Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Recognized with the Arts Innovator Award at the 2021 Santa Fe Mayor’s Arts Awards, the 14th Annual Santa Fe Independent Film Festival takes place October 19th-23rd, 2022. Dubbed “an all-inclusive resort for cinephiles” by Filmmaker Magazine and “a young Sundance” by indieWire, SFiFF is a creative center for film in Santa Fe, allowing filmmakers to connect with industry and distributors. SFiFF showcases emerging and established filmmakers by screening features and shorts in one of the greatest art cities in the world. SFiFF offers cash prizes, filmmaker travel, juried awards, and all-access passes to the festival. Santa Fe is now one of the greatest theater cities on earth with the recently opened Violet Crown, George R.R. Martin’s Jean Cocteau, the historic Lensic theater, and the Center for Contemporary Arts. SFiFF is the longest continually running film festival in New Mexico, and in 2013 was name one of Moviemaker Magazine's "coolest Film Festivals on the Planet" "SFiFF is New Mexico's foremost attraction for cinephiles" -Pasatiempo Magazine SFiFF’s past guests have included Oliver Stone, Shirley MacLaine, Gena Rowlands, Robert Redford, Ethan Hawke, Wes Studi, Jay Roach, Ali MacGraw, and Jacqueline Bisset, Tantoo Cardinal, and John Sayles. Features Film Categories : Narrative, Animated, Documentary, Experimental, Indigenous, Student, New Mexico and International. Shorts Film Categories (under 45 minutes): Narrative, Animated, Documentary, Experimental, Indigenous, Student, New Mexico and International. Mission Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (SFiFF) is the premiere forum for international and independent cinema in the area. Focusing on artistic excellence, SFiFF serves as a creative center for film year-round, and as a presentation of the year's top films each October. SFiFF provides professional opportunities for artists, and unmatched audience participation in the world’s greatest little film city.