Any filmmaker who is looking for a quiet 1890's backdrop in a remote setting should look no further than Victor, Colorado. Only a hour and a half drive to the Colorado Springs airport and quick turn-around times for securing permits, Victor is the ideal location. 

 

Ruth Zalewski, Film, Television and Media Community Contact, and President of the Southern Teller County Focus Group, has this to say about Victor:

 

"Victor is a unique Western mining town with brick storefronts, historic mining structures, old west buildings and homes and lots of sunshine year round.Located in Teller county at nearly 10,000 feet above sea level, the small town of 450 residents offers a unique opportunity with a friendly disposition to the film industry"

 

On Saturday, May 28^th, you can learn about Colorado's one-time largest producing underground gold mines, with a tour of the Ajax Mine. Admission is only $10. The event will be led by an Ajax Miner, Gary Horton, and Historian, Ed Hunter.

 

Visit www.victorcolorado.com for info and reservations, City Hall contacts, and nearby lodging. 

 

 

If you're looking for something to do this Memorial Day weekend, why not take a trip to Telluride for the Mountainfilm Festival?  Mountainfilm is one of the longest running film festivals in the country, and still claims the same mission as it did in it's first year:

 

"Mountainfilm is dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving and conversations worth sustaining."

 

For more information or to buy a pass, go to www.mountainfilm.org