LIFE ABOVE 10’000 FEET (2008) **World Premiere**
Young Leadville filmmaker Jenny Lugeanbeal shares a vividly personal and intimate history of her hometown in this touching and poignant short film. Perhaps the best visual example of the synergy between filmmaker, physical locality, and childhood memory ever put on film. The IFFC is proud to open the ’08 event with this lovely personal visual account of a young girl’s memory of her beloved hometown.
Running time: 5 min.
(part of the ‘Opening Night Event’ and ‘Documentary & Narrative Shorts’ program )
Wed., Sept. 3rd, 7:30pm – The Tabor Opera House, Leadville
Sat., Sept. 6th, 12 noon – The Steamplant, Salida
THE ROAD TO OSCAR (2008) **World Premiere**
In its inaugural year, the Independence Film Fest of Colorado sponsored a unique cross-country journey by limousine from the high country to Hollywood to promote the new film festival, and along for the ride was a very special guest – none other than ‘Oscar’ himself! After bringing the little ‘golden guy’ back to his ‘ore-igins’, IFFC executive directors Lawrence David Foldes and Victoria Paige Meyerink took the pre-eminent symbol of ‘Hollywood’ on a whistle-stop tour of the western United States on his way back home to the red carpet of the Academy Awards and into the hands of his movie star owner. This poignant and hilarious account of Oscar’s journey home chronicles the moment by moment happenings – the good, the bad, and the ugly!
Running time: 14 min.
(part of the ‘Opening Night Event’ and ‘Documentary & Narrative Shorts’ program )
Wed., Sept. 3rd, 7:30pm – The Tabor Opera House, Leadville
Sat., Sept. 6th, 12 noon – The Steamplant, Salida