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buzzup boulder international film festival The Boulder International Film Festival has developed a reputation as one of the most influential film festivals in the U.S. and for producing huge, passionate audiences. Welcome to Boulder. Welcome to BIFF . #1 Most Creative City Potential for 1:1 $10,000 Grand Jury Prize Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class Dailybeast.com 2012 media interviews with the film’s director, Best Feature Length Happiest and HealthiestFilm City Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, producer, actors/subjects. February 2010 More than 100 million More than media 100 million impressions IN THE NEWS media impressions are BIFF staff and the Festival's are expected expected for2020. for BIFF PR firm, work diligently to bring fESTIval daTES BIFF 2015. 2014. recognition to the Festival AND March March5 5-8, - 8, 2015 2020 to individual films and filmmak- The Festival has been been covered covered in: in: fIlm forEcaST ers. Proactively connecting with The Hollywood Reporter Reporter 50 -70 films from 25 countries The Washington Post national and local journalists vENuES The New York Times via traditional and online media Historic Boulder Theater; Indiewire eTown Hall, Boulder High School sources, we maximize your film’s Moviemaker Movie makerMagazine Magazine aTTENdaNcE forEcaST 25,000+ and presence at the Festival. and numerous numerous Colorado Colorado outlets. outlets. among among many many other other national national publications. publications.
s ta n d u p If happiness is a state of mind, then Boulder, CO is its capital. CBS Sunday Morning, May 2011 BIG, LOVING BOULDER AUDIENCES prE - rElEaSE ScrEENINgS Each year, BIFF surpasses attendance records with audiences BIFF has developed international The Festival has been proud to host pre-release screenings from: drawn from the huge, upscale, urban, film-hip Boulder-Denver recognition as a showcase for the Paramount Pictures Columbia Pictures metro area, and film lovers from around the country and around best new films by today’s most Fox Searchlight the world. Festival events, parties, films, and workshops are con- talented filmmakers. An exceptional Universal Pictures veniently located within a 4-block radius of the legendary Pearl number of films have gone from MGM early screenings at BIFF to signifi- Warner Brothers Street Mall in Boulder. Our main venue, the historic Boulder Sony Pictures Classics Theater, is an art-deco masterpiece that unites the past with the cant box office success and mul- IFC present in one exceptional space. tiple Oscar nominations. Milllenium Entertainment among many others.
boulder international film festival filmup metrics BIFF knows how to market itself, and most of all, how to reach and engage its core audience. ~ indieWIRE statistics We loved screening our film Keep On Keepin' On at the Boulder International bouldEr dEmograpHIcS Population: 103,650 Film Festival. We were grateful to have our film play in the company of so University Students: 30,000 many wonderful films. Following Tribeca, our film is being distributed now by Bachelor’s degree or higher: 69% Radius TWC and we couldn't be happier with the path it’s on and appreciate Graduate/professional degree: 33% our start at the Boulder International Film Festival. Median Household Income: $57,231 ~ Paula DuPre' Pesmen, Producer Median Age: 29 f I l m f E S T I va l d E m o g r a p H I c S Highly-educated, high-income, well-informed, 4 days of films + makers + conversation + controversy = community younger than audiences of traditional arts. one of the 40% have Masters Degrees 50% earn $60,000+ “25 Coolest Film Festivals” MovieMaker Magazine (Summer 2009) SpoNSor ImprESSIoNS TV Commercials: approx. 825,000 impressions one of the Print Ads: Distribution 50,000 each Program: Distribution: 60,000 “25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” MovieMaker Magazine (Spring 2011) In-Theater (logo, trailer, banners): 25,000+ Online: 7 million hits per year Media Impressions: 100 million impressions: 100,000 million
luminaries THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN PROUD TO HOST MANY SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING: Kennedy Center Honoree and Oscar winner Shirley MacLaine Winner of over 70 major film awards Martin Sheen Oscar-nominated actor William H. Macy Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone Oscar-nominated actor James Franco Oscar-nominated actor Alec Baldwin Oscar-nominated actor Alan Arkin Oscar-nominated actor Bruce Dern Oscar-nominated actor Elliott Gould Golden Globe-nominated actor Maria Bello Emmy Award-winning actor Blythe Danner Award-winning Actor/Director Emilio Estevez Legendary actor and comedian Chevy Chase Oscar-nominee Eric Roberts Actor Patrick Warburton Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree Congressman John Lewis Legendary Musician David Crosby Oscar-nominated writer/director Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, 28 Days) Oscar-nominated writer/director/producer Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Raiders of the Lost Ark) Producer Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Brother’s McMullen) Disney filmmaker and producer Don Hahn (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Maleficent) Filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish, “The Polish Brothers” (Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork) Editor/director/producer Jon Poll (Meet the Fockers, Austin Powers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) Hollywood screenwriter John August (Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
livinitup The Worst-dressed City That Looks Best Naked GQ Magazine, July 2011 there is no town that offers so much , on so many levels , to so many people . WORLD-CLASS CITY + BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS Located at the edge of the Rocky Mountains, perennial “Best-Town-in-America” Boulder, Colorado is a fun, easy-going, international city with top-tier restaurants, hotels, galleries and unique shops, not to mention hundreds of miles of running, skiing and hiking trails... all surrounded by a scenic 46,000-acre moat of gorgeous Boulder Open Space. #1 Most Creative City Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class / Dailybeast.com 2012 getting around – a snap! Happiest and Healthiest City Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, February 2010 Boulder is conveniently: bravo boulder Q America’s Foodiest Town 2010 Bon Appetit, October 2010 45 minutes from Denver International Airport 2 hours from Vail Healthiest Towns in the U.S. Men’s Health 2010 3 hours from Aspen America’s Smartest City Forbes Magazine, December 2006, February 2008 30 minutes from Eldora
parties boulder international film festival actup Let’s face it. It’s easy to party when there are just so many reasons to celebrate at BIFF. PASSION. For world-class films and unforgettable stories. Films that move mountains and create change with a call to action. Films that make you laugh. Filmmakers from around the world. O PCineCHEF E N I N G N|I thursday G H T G A Lmarch A | 5 T H U R S DAy M A R C H 5 b i fBIFF f 2 02020 1 5 F Iopening L M M A k night E R S gala R E C E|Pfriday T I O N march | F R6I DAy M A R C H 6 p a rPARTIES t i e s F F A F T E Rreception at a glance B Ifilmmaker DA R k || saturday march S AT U R DAy M A7R C H 7 AT A GLANCE C Lclosing O S I N Gnight N I G|H sunday T AWA Rmarch D S PA8R T y | S U N DAy M A R C H 8 prESENTEd by Boulder International Film Festival /Colorado Film Society 2338 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304 303.449.2289 The Colorado Film Society photography randy malone , photomalone . com (CFS), a Boulder-based peter wayne , peterwaynephotography . com 501[c]3 non-profit film arts rick cummings , rickfoto . wordpress . com organization.
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