Southern Arizona Independent Film Festival

The Southern Arizona Independent Film Festival is a family oriented festival designed to solicit entries from all levels of experience, age groups and genre interests ensuring that opportunities are broadly available to anyone creating visual stories. We screen G and PG rated short films (under 15 minutes). The festival is geared towards the student filmmaker but fully embraces the work of Indie filmmakers as well. Due to current conditions restricting travel and gatherings, we have postponed our 2021 festival event and are gearing up for 2022. We are also looking into the possibility of adding limited online viewing experiences for reaching a wider audience. We look forward to seeing all the great films that people have been working on and are excited about being able to screen entries again. Here is a list of our 2020 winning entries. BEST OF FEST “KADDISH” – Directed by Razid Season BEST INDIE FILM “It’s Nothing” – Directed by Nicholas Mourgere BEST ADVANCED STUDENT FILM “KADDISH” – Directed by Razid Season BEST STUDENT FILM “Cmd-Del” – Directed by Sara Yen, Jason Lin and Amar Karoshi BEST DIRECTION Razid Season - "KADDISH" BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY "The Sand Castle" BEST EDITING "Cmd-Del" BEST SOUND "Soaring Beyond Silence" BEST PERFORMANCE "Salting the Fly" (Rory James Leech) BEST STORY "It's Nothing" 2020 was a great year for films at the festival with some really incredible work submitted. The 2022 Festival is scheduled for Friday March 25 and Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the Historic Willcox Theater - Palace Saloon at 116 N. Railroad Avenue in Willcox, Arizona, 85643 (USA).