Join Culture Club for Cinema Toast House Festival’s screening of Secret Mall Apartment, a remarkable documentary that captures the true story of eight young artists who built and lived in a secret apartment inside a busy mall from 2003 to 2007, and has since won nine film festival awards. The screening will be kicked off by filmmakers via Zoom.
Watch the trailer
Time: Exact screening time is TBD. We will update as soon as information is confirmed.
Location: Adjacent to the 16th Street Mall by Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
Parking options: Writer Square Garage (LAZ), Park Central Garage, Tabor Center Garage, Larimer Square Garage
About Secret Mall Apartment
From Executive Producer Jesse Eisenberg - In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years, filming everything along the way. They snuck in furniture, tapped into the mall’s electricity, and even constructed a wall, smuggling in over 2 tons of cinderblock. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for its inhabitants – a personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, a clubhouse to coordinate artistic charity, and finally, a 750 square foot "F you" to The Man.
Among the eight artists behind the apartment: design researcher Adriana Valdez Young, whose Venezuelan and Chinese heritage and cross-cultural lens have shaped a career spent probing the spaces people build for themselves inside systems not built for them.
Shown at: SXSW, HOTDOCS, IFFBoston, Cleveland Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, and Vancouver Film Festival
About Cinema Toast House Festival
Cinema Toast House, is a new organization building a permanent, interactive film museum for Denver — a place where people don't just watch movies, they step inside them. Where the craft, wonder, and story of cinema become something you can touch, play with, and make together.
This October 2 through 4, the city gets its first look. Cinema Toast House Fest is a free, all-ages, immersive film festival at Writer Square in the heart of downtown — four days of screenings, installations, and hands-on experiences. Think of the festival as the trailer for everything that comes next for Denver.
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RSVP for full festival activities: www.cinematoasthouse.com