Ouray International Film Festival

06/18/2026

fest schedule.

06/18/2026

06/18/2026

The festival has begun 🏄‍♂️ June 18-21.

06/17/2026

Cow Sense is an exploration of resilience, identity, and the quiet defiance of traditional gender roles in rural America. Set against the rugged mountains and open plains of southern Colorado, the film follows the lives of three sisters who challenge expectations and carve their own path within a male-dominated ranching culture. As they navigate the physical demands of the land. Cow Sense reveals an intimate portrait of strength, sisterhood, and the deep-rooted bond between identity and place.

COW SENS, directed by Keely Kernan, plays on Friday at 2pm as part of our Colorado Films Shorts Block C.

06/17/2026

Adam Kjeldsen is one of the only Inuit ski guides operating in Greenland, a destination dominated by foreign operators. Shaped by Land follows his pursuit of a more sustainable vision for ski tourism—rooted in deep connection to land, community, and culture.

SHAPED BY LAND, directed by Emily Sullivan, plays in our Colorado Stories, Colorado Filmmakers Shorts Block C. Friday, June 19, at 2pm.

06/16/2026

2 days.

06/16/2026

2 days.

06/15/2026

We Make is a short documentary about Siggers High School, an all-black secondary school—partly built by local community members—in Shannon, Mississippi that operated from the early 1940’s until 1970.

WE MAKE, directed by Brian Foster & Ethan Payne, plays on Thursday, June 18, as part of Shorts Block A. Colorado Premiere.

06/14/2026

In the seedy back rooms of a Little Saigon convenience store, a young customer reanimates his dead father for one last conversation... awakening phantoms of unspoken grief.

LONG’S LONG LOST & MINI MART, directed by Julian Doan, plays on Sunday, June 21, as part of Shorts Block D. Colorado Premiere.

06/10/2026

The Boys and the Bees chronicles the changing seasons in the life of the Ray Family as they pursue their dream of freedom; raising bees on a farm in rural Georgia while teaching their young sons what they need to steward the planet they call home.

THE BOYS AND THE BEES, directed by Arielle C. Knight, plays in our closing film block— Shorts Block E.