SDFF has also announced the complete schedule for the 12-day event. Featuring more than 200 films, the full program includes films from around the world. The 2010 SDFF schedule also features receptions, panel discussions and award presentations.
“This year’s program for the 33rd Starz Denver Film Festival stands as one of the finest in recent memory,” said SDFF Artistic Director, Brit Withey. “An incredibly diverse slate of films from more than 35 countries, an amazing 10-film Focus on Iranian Cinema, and upwards of 150 guest filmmakers coming to town—we simply couldn’t be happier with the way it has all come together.”
Red Carpet Events
Opening Night - Wednesday, November 3 – 7:30pm, Ellie Caulkins Opera House
SDFF33 unveils the Festival program with Rabbit Hole, an adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the unraveling of a traumatized couple’s once-happy marriage. Featuring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, director John Cameron Mitchell tackles an eloquent drama about the cruelty of fate.
SDFF33 unveils the Festival program with Rabbit Hole, an adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the unraveling of a traumatized couple’s once-happy marriage. Featuring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, director John Cameron Mitchell tackles an eloquent drama about the cruelty of fate.
Grand Opening of Denver FilmCenter/Colfax Thursday, November 4 – 7:30pm
As the official launch of the Denver Film Society’s new location, SDFF screens Casino Jack and Morning. Veteran SDFF-featured filmmaker and cousin to Colorado’s own John Hickenlooper, George Hickenlooper directs the masterful Kevin Spacey, as Casino Jack (Abramoff) in this political drama about the vile shenanigans of notorious Bush-era lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
As the official launch of the Denver Film Society’s new location, SDFF screens Casino Jack and Morning. Veteran SDFF-featured filmmaker and cousin to Colorado’s own John Hickenlooper, George Hickenlooper directs the masterful Kevin Spacey, as Casino Jack (Abramoff) in this political drama about the vile shenanigans of notorious Bush-era lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
In a drama made up largely of silences, Leland Orser directs and stars alongside real-life wife, Jeanne Tripplehorn, in Morning. As this middle-class couple grapples with the loss of their young son, the film depicts their grief as they abandon each other and destroy their surroundings and very nearly themselves.
Big Night – Friday, November 5 – 8pm, Ellie Caulkins Opera House
As the peak event of the 2010 Festival, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Danny Boyle radically changes gears from Slumdog Millionaire (SDFF31) with 127 Hours, the true story of Aron Ralston, a cocky outdoorsman (and longtime Colorado resident) who, in 2003, fought for his life following a hiking accident in Utah. In this compelling one-man show, James Franco covers the full gamut of Ralston's emotions and the inventive approaches he takes to his horrifying circumstances.
As the peak event of the 2010 Festival, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Danny Boyle radically changes gears from Slumdog Millionaire (SDFF31) with 127 Hours, the true story of Aron Ralston, a cocky outdoorsman (and longtime Colorado resident) who, in 2003, fought for his life following a hiking accident in Utah. In this compelling one-man show, James Franco covers the full gamut of Ralston's emotions and the inventive approaches he takes to his horrifying circumstances.
Closing Night - Friday, November 13 – 7:30pm, Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Drawing the curtain on this year’s event, SDFF screens Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky directs Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in this dark psychological drama that weaves a compelling web of manipulation, madness and disorder in the obsessive onstage and backstage world of ballet.
Drawing the curtain on this year’s event, SDFF screens Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky directs Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in this dark psychological drama that weaves a compelling web of manipulation, madness and disorder in the obsessive onstage and backstage world of ballet.
John Cameron Mitchell (left) - director of Rabbit Hole, Shortbus, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Aaron Eckhart – lead in Rabbit Hole and recipient of the Excellence in Acting Award
Danny Boyle - director of 127 Hours and recipient of the Mayor’s Achievement Award
Aron Ralston - Colorado outdoorsman and subject of 127 Hours
Elliot Gould - prolific actor and SDFF33 Cassavetes Award recipient
Aaron Eckhart – lead in Rabbit Hole and recipient of the Excellence in Acting Award
Danny Boyle - director of 127 Hours and recipient of the Mayor’s Achievement Award
Aron Ralston - Colorado outdoorsman and subject of 127 Hours
Elliot Gould - prolific actor and SDFF33 Cassavetes Award recipient
For the full Festival schedule or for more information about SDFF, please visit http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/ .
