Santa Fe Film Festival Takes Place Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 2007

Eaves Movie Ranch
Mark Nohl

The festival is divided into seven series: Independent Spirits, Making it Reel, Eye on the World, Art Matters, Southwest Showcase and Gala films from the major distributors as well as retrospective titles drawn from the careers of the festival's annual Luminaria tributees. Indicative of the festival's reputation is National Geographic's role as a major programming partner, bringing its All Roads Film Project to the festival for the third consecutive year.

This season the All Roads project will present more than 20 films made by indigenous artists from around the globe, more than fifteen of whom will be in attendance at the festival. All Roads will also host a photography exhibit featuring works by four artists, who will also be in attendance, at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) during an opening on Wednesday the 18th at 5:00pm. National Geographic and the SFFF will stage a concert with the world-famous Toureg group, Tiniwaren at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 30th, at 7pm.

"In support of the All Roads Film Project, we travel all over the world to seek out compelling new artists and films, but coming to Santa Fe is always one of the highlights of our year," said Francene Blythe, Director of the All Roads Film Project.

New this year is a series in partnership with the New York Jewish Film Festival, part of the Jewish Museum of New York. A quartet of features and documentaries, which were unveiled earlier this year at the New York Jewish Film Festival's presentation at Lincoln Center in New York, will be shown on Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th at the Film Center and then again later in the week.

The SFFF will return to the beautiful Lensic Performing Arts Center with programming Wednesday through Sunday, including films, music, and the Milagro Awards Ceremony. Events will also be held at the CCA, The Film Center, The Jean Cocteau Film Museum, De Vargas theaters, plus The Screen and Tipton Hall at the College of Santa Fe. New for this year will be events at the Armory for the Arts and the Kathryn O'Keeffe Theater at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Downtown Santa Fe restaurants will provide venues for nightly parties sponsored by the Santa Fe Film Festival featuring music and entertainment from an impressive group of filmmakers, artists, and musicians.

The educational component of the festival continues to expand as Industry professionals from Pixar, Lucasfilms, Panavision, Kodak, UNM, and Albuquerque Studios among others take part in panels and labs throughout the event.

The festival will bestow its Luminaria Award for lifetime achievement to Alanis Obomsawin, a documentary filmmaker whose powerful and uncompromising works address the many conflicts faced by contemporary Native peoples and to Marina Goldovskaya, who made the first Russian documentary to expose the horrors of Stalin's concentration camps. Also, Actor Rutger Hauer of BLADERUNNER and LADYHAWKE has been named one of this year's Luminaria Tributees along with husband and wife filmmakers John Bailey, Director of Photography and Carol Littleton, editor.

Even as one of the fastest growing film festivals in the country, the SFFF remains accessible and intimate with a well-deserved reputation for diverse events and thoughtful programming. Tickets go on sale November 9 in the box office at 519 Cerrillos Road: $10 for individual admission, $75 for a ten-pack of tickets. Festival passes are on sale now for $300 for an All Films pass and $450 for the All Festival pass which includes access to the daily Heineken / CBS Happy Hour at Hotel Santa Fe, all Nightly Parties, and the reception for the Milagro Awards Ceremony. Any and all additional information is available at www.santafefilmfestival.com