NEW MEXICO FILM FESTIVALS


January
Kids First! Film and Video Festival, Albuquerque
(also runs February and March)
Contact: 505-989-8076; ann@kidsfirst.org; www.kidsfirst.org

Rio Fest International Environmental Film Festival, Socorro
Contact: 505-418-8642; carollynnt@msn.com


February
Taos Shortz Film Fest
Contact: info@taosshortz.com; www.taosshortz.com

Sin Fronteras Film Festival, Albuquerque
Contact: 505-277-2744; www.sinfronterasfilmfestival.com

March
Gorilla Tango Film Festival, Albuquerque
Contact: Jason Witter 245-8600; Jason@gorillatango.com

April
Desert Light Film Competition, Alamogordo
Contact: 575-434-5882; 575-437-7139 Fax; jan@filmotero.com; www.filmotero.com

ESE! (Española Showing Excellence) Youth Video Festival, Española
Contact: 505-747-2100; Ellen Kaiper; Beakaiper@cybermesa.com

Experiments in Cinema, International Film Festival, Albuquerque
Contact: 505-235-1852; Bryan Konefsky; bryank@unm.edu

Gaia's Muse Film Series, Albuquerque
Contact: Lisa Polisar; impolis@sandia.gov

Global Green Indigenous Film Festival
Contact: 505-242-2175 (x107); www.ggiff.com

Truth or Fiction Film Festival, Truth or Consequences
Contact: 575-740-4870; torcfilm@gmail.com; www.torcfilm.8m.com

The White Sands International Film Festival 2009
101 N. White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo, NM 88310
Contact: 877-345-6973 (877-FILM WSF) 626-664-0986 Cell; www.wsiff.com; info@wsiff.com

May
High Plains Film Festival, Portales
Contact: Laurel Petty, laurel.petty@enmu.edu; 575-562-2229; www.enmu.edu/filmfest

Three Minute Film Festival, The Screen, Santa Fe
Contact: 505-820-1301; info@3mff.com; www.3mff.com

July
The Duke City Shootout, Albuquerque
Contact: 505-262-9733; www.dukecityshootout.org

August
Albuquerque Film Festival
102 Gold Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact: 505-508-0712; communications@albuquerquefilmfestival.com; www.albuquerquefilmfestival.com

Local Shorts Film Festival, Albuquerque
Contact: 505-262-0236; Jeff Tuttle, jeff@localshorts.com: www.localshorts.com

Red Nation Film Festival “On the Road”
Contact: 818-851-9758; Joanelle Romero, info@rednation.com; www.rednationfilmfestival.com; www.rednation.com

The Native Cinema Showcase, Santa Fe
Contact: 505-982-1338; www.ccasantafe.org

September
Gallup Intercultural Film Festival
Contact: 505-879-4325

Northern New Mexico Film Festival, A.K.A. Las Películas, Las Vegas
Contact: 505-425-1085; lvac@cybermesa.com; www.lasvegasartscouncil.org/festival

October
Alibi Short Film Fest, Albuquerque (on hiatus)
Contact: 505-346-0660 ext. 230; www.alibi.com/filmfest

Indigenous Earth Film Festival, Albuquerque
Contact: 505-883-9094; nativezine@yahoo.com; www.ntec.org/filmfestival.htm

Silver City Film Festival
Contact: J. Gorell; 575-534-9291; info@silvercityfilmfest.org; www.silvercityfilmfest.org

Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Albuquerque
Contact: 505-243-1870; info@closetcinema.org; www.closetcinema.org

Taos Mountain Film Festival
Contact: 575-751-3658; info@moutainfilm.net; www.mountainfilm.net

December
Santa Fe Film Festival
Contact: Karen RedHawk Dallett; 505-988-7414 Ext. 110; operations@santafefilmfestival.com; www.santafefilmfestival.com

 
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