The First Annual Estes Park Film Festival Announces Official Selections

The oldest movie theatre west of the Mississippi will host the first annual Estes Park Film Festival. Below are the festival's Official Film Selections.

Estes Park, CO (PRWEB) July 6, 2006 -- The oldest movie theatre west of the Mississippi will host the first annual Estes Park Film Festival. Below are the festival's Official Film Selections.

Feature Films

Self Medicated – Monty Lapica

Brats: Our Journey Home - Donna Musil

Preserve Me a Seat – Jim Fields

Subdivision, Colorado - Neil Widener

The Empty Acre – Patrick Rea

Scared New World - Yahn Soon

Tara’s Daughters - Roslyn Dauber

Costa Rica – Nick Molle

StreetWok’n - Matthew Gunter & Eric Matyas

Short Films

A World at Waste - Stuart MacDonald

A Thousand Words - William Craig

The Sand Creek Massacre - Donald L. Vasicek

Sideshow - Sheila E. Schroeder

Carhenge: Genius or Junk? - David Liban

Sand Mandala - Meryem Ersoz

Science or Faith: Intelligent Design in Public Schools - Caite Adams and Jeff Rudkin

Return to Auschwitz - Brady Jones and Jeff Rudkin

Do You Want the Elephant Music - Leslie Dektor

Southwestern Orange County vs. the Flying Saucers - Robert Dastoli

Escape Velocity - Scott Ligon

Monday Morning - Anthony Spadaccini

The Girl who could run 600 miles per hour - Mark Thimijan

Getting Lucky - Stacy Marr

The Viewing - Horsetooth Productions

Test - Lorne Pribbeno

Zero the Counter - Patrick Rea

Riverside - Todd Tinkham

In the Can - Ethan Knightchilde

Leave 'em Hangin' - David Higgins

The Offering - Paul Lee

Eyes of an Artist - Michael Vanderwyst

3:16 - Mike Vanderwyst and Jeff Frye

A Bedtime Story for the End of the World – Howard & Helen Kingkade

Air Hockey - Adam Bell

Tower of Love – Sean Doherty

Celebrating their inaugural year, the 2006 Estes Park Film Festival will showcase 9 feature-length films and 26 short films from across the country. The festival will take place at the Historic Park Theatre in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado from September 15th - 17th, 2006 with an awards ceremony on the final night. In addition to the films, the Estes Park Film Festival will also serve as a fundraising event to help renovate and restore the Historic Park Theatre to its original cinematic elegance. Advance Tickets and Festival Passes are available to purchase on the festival web site: www.sdientertainment.com

Included in this year’s line-up is Monty Lapica’s “Self-Medicated” about an out of control youth who is sent against his will to a corrupt psychiatric hospital. Jim Field’s newest documentary “Preserve Me a Seat” is about historic movie theatres in America and the people that are trying to save them, and Donna Musil’s groundbreaking documentary “Brats: Our Journey Home”, narrated by Kris Kristofferson, is about growing up as a military brat. Other feature films include the family adventure “Subdivision, Colorado”, the dramatic horror film “Empty Acre”, and the inspiring documentary about Tibetan refugee women “Tara’s Daughters”, narrated by Susan Sarandon. “Scared New World” is about the intertwining lives of three California housemates, and Nick Molle’s documentary “Costa Rica” takes you on a journey to one of the most bio-diverse places on earth.

Short Films include the visually stunning documentary “Carhenge: Genius or Junk?” about a replica of Stonehenge made out of 38 junked automobiles in western Nebraska, and the action-packed inspirational short film “3:16” about one boy who holds the cure to a mysterious airborne virus that consumes the globe and kills millions. When flying saucers invade Central Florida, it's up to one theme park employee to stop them in “Southwestern Orange County vs. the Flying Saucers,” and “Getting Lucky” is a short comedy about one woman’s attempt at internet dating. Other short films include the hilarious silent comedy “Monday Morning,” Mark Timijan’s “The Girl Who Could Run 600 Miles Per Hour,” and Scott Ligon’s humorous take on life with A.D.D. in “Escape Velocity.”

Many of the filmmakers will be on hand to introduce their films and will be a part of a filmmaker panel discussion on the creative process of getting their films from script to screen. There will also be plenty of parties where you can mingle with the filmmakers and other film enthusiasts. For a complete schedule of film screenings, workshops, parties, and panel discussions please visit the festival web site: www.sdientertainment.com.

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