2025 Press
MovieMaker - In ‘Breakups Suck,’ a Human Can’t Leave His Vampire Girlfriend
“I never expected to stay in Albuquerque, New Mexico post high school,” says Ben Arndt, director of the funny and visually striking new short “Breakups Suck.” “However, to my surprise, the film industry slowly moved into my own backyard.”
MovieMaker - Pinch Director Uttera Singh Finds Healing in Trauma
It all started with a pinch. Growing up, Uttera Singh always heard the legendary story of her naughty cousin, who pinched people in crowds and started mob fights to get some personal space. The image stuck with Singh, and in 2019 when she was writing a film about an assault and how it impacts a young woman and her community, she knew she’d found a place to use the story.
MovieMaker - A Savage Art Celebrates the Political Cartoons of Pat Oliphant — and an Art Form Under Threat
Director Bill Banowsky’s fascinating documentary A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant, tracks the work of one of our most popular and imitated political cartoonists, and the very modern threats posed to all journalism and satire.
MovieMaker - Ricki Lake on Losing Her Malibu Home to Fire: ‘If This Happened to Us, It Could Happen Anywhere’
Ricki Lake became an executive producer on the new documentary Big Rock Burning to spread the word about the pain of losing your home to fire — something she’s had the great misfortune to experience twice.
MovieMaker - Santa Fe International Film Festival to Honor Edward James Olmos, Feature Frankenstein and Nuremberg in Lineup
The Santa Fe International Film Festival will open with Netflix’s Frankenstein, from Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro, and close with James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg. The festival will also honor beloved actor Edward James Olmos with its lifetime achievement award, the SFIFF announced.
MovieMaker - Free Leonard Peltier, Nika and Madison Win Top Awards at Santa Fe International Film Festival
Nika and Madison, a fictional story of two Indigenous women on the run, and Free Leonard Peltier, a true story of an Indigenous man’s long fight for freedom, won the top awards at the Santa Fe International Film Festival.
MovieMaker - Edward James Olmos on Acting and Not Acting
Edward James Olmos says he puts up signs on the sets of the movies he directs: “No acting.”
Accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday from the Santa Fe International Film Festival, the American Me, Stand and Deliver and Battlestar Galactica icon asked that the lights of the stately Lensic Theatre be lowered so he could walk to the edge of the stage and see his audience.
Variety - Variety’s Screenwriters to Watch for 2025 Include Scribes Behind ‘Ma 2,’ ‘Supergirl’ and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
It all starts with the script, and Variety has selected just 10 of the up-and-coming wordsmiths to celebrate in their Screenwriter to Watch class of 2025. The writers will be honored at a panel taking place at the Santa Fe International Film Festival on Oct. 17.
Santa Fe New Mexican - Here's what movies earned awards at the Santa Fe International Film Festival
Santa Fe International Film Festival officials announced award winners in more than a dozen categories Tuesday after the event’s wealth of cinematic programing drew to a close this week.
Variety - ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Nuremberg’ and ‘Sentimental Value’ Among Santa Fe International Film Festival Lineup
Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is set to open the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF) while James Vanderbilt’s “Nuremberg” closes the event.
The festival will take place starting Oct. 15–20 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Wrap - Edward James Olmos to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Santa Fe Film Festival
The Santa Fe International Film Festival announced Wednesday that Edward James Olmos will receive the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 18. This honor will be bestowed upon Olmos in recognition of his career as an Emmy-winning actor and an activist.
NM Entertainment - Ari Aster Returns Home for Special “Eddington” Screening in Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Film Institute (SFFI), the nonprofit organization behind the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF), will host a special hometown screening of Ari Aster’s highly anticipated film Eddington on Friday, July 11, at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) Santa Fe. The member-only event will feature a Q&A session with Aster, a Santa Fe native, following the screening.
MovieMaker - The Best Places to Live and Work as a Filmmaker in 2025
Yes: Albuquerque is our top big city, and nearby Santa Fe leads our list of the top Smaller Cities and Towns. Santa Fe is a bit more expensive than Albuquerque — and the average U.S. city — but that’s pretty much its only drawback.
Sportskeeda - The true story behind The Quilters on Netflix, explained
The Quilters is a short documentary coming to Netflix on Friday, May 16, 2025. It premiered at the DC/Doc Film Festival ain 2024 and was shows at other festivals like the DOX NYC film Festival. The film has won several awards, including Audience Awards at the BendFilm Festival and Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, and a Jury Award at the Santa Fe International Film Festival. It was even considered for an Oscar.
Variety - Santa Fe International Film Festival Expands Programming Through Monday, Violet Crown to Serve as Presenting Sponsor
The Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF) will expand its 2025 edition to six full days of programming, running from Wednesday October 15 through Monday October 20 at venues across the city. The extension marks the first time in the festival’s history that it runs through Monday, a feat made possible by presenting sponsor Violet Crown.
KOAT - Santa Fe Film Fest expands to 6 days in October
As the Santa Fe International Film Festival continues to grow in prestige, it is expanding to six days, running from Oct. 15 to 20 at multiple venues in the city.
Hollywood Reporter - ‘Dark Winds’ at Santa Fe International Film Festival
SFiFF festival director Stephanie Love-Riner joined cast members Deanna Allison, Kiowa Gordon and Natalie Benally and SFiFF artistic director Jacques Paisner at the Santa Fe International Film Festival’s premiere screening of Dark Winds.
KSFR - Dark Winds Screens in Santa Fe
As a special screening of two episodes of the TV show Dark Winds was about to roll at a local cinema over the weekend, it was clear there was a lot of hometown pride in the room.