The 2025 Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF) kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 15, with greater than 200 movies screening throughout the town.
Special visitors will embrace speak present host Ricki Lake, who produced the brief documentary “Big Rock Burning,” journalist Amy Goodman, host of “Democracy Now,” and actor Edward James Olmos, who’s receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Santa Fe International Film Festival brings over 200 movies to The City Different
A nonetheless from “NMSA: A Story about a School’s Becoming,” directed by Tim Harrier.
Comedian Dan Perlman makes an attempt to turn out to be a Michael Bublé impersonator in “Being Bublé.”
Film nonetheless from the animated movie “The Whistle.”
Film nonetheless from the animated movie “The Whistle.”
People collect on May 5 in Santa Fe honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives in Amanda Erickson’s documentary, “She Cried that Day.”
A nonetheless from “NMSA: A Story about a School’s Becoming,” directed by Tim Harrier.
Comedian Dan Perlman makes an attempt to turn out to be a Michael Bublé impersonator in “Being Bublé.”
Christine Means works on a speech for an upcoming Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives rally in Amanda Erickson’s documentary, “She Cried that Day.”
A scholar dancer from the New Mexico School for the Arts performs at Art Spring in Tim Harrier’s documentary, “NMSA: A Story about a School’s Becoming.”
Comedian Dan Perlman makes an attempt to turn out to be a Michael Bublé impersonator in “Being Bublé.”
Darlene Gomez stands on the frontlines surrounded by Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives households and supporters in Amanda Erickson’s documentary, “She Cried that Day.”
Film nonetheless from the animated movie “The Whistle.”
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs for a buffalo within the brief movie “Blackfeet Buffalo Yo-Yo Ma.”
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Logan Royce Beitmen is an arts author for the Albuquerque Journal. He covers music, visible arts, books and extra. You can attain him at lbeitmen@abqjournal.com.