TO ENLIGHTEN, ENRICH, EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN THROUGH FILM. SERVING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL AGES, ASPEN FILM STIMULATES THOUGHT, ENCOURAGES DIALOGUE, AND BROADENS UNDERSTANDING OF OUR WORLD AND OURSELVES THROUGH THE DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF IDEAS PRESENTED BY FILMMAKERS WORLDWIDE. OUR STATEMENT OF CORPORATE PURPOSE IS TO SHOW FILMS IN THE ROARING FORK VALLEY, TO DEVELOP APPRECIATION FOR THE FILM MEDIUM AND RELATED MEDIA, TO EDUCATE CITIZENS OF ALL AGES CONCERNING FILM AND RELATED MEDIA AND TO SERVE AS A PRESENTER OF FEATURE FILMS, SHORT FILMS, AND ANIMATED FILMS AND, IN PARTICULAR, FILMS MADE BY INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS WORLDWIDE.