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SANTA FE INDEPENDENT

FILM FESTIVAL

OCTOBER

16-20

2019

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Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2019
 

 

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October 16-20, 2019

The Santa Fe Independent Film Festival screens the most thought provoking independent films from all over the globe. Become a part of Santa Fe's premiere film event.

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
October 16-20, 2019

Celebrating it’s 11th year, The Santa Fe Independent Film Festival advances independent, innovative, and cutting edge cinema and brings 5 days of excellence in filmmaking to the inclusive and diverse community of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Tickets On Sale
Beginning September 25th

SFiFF invites you to purchase tickets to the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival on Wednesday, September 25th. With submissions from more than 70 countries, the 11th Annual SFIFF promises a 5-day program filled with 2019’s top foreign films and American independent films.

 

HIGHLIGHT REEL

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2019 SELECTIONS

 

2018 AWARDS

Featured
SFIFF 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award   Bill Plympton

SFIFF 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award 
Bill Plympton

SFIFF 2018 Visionary Award Alexandria Bombach

SFIFF 2018 Visionary Award
Alexandria Bombach

Best Narrative Feature Horizonti  directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili

Best Narrative Feature

Horizonti directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili

Best Documentary Feature The Silence of Others  directed by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar

Best Documentary Feature

The Silence of Others directed by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar

Best New Mexico Narrative Feature  I Am That  directed by Joy Marzec

Best New Mexico Narrative Feature 

I Am That directed by Joy Marzec

Best New Mexico Documentary Hiro's Table , directed by Lynn Hamrick

Best New Mexico Documentary

Hiro's Table, directed by Lynn Hamrick

Best NM Short  Falling  directed by Ewen Wright

Best NM Short 

Falling directed by Ewen Wright

Best U.S. Narrative Short One Small Step  directed by Aqsa Altaf

Best U.S. Narrative Short

One Small Step directed by Aqsa Altaf

Best Int'l Narrative Short  Gaze  directed by Farnoosh Samadi

Best Int'l Narrative Short 

Gaze directed by Farnoosh Samadi

Best Documentary Short  Period. End of Sentence  directed by Rayka Zehtabchi

Best Documentary Short 

Period. End of Sentence directed by Rayka Zehtabchi

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SFiFF’s Opening Night is tonight at Violet Crown!!! #JustMercy
SFiFF presents Building the American Dream Across Texas an unstoppable construction boom drives urban sprawl and luxury high-rises. Its dirty secret: abuse of immigrant labor. Building the American Dream captures a turning point as a movement forms to fight widespread construction industry injustices. Grieving their son, a Mexican family campaigns for a life-and-death safety ordinance. A Salvadorian electrician couple owed thousands in back pay fights for their children’s future. A bereaved son battles to protect others from his family”s preventable tragedy. A story of courage, resilience and community, the film reveals shocking truths about the hardworking immigrants who build the American Dream, of which they are excluded. Director Chelsea Hernandez in attendance Director: Chelsea Hernandez #buildingtheamericandream #filmsantafe #santafefilm #santafeindependentfilmfestival #santafe #newmexico
SFiFF presents Ms White Light Ms. White Light is the story of Lex Cordova, a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else. Armed with only the misguided guidance of Gary, her father and business partner, unsolicited loyalty from Nora, a former client obsessed with samurai culture, and an awkward romance with Spencer, a seductive, but morally ambiguous psychic, Lex struggles to help Valerie, her most challenging client yet. . . . #filmsantafe #santafeindependentfilmfestival #mswhitelight #judithlight #filmnewmexico #santafe #santafefilm #newmexico
SFiFF presents The Kill Team When Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff), a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader, Sergeant Deeks (Alexander Skarsgård), he considers reporting them to higher-ups — but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear that he’ll be the next target. . . . . #thekillteam #killteammovie #thekillteammovie #filmnewmexico #filmsantafe #sfiff #sfiff19 #military #militaryfilm #natwolffe #AlexanderSkarsgård #alexanderskarsgard #santafeindependentfilmfestival #santafe #simplysantafe #a24 #afghanistan #warfilm #warmovies
One week from today, #SFiFF2019 closes with "Sorry We Missed You," nominated for the Palme d'Or. The British working class is once again the empathetic subject of Ken Loach’s #SorryWeMissedYou, a wrenching, intimate family drama that exposes the dark side of the so-called “gig economy." Ricky, a former laborer, and his home-attendant wife Abby—who lost their home in the 2008 financial crash—are desperate to get out of their financial distress. When an opportunity comes up for Ricky to work as his own boss as a delivery driver, they sell their only asset, Abby’s car, to trade it in for a new work van and the dream that Ricky can work his way up to someday owning his own delivery franchise. But the couple find their lives are quickly pushed further to the edge by an unrelenting work schedule, a ruthless supervisor and the needs of their two teenage children. Click the link in our bio to visit the SFiFF Film Guide for tickets this year's #SantaFeIndependentFilmFestival, October 16-20. #FilmSantaFe #ClosingNightFilm #KenLoach #SantaFeIndieFilmFest #FilmFestival #Cannes #PalmedOr #RedCarpet #Cinema
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up 11:40 am, Sunday 10/20 at @CCASantaFe In 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot after entering Gerald Stanley's rural property with his friends. The jury's subsequent acquittal of Stanley captured international attention, raising questions about racism embedded within Canada's legal system and propelling Boushie's family to national and international stages in their pursuit of justice. #TashaHubbard's documentary reveals issues faced by Indigenous people in Canada both historically, and today. For tickets to #Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, please visit the SFiFF Film Guide through the link in our bio. #SFiFF2019 #FilmSantaFe #SantaFeIndependentFilmFestival #Documentary #hotdocs #SFiFF #indigenousfilm #filmfestival
When Uma (#EmmaRoberts) wakes up alone on a strange island called Paradise, she instantly suspects it’s anything but. Helmed by the Duchess (#MillaJovovich), Paradise Hills is a center for emotional healing that at its core serves as a reformatory-style boarding school for privileged young women. Yet behind the rose-covered pathways and fairy-tale decor, Uma and her friends (including co-star #Awkwafina) learn something more sinister is at work. #ParadiseHills 8pm Saturday, 10/19 at The Screen For tickets, click the link in our bio and go to SFiFF Film Guide. ... #SantaFeIndependentFilmFestival #FilmSantaFe #SantaFeIndieFilmFest #2019SFiFF #SFiFF #simplysantafe
#BloodQuantum 7:30pm, Sunday 10/20 at @CCASantaFe Jeff Barnaby’s astutely titled second feature is equal parts horror and pointed cultural critique. Zombies are devouring the world, yet an isolated Mi’gmaq community is immune to the plague. Do they offer refuge to the denizens outside their reserve or not? For tickets, click the link in our bio and go to the SFiFF Film Guide. #FilmSantaFe #SFiFF #zombieflick #indigenousfilm #santafeindependentfilmfestival #santafeindiefilmfest #2019SFiFF