New Film Festival to Debut in Colorado
January 2008The 5Point Film Festival will launch this May in Carbondale, Colorado. Festival founder Julie Kennedy, the wife of AAC member Michael Kennedy, said of the 5Point festival, “Our vision is to provide a forum where filmmakers, innovators, and members of the community at large can gather together, share their films and ideas, build relationships, and come away transformed by the experience.”
Confirmed guests include climbers Tommy Caldwell, Yvon Chouinard, Dick Dorworth, Timmy O’Neill, and Aron Ralston, as well as free skier Chris Davenport, surf legend Gerry Lopez, and extreme kayaker Rush Sturges.
The 5Point festival debuts May 8–10, 2008; a full program will be announced in March at www.5pointfilm.org.
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