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Local Films Showcase
Our first-ever, locals showcase. Join Crested Butte filmmakers, Mark Reeb, Laura Yale, Forest Woodward, Irwin outdoor guide, Jeff Banks, and others, as CBFF showcases the very best films and subjects emanating from the place we call home.
ORNITHOLOGY (AND OTHER HOBBIES YOU CAN TAKE TOO FAR)
From Crested Butte native, Benjamin Swift, comes the story of two young lovers who want to be birds. They masticate, they mate, and they turn their home into a nest. When an untimely death snaps them out of the trance, they’re once again tasked with finding a lifestyle to fill the cracks in their strained relationship.
WIGGLE
An imaginative kid is afraid to get his tooth pulled. Filmed in Crested Butte by local actor and director, Mark Reeb.
JEFF BANKS: GUIDING PRINCIPLES
A world-exploring mountain guide explores his relationship between risk management in the backcountry and the raising of his young daughter.
THE BEN I AM
Ben, a young filmmaker at a small college, comes toe to toe with an identity crisis when he investigates a group of 36 students who share one thing in common: his name. Featuring Crested Butte local, Benjamin Swift.
A THOUSAND CASTS
Oliver White’s pursuit of fish on the fly now takes him to the mythical, magical country of Bhutan to do what he does best – figure things out.
RURAL RUNNERS
RURAL RUNNERS follows a progressive climate activist as she becomes the youngest representative elected to both the Maine House of Representatives and Senate, winning two consecutive campaigns in deep-red rural districts. The film follows Chloe Maxmin and her campaign manager, Canyon Woodward, as they throw away the traditional Democratic playbook (which lost roughly 90% of the vote to Trump in rural counties in the 2020 election) to unseat Republicans, one in a district that had never voted Democrat before. They reached across the aisle, knocked on 13,000 doors, and actually listened to people. Chloe and Canyon are gaining national attention as they shake up the Democratic Party and rehumanize our deeply divided political system. The film is an intimate portrait that offers hope, healing, and a path toward a healthier democracy.
This film is eligible for the 2022 Crested Butte Film Festival Audience Choice Award! (You must unlock the film to be eligible to cast your vote)
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Our first-ever, locals showcase.

Get ready to get local and experience a program of both documentary and narrative, feature length and short films, on the big screen in Crested Butte. Join Crested Butte filmmakers, Mark and Jenn Reeb, Laura Yale, Forest Woodward, Jeff Banks, Benjamin Swift, Ben Knight (and more!), as CBFF showcases the very best of films emanating from the place we call home.


This program is generously sponsored by The Pannier Family

From Crested Butte native, Benjamin Swift, comes the story of two young lovers who want to be birds. As their avian lifestyle spirals out of control, feathers ruffle, petty squabbles turn to squawks, and mastication leads to mating rituals. In a failed attempt to find happiness and fill the cracks in their strained relationship, they prepare to adopt their first child—err, bird.


Bergen Hoff, Benjamin Swift

Bergen Hoff and Benjamin Swift are like birds: light, fragile, and largely misunderstood creatures. They are both recent graduates of Colorado College, where they majored in creative writing and sociology, respectively. They met each other during a vulnerable time, and thus became codependent as creative partners. Bergen is an unwieldy creative who hisses at deadlines and lives in the viewfinder of his camera. Benjamin is a diligent, driven, and organized producer who shoulders the thankless yoke of keeping their sh*t together. It's a match made in heaven.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    7 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Yes, it's a world premiere
  • Rating
    Adults and teens (not for young children)
  • Director
    Bergen Hoff, Benjamin Swift
  • Screenwriter
    Bergen Hoff
  • Producer
    Benjamin Swift
  • Co-Producer
    Benjamin Swift
  • Cast
    Annemarie Lewis, Will Funk
  • Cinematographer
    Bergen Hoff
  • Editor
    Bergen Hoff
  • Composer
    Lincoln Grench