On Wednesday, March 3, we premier our 12^th episode of In the Loop, featuring the Greater Colorado Short Circuit Invitational Film Series from Colorado Springs and the filmmakers’ panel from the Boulder International Film Festival. In the Loop Cameraman Steve Wash interviews the Short Circuit organizers on January 27, and filmmakers Sarah Lotfi and Dillon Novak share their clips on our show. Later, In the Loop Correspondent Carri Wilbanks interviews filmmakers from the Boulder festival on Feb. 13.

On Episode 11 of In the Loop: Colorado Filmmaking, Host Scott Rinehart welcomes three sets of filmmakers, interviews Boulder International Film Festival representative Ron Bostwick, and introduces crew member Francine Wade. We get a sneak peek at six films and visit the 3rd Annual Festivus Film Festival. In the studio, Kris Hipps and Patrick Mann of Paper Cat Films talk about their upcoming short, Skeletons. Mark Dissette and Jay Wyss fill us in on their feature documentary, There's Still Hope for Dreams...A PHAMALy Story, and Dan Liechty and Marty Lindsey tell us about their award-winning mockumentary, Race Walkers.

Episode 11 crew includes Dx Duff, Natascha Rinehart, Scott Rinehart, Joe Senart, Francine Wade, and Steve Wash. In the Loop is produced, directed and edited by Tanya Ishikawa. This episode was taped Jan. 15-19, and aired for the first time on February 3, 2010 (shows on Comcast Channel 56 every Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. in February).

To increase the frequency of the show on the air, move it up to prime time and add it to Comcast Channel 57, please vote online as you watch the show by clicking on the stars below the screen – we hope you’ll pick 5 stars. You can also vote for Episode 10 by cell phone. When viewing the show on livestreaming or on TV, text to the number appearing on the screen and @votedom.org. Click OK. In the message box, type 5 (for 5 stars out of 5), and a short comment. Click send!

In the Loop: Colorado Filmmaking is a show produced by Tanya Ishikawa at Denver Open Media, the public access TV station operated by the Open Media Foundation. Find out more about Denver Open Media at www.denveropenmedia.org and about OMF at www.openmediafoundation.org .

Special thanks on this episode to the filmmakers and our volunteer crew: Scott Rinehart, Carri Wilbanks and Francine Wade, as well as the Denver Open Media staff.

Episode 9 of In the Loop is the second of two parts covering the 2009 Starz Denver Film Festival, which took place Nov. 12-22. Part 2 features a special interview section: Filmmakers comments on filmmaking, plus interviews and trailers from five Colorado-linked films: The Duke of Bachata, Swift Justice, Convention, American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi, and Two Spirits. In the Loop correspondents on this show are Dx Duff, Francine Wade and Joe Senart. Other crew include Steve Wash, Gary Crabtree, Hailima Yates, Wendy Otto, Scott Rittinger, and Jim Greer. Produced and edited by Tanya Ishikawa.

Watch Episode 8, Part 1 of Colorado Films at the 2009 Starz Denver Film Festival, featuring a special interview section: What Filmmakers Think about Denver and the Festival, plus interviews and trailers from five Colorado-linked films: Best Worst Movie, Con Artist, Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet, Split Estate, and The Good Soldier.

For November, In the Loop is featuring major coverage of Denver's own Starz Denver Film Festival. This year, there are 21 Colorado-linked films in the festival from full-length award-winning documentaries to creative shorts that have been national festival favorites.

Our first episode in the festival coverage was taped Nov. 10 and premiered on Opening Night of the festival on Nov. 12. In this 30-minute special, In the Loop Host Scott Rinehart interviews Starz Denver Film Festival Director Britta Erickson about the 32nd annual event and her documentary, Convention. Mateos Alvarez also joins Scott in the studio to talk about his documentary, Swift Justice. Besides clips of both Colorado-made documentaries, the episode features three more clips from films in Colorado or by Colorado natives: Split Estate, Two Spirits, and Con Artist. The show ends with a full listing of the Colorado films scheduled in the festival.

“The Long Journey Home” and “Childhood Fears” on In the Loop: Colorado Filmmaking Episode 6

For the September show, Emmy-award winning journalist Tamara Banks joins In the Loop: Colorado Filmmaking Host Scott Rinehart with her documentary, "The Long Journey Home," about slavery in Darfur in southern Sudan. Also in the studio are Cameron Roubique, Derek Frank and Brandon Martin with their short horror film "Childhood Fears," which is showing at the Estes Park Film Festival this month.

Watch “The Long Journey Home” episode at 11 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 on Comcast Channel 56 and live streaming at www.denveropenmedia.org. The show will air every Thursday night at 11 p.m. from Sept. 17 to Oct. 8 on Comcast Channel 56 and on www.denveropenmedia.org/livestream. It also airs at random times during the day on the channel and live streaming- check the watch/vote schedule on the web site for times.

To increase the frequency of the show on the air, move it up to prime time and add it to Comcast Channel 57, please vote online as you watch the show by clicking on the stars below the screen – we hope you’ll pick 5 stars. You can also vote for Episode 5 by cell phone. When viewing the show on livestreaming or on TV, text to the number appearing on the screen and @votedom.org. Click OK. In the message box, type 5 (for 5 stars out of 5), and a short comment. Click send!

In the Loop: Colorado Filmmaking – a production at Denver Open Media

Produced by Tanya Ishikawa and Hosted by Scott Rinehart. Special thanks on this episode to Tamara Banks, Cameron Roubique, Derek Frank, Brandon Martin, and Sean Doherty of the Estes Park Film Festival, as well as the Denver Open Media staff and our In the Loop crew for the Aug. 29 taping: Natascha Rinehart and Dex Duff.

     Special Thanks to the Oceanic Preservation Society, Roadside Attractions and LA Productions, Inc., as well as the Denver Open Media staff and our In the Loop crew for the May 30 taping: Scott Rittinger, Scott Rinehart, Natascha Rinehart, Tanya Ishikawa, David Drees, and Mark Brancucci.

Brian Malone and Cindy Malone with their documentary "Intelligent Life"

Patrick Sheridan and his crew on the set of the feature-length dark comedy "Jimmy Said" and the local filmmakers attending the Boulder International Film Festival Schmoozer on June 3.

Featured Colorado film locations:

Louisville, Niwot, Denver, Boulder, Great Sand Dunes, and more.

     The first episode (April 2009) of In the Loop featured: 

interviews with the filmmakers and cast of "ink"
interviews with Starz Film Center audiences at the "ink" opening in Denver
exclusive clips from "ink"
a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of "The Sacrifice of Old San Juan"
interviews with the filmmakers of "The Sacrifice of Old San Juan"
studio appearances by Patrick Sheridan of the Bug Theatre and Kevin Shand of the Colorado Film Commission
and more...