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25 Things We Love About Santa Fe Right Now

SFR's 2020 shoutouts to people, places and more

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Indie Film Festival Keeps Growing

Though the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival's Executive Director Liesette Paisner-Bailey told SFR earlier this year that some of the fest's funding comes from grants that feature National Endowment for the Arts money, a recent $15,000 picked up from the NEA itself is no small matter. See, the SFiFF has grown explosively in the 11 years (2020 marks its 12th iteration) since it began in the old Warehouse 21 space within the pre-modern Railyard. Now, instead of a projector and folding chairs, the annual brouhaha takes over almost every theater in town to screen a combo of features, docs, shorts, art films and more. That's not even mentioning the speakers and parties, the panels and awards (which have in recent years been given to the likes of Stephanie Seymour, Tantoo Cardinal and animator Bill Plympton, among others)Turns out this was the first time SFiFF applied for the grant, too, so who even knows what next year will look like? We just hope John Waters comes back to the fest…he's our greatest natural resource.

By Alex De Vore