The Cheyenne International Film Festival (CIFF) happens May 17 - 20, 2012. There will be something for every taste. CIFF is a platform for communities to tell their stories and relate to one another through the art of motion pictures. Film entry opens December 15, 2011.
April
27
2012
Buy one $10 ticket Get one FREE. Get the coupon and redeem it at the Phoenix Books and Music Box Office 1612 Capitol Avenue.
Buy your Cheyenne International Film Festival tickets early. Use the coupon at the Phoenix Books and Music Box Office at 1612 Capitol Avenue and save big.
Buy One and Get One free $10 ticket. Also buy in-person and save the online credit card and processing fees.
The $10 ticket is good for all general screenings, including the controversial film “Bully”. Check out the full program by opening the Program 2012 tab above.
Ticket prices increase at the door. Take advantage of this early bird deal!
April
23
2012
The Cheyenne International Film Festival released its program. Click on the "Official Selection" logo to find out about the great lineup
The Cheyenne International Film Festival is providing a Youtube Playlist of its 2012 program film trailers. The playlist will be updated as trailers are received from the filmmakers.
Open the CIFF logo on the left to view the CIFF program for the films screening at the Historic Atlas Theatre and the Lincoln Theater in Downtown Cheyenne May 17 – 20!
You can also view them in the viewer below. If you like what you see, tickets will go on sale on line April 15 and at the Phoenix Books and Music walk-up box office, to be announced.
April
21
2012
The Cheyenne International Film Festival released its program. Click on the "Official Selection" logo to find out about the great lineup
The Cheyenne International Film Festival program features “Saving Face” by Cheyenne native and Oscar-winning producer Daniel Junge.
A reception on the Plains Hotel mezzanine begins at 6:30pm with the films and Daniel Junge interview happening at 7:30 across the street at the Lincoln Theater.
The Cheyenne East High School graduate won the Academy Award for his film “Saving Face” about domestic violence victims in Pakistan and the British physician who gives disfigured women a new life.
A reception, film screening and question and answer session happens at the Lincoln Theater on Saturday May 19th.
Academy Award nominated actress Carroll Baker will also be in attendance. She starred in John Ford’s epic western “Cheyenne Autumn” which had its world premiere in Cheyenne back in 1964. The film will screen on Saturday morning. Miss Baker will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Tribute on Friday night May 18th at the Lincoln Theater.
There are nine programs with a variety of movies from documentaries to shorts produced by filmmakers from Iceland, Germany, and Cheyenne.
March
26
2012
Sunrise, Wyoming is one of the stops on the WFO - WCM southeast Wyoming filmmaker tour
Wyoming Film Office and Wyoming Community Media are hosting a tour for out-of-Wyoming filmmakers of movie locations around southeast Wyoming in conjunction with the Cheyenne International Film Festival (CIFF).
The CIFF begins May 17 in Downtown Cheyenne with the local filmmaker and festival reception at the Depot Museum before the festival opens Friday evening May 18 and extends through Sunday May 20.
Thursday, May 17
9:30 Depart Cheyenne (Cheyenne to Fort Laramie: 1 hour 44 minutes)
11:30 Fort Laramie (Fort Laramie to Sunrise: 20 minutes)\
12:10 Depart
12:30 Hartville Lunch
1:30 Depart Hartville
1:40 Sunrise, Wyoming
2:15 Depart Sunrise
2:15 Molton Pass towards Laramie (Hartville to Laramie 2 hrs)
4:30 Arrive at Territorial Park in Laramie
5:30 Depart
5:45 Check into Hotel
6:30 Dinner and overnight in Laramie
Friday, May 18
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Tour Laramie locations (see below for ideas)
11:00 Depart for Vedauwoo
12:30 Lunch at The Plains
1:30 Trolley Tour (various historic locations, see below)
4:00 Super Computer (or Terry Bison Ranch)
6:00 CIFF Opening Night Reception – Atlas Theatre
For more information – contact Colin Stricklin at the Wyoming Film Office 307-777-3400; email Alan O’Hashi or call 307-509-0182
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Wyoming Film Office and Wyoming Community Media are hosting a tour for out-of-Wyoming filmmakers of movie locations around southeast Wyoming in conjunction with the Cheyenne International Film Festival (CIFF).
The CIFF begins May 17 in Downtown Cheyenne with the local filmmaker and festival reception at the Depot Museum before the festival opens Friday evening May 18 and extends through Sunday May 20.
For more information – contact Colin Stricklin at the Wyoming Film Office 307-777-3400; email Alan O’Hashi or call 307-509-0182
December
8
2011
Click on the Withoutabox.com logo to enter CIFF 2012!
The Cheyenne International Film Festival (CIFF) is now accepting entries. This year CIFF has partnered with Withoutabox for outreach and processing of film festival entries. We’re big on good stories, in fact, good stories trump production value.
As usual, CIFF prefers to receive online screeners to cut down on the number of tapes, DVDs cut, plastic boxes, sleeves, envelopes that are wasted as a result of film festival entries. You can upload for free through Withoutabox.
A great benefit of entering CIFF via Withoutabox is, your film gets an imDb page, which is the gold standard with regards to film cred! CIFF fees are pretty low compared to many festivals. We generally don’t give out fee waivers. There are lots of things you can do to raise the $30 pittance – sell something, have a rummage sale, ask your friends and families for $30, cut back on the number of beers or coffees you drink this month.
I know there are a bunch of broke filmmakers out there, but as you’ll note, we are soft on first time filmmakers. CIFF also has the Wyoming Showcase category. If you have a movie about Wyoming, set in Wyoming, or if you’re a filmmaker, director, writer, photographer involved with a movie with or without a Wyoming connection, that increases your chances for CIFF selection.
CIFF also has a Call2ACTion category. We seek films having to do with women’s issues – domestic / dating violence; Native American issues; service veteran issues; films about life and death; and uplifting stories about people moving themselves out of poverty
The movies are screened by a group of judges consisting of movie fans, producers, writers. Like all film festivals we make no apologies for the films that get selected for screening.
June
3
2011
Check out all the action at the LightsOn! Downtown Group Doors Open Event tonight beginning at 7pm. The reception will be streamed live and can be watched here.
Online TV Shows by Ustream
May
30
2011
Watch a trailer for A Warm Wind
This Memorial Day, remember the men and women who defend our country. “A Warm Wind” is a film by Jeff London that screened at the Cheyenne International Film Festival and recounts the travails of a veteran who returned from Iraq and his integration back into society.
It is a “must see” film that will be getting more screenings, at least in Cheyenne and possibly on the FE Warren Air Force Base.
Click on the movie poster to watch a trailer of “A Warm Wind”
What is your favorite Hollywood war movie? “Dirty Dozen”, “Sands of Iwo Jima” “Battle of the Bulge”, “The Green Berets”, “The Hurt Locker”?
May
24
2011
Wyoming Community Media and Laramie County Community College presented the first Lights, Camera, Action! workshop on May 14th. The Cheyenne International Film Festival edition taught by Hollywood screenwriter Rachel Powell with camera and lighting taught by Boulder based video editor and filmmaker Michael Conti and a website seminar by Jeff Fruhwirth was very successful. Watch the KGWN News Channel 5 package by reporter Kyle Markley. Sign up for the June workshops by downloading the LCCC catalog.
Telling A Story Through Film
Posted: May 14, 2011 9:21 PM
By Jade Cunningham – email
By: Kyle Markley
KGWN News Channel 5
Using video to tell a story can be done in a variety of ways.
It can be used to make a commercial, a movie, or possibly a TV show. Alan O’Hashi started doing community based media training back in 2004, and loves sharing his passion with others.
“I live vicariously through other people,” said O’Hashi. “There are folks I know who have been doing this business for quite a number of years, and have shot on film and worked in the business for a long time.”
Saturday’s class was the first of it’s kind that has been taught in Cheyenne. “It was really kind of fun to work with people I would consider non-traditional students. I’ve taught this class before in Laramie and just got back from doing it up in Casper.”
Joseph Goodrich was one of O’Hashi’s students and was looking to make himself more marketable as a professional through this class. “I’m a very experienced photographer,” said Goodrich. “I’m looking to expand my skills and put some more tools in the toolbox and a natural ascension would be to go to video.”
Goodrich learned the right way to tell a story with his work. “I really enjoyed the script writing analysis of it. I found that telling the story from beginning, middle, and end, and thinking the story all the way through is an excellent way to prepare yourself before you get behind the camera.”
Goodrich aspires to shoot a reality TV show, and he found the class to be just what he needed to take that first step. “I think this is an excellent first step. Especially if you have no camera experience because not only do you cover the editing process I described earlier, but we cover lights.”
O’Hashi said he hopes his students have the tools they need to use video to their advantage. “They can pick up a professional camera and do the same type of story telling. Really helping people engage, talk about their differences, talk about what they have in common really in sort of the safe space of video.”
To sign up for classes coming in June, you can visit the Wyoming Community Media Website at wyocomedia.com and download the LCCC catalog.
May
24
2011
Check out images of all the CIFF action by clicking on the Women In Film!
The Cheyenne International Film Festival wrapped on May 22nd at the Atlas Theatre in Downtown Cheyenne Wyoming.
There were 47 films that screened over the weekend, including 13 produced by women filmmakers.
Check out all the action as captured by official CIFF photographer Cliff Cox. Open the album by clicking on the image of, Tara Tusher, Erin Kelly, Rachel Powell, Pamela Cuming, MaryLee Herrmann and Jen Tennican.
Planning is already underway for CIFF 3 happening May 17 – 20 in Downtown Cheyenne. Remember the Shoot Out Cheyenne 24 hour filmmaking festival September 23 – 25.
May
21
2011
Click on the link to read the WTE story. Who is that kid?
Silent film from 1911′s Cheyenne Frontier Days is being featured at film festival. Click on the image to read the full story.
By Ian St. Clair
CHEYENNE –Connections to the past are always a trip.
Most of what we know from the early 20th century comes from the written word. But when we hear a song or see a picture, it gives us a glimpse of how we got here.
But we want more.
What was Cheyenne Frontier Days like in 1911?
The rodeo. The parades. The contestants. How does it differ from what we know today? You now have a portal to that time and place. Through film preserved by the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, you will get the chance to watch a never-before-seen 90-minute documentary. It’s a silent film from the 1911 Cheyenne Frontier Days that will debut today in conjunction with the Cheyenne International Film Festival. The session starts at 6:00 p.m. at the Atlas Theatre and costs $30 and includes a reception by the Plains Hotel, dancing by the Wind River Dancers.
