to “Touch,” directed by Jen McGowan.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Student Film was given to “Shattered,” by Shirley Lewis.
* The Jury Award for Best Student Film was given to “Words of a Poetaster,” by Ian Welty.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Theatre was given to “Dracula and the Writing Coach,” written by Judy Fort Brenneman.
* The Jury Award for Best Theatre was given to “Call Me Bill,” written by T. David Rutherford.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best TV Pilot or Special was given to “Carroll Gardens,” produced by Robin Reed.
* The Jury Award for Best TV Pilot or Special was given to “The MisInventions of Milo Weatherby,” written and directed by William Whirity.
* The Jury Award for Best Film/TV Actor was given to Lily Knight in “Touch.”
* The Jury Award for Best Theatre Actor was given to Kathy Cagney in “Forever Young.”

In addition to the jury and audience choice awards, the TriMedia Film Festival announced Jonathan Rhys Davies as its 2011 Trailblazer Award Winner. The Trailblazer Award recognizes an individual whose contributions are making an impact in the industry; who has shown leadership in advancing the arts; or who charts an innovative path though unexplored territory and encourages and blazes a trail for others.

The 6th annual TriMedia Film Festival showcased independent short and feature films; documentaries; original theatre performances; and television specials and pilots at venues in downtown Fort Collins.

We’re Back, Baby, and Better Than Ever

The TriMedia Film Festival is thrilled to have a new-and-improved Web site up and running again. Some of you may have noticed the Web site had a little, well, catastrophe just before the festival, and weren’t able to publish the nice schedule and links to buy tickets. Thanks to one of our sponsors, Maven Websites, we had an interim Web site while the main site was being recovered. We’ve taken the opportunity to spiff it up a bit, including a new logo and some new content. Take yourself on a little tour to see the changes. In the coming weeks, we’ll be adding more new content and making a few structural changes to make it easier to find the information you’re looking for.

Actress in My Tehran For Sale Released

The TriMedia Film Festival sends its best wishes to Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr, who starred in the film My Tehran for Sale, which we were proud to exhibit in the 2010 festival. Vafamehr was released from jail on Monday, October 24, 2011, and her sentence reduced. Her “crime” was appearing in a film that, ironically, depicted the plight of young people and artists under an Iranian government that views them with suspicion. In August, she was sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes. According to Amnesty International’s Web site (http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/release-iranian-actress-highlights-plight-detained-filmmakers-2011-10-27), the jail sentence was reduced to 90 days, and the flogging sentence overturned.

We applaud the courage of Marzieh Vafamehr, filmmakers, and artists around the world to make art despite the obstacles of a country or society that cannot tolerate criticism, an opposing view, or even the simple truth.

Help bring a big STAR to Fort Collins!

We need your help! With community support and donations, the TriMedia Film Festival is looking to bring a “Big Hollywood Star” to Fort Collins this September for the annual TriMedia Film Festival!

We need your help! A-list Hollywood stars are wonderful, but for obvious reasons, they don’t come cheap. What with first-class airfare, lodging, transportation, security, and other costs associated with hosting a Big Star in Fort Collins, it’s quite an expense for a nonprofit organization like ours. The economy has hit our usual funding sources pretty hard, so we’re asking for your help to make this happen.

We can’t name names yet, but we have hosted stars in the past, including actors such as Alexa Vega (Spy Kids, Sleepover), Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween, The Runaways), and Wally Kurth (“Days of Our Lives”); writer/directors such as Jac Schaeffer (TiMER), Frederick Lumiere (“WW II in HD”), Sol Tryon (The Living Wake); and producers such as Neal Miller (Bicentennial Man, Raising Flagg), Jack Cloherty (“20-20″), and Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite, Coyote).

Support the TriMedia Film Festival

We really need your help! The TriMedia Film Festival is a community event, and needs the support of the community. That’s you! Your financial support will help the TriMedia Festival to become THE premiere event in Northern Colorado. Your tax-deductible donation* will help us rent excellent venues, attract high-quality programming, and bring in the filmmakers, directors, and stars.

*Donations are made to Horsetooth Productions, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization, and the lead organization for the TriMedia Festival. We will send you a grateful acknowledgment and receipt for your records.

Wish List

The TriMedia Film Festival would love to accept your in-kind donation of the following items or services, and we’ll be happy to give you a receipt. If you’d like to donate something that isn’t on the list, please click here to contact TriMedia.

• Event photography (take digital photos of the TriMedia Film Festival)
• Portable stanchions (posts and ropes/ribbons)
• Lightweight collapsible tables, 2′x4′ to 3′x6′
• Volunteers to help with publicity, film and TV entry screening, volunteer
  coordinator, and program ad sales

Welcome to the NEW Website

New in 2010, TriMedia launches a new website to take advantage of Web 2.0, Social Media, Videos and an overall better experience for our users. The official launch of the site is set for August 15th, 2010. Along with the new site, TriMedia has also switched there hosting server over to a local web design and internet marketing firm that has donated their services to the festival. We would like to get YOUR feedback on the new site. Drop us a quick message and let us know what you think!