The EPFF welcomes our new in-kind sponsor - Gorilla Software!

Gorilla Software will donate a prize to a winning filmmaker at our Awards Gala!

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When it's time to create reports, Gorilla can generate over 80 industry-standard reports, from stripboards to breakdown sheets, budget top sheets to variances, your entire production can be run from one program.

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2009 Festival Poster!

Check out the new poster for the 2009 Estes Park Film Festival! Poster design was done by Unink Printworks here in Estes Park http://uninkprintworks.com/. These will be put up around town and throughout parts of Northern Colorado. www.estesparkfilm.com

Behind the Scenes - 09 EPFF Commercial

SCORSESE'S WCF ADDS B-SIDE, THE AUTEURS & KENT JONES

In a release sent out today at Cannes, World Cinema Foundation's founder and chairman Martin Scorsese announced that the organization, dedicated to the preservation and restoration of neglected films from around the world, has formed separate partnerships with B-Side Entertainment and virtual cinematheque The Auteurs to market, promote and distribute a slate of restored WCF titles (Criterion will also be involved). Former New York Film Society associate director of programming, Kent Jones, has come on as the WCF's new executive director.

READ MORE HERE

2009 Estes Park Film Festival Promo!

Discover your inner filmmaker at the 2009 Estes Park Film Festival which takes place September 17-20 at the Historic Park Theatre in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. For more info visit, www.estesparkfilm.com

Estes Park Film Festival - Late Deadline June 1st!

The Estes Park Film Festival is looking for the best independent Feature Films, Documentaries, and Short Films for their fourth annual event in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. Submit before the Late Deadline (June 1st)! Last year’s festival was an amazing success, and had many special guests in attendance including the Colorado Film Commissioner and representatives from Universal Pictures.



MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The Estes Park Film Festival is dedicated to providing a platform for filmmakers from around the world to screen their newest productions in the relaxing and creative atmosphere of Estes Park, Colorado. Our goal is to educate, inspire, and advance a greater appreciation of independent cinema. We also support the preservation of historic cinematic landmarks.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Founded in 2005, the annual Estes Park Film Festival takes place each September in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado, home of Rocky Mountain National Park! Each year filmmakers from around the world travel to Estes Park to showcase their newest films at the beautiful Historic Park Theatre. Built in 1913, the Historic Park Theatre is one of the oldest movie theatres still operating in America, and in 1984 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Visit www.estesparkfilm.com for more info!

Estes Park Film Festival
September 17-20, 2009

EPFF Filmmaker Patrick Rea featured in Digital Content Producer Magazine

Click HERE to read the article! You will have to register to read the complete article.

Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers

Here's a great book that every filmmaker should read before they enter their film into a film festival, and the great thing about it is that you can download it for FREE! All 192 pages!

Download the book by visiting this website: http://www.filmfestivalsecrets.com/book/

Every year thousands of filmmakers like you unleash their newly completed movies upon the film festival circuit. Whether you're a first-timer with a comedy short or a seasoned veteran with a documentary feature, you all face the same set of problems. You all ask the same questions. You all want the pleasure of seeing your film play before a festival audience and gain the recognition it deserves.

This is your book.

Film Festival Secrets will help you:

• Select the right festival for your film
• Prepare your festival screener
• Save money on festival fees
• Create marketing collateral
• Craft a screening sell-out plan

--and more!

Senoreality Short Film Showcase

Monday - January 26 at 7:00 PM

Senoreality Short Film Showcase - Enter a different dimension in cinema as writer/director Patrick Rea and his production team at Senoreality Pictures present their most suspenseful Short Films at the EPFF Free Film Series! Since 2004, the Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker, Patrick Rea, has directed many short films that have screened at festivals such as our very own Estes Park Film Festival, the Central Nebraska Film Festival, Palm Beach International Film Festival, Shriekfest LA, The New York City Horror Film Festival, and Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors. These shorts have also screened on FangoriaTV, Horror Channel, and n8studios.com. Films that will be showcased at this free screening include "Next Caller" "Now That You're Dead", "Paint Shaker" "Misfortune Smiles", "Torture Porn", and "Prisoner Exchange at Bannon's Lookout".

For more info visit: http://senorealityfreefilmseries.eventbrite.com

Crawford Movie Screening Monday - January 19

Monday - January 19th: Join us the day before President Bush's departure from the White House as we host a special screening of David Modigliani's Crawford, a documentary about the impact of President Bush's relocation to the small town of Crawford, Texas, shortly after announcing his candidacy for president. . Attendance to this special event is free, but donations for the EPFF's non-profit mission will be accepted at the door. Attendees will also have a chance to win various door prizes!

Screening Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Estes Park's Notchtop Bakery & Cafe.

Visit http://crawfordestespark.eventbrite.com/ for directions and more info!