Odell hosts ACT Film Festival’s 8th annual kickoff party
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- 09 Mar 2023
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Odell Brewing Company hosted the eighth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival Kickoff Party March 7 with trivia, beer, film trailers and film selection announcements for the festival.
“The kickoff was a success,” said Beth Seymour, managing director of the ACT Film Festival. “ACT’s schedule is live, tickets are on sale and we are buzzing with excitement about the films, filmmakers and conversations we have planned.”
The ACT Film Festival is a multi-day fest of movies and events put on by Colorado State University’s College of Liberal Arts and department of communication studies that aims to “awaken, connect (and) transform,” according to their website.
“ACT brings the best and most recent human rights cinema to Northern Colorado,” the communications studies website reads. “Through the shared experience of film and conversation, ACT cultivates empathy and new perspectives about human rights.”
These films intend to help students and members of the community connect at the intersection of art, culture and social justice.
The festival takes place every year at the end of March into the beginning of April both on campus and at The Lyric, with multiple showings of feature documentaries, award winning movies and short films each day.
However, the films aren’t the only events ACT puts on during the festival. This year over a dozen filmmakers will be attending for Q&As, fireside chats and insider information about their work.
“The kickoff is a good way to get people excited for the actual festival,” said Greg Dickinson, professor and chair of CSU’s communication studies department. “We announce the movies, then show the trailers with some of our Screening Sessions Ale, and it gets people very excited.”
“Most people think they don’t want to go to a human rights film festival until they’ve been to a human rights film festival,” Dickinson said.
The kickoff was a huge success and the biggest turnout since COVID-19 forced the festival to be moved virtually. Now back in person, the festival is expected to be bigger than ever. Read More…
