Who dat? Festival director Robin Beeck at BIFF 2008. [Photo by Randy Malone] |
Denver diva Hazel Miller entertains on BIFF’s opening night in 2008. |
Seeing Alex Gibney’s amazing and profoundly disturbing feature documentary, “Taxi to the Dark Side.” A week later, it won an Academy Award.
Boulder bluesman Otis Taylor (far right) and ensemble. [Photo by Randy Malone] |
“3 Peaks, 3 Weeks” – Michael Brown’s doc about 10 women climbers assaulting the three highest peaks in Africa brought together the intrepid mountaineers for the first time to see the completed film and interact with the audience.
The women who were the subject of Michael Brown’s “3 Peaks, 3 Weeks.” |
Offsite, BIFF worked with the International Film Series to present the original cut of Richard Kelly’s enigmatic epic, the failed“Southland Tales” in Muenzinger Auditorium. That same weekend, Sergei Eisenstein’s epic historical drama “Alexander Nevsky” was screened at CU-Boulder’s Macky Auditorium, with the Boulder Philharmonic playing Prokofiev’s classic score live.
Antonio “Tintin” Vizintin and the Vielher for “Stranded”. [Photo by Randy Malone] |
BIFF 2008 Award Winners:
Jim Palmer, CU-Boulder
Best Student Film