Updated June 2019 Thanks to submitters! Congratulations to Semi-Finalists, Finalists and Award Winners! We received 67 submissions and provided 30 awards for our first season. We screened live at our private events most of the award winning films and some music videos. Warm thanks to our guests, sponsors and judges! Here’s Awards, PDF; here’s A-Z Submissions & Winners, PDF. Correction: we apologize to scriptwriter Ron Podell, we may have misspelled his name. If you encounter the misspelling, please correct it in your online and print materials. Thanks!
Here are a few highlights: online, online, Event Program, PDF, Poster, PDF, laurel, photos. Find Ted Pettus’ award-winning music video, Goldmine in the Attic, on The Odyssey of Cledus Jeremiah Jones, here.
On Tues., May 1, 2018, around 6PM, we hosted a post-festival live broadcast/screening of Jeff Eichen’s award-winning film, Lifers Madness the Movie, which stars Tommy Chong. After a brief introduction, the film was broadcast in its entirety via Comcast TV Channel 57. If you are a submitter, please don’t hesitate to contact us with questions, corrections & changes. Call/text (720) 298-1524.
Submissions for #CICHFF 2019 began on 4/20, Submit now. Also, you can submit your film, music video, screenplay or art/photography to the Colorado International Activism Film Festival #CIAFF, to be held at DOM, Thurs., July 12th & Fri., July 13th from 2-8 PM and Sat., July 14th, 2:30-6 PM. Also, submit your work to the Colorado International SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival #CISFFF, to be held at DOM in mid- November.
Cannabis is simply the scientific name given to the Marijuana plant. With the federal government agreeing with researchers and patients that there are, in fact, many medicinal benefits for cancer patients, one has to wonder when the use of Cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes will become common across all fifty states. Do you have a private right to use Cannabis?
Do Marijuana and the psychoactive compound(s) within it pose a severe hazard to your health? To get a better sense of just how dangerous these substances are, The Huff Post set out to compile a list of every person who has ever died solely as the result of a marijuana overdose. The list is updated frequently to accommodate new data. The Exhaustive List of Everyone Who’s Died of a Marijuana Overdose, here. Also, this scientific study.
“A group of friends and zombie movie buffs have their life long dream come true. As their provisions run low, reality begins to set in and they realize that the zombie apocalypse isn’t all it’s cracked up to be….” Read more, Max Groah’s Bong of the Living Dead (2017), IMDB.
What is CBD? Judge Travis Lippert, Veedverks explains, “The human nervous system is made up of billions of nerve cells that serve as a communication network between different parts of the body…CB1 and CB2, are keyed to accept a certain type of molecule known as cannabinoids.” Read more, Veedverks. Better living through chemistry! Speaking of zombies… what is a Born Alive Certificated Person?
Avery Collins, a 24 year-old rising star in the sport of ultramarathoning, trains every day to find the perfect balance between his “happy place” and the pain of climbing a 4,000-foot mountain incline. In the world of elite ultra-athletes, who compete in single-day contests ranging from 50 to 200 miles, the race is often as much a test of mind as of body. What’s Collins’ secret? Cannabis.
To get an idea of the types of films we are hoping to attract, browse the selections at Films for Action and Top Documentary Films. Please note, our event venue, DOM, is a non-smoking venue. Please consult their website for more rules and guidelines.
Here are #CICHFF 2018 Award Winners, PDF:
1. Most Hip & Cool Music Video: Revolution by Maxim Rozkov, The Dark Side of Venus – Everything Feels Fake by Marco Vallini; 2. Best Foreign Music Video, Suffer by Huw Brentnall; 3. Most Memorable Music Video: Goldmine in the Attic by Ted Pettus; 4. Best Costume & Makeup in a Music Video: Varya Demidova – Ashageta by Mikhail Romanovskiy; 5. Best Cinematography in a Foreign Music Video: A Woman Who Has Gone Through Me by Sasha Brova, Revolution by Maxim Rozkov. 6. Best Production Design in a Music Video: Goldmine in the Attic by Ted Pettus; 7. Best Cinematography in a USA Music Video: TheRealAGE- ONE by Hector Quijano; 8. Best Cannabis Activist Theme Music Video: Left for Dead – Medicate Me by Kyle Geller, Road Trip with KD and Macy by George Wada; 9. Best Cannabis Theme Music Video: Left for Dead – Medicate Me by Kyle Geller, Pure Flowers – Lil’ Stoner Girl by Phil and Bodhi.
10. Best Animation in a Music Video: Terrence McKenna – Discovered by Tim Johnson; 11. Best to Watch Stoned Music Video: My Favorite Drug by Jack Butler, Canopy by Adam Rosenberg; 12. “Rising Star” for a Music Video: Jai Lee – How I Feel by Jayniece Prichette.
13. Best Acting in a Film: A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale by Sean Martinez; 14. Best in Show for a Film: Milk and Cookies by Syd and Mike; 15. Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Short Film: CASHED by Serena Ryen; 16. Best USA Dramatic Short Film: CASHED by Serena Ryen, The Art of the Deal by Ryan Glasser; 17. Best Music/Soundtrack: Milk and Cookies by Syd and Mike.
18. Best Comedic Docu/Series or Short Film: Mile High Nancy by Nancy Fingerhood, Milk and Cookies by Syd and Mike; 19. Best Costume & Makeup in a Film: Bong of the Living Dead by Max Groah, The Art of the Deal by Ryan Glasser.
20. Best Documentary or Docu/Series Short Film: Medical Marijuana and Money Laundering by Matt Wood, Travel Buds by Jonathan Lanz; 21. Best Foreign Cannabis Activist Theme Film: Leaf by Damon McDonald; 22. Best USA Cannabis Activist Theme Film: Lifers Madness the Movie by Jeffrey Eichen, A Day with Miguel Lopez by Jack Butler.
23. Best Production Design in a Film: A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale by Sean Martinez; 24. Best Titles, Graphics & Animation in a Foreign Docu/Short Film: Re-legalized, a Journey…by Francesco Bussalai; 25. Best Titles, Graphics & Animation in a USA Docu/Short Film: Beginning of the Road by Jeremiah Thompson.
26. Best Actor in a Foreign/USA Film: Kevin Durkin – Mile High Nancy, Royal Allen – Hey Bud! by David Bergen; 27. Best Actress in a Foreign/USA Film: Serena Ryen, CASHED by Serena Ryen, Tiffany Arnold, Bong of the Living Dead by Max Groah; 28. “Rising Star” for a Film: Hannah Goergen, A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale by Sean Martinez.
29. Best TV Screenplay: Pipe Dreams by Jess Ansik; 30. Best Cannabis Theme Screenplay, Char Wars: Darth Vaper by Ron Podell.
Also, check out these interviews with award-winning Travel Buds host and Colorado fashion designer, Troe Williams with Vandalism Designs courtesy of Daisy Blue Fashion Show, video, video; also find Troe’s work courtesy of the Colorado Tattoo Convention 2018, here.
Happy activist filmmaking! Submit your film, music video, photo/art, or screenplay here.
Also, results are in for #CIAFF 2018. We received 138 submissions, 4 of those were repeats/resubs, so the total is 134. USA Winners, PDF, INTL Winners, PDF. A-Z by Title/Submitter, PDF. #CIAFF 2018 Live Event DOM, PDF. Compiling this information is detailed work, so please don’t hesitate to contact us if we’ve made a spelling/attribution error or committed an oversight. We’ll continue to organize this information for better access and presentation in upcoming weeks. Read here; CIAFF 2018 Program, PDF. Find updates, Twitter.
Contact us re: online voting opportunity via DOM. We’ll continue to publish articles highlighting & exploring this and previous season’s winning films, scripts and music videos. Create an account at FilmFreeway; also, Films for Action; we’ll link to and/or re-publish your info. & articles. Submissions are now open for #CIAFF 2019. Also, submissions are open for Cannabis & Hemp, #CICHFF 2019; and SciFi & Fantasy, #CISFFF 2018.
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