The Junktown Film Festival was a great success this year! Thank you to all who submitted their films to our festival and to everyone who came to the theater to enjoy these unique stories!

Junktown will open for submissions in the spring of 2027.

See the official selections of the 2026 festival.

Welcome to JUNKTOWN

The Junktown Film Festival is located in Grand Junction, CO, the childhood home of blacklisted screenwriter (and bathtub enthusiast) Dalton Trumbo.

We showcase incredible short films from the Western Slope of Colorado, across the United States, and around the world.


The Junktown Film Festival is operated in conjunction with the Avalon Theater Foundation. We are all volunteers and your generous contributions make our festival happen.

Please note on your donation that it is for the Junktown Film Festival.


This year’s winners

  • Best Actor — Jimmy Slonina, Avant Guard

  • Best Actress — Millie Gibbons, The Liars of Black Mountain Road

  • Best Animated Film — A Butler’s Job

  • Best Cinematography — Liam Cardenas Ferguson, The Land Almost Remembers Me

  • Best Director — CR Sherman, Avant Guard 

  • Best Picture — The Liars of Black Mountain Road

  • Best Screenplay — Kevin Michael Renshaw, Poetry in Motion

  • Best Student Film — A Butler’s Job

  • Artistic Excellence Award — Liam Cardenas Ferguson, The Land Almost Remembers Me