The Santa Fe Film Festival celebrates all facets of cinematic arts – here in New Mexico, regionally and globally.
Our annual event honors everyone working both on and off screen to bring the best of film creation, production and showings to the public. We constantly seek improvement in our line of respective crafts and provide filmmakers with resources to pursue their dreams further.
The Santa Fe Film Festival focuses on bringing together distinguished industry specialists and all movie lovers through accessible screenings, panels, workshops and parties!
2022 Films
Feeding Po’Pay
Zombie Walk
The Psychopath
YuanYuan
Year of the Bookmaker
Who Wants Dessert?
When Autumn Leaves
What We Find in the Sea
Walks
Voices
Undercut
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Tundra
Traffic
Together
This Could Be It
THE UNSURE MASSEUR
The Porns
The Last Stand of Bobby Coe
The Kicksled Choir
THE ISLAND
THE FORGOTTEN PLACE
THE CURIOUS WOODS
The Book
The Black Disquisition
synthesis.
Stay Calm
SLUMP
Shadow
Saving Salvador
Sammy & Quinn
REVOLVR
R.E.M Burn
Priscilla
Permafrost
Part of a Balanced Breakfast
Out of Order
Oh Clem
Normal
Nights Too Bright
Mix Tape
Locust tree
loculus
Libertyville
Land of Pyrite // Land of Gold
Killing the Parson Bird
Just Kidding
Joni
Johnny The Dime
Into the Circle
Ice Cream & Doughnuts
Hungry Ghosts
House Plants
HELP ME MARY
Haleh
Habit
Graduation
Frozen Out
FOWL
Founders
Do.Solo.Pin
Divertimento
Dear Mama
Cutter
Crawl
Chloe at Nightfall
Chimera
Caravan
Capitol Barbie
Breathe
Big Touch
Belle
before it melts
As de Trèfle
American Morning
Alone Together
Alice Memorial Park
A Good Couple
A Cowboy’s Boys
2 Timers
Yupiit: Eye of Both Worlds
Um Yes, Hello
The Wilderness Within
An Odd Pair
The Pilgrimage to Magdalena
The People’s House – New Mexico Governor’s Mansion
The Militiaman
The Flying Greek
The Fish & The Flame
The Anti-Museum: an Anti-Documentary
Poteet
Of Dreams
Nkosi Eclipsed
Mr. Ashley Lived Here
Love in the Valley
Land of the Free: In the Shadows
James Surls: This Place, Everywhere
If I Tell Them
I Like Dirt.
HorseKeeper
HELLO SUNSHINE
Ghost Town
Funeral Queen
Fugazi’s Barber
Dream Mountain
COWGIRLS & HORSES
Chira
Bewitchment
Buscaderos of Madrid New Mexico
Building Steam
The Revolution Generation
Duchenne Boys
A Tree of Life
A Cure for the Common Classroom
Take Pains. Be Perfect.
Eternal Harvest
Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Brothers By Choice
imperfect
The Sound of Us
The End of Blindness
The Reverend
FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER
THE ART OF MAKING IT
Make Me Famous
Mud Frontier: Architecture at the Borderlands
Against the Current
Surviving Sex Trafficking
BILL MAULDIN “If It’s Big, Hit It”
Fighting for Daybreak
The Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories
Live at Mister Kelly’s
Sign the Show
Shoveling Pixie Dust: a Memoir
One Pint at a Time
MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST
Manscaping
Rez Metal
THE STORY WON’T DIE
A Home Called Nebraska
A Shot Through The Wall
No More Goodbyes
RE-OPENING
Shellfish
The Roommate
THE LONG ISOLATION
The Falconer
Samland
My Dead Dad
A Pity
The Retaliators
THE MACHINERY OF DREAMS
The Big Bend
l’Odge d’Oor or all things with eyes must sleep
ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT
The Brilliant Darkness!
Oliver & the Pool
A Trip to the Moon
The Mother, the Son, the Rat, and the Gun
Wet Dogs
HOLY ISLAND
Verona
Delicate State
Third Act
The Tricky Part
Back to Lyla
2022 News
Santa Fe Film Festival 2023 Now Open for Submissions with New Call for Television Pilots and Closed-Captioning
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…
2022 Santa Fe Film Festival Awards Announced
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…
If you love love, let it show — it’s not crazy
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…
Paula Rhodes filmmaker upcoming at the Santa Fe Film Festival 2022
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…
First Weekend Of Santa Fe Film Festival Wraps Up
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…
Signature Film Fest Returns to City Different
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…
WELLS’ THIRD DOC FILM CAN BE WATCHED ONLINE
Coverage from Jackson County Herald-Tribune By Jessica Coleman Contributing Writer Donna Wells spent her childhood and teen years in Edna before heading off to college and majoring in journalism before discovering a love for theatre. Today, she lives…
‘Capitol Barbie’ TV pilot premiered at the Santa Fe Film Festival
“Politics aren’t always pretty.” This is the tagline to Riley Del Rey’s project, “Capitol Barbie.” The TV series pilot was filmed in New Mexico in spring 2020 and it comes from a personal place for Del Rey. “It’s about Latinos…
Film looks at pregnancy during a time of extreme political division
There is not one day that is the same in Paula Rhodes’ life. She balances her life as a wife, mother, filmmaker and actor. “It’s a controlled chaos,” she says. “There are four actors in this household and my husband…
Santa Fe Film Festival and Casting Society Of America Announce the First Casting Awards at the Festival for Feature and Short Films
The Santa Fe Film Festival in partnership with Casting Society of America for the first time will be presenting two casting awards to a feature film and short film at the 23rd Annual Santa Fe Film Festival on Saturday, February 12th during…
Ink-stained genius: Film reexamines cartoonist Bill Mauldin
Many young people meet a legend. Most are starstruck, nervous, even afraid. Not Christine Lund. She married the legend, political cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who was 27 years her senior. Mauldin won the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes in 1945,…
The 2022 Santa Fe Film Festival offers viewers a wide variety of independent films
Coverage of the Festival by Gallup Sun “Delicate State” will be screening at the Santa Fe Film Festival on Feb. 12. “Shoveling Pixie Dust: A Memoir” is playing on Feb. 13 with the filmmaker in attendance. Online all-screening passes are…
Director James Ganiere’s New Film, No More Goodbyes, Made its Debut at the Santa Fe Film Festival Last Weekend
Festival Coverage from IndieWrap Last weekend, the Santa Fe Film Festival premiered their selection of the best and newest films of 2022 in New Mexico. The festival’s carefully curated line-up was accompanied by Q&As and master classes from some of…
3 Questions
With filmmaker Sasha Faust Santa Fe Reporter Article After graduating from New Mexico School for the Arts in 2018, filmmaker Sasha Faust was really more of an acting fan. A subsequent move to Los Angeles quickly taught her that she…
Local Producer Brings “Surviving Sex Trafficking” to SF Film Fest
Diverse People Made Movie to Bring Awareness to Audiences. The life expectancy of a child victim of sex trafficking is just seven years. AIDS and homicide are usually how they die. Think on that fact while we bring your attention to the…
Showcase for New Mexico filmmakers
When Doug Montoya would get behind on rent payments for his improv theater in Albuquerque, he’d brainstorm ways to get cash quickly. “We could rob a bank,” he jokingly told fellow actors. The idea became the premise for Third Act, a comedy…
‘Capitol Barbie’ TV pilot premiered at the Santa Fe Film Festival
Albuquerque Journal Coverage by Adrian Gomez The TV series pilot was filmed in New Mexico in spring 2020 and it comes from a personal place for Del Rey. “It’s about Latinos working on Capitol Hill,” Del Rey says. Del Rey…
Check out ‘The Curious Woods’
New Mexico Living Coverage – Interview Sej Saraiya Writer and Director and Pavel Safonov Cinematographer of ‘The Curious Woods’ stopped by New Mexico Living to tell us more about the film. This short film that explores the themes of self-love,…
‘Third Act,’ a heist comedy, to debut at the Santa Fe Film Festival
The feature film “Third Act” will premiere at the Santa Fe Film Festival on Sunday, Feb. 6. (Courtesy of Doug Montoya) Doug Montoya has produced theater for decades. He knows the stresses that come with it. Yet the Albuquerque-based theater…
Painted over: A portrait of Ed Brezinski emerges on screen
Santa Fe Film Festival Coverage A new documentary, Make Me Famous, screening at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, at the Center for Contemporary Arts as part of the Santa Fe Film Festival, brings him the attention he never received during his…
‘The Curious Woods’ filmmaker found inspiration in the healing power of nature
Albuquerque Journal coverage of a festival film Sej Saraiya is a photographer and filmmaker that focuses on Indigenous cultures from around the world. After years of traveling the world, she’s settled down in Los Angeles and has made the move…
Five Things to Do This Weekend
Coverage from New Mexico Magazine – visit this link for the rest of the article Go to the movies. Grab your popcorn and Jujubes. The 22nd annual Santa Fe Film Festival kicks off this weekend with a series of screenings, panels, and…
Comedy Feature “Third Act” Premieres at Santa Fe Film Festival February 6th
New Mexico Entrepreneur Keith Allen West expands Acting Career and Produces Feature Film “Third Act” in New Mexico. SANTA FE, N.M. – Jan. 29, 2022 – PRLog — The independent feature film “Third Act” is premiering at the Santa Fe Film Festival. Keith Allen West…
THE SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL WELCOMES A DIVERSE ROSTER OF INDEPENDENT FILMS
THE CELEBRATION RUNS FROM FEBRUARY 3 – 13, 2022, IN NEW MEXICO Sari Cohen January 28, 2022 For about 20 years, big-budget Hollywood productions have been making their way to New Mexico. In 2006, “Breaking Bad” started a trend that…
Benefitting land, water, and more|Chama Peak Land Alliance
New Mexico Living Coverage – Interview A diverse group is dedicated to practice and promote conservation that benefits the land, water, wildlife, and people. Caleb Stotts Executive Director stopped by New Mexico Living to give us details and highlight their…
“The End of Blindness” documentary director and #THAF’s Dr. Guzek to share updates in Q&A after Screening at the Santa Fe Film Festival
Post by #RCRNewsMedia January 17th, 2022 Join the Santa Fe Film Festival for a special event at the screening of “The End of Blindness” + Special Presentation following at the Santa Fe Film Festival Enjoy the film and stick around…
SIX WAYS TO LOVE SANTA FE IN FEBRUARY
ByThe Santa Fe Travel Insider on Jan. 14, 2022 Christmas and New Year’s Eve may be over but Santa Fe’s winter wonderland is still going strong in The City Different. Just a gaze to the east and you will see the…
Santa Fe Film Festival gears up for Hybrid Festival with In-person + Online Screenings, Workshops
VIA RCRNewsMedia Public events, especially film festivals are in the balance around the globe as the latest COVID variant makes it way out of holiday gatherings creating more concern about whether or not to have in-person gatherings. The Santa Fe…
Anthony Edwards to Be Honored with the 2022 Santa Fe Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
23rd Annual Festival to be held from February 3-13, 2022 in-person along with an online hybrid component to accommodate all festival attendees. SANTA FE, N.M. – Nov. 23, 2021 – Stage and screen award-winning actor, producer, director, Anthony Edwards, has been named the…
Santa Fe Film Festival to Hold Hybrid In-Person Festival; Announces Festival Poster, Online Store
The upcoming festival will be in-person and virtual to accommodate attendees with COVID Safe protocols. This year’s Festival poster was created by Cecily Tasker and embodies the legacy of the Santa Fe Film Festival’s rich history in New Mexico. SANTA…
Santa Fe Film Festival Opens Call for Panels, Speakers, Meetups, Demos for 2022 Program
SFFF has an open call for industry professionals to submit their proposals for presentations, panels, workshops, mentoring sessions and meetups for inclusion in our upcoming 2022 Santa Fe Film Festival being held February 3-13, 2022. SANTA FE, N.M. – Nov. 6, 2021…
Santa Fe Film Festival Opens Press Credential Applications for the Upcoming 2022 Festival
With in-person events coming back, the SFFF has opened their media application process for the 2022 event with a December 1 deadline for requesting an application. SANTA FE, N.M. – Nov. 5, 2021 The team at the Santa Fe Film Festival is…