Animas Chocolate & Coffee Company | 920 Main Ave.

Our Festival Kick-Off Party is now combined with our Sponsor Party on Festival’s opening day. All Sponsors are invited, plus First-Tier All Festival pass holders (except All Film pass holders). This is where sponsors will be able to pick up their spo , ...

Free and open to the public; seating is limited. Coffee, tea and pastries will be served. Thursday morning’s discussion will be with the Durango Film Cast & Crew – a behind the scenes look at what it takes to run a film festival.

Join us at Sorrel Sky Gallery as we celebrate Native Cinema hosted by the Cherokee Nation Film Office & Sorrel Sky Gallery. Public invited; food catered by the Himalayan Kitchen. Meet the Filmmakers!

Free and open to the public; seating is limited. Coffee, tea and pastries will be served. Meet the filmmakers in a relaxed and intimate setting.

Join us at the Irish Embassy Pub Underground. This is your chance to party in the Filmmaker’s Lounge! Public Invited. Cash bar.

Free and open to the public; seating is limited. Coffee, tea and pastries will be served.

Free and open to the public; seating is limited.

Want to know how an idea becomes a story that turns into a screenplay and eventually flickers across your TV or local theatre screen? Join industry veterans, producers and writers Michael Jamin (Tacoma FD, Marin, King of the Hill) and Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the , ...

Free and open to the public; seating is limited.

So you want to be in pictures? Come find out what it takes to be an actor in modern “Hollywood” with the pros in front and behind the camera. This panel will feature Talent Agent Carissa Mitchell (Mitchell & Associates), Casting Director Marie M , ...

Join us at Mutu’s Italian Kitchen for a festival favorite; the Late Night VIP Party. Open to First-Tier pass holders (except for All Film pass holders); 21 & over, food and spirits; signature drink by Honey House Distillery.

Free and open to the public; seating is limited. Coffee, tea and pastries will be served.

Free and open to the public; seating is limited.

This will be a practical hands-on workshop with Michael Jamin (Marin, Beavis and Butt-head) and Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City, Divorce) as they walk you through the process of turning your idea into the beginning of a story for the screen. Whether you are inte , ...

Open to First-Tier pass holders (except All Film pass holders); cash bar, catered by Durangourmet. Entertainment provided by The Durango Circus. Dress to Impress!

Join us at Mutu’s Italian Kitchen for a festival favorite; the Late Night VIP Party. Open to First-Tier pass holders (except for All Film pass holders); 21 & over, food and spirits; signature drink by Honey House Distillery.