27-02-2025
Boulder International Film Festival returns with 68 films
The annual Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) returns to the Flatirons next month with 68 films from 18 countries.
Dig in: The four-day festival, in its 21st year, features parties, screenings, Q&As and a friendly chef's competition crafting dishes inspired by their favorite movies.
The intrigue: BIFF arrives after the Sundance Film Festival named Boulder among the finalists to host the festival.
What to expect: Opening night on March 14 features two parties at the Hotel Boulderado and one at Rembrandt Yard, and will include live music, food and drinks before a screening of " The Friend" starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray.
Tickets start at $120.
By the numbers: 60 filmmakers are slated to attend — 20 from Colorado alone — with three world and six domestic premieres.
Between the lines: Award-winning fashion designer Kenneth Cole, Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, and Olympic gold medalist hurdler Edwin Moses will participate in Q&As to discuss films spotlighting their careers.
Zoom in: " Apollo 1," a documentary chronicling the first planned manned Moon mission that ended after an explosion during a preflight test in 1967, will host its world premiere at BIFF on March 15 at the Boulder Theater.
The explosion killed astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Gus Grissom and Ed White. Their surviving family members will attend the premiere.
If you go: The festival runs from March 13-16 in Boulder, ending with a screening of "Spacewoman," a documentary about Eileen Collins, the first woman spacecraft commander, who will attend for a Q&A.
Tickets are now available online, with $35 passes available for two individual film screenings. Virtual screenings will be available starting March 17.
