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SUMMARY:Independent Silent Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, August 30\, 2026 | 7–10 PM | Avogadro’s Number\, Fort Collins \, rating PG-13\nJoin us for an unforgettable evening where cinema\, movement\, and original music collide—and independent artists from Colorado and around the world take center stage.\n🌟 Experience a new collection of short silent films from award-winning\, international\, independent\, and emerging filmmakers\, including:\ntwigmedialab • David Bradburn • David Couture • colabDM • Ren Curry • Dmitry Marin • Valentina Priolo • José Crúzio • Martin Gerigk • Markus Bentsen • Michael Arche • Austin Cole & more\n🎶 Original music meets cinema with newly created scores and performances featuring:\nQuarkestra • George Sarah • Rae McAlister • Brother Saturn • Blood and Thunder • Riley Ann • Haley Harkin • Kill Your Darlings • RAGZ • The Body of Elen West\n—with a special spotlight on the incredible musicians and collaborators creating work right here in Colorado.\n🎭 This year’s theme: Creatures & Monsters\nExplore the creatures around us\, the monsters within us\, and the strange worlds in between. Movement\, music\, physical theatre\, and film come together in surreal soundscapes\, unexpected collaborations\, and cinematic dreams.\nAnd of course\, our curious RKO junkyard mascots LuneA and Tic return to guide us through the beautiful\, bizarre\, and wonderfully monstrous world of ISFF 7.0.\n👗 Attire: Come dressed to impress! Channel a classic film star\, dapper cinema glamour\, or embrace this year’s Creatures & Monsters theme for a chance to win LuneAseas swag.\n📍 Avogadro’s Number 608 S Mason St Fort Collins\, CO\n🚗 Street parking is available nearby. Arrive early to grab a spot\, get settled\, and enjoy the evening.\nCome support local artists\, discover global storytellers\, and experience what happens when filmmakers and musicians are challenged to create something entirely new together.\nLet’s keep the magic of “not-so-silent” cinema alive.\nOur Story\nWell… it’s more like the “Not-So-Silent Film Festival.”\nThe Independent Silent Film Festival began during the summer of 2020\, when the pandemic brought much of the performing arts industry to a standstill.\nRather than stop creating\, LuneAseas found a new way to collaborate.\nDancers\, physical performers\, filmmakers\, and visual artists created short films that could be shared across long distances and placed in the hands of independent musicians and composers\, who created original scores inspired by what they saw.\nWhat began as a response to isolation opened an entirely new door for collaboration.\nNow in its seventh year\, the Independent Silent Film Festival brings together movement artists\, filmmakers\, musicians\, composers\, actors\, and interdisciplinary creators to explore the relationship between movement\, music\, storytelling\, and cinema.\nThe festival has supported more than 120 artists from across the United States and internationally\, creating new artistic partnerships while providing a platform for independent and Colorado-based artists.\nPrevious participants include artists from Wonderbound\, MOMIX\, Pilobolus\, Six Degrees Dance NYC\, Evolving Doors\, Life/Art Dance Ensemble\, and independent artists from Colorado\, New York\, Baltimore\, France\, Italy\, Japan\, the United Kingdom\, and beyond.\nPast collaborators include Pierre Gaiffe\, Luca Di Bartolo\, Jeremy Speed Schwartz\, Yuuki\, Anne Gart\, Piotr Smolenski\, Dave Huemann\, Rae McAlister\, Cipriano\, Astin Lopez\, Los Mocochetes\, A.M. Pleasure Assassins\, David Wohl\, Tenia Nelson\, Adam Bodine\, Cerise Sprague\, and many more.\nEvery year\, the experiment continues:\nWhat happens when we give artists from different disciplines a film\, an idea\, and the freedom to make something new?\nCome find out August 30.
URL:https://coloradoinfo.com/event/independent-silent-film-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Avogadro’s Number\, 605 S Mason St\, Fort Collins\, CO\, 80524\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Performing Arts Festivals,Theatre
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ORGANIZER;CN="LuneAseas":MAILTO:luneaseas@gmail.com
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