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The ACT Human Rights Film Festival proudly partners with The Lyric to bring world-class films to Fort Collins for encore screenings. Missed Opening Weekend? No problem — you have a chance to see five films during the week, Monday — Thursday. Minding the Gap Monday April 9th 6:30pm at The Lyric Focusing on Bing’s childhood […]

For this year’s festival, we have a couple of films that are coming to us from Sundance, Minding the Gap and Crime + Punishment. These films are both new and both incredible examples of human rights cinema. Minding the Gap Minding the Gap is director Bing Liu’s first film. The film follows a group of […]

The ACT Human Rights Film Festival seeks volunteers to help at the 2018 festival occurring April 5-14, 2018 at three different venues across Fort Collins. Volunteer opportunities include working the ACT Box Office/Information table, ticketing and seating, theater set-up and take-down, and more. Shifts typically last three hours. Volunteers receive an ACT t-shirt and entrance […]

The ACT Human Rights Film Festival, produced by CSU’s Department of Communication Studies in the College of Liberal Arts, goes beyond the powerful films that it features to take real ACTion in support of human rights around the world. ACT brings together the CSU and northern Colorado community to witness human rights stories from around the […]

ACT is excited to announce the addition of the first-ever All Festival Pass to its 2018 ticketing options. All Festival Passes are on sale now! Snag yours for $90 here. Here’s what you need to know about the All Fest Pass and how it works: The pass grants patrons access to all ACT events taking place during opening and […]

The Armstrong Hotel in the heart of downtown Fort Collins is the ACT Human Rights Film Festival’s official hotel partner for 2018. From its beginnings as a home away from home for many, to its rundown days in the 1970s and 80s, to its rebirth in the early 2000s, this historic hotel has long been […]

The 2018 festival is on the horizon! Tickets will be on sale beginning Thursday March 8th, 2018 on the Lincoln Center ticketing site. This year’s program, which takes place from April 5th-April 14th, 2018, will feature a variety of films from a total of 6 different continents. Films from the continents of Asia, Africa, Oceania, […]

We are so excited for the 2018 ACT Human Rights Film Festival, so we are kicking things off early. Our 2018 festival kickoff party will take place on Tuesday March 20th from 7pm-9pm at Odell Brewing Co. This FREE event will feature the release of Odell Brewing Co.’s 2018 Screening Session IPA, a festival ticket […]

ACT will host its Lyric kickoff on Tuesday March 27th, 2018 at 6:30p.m. with a screening of Ai Weiwei’s 2017 film, Human Flow, followed by  a Q&A with a guest to be determined and moderated by Dr. Scott Diffrient. Tickets are $12, $3 of which will go to Rams for Refugees, a Colorado State University […]

Colorado State University will hold Northern Colorado’s first annual Human Trafficking Symposium at the Lory Student Center on Thursday February 22nd, 2018 from 8 a.m. – 5p.m. The event is a collaboration between A Face to Reframe, Free Our Girls, Rescue: Freedom, and the CSU College of Business. The symposium, which is open to students, […]