Film has the unique and creative ability to educate, integrate and involve the entire community to teach us about our world. Visiting filmmakers at BIFF discuss not only the art of filmmaking, but also the often explosive social and international issues their films present, and offer audiences a way to be entertained, to learn and to be inspired into action. BIFF Call 2 Action is a program that offers concrete ways for filmgoers to translate the energy and passion that film evokes into action. The following films and community groups are part of this program. Click on the 'action' button, , that follows the movie description for a unique list of things you can do to get involved with the issues discussed in each individual film. Also, films marked with the tent icon, , will have extended post-film discussions in our very own Call 2 Action tent, located on the Pearl Street mall, around the corner from the Boulder Theater. The films below are also noted in the program with the Call 2 Action logo.

Our thanks to Philanthropiece, The Twisted Foundation, Mothers Acting Up and Sandy Younghans for spearheading this initiative, and never doubting the power of film to change people’s lives.