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ACT Human Rights Film Festival and The Lyric are teaming up to present an exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary, The Silence of Others on June 6, 2019 at 6:30 P.M. The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco (1939-1975), as they organize a groundbreaking international […]
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Dr. N. Scott Momaday will join closing night of ACT on Saturday, April 13. The ACT Human Rights Film Festival comes to a close Saturday, April 13, at Lory Student Center Theatre with the Colorado premiere of Words from a Bear at 7:30 p.m. The documentary film, made by Indigenous (Kiowa) filmmaker and media artist Jeffrey Palmer, examines […]
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The Elizabeth Hotel is the official hotel of the 2019 ACT Human Rights Film Festival. Since the filmmakers attending ACT stay at The Elizabeth, we thought it would only make sense to entice festival goers to share in the experience. Our friends at The Elizabeth Hotel have come up with this special offer that must […]
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It’s become a tradition for ACT to celebrate the arrival of festival season, and our “Screening Session” specialty beer, with a kick-off party in the Tap Room at Odell Brewing Company. This year’s party occurs Tuesday, March 5, from 7 to 9 p.m. Entrance is free and the first 40 attendees (age 21 and over) […]
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Purchase Tickets at The Lyric This February the ACT Human Rights Film Festival launches a new “ACT Year Round” initiative to showcase must-see human rights documentary films that don’t make it into the annual festival. On Thursday, Feb. 7, ACT Year Round is partnering with The Lyric to host a screening of TransMilitary, winner of the […]
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Prices for the 2019 ACT Human Rights Film Festival have been announced with advance purchase for All Festival and Weekend passes beginning in mid-February through the ACT website. Individual tickets will be available for purchase beginning March 5, when the complete festival schedule is released. 2019 Festival Schedule Subject to change. Final schedule released March […]
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The ACT Human Rights Film Festival is the latest festival to be accepted into the Human Rights Film Network (HRFN), an international partnership of 41 independent human rights film festivals. The Network’s general assembly announced ACT’s membership at its annual meeting at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam on Monday, November 19. Produced by the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, ACT […]
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The 3rd Annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival has officially wrapped, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t check out your favorite 2018 ACT films online. There are currently only three ACT films available to stream, but we’ll be sure to add to this list as more films make streaming debuts. Human Flow Over 65 […]
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The 2018 ACT Human Rights Film Festival closed with a program informed by the idea that music and human rights are inherently intertwined. ACT and The Music District hosted Indigenous musicians, Pura Fe, and Cary Morin for a special performance following the festival’s closing night film, RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World. Pura Fe […]
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For this year’s festival, ACT was able to bring 18 guests from the 13 films in the program to Fort Collins to participate in question and answer sessions with the audience following the screenings of their films. These guests came from around the world, including Europe, Africa, and the US, among others. These guests ranged […]
