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Volume 17, Number 10 | April 24-30, 2025
5 Point Film Festival shares the mic
Pedro Rivera, aka Da Walrus, will return to host 5 Point's family-friendly, bilingual program on Sunday. This year's films emphasize people telling their own stories in the ways they’d like for them to be shared. Courtesy photos MYKI JONES Arts Correspondent
The 18th annual 5 Point Film Flagship Festival is underway, featuring ticketed and free events that offer something for everyone to enjoy. This festival is dedicated to showcasing stories of adventure and discovery. Audiences can expect to feel inspired by the diverse and exhilarating stories shared from throughout the world.
Council at 689 Main Street. Annika Malacinski, who is featured in the short documentary “Annika: Where She Lands” by Mike Schwartz which will screen on Friday night, will be one of the panelists. “I think events like this are important to the Roaring Fork Valley because we all live here for a reason,” 5 Point Interim Executive Director Aisha Weinhold told - Charlie Turnbull, 5 Point director The Sopris Sun. “This valley is not easy to exist in, and there's of programming something that pulls us in and keeps us here.”
These stories serve as a reminder that resilience and strength don’t always come from struggle — they can also be built through laughter, fun and adventure,
While 5 Point officially kicks off April 24 with a welcome reception that is free and open to the public, on Wednesday, April 23, four former and current female Olympic athletes and professional Nordic ski racers will speak on a panel called “Making the Jump: A Conversation on Gender Equity in Nordic Sports.” This conversation will be held in collaboration with the Mount Sopris Nordic
She continued, “For many of us, it is the access to recreation being a part of this really incredible community. I think it’s so special to have an event celebrating the vibrancy of our community that invites people in from the entire Valley to have a collective experience around sports or adventures or stories that are very core to the reason why we are in the Valley in the first place.” Attendees can anticipate high-spirited and free community gatherings through the Sopris Sessions with live music continued on page 10