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​2020 Colorado Showcase
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Sunday, February 23
2:00PM

Program Schedule
2:00PM - Film Presentations
​3:50PM - ​Filmmaker Talkback
4:30PM - Filmmaker Meet and Greet in Lobby
Talkback facilitated by Lauren Grisham Sloan
Join us for a Q&A session with our filmmakers after the screening of the films! ​
Lauren Grimshaw Sloan is the Initiatives Producer for SeriesFest, a non-profit organization focused around artist support and development for episodic creators. She manages initiatives, mentorships, workshops and writers rooms as part of SeriesFest’s year-round artist engagement. Lauren is also an independent producer and former Deputy Film Commissioner of the Colorado Office of Film, Television & Media. Prior to moving to Denver in 2013, she served as Production Executive at Red Crown Productions, a New York based independent film production company.

The Rock Within:
Film Project Overview
​Denver, CO
Jessica McGaugh & Roma Sur

The Rock Within is a low-budget bilingual feature drama with a diverse cast from the US as well as from India. Pathos and humor meet in this journey of one woman who embraces her new identity, and sets out on a new chapter in her life.​

Join our filmmakers as they introduce this upcoming film project!
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Ma: Production Overview
Denver, CO
Roma Sur
2 minutes

​Ma is a short documentary following a septuagenarian on her road to recovery from Kolkata to Niagara Falls. 

The director and producer will provide an overview discussing the production of her film after the screening of the film trailer.
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For Tashi
Denver, CO, 2020
J. Cecilia Wu 
​​7 minutes

​This project is dedicated to all the mothers who lost their children prematurely. It was produced in loving memory of Tashi, the composer's own miscarried baby, who was gone too soon.
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​(people) of water
​New England, USA, 2019
Forest Woodward
23 minutes

For thousands of years, outrigger canoes have been a part of diverse cultures and people around the world. (people) of water follows the story of Rob Prechtl, a member of the US Men’s Raft Team, as they embark on a journey to learn the craft of outrigger paddling by traveling from the rivers of Colorado to the ocean off the coast of Kauai.
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Not Pictured
Mumbai, India, Summer 2019
CU Denver Study Abroad Program
16 min

​In the summer of 2019, ten Film & Television (FITV) majors and one Music & Entertainment Studies (MEIS) major, from CU Denver’s College of Arts & Media (CAM), traveled with FITV Faculty member, Roma Sur, to Mumbai, India. During a two-week period, they collaborated with India’s top film school, Whistling Woods International (WWI), to produce a fifteen minute film. The team wrote an original bilingual short screenplay, in Bengali (an East Indian language) and in English, while in Denver.

I Put the Bi in Bitter
Denver, CO, 2019
Marin Lepore
41 min

​In 2019, the Colorado Dragon Film Fest featured Season 1 of this web-based series. This year, we're showcasing Season 2!
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After coming to terms with her bisexuality, Sam attempts to be out and start fresh Junior year, but still struggles to deal with constant heteronormativity.
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