After Dark
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Saturday Night After Dark
Our hottest ticket, with two exclusive screening options. Enjoy live music, complimentary light refreshments and a cash bar in Cornerstone Arts Center as early as 6:30pm before you enjoy one of two film selections. After Dark is a great way to introduce your friends to the Film Festival.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN SATURDAY NIGHT ADVENTURE WITH
A FABULOUS FEATURE OR STUNNING SHORTS:
MAYA AND THE WAVE
Directed by STEPHANIE JOHNES
Maya Gabeira always dreamed of surfing giant waves. She attempts to surf the infamous big wave in Nazaré, Portugal, and nearly drowns. In the following years, Maya undergoes three spine surgeries and weathers a psychological breakdown.
Maya has the blood of a rebel. Her father is legendary activist and politician, Fernando Gabeira. With the same radical spirit, Maya endures – and succeeds. On January 18, 2018 an unprecedented storm approaches Nazaré and Maya surfs the biggest wave a woman has ever surfed. She fights for recognition and becomes the first female surfer honored with a Guinness Book World Record.
Two years later, Maya is the first woman to compete in the men’s division of a big wave competition. She surfs the biggest wave of the year (73.5 feet), breaking her previous world record. In the footsteps of Billie Jean King, Maya has achieved a rare moment in sports – outperforming all men to show the world that women are capable of anything.
THE PUZZLE PALACE
Directed by Jenny Schweitzer Bell and Brian Bell
Amassing the world’s largest puzzle collection is a labor of love for one inseparable couple.
Chasing Time
Directed by Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Sarah Keo
A meditative exploration of time and mortality, Chasing Time follows photographer James Balog and his team as they bring the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project to a close. A beautiful tribute to the power of images and the importance of mentorship, the Emmy-winning team behind Chasing Ice returns to spotlight the power of an intergenerational effort to seed hope and inspire action toward a sustainable future.
hangman
Directed by Megan Brotherton
A recently widowed woman navigates the stages of grief after losing her husband to suicide. When the grief pops up as a vision of her deceased husband, she makes some shocking realizations.
To Myself With Love: The Bessie Stringfield Story
Directed by Diane Fredel-Weis
This is the first film about Black motorcycle trailblazer, Bessie Stringfield. Stringfield was the first Black woman to ride a motorcycle across the United States – a feat she accomplished in 1930 at the age of 19 during the Jim Crow era. The short documentary includes never before seen or heard materials about Stringfield. Interviews with people that knew Bessie shed light on her extraordinary life. The 300 women of the Bessie Stringfield All-Female Ride show Stringfield’s impact today 30 years after her passing.
After Dark
Ticket
$20
INCLUDED:
- Exclusive Screening: Your choice between two different film screenings
- Pre-Party in the mainspace
The perfect after-dinner activity for a Saturday night out! Film programs beginning at 8pm.
Online ticket sales are now closed. Tickets can be purchased at will-call at the Cornerstone Arts Center on the campus of Colorado College.
Friday + Saturday
After Party
Keep the conversation going! Connect with filmmakers + filmgoers after the films on Friday + Saturday night.
Join us after the film for a special cocktail inspired by our filmmakers and a happy hour priced appetizer at the Golden Hour Bar, located at the official RMWFF host hotel – The Mining Exchange in downtown Colorado Springs.
DRINK || The Director’s Cut:
gin, elderflower liqueur, fresh lemon juice, house made lavender syrup, house-made simple syrup, topped with sparkling club soda.
EAT || Potato Croquette & Grilled Local Asparagus
