October 14-19, 2026

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Santa Fe International Film Festival

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.

Submissions Now Open!

Click below to find out how to submit your film to the Oscar® Qualifying Santa Fe International Film Festival! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® has named the Santa Fe International Film Festival as a qualifying festival in the category of Short Films. Winners of the Best Narrative Short, Best Animated Short, and Best Documentary Short awards may qualify to enter the Academy Awards® provided the films otherwise comply with the Academy rules.

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Santa Fe International Film Festival’s Indigenous Rising Stars on AMC+

Catch these festival shorts now on AMC+ for Native American Heritage Month:

Through The Storm directed by Fritz Bitsoie, Charles Frank

Tiger directed by Loren Waters

Things You Know But Cannot Explain directed by Michelle Hernandez

Woven Together directed by Malakye Zaayin Tsosie

How the Land Remembers Us directed by Jared Wahkinney

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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 Announces 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2025

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 were honored at a panel that took place at the Santa Fe International Film Festival on Oct. 17.