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

The 2011 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.

Take a look at the 2009 TriMedia Festival…

The 2009 TriMedia Film Festival was September 11 – 13, 2009. This is a very creative video is an overview of the 2009 festival featuring over 70 Films, TV shows, and theater performances.