2019 Blissfest Award Winners! Congratulations to this year’s Award Winning Films and Filmmakers!
Festival Director’s Award Given by Blissfest333 Founder & Festival Director, Michael Bliss. This year the award goes to: Dennis Vincent and the entire “Rage of the Mummy” cast and crew. ___________________________ Colorado Filmmaker Award goes to: Steven Sabell for “Sweet Thing”
Outstanding Comedy Film goes to: Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix for “Under Mom’s Skirt”
Outstanding Drama Film goes to: Josh Boehnke for “Yesterday Morning”
Outstanding Performance in Comedy goes to: Francoise Miquelis for “Under Mom’s Skirt”
Outstanding Performance in Drama goes to: Sheila Ivy Traister for “Rewind”
Outstanding Horror Film goes to: Tory Van Buskirk for “Come to Me Sister Mary”
Outstanding Experimental Film goes to: Nick Gatsby for “Layla”
Outstanding Animation goes to: Moshe Ben-Avraham for “How and Why Don Jose Dissipated”
Outstanding Music Video goes to: Dillon Novak for “ It’s a Beautiful Day”
Outstanding Screenwriting goes to: Fabrice Bracq for “Burqa City”
Outstanding Directing goes to: Travis Lupher for “Forever Dad”
Outstanding Cinematography goes to: Grant McKinnon for “Sparrow”
Outstanding Visual Effects (CGI) Award goes to: Steven Sabell for “Sweet Thing”
Outstanding Practical VFX Award goes to: Milko Davis, Thomas Martwick, Jared Johnson & Adam Mittlestahdt for “ Jurassic Thunder” Thank you to ALL of the Filmmakers participating in this year’s Blissfest333 International Film Festival. See you next year!
Schedule Blissfest333 International Film Festival 20th Anniversary CommUNITY. Creativity. BLISS…
August 24th | 2pm -4pm - August 25th | 10am-6pm Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake Location 4255 W. Colfax Ave. , Denver, CO 80204 _______________________________________________ Saturday, August 24th 2019 Jurassic Thunder Denver Premiere 2-4pm 4:00pm After Party at The Barfly at Alamo Drafthouse/Sloans Lake _______________________________________________
Sunday, August 25th 2018 (Film Times Subject to Change)
Block 1 10:00 am - 11:45 am Burqa City - Bracq Fabrice - 20:00 (F, C)
Life Hacks with Vally D - Matt Struck - 3:43 (C)
HUEVOS - Adam Rosenberg - 11:00 (C)
Rewind - Stephan Eigenmann - 14:00 (D)
Rations - Alexander Rhodes-Wilmere - 7:53 (D)
Tu Mujhme Jee Raha Hai - Jaswant Dev Shrestha - 5:00 (F,MV)
The 24 Hour Intimate Position - Darla Rae - 15:21 (D)
Disconnected - Tarek Shayne Tabet - 4:09 (F)
Under Mom’s Skirt - Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix - 12:10 (F, C )
Where Are We - Luke Ostermiller - 6:42 (C)
Paradise Shake - Brad Haag - 3:00 (MV)
Block 2 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Mental - Lewis Leslie 5:26 (H)
Fan Film Sweet Thing - Steven Sabell - 23:45 (CG/LA/N)
Deuces - Lewis Leslie - 10:32 (H)
Bored as Hell The Last Supper on Hell’s Kitchen - Kevon Ward - 15:00 (H)
Proprium - Daniel Caine - 12:40 (H)
Schizo - Joey Partridge - 3:17 (H)
Come to Me Sister Mary - Tory Van Buskirk - 18:46 (H)
Block 3 1:40 pm - 2:50 pm How and Why Don Jose Dissipated- Moshe Ben-Avraham - (F, A) 12:38 Words in Motion - Eddie Portoghese - 5:04 (D)
Layla - Nick Gatsby - 1:18 (X)
Imperceptible - Rachel Leigh - 7:55 (D)
New World Order - Richard Corso - 8:16 (D)
Yesterday Morning - Josh Boehnke - 5:31 (D)
Forever Dad - Travis Lupher - 3:17 (D)
Sparrow - Welby Ings - 15:00 (F, D)
It’s a Beautiful Day - Dillon Novak - 3:17 (MV)
Block 4 3pm - 5pm Premiere of HUSH Little Baby and Dennis Vincent's Rage of the Mummy
5pm- 6pm Stay for the Filmmaker Q&A and Awards Ceremony
D - Drama H - Horror
MV-Music video F - Foreign
C- Comedy
A - Animation
X - Experimental CG - Computer Graphics LA - Live Action
N - Noir
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About Our Festival: Bliss Productions and Historic Elitch Theatre presents: Blissfest333 International Film Festival In partnership with Historic Elitch Theatre, Denver Open Media, Peak Film Forum and Tenn Street Coffee and Books. We are a Multimedia, Cultural Arts, and International Film Festival. BF333 is about the community and the arts getting together in a blissful and harmonious environment. Our goal is to meet new friends, artists, and the community in a positive atmosphere. BF333 is devoted to help and raise money for charitable organizations. This year we will be donating to the Historic Elitch Theatre to carry the message of Mary Elitch's Legacy with Children's Day programming, classes, workshops, events and the restoration of the theatre
About the Venue: Alamo Drafthouse delivers the best film, food and drink all in one seat. The theaters have been heralded for their unique programming events and high exhibition standards, earning accolades like “Best Theater Ever” (Time Magazine) and “The Coolest Theater in the World” (Wired).
Stay Tuned for more Updates about the Films and Filmmakers presented in this year's Blissfest333 International Film Festival. Lets create unity in our CommUNITY!