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The Denver Filmmaker’s Co-op, a loose aggregation headed up by local indie auteurs Scott Banning, Jessica Lance and Johnny Morehouse, is ready to put the group’s name up in lights — sort of — by kicking off its hopeful Open Aperture Series, featuring a juried program of film and video shorts by both established and emerging filmmakers. It all takes place tonight at one of the Denver art scene’s hidden gems: the Dikeou Collection.The venue, which comprises a sophisticated private art collection located on the fifth floor of the Colorado Building, 1615 California Street, plays host to everything from poetry readings to gallery shows throughout the year.
“We’re a group of filmmakers trying to get off the ground, and we’re hoping to generate this by doing a screening and Q&A, and then we’ll capture the whole event on film and tape it and throw it up on Denver Open Media,” Banning says. “We want to get filmmakers rubbing elbows with other filmmakers, and the Dikeou Collection is an amazing place to do this.”
The first in what the co-op envisages as a periodic event gets under way tonight at 7 p.m., featuring member works as well as offerings from international name Miguel Alvarez and San Francisco filmmaker Simon Cheffins. Admission is free, but bring a good eye and a sense of curiosity; Banning says the co-op is hoping the first event will generate new submissions for the future. For information, go to http://denverfilmmakerscoop.blogspot.com.
Thu., April 22, 7-9 p.m., 2010
