Film Fest offers variety at Sherbino

One of the local films selected for the Ridgway Independent Film Festival is Yuri Chicovskyâs âJacket.â Chicovsky spent a decade filming a herd of free-ranging sheep and their caretakers, producing more than 500 hours of digital film footage documenting their disappearing world. Film still photo courtesy Yuri Chicovsky

By Carolina Brown, on November 6, 2019

The fifth-annual Ridgway Independent Film Festival is bringing 26 short films to the screen at the Sherbino Theater this week, and audiences will have a chance to see a variety of work.

On Friday and Saturday, audiences will view films from local, regional and international filmmakers, with 13 films shown each night. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Jim Courson, the lead volunteer for the film festival, believes filmgoers will be more than satisfied with the quality of either night if they cannot attend ...

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