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BACKDOOR THEATER

Fridays and Saturdays: The Backdoor Theater in Nederland is a nonprofit, 260-seat film venue that screens first-run, foreign and classic movies most Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm. Admission is only $6 for adults and $3 for kids, and concessions start at 50 cents. At Nederland Community Center, 750 Colorado Highway 72. Sign up at the website for e-mail alerts that send the weekly schedule right to your inbox.

Bent Lens Cinema

Boulder’s only GLBTQ film society presents screenings and other events around town. See the website for schedule.

Berthoud Movies in the Park

Watch free movies in Berthoud’s Fickel Park, 620 Mountain Ave., on select evenings during the summer. Check the website for schedule.

Boulder International Film Festival

The Colorado Film Society is accepting applications for BIFF’s Youth Advisory Council, open to Boulder County students in grades 8-12. Apply online at BIFF1.com. Filmmakers: Submit your film between June 1 and September 1 for BIFF 11, Feb 17-20.

Boulder Outdoor Cinema

Saturdays: For the 15th season, cult favorites, classics and family fare return to the parking lot behind the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St. The season runs July 10-Aug. 14, with pre-shows at 7 and screenings at dusk. BYO seating. For a schedule, not available at press time, see the website.

  • August 7: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • August 14: The Big Lebowski
  • August 21: Up

BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY CINEMA PROGRAM

Mondays & Thursdays: Throughout the summer months, check out “Water Your Mind,” a quirky grouping of films on the theme of water, or somethimes just with watery words in the title. Free screenings are in the Canyon Theater, 1000 Canyon Blvd., usually at 7pm. Find a brochure at your library branch or visit the website.

  • August 11: Small World
  • August 18: Water Rustlers, Reynolds Branch
  • August 25: Small World, Meadows Branch

BOULDER THEATER

This popular venue hosts numerous film screenings throughout the year. Check website for schedule. Boulder Theater is at 2032 14th St. 303-786-7030.

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BROOMFIELD INDEPENDENT FILM SERIES

The Broomfield Independent Film Series, a nonprofit project, gives local filmmakers a large venue to present their works and offers film buffs diverse entertainment. Students along the Front Range in grades 6 through 12 are invited to enter Video Fest 2010. The deadline for submissions is Oct 1, 2010. Check the website for registration information and schedule of screenings.

Changes in Latitude Travel Program

Is on hiatus until the fall. The store is at 2525 Arapahoe Ave.

CHAUTAUQUA FILM SERIES

Select Wednesdays: Buster Keaton, Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin—just some of the silent film stars featured in Chautauqua’s summer lineup, scheduled for select Wednesdays. Movies begin at 7:30pm in the Chautauqua Auditorium and feature lively accompaniment by either Hank Troy on piano or the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. A few dates are listed below; check the website for more. Chautauqua is at 900 Baseline Road. 303-442-3282.

  • =Aug. 11: Grandma’s Boy (1922), starring Harold Lloyd

DOCUMENTARY CINEMA INSTITUTE

DCI offers periodic screenings, resources and workshops for filmmakers in the metro area. Filmmakers’ Circle Screenings and Guest Forum Screenings happen throughout the year, as well as workshops and intensives for filmmakers; check online for current schedule and more details. 303-444-1351.

Film on the Rocks

Tuesdays: Come share the moonlight! One of the metro-area's signature summer events, Film on the Rocks, returns for its 11th Season with ten films over ten weeks beginning June 8 and running through August 11. Each week this summer, a favorite film paired with a band will appear at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, hosted by local comedians. Doors open at 6:30pm, films show at dusk. Shows do sell-out so patrons are encouraged to buy tickets early at the website. NEW THIS YEAR! Denver Film Society is offering exciting new VIP Ticket Packages. Visit the website for details.

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INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES

The IFS takes the summer off, but check the website in late August for the fall film schedule. 303-492-1531.

Movies and Music in the Park

Fridays in August: Bring a picnic supper, listen to live music while you dine, then settle in for film-watching under the stars. Golden’s free Movies and Music in the Park series takes place at Parfet Park, at the southeast corner of 10th and Washington. Music starts at 7pm; movies begin at dusk. Check the website for list of bands and films.

Movies in the Park

Sponsored by Community Financial Credit Union, this movie series brings free films to parks in Westminster, Thornton and Broomfield on select dates during the summer. Check the website for an updated schedule.

PHIPPS IMAX THEATER AT DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE

Explore the ancient tombs of a lost city and dive into the shipwrecks of the Red Sea as the IMAX theater at DMNS presents “Arabia.” The amazing journey of the Hubble Space Telescope is recounted in “Hubble,” a dramatic ride through the story of the greatest success in space since the moon landing. Both films run through Aug. 22 at DMNS, 2001 Colorado Blvd. in Denver. 303-322-7009.

PRESENT TENSE FILMS & DISCUSSION

Present Tense’s screenings bring together socially relevant movies and community dialogue. Films are followed by moderated ­audience and panel discussions of the film and the issues it ­raises. View upcoming events at the website.

Rocky Mountain PBS Community Cinema

Community Cinema is a free monthly screening series featuring films from the Emmy Award–winning PBS series Independent Lens. Community Cinema is on hiatus for the summer; screenings will begin again in October, 2010. Check online for for sneak peeks, updates on film selections, and to sign up for e-mail updates.

STARZ FILMCENTER

Starz FilmCenter is a seven-screen independent movie house at the Tivoli Student Union of the Auraria Higher Education Center, Ninth Street and Auraria Parkway, Denver. Starz screens everything from first-run exclusives to art-house revivals both domestic and foreign, narrative and documentary. 303-595-3456.

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