Cholitas

Five Bolivian indigenous women are involved in a unique expedition. As a symbol of liberation and empowerment, they propose to climb the highest mountain in America.

Falling...Climbing to the Top Adventure Films

The Race to Alaska

This documentary follows the visceral experience of racers as they compete in one of the most difficult endurance challenges in the world.

Saving the Environment, Living in Nature Adventure Films

Serenity, Freedom, Spirit Adventure Films

ADVENTURE

Elsewhere Shorts 

Profiles of Independent Film

Stress Relief Shorts

We're Here Shorts

ANIMATED & NARRATIVE SHORTS

The Jump

Medicating Normal

Medicine Man: The Stan Brock Story

This documentary recounts the incredible life story of British-born Amazonian cowboy turned U.S. TV star, Stan Brock, who sacrificed everything to bring free healthcare to people in need.

A Moment in the Sun

In the early days of solar vehicle racing one of the most unlikely competitors was a Turkish nuclear physicist living in Australia named Ugur Ortabasi.

Piano to Zanskar

Facing future in retirement, a 65-year-old piano tuner decides to take on the most challenging delivery of his career: transporting a 100-year-old Broadwood & Sons piano from London to a primary school in a faraway Buddhist village.

Picture of His Life

This Is Tim: A Musical Life

The Walrus and the Whistleblower

A whistleblower is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus at the heart of the movement to end marine mammal captivity.

We Are All In This Together

During divisive times in America, a man sets off on a cross-country bicycle journey, with no food, no money, and the hope of gaining a better understanding of the human connection.

Where Is Nancy?

Who's On Top?

Who's on Top? shines a spotlight on members of the LGBTQ community—including those with a range of mountaineering experience—who challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality in the outdoor arena

DOC FEATURES

Begin Anew Doc Shorts 

Many Paths Doc Shorts

Say It Loud Doc Shorts

DOC SHORTS

Family Program

REEL Learning Public Program

FAMILY & REEL LEARNING SHORTS

Bloom

Bloom is an impressionistic sketch of longing, growth, memory and separation, portraying an experiential landscape of love and loss.

Elephant in the Room (L'Elefante nella stanza)

In the town of Amantea, Italy, when Rita finds out that she has very little time left to live, her main concern is not about dying. Instead, she is overcome with worry about her socially awkward son Gianni, who, at 40, still lives at home.

Freeland

Devi has been breeding legendary pot strains for decades on the remote homestead she built herself. But when cannabis is legalized, she suddenly finds herself fighting for her survival.

Give or Take

Martin is a pragmatist who’s checked the boxes of an acceptable life yet feels disconnected, especially from his father, Kenneth, a distant man Martin could never figure out.

The Metamorphosis of Birds

Omar and Us

Ismet is a recently retired Turkish soldier whose last post was as a Commander of the Coast Guard at the Turkish maritime border. New to civilian life, he struggles to communicate with his family and the people around him.

Pink Opaque

A Los Angeles film student struggles to graduate while navigating a budding romance against his girlfriend's older brother's wishes.

Take Out Girl

Texas Red

NARRATIVE FEATURES

Boarding Schools and Generational Trauma 

EARL BISS - The Spirit Who Walks Among His People

Environmental Effects on Native American Tribes

Resilience: Personal Struggles

NATIVE CINEMA

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The 16th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival spotlights independent films of all genres; Narrative features and shorts, animated shorts, documentary features and shorts, Native Cinema, adventure, LGBTQ, and family films. 

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