Join us for an exciting screening and discussion between award-winning poet and activist Marilyn Chin and director Dia Sokol Savage during the 45th Cleveland International Film Festival.
Learn more here: http://bit.ly/AWBAPoetsFilmApril21
The Cleveland International Film Festival's official podcast, CIFF Speaks, just published their most recent episode that features director Dia Sokol Savage and Casa de Paz founder/executive director Sarah Jackson!
Listen to the podcast on any platform where you subscribe to your favorite podcasts or at the link:
https://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/ciff-speaks
This year marks the 45th CIFF and we are so thrilled to be part of such an amazing event. Later today, Dia will join a discussion with award-winning poet and activist Marilyn Chin starting at 1 p.m. ET, and Dia and Sarah will participate in a discussion sponsored by Global Cleveland starting at 4 p.m. ET.
Join us for the 45th Cleveland International Film Festival. This year’s virtual festival will feature numerous events with “Welcome Strangers” director Dia Sokol Savage and Casa de Paz founder and executive director Sarah Jackson.
Learn more and purchase tickets here: www.clevelandfilm.org
Mark your calendars for April 6 - 11 when you can see “Welcome Strangers” as part of the 30th Aspen Shortsfest. We are so excited to be included in the Oscar-qualifying festival with a lineup that includes 55 titles directed or co-directed by women.
The local news outlet “The Aspen Times” named our film as “one to watch” of the festival.
Learn more and purchase tickets here.
We are happy to join the Durango Independent Film Festival. The event runs online from March 3 - 12, 2021.
Learn more and purchase tickets here.
Tickets are $5 per household. Closed captioning is available. Ticket buyers can watch the film anytime from January 13-17, 2021 and are invited to join us for a live virtual panel discussion and Q&A on Sunday, January 17 from 7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
Panelists will include: Oliver, a West Cameroon immigrant and the full-time host at Casa de Paz, Sarah Jackson (Casa de Paz founder and Executive Director; she spent some of her formative years as a teenager and young adult in Colorado Springs), Hannah Martin (Director of the Accompaniment and Sanctuary Coalition of Colorado Springs), Eric Pavri (local immigration attorney), Dia Sokol Savage (director), and Garret Savage (producer).
Donations are welcome and all proceeds will be split evenly between Casa de Paz, the Accompaniment and Sanctuary Coalition of Colorado Springs, and the film’s national outreach campaign to bring the story of Casa de Paz to a wider audience.
If you can’t afford a ticket, please email welcomestrangersfilm@gmail.com for a discount code. We want everyone to be able to see the film.
Please join us for a virtual screening to benefit El Refugio, Casa Alterna and Paz Amigos. This event will feature a screening of “Welcome Strangers” and a conversation with members from all three groups, moderated by Casa de Paz founder and Executive Director Sarah Jackson.
Tickets are $5 per household. Donations are welcome and all proceeds will be shared between El Refugio, Casa Alterna, Paz Amigos and the film’s national outreach campaign to bring the story of immigrant hospitality to a wider audience.
Watch the film anytime between Dec. 9 - 13 and join us for a live virtual conversation and Q&A on Sunday, Dec. 13 from 7 - 8:15 pm ET.
Panelists for the conversation will include:
Sarah Jackson, founder of Casa de Paz, Colorado
Anton Flores, founder of Casa Alterna
Michelle Fierro, El Refugio coordinator
Adela Duncan, Paz Amigos volunteer
If you can’t afford a ticket, please reach out to the film’s producers at welcomestrangersfilm@gmail.com for a discount code. We want everyone to be able to see the film.
“Welcome Strangers” is partnering with Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church for a special virtual screening event. Montview is the first church in the Denver area that we have co-hosted a screening with. Ticket buyers can watch the film anytime from Dec. 3 - 6 and are invited to join us for a live virtual panel discussion and Q&A on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 7 - 8:15 p.m.
The film features Oliver, a Montview congregation member, and Sarah Jackson, Casa de Paz founder and Executive Director. They will be joined at the panel and Q&A by immigration attorney Claudia Villa, director Dia Sokol Savage and producer Garret Savage.
Tickets are $10 per household. Closed captioning is available. Donations are welcome and all proceeds will be split evenly between Casa de Paz and the film’s national outreach campaign to bring the story of Casa de Paz to a wider audience.
If you can’t afford a ticket, please email the producers at welcomestrangersfilm@gmail.com for a discount code. We want everyone to be able to see the film.
We are so thrilled to be part of this year’s virtual DOC NYC film festival! Join us from Nov. 11 - 19 to see “Welcome Strangers” as part of the festival’s shorts program. Purchase tickets online. Streaming limited to the U.S.
Join us at the 2020 Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival! “Welcome Strangers” is excited to be part of a shorts block during this year’s online festival that runs from Nov. 11 - 22 and is available to all U.S. audiences.
“Welcome Strangers” is part of this year’s virtual Denver Film Festival! We are so excited to be involved with this wonderful local fest. The festival runs from Oct. 22 - Nov. 8, and “Welcome Strangers” begins streaming on Oct. 23. Online tickets are now on sale, and streaming is geoblocked to Colorado.
Announcing a virtual community screening of "Welcome Strangers" from Oct. 6-11, 2020 in partnership with Casa de Paz. Watch director Dia Sokol Savage's new documentary short that follows Sarah Jackson and a team of volunteers as they welcome immigrants recently released from ICE detention. There will be a live Q&A with the filmmakers and film's stars starting at 7 pm MT on Sunday, Oct. 11.
All funds raised will be split evenly between Casa de Paz and the "Welcome Strangers" outreach campaign.
We’re excited to be part of the virtual 2020 Port Townsend Film Festival, which runs online from Sept. 24 - Oct. 4.
Get festival passes here.
“Welcome Strangers” is part of the 2020 Nevada City Film Festival! Join us online from Aug. 28 - Sept. 4 for the virtual festival.
An ongoing series as part of the Telluride MountainFilm World Tour that includes special events such as drive-in and educational screenings
Visit the “Welcome Strangers” page on MoutnainFilm for a full list of events and to purchase tickets.
“Welcome Strangers” was selected to be part of the Compassion Film Festival’s virtual online festival for 2020. The film won the People’s Choice Award in the Compassionate Service shorts category.
Learn more about the festival and People’s Choice award here.
“Welcome Strangers” has been selected to be part of the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2020. The in-person festival is cancelled due to Covid-19, but a selection of films will be available for screening online from June 16 - 22, 2020.
Learn more here.
The 2020 Hot Docs Festival has gone online. From May 28 to June 24, Ontario, Canada audiences can stream documentary premieres, watch pre-recorded filmmaker Q&As, partake in virtual live events, and vote for the audience awards—all on hotdocs.ca.
“Welcome Strangers” will be part of the 2020 Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, CO. This year’s event will be virtual with online screenings available due to Covid-19.
The film’s director, Dia Sokol Savage, won the Telluride Mountainfilm 2020 Women in Film Award. It recognizes “an outstanding woman in the film industry who shows excellence and indomitable spirit either in front of or behind the camera.”
FESTIVAL POSTPONED
Denver, CO
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival has been postponed. We look forward to sharing the film with Denver audiences as soon as we can!
Learn more about the Denver Film Women + Film Festival here
Missoula, MT
Join producer Garret Savage and editor Chelsea Jackson for our second screening at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival! Welcome Strangers will screen with three other short films starting at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 at the ZACC Show Room in downtown Missoula, MT.
Buy tickets: here
Related screenings: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival at 9:00 p.m. on Feb. 16.
Missoula, MT
Join director/producer Dia Sokol Savage, producer Garret Savage and editor Chelsea Jackson for our world premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival! Welcome Strangers will screen with three other short films beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Hellgate Elks Lodge.
Buy tickets: here
Related screenings: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 19.
