Durango Independent Film Festival

The 19th Durango Independent Film Festival is an early spring destination festival cultivating a reputation as a filmmaker’s festival. Located in picturesque southwestern Colorado, filmmakers will enjoy staying within walking distance of three venues, fine restaurants, boutiques, brew pubs, art galleries, and historic Victorian hotels. Durango offers many recreational diversions such as the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train and early spring skiing at nearby Purgatory Ski Resort. In addition to festival parties, we host nightly gatherings in the private filmmaker’s lounge with complementary beverages such as our own festival beer artfully brewed by SKA Brewing.

We are planning an in-person 2024 Festival Festival February 28 - March 3. We are not planning any virtual screenings at the time of opening our call for entries. Festival events include Coffee Talk with Filmmakers, Panel discussions, Q&A's following screenings, and parties. We will continue to champion the art of independent filmmaking and will showcase your film in the best possible way.

Each year, our festival seeks out an eclectic mix of narrative features, documentaries, and short films. We seek all genres of film including: Adventure, LGBTQ, Native Cinema, and Family. We also curate creative films suitable for students of all ages for our REEL Learning School Program. As stated elsewhere, please submit your film to ONE CATEGORY only. Our team leaders will alert other teams should they feel a different category provides a better fit.