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boulder international film festival

#1 Most Creative City Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class

Dailybeast.com 2012

Happiest and Healthiest City Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index,

February 2010

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 .

IN THE NEWS

BIFF staff and the Festival's

PR firm, work diligently to bring

recognition to the Festival AND

to individual films and filmmak-

ers. Proactively connecting with

national and local journalists

via traditional and online media

sources, we maximize your film’s

presence at the Festival.

More than 100 million media impressions are expected for BIFF 2014.The Festival has been covered in:

The Hollywood ReporterThe Washington PostThe New York TimesIndiewireMovie maker Magazineand numerous Colorado outlets. among many other national publications.

More than 100 million media impressions are expected for BIFF 2015.The Festival has been covered in:

The Hollywood ReporterThe Washington PostThe New York TimesIndiewireMoviemaker Magazineand numerous Colorado outlets. among many other national publications.

fESTIval daTES March 5 - 8, 2015

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50 -70 films from 25 countries

vENuES Historic Boulder Theater;

eTown Hall, Boulder High SchoolaTTENdaNcE forEcaST 25,000+

Potential for 1:1 media interviews with the film’s director, producer, actors/subjects.

Potential for 1:1 media interviews with the film’s director, producer, actors/subjects.

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More than 100 millionmedia impressions are expected for BIFF 2020.

$10,000 Grand Jury Prize Best Feature Length Film

BIG, LOVING BOULDER AUDIENCES Each year, BIFF surpasses attendance records with audiences drawn from the huge, upscale, urban, film-hip Boulder-Denver metro area, and film lovers from around the country and around the world. Festival events, parties, films, and workshops are con-veniently located within a 4-block radius of the legendary Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. Our main venue, the historic Boulder Theater, is an art-deco masterpiece that unites the past with the present in one exceptional space.

BIFF has developed international recognition as a showcase for the best new films by today’s most talented filmmakers. An exceptional number of films have gone from early screenings at BIFF to signifi-cant box office success and mul-tiple Oscar nominations.

Paramount Pictures Columbia PicturesFox Searchlight Universal Pictures MGM Warner Brothers Sony Pictures ClassicsIFCMilllenium Entertainmentamong many others. 

standup If happiness is a state of mind,

then Boulder, CO is its capital. CBS Sunday Morning, May 2011

prE-rElEaSE ScrEENINgS

The Festival has been proud to host pre-release screenings from:

statisticsbouldEr dEmograpH IcS

Population: 103,650

University Students: 30,000

Bachelor’s degree or higher: 69%

Graduate/professional degree: 33%

Median Household Income: $57,231

Median Age: 29

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Highly-educated, high-income, well-informed,

younger than audiences of traditional arts.

40% have Masters Degrees

50% earn $60,000+

SpoNSor ImprESS IoNS

TV Commercials: approx. 825,000 impressions

Print Ads: Distribution 50,000 each

Program: Distribution: 60,000

In-Theater (logo, trailer, banners): 25,000+

Online: 7 million hits per year

Media impressions: 100,000 million

4 days of films + makers + conversation + controversy = community

one of the

“25 Coolest Film Festivals” MovieMaker Magazine (Summer 2009)

one of the

“25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” MovieMaker Magazine (Spring 2011)

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metricsBIFF knows how to market itself, and most of all,

how to reach and engage its

core audience. ~ indieWIRE

We loved screening our film Keep On Keepin' On at the Boulder International Film Festival. We were grateful to have our film play in the company of so

many wonderful films. Following Tribeca, our film is being distributed now by Radius TWC and we couldn't be happier with the path it’s on and appreciate

our start at the Boulder International Film Festival. ~ Paula DuPre' Pesmen, Producer

Media Impressions: 100 million

luminariesKennedy 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)

THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN PROUD TO HOST MANY SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING:

WORLD-CLASS CITY + BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINSLocated 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.

there is no town that offers so much, on so many levels, to so many people.

bravo boulder Q

#1 Most Creative City Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class / Dailybeast.com 2012

Happiest and Healthiest City Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, February 2010America’s Foodiest Town 2010 Bon Appetit, October 2010Healthiest Towns in the U.S. Men’s Health 2010America’s Smartest City Forbes Magazine, December 2006, February 2008

The Worst-dressed City That Looks Best Naked GQ Magazine, July 2011

getting around – a snap!Boulder is conveniently: 45 minutes from Denver International Airport2 hours from Vail3 hours from Aspen30 minutes from Eldora

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prESENTEd by The Colorado Film Society

(CFS), a Boulder-based 501[c]3 non-profit film arts

organization.

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.

OPENING N IGHT GALA | THURSDAy MARCH 5

F I LMMAkERS RECEPT ION | FR IDAy MARCH 6

B IFF AFTER DARk | SATURDAy MARCH 7

CLOS ING N IGHT AWARDS PARTy | SUNDAy MARCH 8

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Boulder International Film Festival /Colorado Film Society 2338 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304 303.449.2289

photography randy malone, photomalone.com peter wayne, peterwaynephotography.com

rick cummings, rickfoto.wordpress.com

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AT A GLANCE

CineCHEF | thursday march 5opening night gala | friday march 6filmmaker reception | saturday march 7closing night | sunday march 8