2022 Festival
Schedule
november 11
Friday Night
OPENING NIGHTFILM
cornerstone arts centerDoors open 6:30PM
opening night gathering
Each year we kick-off the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival on Friday night. Grab a bite to eat downtown and then join us for a signature cocktail and sweet bite before enjoying this year’s opening night film, Still Working 9 to 5.
cornerstone arts centerceleste theater7:30PM
After Party
Kinship Landing
Kinship Landing is our official festival hotel and the location for our After Parties. Continue the evening and the conversation over a signature beverage at Kinship’s beautiful restaurant and bar, Homa Cafe + Bar.
November 12
Saturday
BLOCK 19AM
armstrong hallmorhman theater
BLOCK 211AM
PIKES PEAK CENTERSTUDIO BEE
MIDDAYBREAK
PIKES PEAK CENTERSTUDIO BEE
BEHIND THE LENS | Filmmaker Panel
Filming Youth:
telling stories with &
about young people

STAY & EAT
Grab takeout from a downtown restaurant or pre-order a box lunch from Centerplate Catering to enjoy during the Behind the Lens filmmaker panels.
- Each box $15.00
- Order by midnight, Wed. Nov. 10 for Saturday
- Pick-up at Studio Bee lobby at start of the break
BLOCK 32:45PM
PIKES PEAK CENTERGREAT HALL
Coffee & Cookies
Enjoy complimentary coffee and a sweet treat during the afternoon break.
DINNER BREAK
Head downtown and grab a bite to eat before heading back to the Pikes Peak Center for AFTER DARK programming.
AFTER DARK8PM
PIKES PEAK CENTERGREAT HALL
PIKES PEAK CENTERSTUDIO BEE
After Party
Kinship Landing is our official festival hotel and the location for our After Parties. Continue the evening and the conversation over a signature beverage at Kinship’s beautiful restaurant and bar, Homa Cafe + Bar.
november 13
Sunday
BLOCK 19AM
PIKES PEAK CENTERGREAT HALL
BLOCK 211AM
PIKES PEAK CENTERGREAT HALL
MIDDAYBREAK
PIKES PEAK CENTERSTUDIO BEE
BEHIND THE LENS | Filmmaker Panel
Taking the Temperature:
A health check on film
during the pandemic

STAY & EAT
Grab takeout from a downtown restaurant or pre-order a box lunch from Centerplate Catering to enjoy during the Behind the Lens filmmaker panels.
- Each box $15.00
- Order by midnight, Thurs. Nov. 10 for Sunday
- Pick-up at Studio Bee lobby at start of the break
BLOCK 32:30PM
PIKES PEAK CENTERGREAT HALL
PIKES PEAK CENTERSTUDIO BEE
Coffee & Cookies
Enjoy complimentary coffee and a sweet treat during the afternoon break.
November 18-21
Virtual encore
Watch from Home
all Saturday & Sunday Films
+
12 Additional films
Virtual-only films

Americanized
A high school basketball player struggles to fit in, on and off the court.

Bangla Surf Girls
Three teenage girls in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh get a rare sense of agency over their lives when they join a surf club and fight insurmountable odds to achieve their dreams.

Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery
Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous and sometimes nefarious world of cryptocurrency, Dead Man’s Switch is a feature length documentary, a cautionary tale, about the short life & mysterious death of QuadrigaCX CEO, Gerald Cotten.

Downstage
11-year old Aedan prepares for his first solo ballet competition, full of blossoming drive, while seasoned ballet professionals reflect on their own transformative journeys with ballet. Together, they process the challenges and rewards of this demanding art form.

Guinea Pig Diaries
Guinea Pig Diaries is an unfiltered look into the lives of guinea pigs and the people who adore them, breed them, show them, and rescue them.

Prognosis: Notes on Living
In PROGNOSIS – notes on living maverick Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Debra Chasnoff is diagnosed with stage-4 breast cancer and faces down injustice as always, with her camera.
With the help of her wife Nancy and their LGBTQ+ family, she traces a journey through the twists and turns of living with cancer. What emerges is a raw, intimate portrait of shifting relationships and identities—a story about holding onto people we love, as we prepare to let them go.

Street Reporter
An aspiring photojournalist discovers the power of her own voice while struggling to survive homelessness.

Summer Animals
Tommy makes a drastic decision in order for her siblings to escape the heat before the summer’s over.

The Job of Songs
In Doolin, an isolated village teetering on the western edge of Ireland, a community of musicians seek joy and connection through music as they face a modernizing world.

This is the Way We Rise
THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE is an exploration into the creative process, following native Hawaiianslam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio as her calling to protect sacred sites atopMaunakea, Hawai`i reinvigorates her art.

Try Harder!
In a world where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for the top prize: admission to the college of their dreams.

Walking With Plants
Styawat/ Leigh Joseph is a Skwxwú7mesh Nation ethnobotanist. While walking in two worlds, she was guided home by plants.