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2011
Why I Go To Film Festivals
Unless you are the President of the United States or someone with a ridiculously disposable income, you are unlikely to have a 3-D theater with a separate room, a balcony, or seating for more than you and a dog in…
Brent Kliewer to Select Films for Santa Fe Film Festival
It’s great news that the Santa Fe Film Festival has engaged Brent Kliewer as Director of Programming for this year’s Festival October 20-23. Brent loves the movies and knows more about them than anyone I’ve ever met. He’s the guiding…
Diane Schneier Perrin’s Distinctive Vision
The key to crafting the Santa Fe Film Festival into a distinctive and important event is a singular vision. There are many decisions to be made, films to be selected, and an overall level of quality to be met. This…
Santa Fe Film Festival Announces New Director of Programming
Santa Fe Film Festival announces appointment of Brent Kliewer as its Director of Programming and a special 2011 program section celebrating local filmmakers. Download a PDF of the press release: Santa Fe Film Festival Brent Kliewer Programming SANTA FE, NM– The…
New Executive Director & “Rebuild the Festival” Campaign
Santa Fe Film Festival Announces New Executive Director and Launches a “Rebuild the Festival” Campaign Click here to download the PDF: Santa Fe Film Festival Announces New Executive Director 2011 Board of Directors announces appointment of Diane Schneier Perrin and…
Callers
SPOTLIGHT ON NEW MEXICO FILMMAKERS After the death of his girlfriend, Will starts receiving phone calls from his dearly departed. “I may be dead, but I’m committed to making this relationship work,” she says. Little does Will know, she’s just…
Battlefield Heroes
In this mud-splattered absurdist comedy, Korea is caught between two warring kingdoms. Set in 668 AD, Battlefield Heroes follows everyman Thingy as he plods through the battlefields, fully aware that war is for the rich because for the poor, nothing…
A Useful Life
When dwindling attendance and diminishing support force his arthouse cinema to close its doors, Jorge is sent into a world he knows only through the lens of art—and suddenly forced to discover a new passion that transcends his once-celluloid reality.…
A Separation
A couple is torn between leaving Iran for a better life and staying to care for a dying parent. Golden Bear Award-winner for Best Film and Silver Bear Award-winner both for Best Actor and Best Actress at the 61st Berlin…
A Bitter Taste of Freedom
This stirring documentary pays homage to Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya and her efforts to uncover crimes of the Russian State that end in her politically motivated murder.