Academy Award® Nominated International Feature Films

A Weekend of International Feature Films Nominated for the Academy Awards® presented by Santa Fe International Film Festival

Santa Fe International Film Festival presents a selection of films nominated for Best International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards® at Violet Crown Santa Fe. Nominees for Best International Feature Film include Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia), I’m Still Here directed by Walter Salles (Brazil), Emilia Pérez directed by Jacques Audiard (France), The Seed of the Sacred Fig directed by Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany), and The Girl with the Needle directed by Magnus von Horn (Denmark).

Santa Fe International Film Festival is partnering with Violet Crown, the Inn on the Alameda, and Tripod Entertainment to bring this unique film program to New Mexican audiences.

Official SFiFF Screenings

Flow directed by Gints Zalbalodis (Latvia)

Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species.

March 7 at 6:30pm

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I’m Still Here directed by Walter Salles (Brazil)

A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.

March 8 at 3:30pm

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*Photo by Shanna Besson/Courtesy of Netflix*

Emilia Perez directed by Jacques Audiard (France)

Emilia Pérez follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists unappreciated lawyer Rita to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.

March 8 at 6:30pm

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig directed by Mohammed Rousalof (Germany)

Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify.

March 9 at 2:30pm

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The Girl with the Needle directed by Magnus von Horn (Denmark)

Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when she stumbles on the shocking truth behind her work.