10,000 expected at Boulder International Film Festival

BOULDER – No need to jet to Cannes this year.

If you want to commingle with fellow cineastes, just drive downtown. The Boulder International Film Festival is back for its second year, offering once again screenings of a mix of documentaries, features, shorts, animation, adventure films and student films. The festival will occur at the Boulder Public Library and the Boulder Theater Feb. 16-19.

Last year more than 5,000 people attended the event, according to Kathy Beeck, the festival’s executive director This year she expects the number to double.

“We were surprised to come out in the black last year, since…