Santa Fe Film Festival February 17th-26th, 2023 features Karen Allen in-person, “Genizaro Experience”, “Clancy Sigal”, “Cormac McCarthy” and Many Great New Movies By Bill Nevins, freelance reporter The annual Santa Fe Film Festival (SFF6F) which happens this year February 16 to 26, celebrates all facets of cinematic arts – here in New Mexico, regionally and globally. The Santa Fe Film Festival is a cultural, not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Here are just some of the many SFFF 2023 highlights: Karen Allen, star of “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Starman” and “The Glass ..read more

When Time Got Louder stars Willow Shields (from Albuquerque) who is best known for her work in the Hunger Games and the Netflix series Spinning Out. It will be screened Friday, February 17th at 7 pm at the Scottish Rite Temple. Director Connie Cocchia will be in attendance and other talent TBA. The post When Time Got Louder is the SFFF’s Opening Night film first appeared on The Santa Fe Film Festival ..read more

Karen Allen, star of such classics as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman, and The Glass Menagerie will present her latest film A Stage of Twilight as the closing night film on Saturday, February 25th at 7:30 PM at the Scottish Rite Temple. Look for a retrospective screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark with Allen in attendance. She will also be honored at our awards ceremony on Sunday, February 26th. The post karen Allen to be honored at SFFF 2023 first appeared on The Santa Fe Film Festival ..read more

International star Jacqueline Bisset will attend SFFF 2023 to present her new film Loren and Rose on Saturday, February 18th at 7 PM at the Center for Contemporary Arts along with co-star Kelly Blatz and director Russell Brown. Also on Sunday, February 19th at the Scottish Rite Temple, Bisset will present a retrospective screening of Sleepy Time Gal where she co-stars with Martha Plimpton and Nick Stahl. Director Christopher Munch will also in attendance. This gem has had limited availability since it’s 2001 release. The post JACQUELINE BISSET to present two films at sfff first appeared on The ..read more

June 1, 2022: Update to this post – Earlier this year The Santa Fe Film Festival made a call to future filmmakers regarding their submissions to provide an SRT file or burned-in subtitles to be more inclusive of the deaf community. In this Variety article “Film Festival Accessibility to Be Assessed in New Scorecard Initiative” you can learn more about this initiative and even check out this toolkit from FWD-Doc: https://www.fwd-doc.org/toolkit Find out more about this movement and why it was important for SFFF to listen to Kat, the filmmaker for Sign the Show and ask for festival filmmakers to ..read more

Top Honors go to “The Falconer” for Best in Show, “The Sound of Us” for Best Feature Documentary, “Oliver and the Pool” for Best International Feature plus two CSA Casting Director awards among the winners at the 22nd Santa Fe Film Festival The Santa Fe Film Festival has concluded its 22nd edition with an in-person and online event featuring 168 films from 36 countries. At this year’s festival, filmmakers were honored at the two filmmaker luncheon combination awards ceremonies held on February 5th and 12th. The festival team wanted to make sure that the over 90 filmmakers from the US ..read more

Festival Coverage from the Albuquerque Journal of a film in this year’s festival Anderson’s love of spreading love began as a vow that his wife would never feel unloved, unappreciated or insecure like he had during his turbulent childhood. A short documentary of his life and love titled “Love in the Valley” by filmmaker Kel Cruz and produced by the city’s One Albuquerque Media explains that he was abandoned and sent to an orphanage as a baby, and later adopted by a family torn by violence. “That abandonment sticks with you,” Anderson said. “It brings a loneliness and insecurity that you are no ..read more

On New Mexico Living – Interview online Paula Rhodes star of the film stopped by New Mexico Living to give us all the details about what it was like to make the film and the inspiring moments that made it happen. It is a movie about her entire pregnancy with no script, the idea came from how being an artist and incorporating parenthood into that. Titled ‘Delicate State’, Rhodes explains her story to overall inspire those who are in a similar situation. With many awards and shown all over many screens this is a unique film you should see. Visit http://officialpaularhodes.com/ for more info. The ..read more

Coverage from the Sierra County Sentinel After narrowing down over 500 films, submitted from all around the world, the 22nd edition of the Santa Fe Film Festival finally kicked off last Thursday, Feb. 3 in the state’s capital of Santa Fe. The festival is a two-weekend event spanning from Feb. 3 through 13, where films, panels, and presentations are available to festival-goers at three different theaters. The theaters are the Jean Cocteau Cinema, The CCA: Center for Contemporary Arts, and the Scottish Rite Theater. Also attending the festival were the writers, directors, and actors of many of t ..read more

The Santa Fe Film Festival 2022 Over the past couple of years, film festivals have bent over backwards to accommodate audiences in today’s COVID-rich environment. Many have moved to online-only formats. But the 2022 Santa Fe Film Festival is moving ahead with nine days’ worth of film screenings at a string of venues across the City Different. Festival Director Stephanie Piché is excited to be in front of audiences once again. “We are still going live and in-person and working hard to get the final action items done in anticipation of our opening night,” says the busy director. The fe ..read more