Sijia Luo

A little chicken is late to school, but her excuse is too wild to believe: getting kidnapped on the way.

UCLA Masters thesis from brilliant, young, director and animator Sijia Luo.

Mat Edwards

World Premiere w/ Director present

Usually the life of every party, Nick and Zoe bring a friendly gathering to a screeching halt when their relationship flames out in public.
Shot in Albuquerque. The writer and some of the cast will be attending the screening.

N.T. Bullock

What if Iran threatened to bomb the U.S. if you didn't get back together with your ex?

'I Ran Against Us' tells the story of an American couple, Jon and Sandy, who have gone through the typical breakup. Out of nowhere, Iran threatens the United States with massive destruction if Jon and Sandy do not get back together.

Christopher Valori

World Premiere w/ Director present
When Audrey breaks up with Alex, he begins falling apart . . . literally.
Can he see Audrey one last time before it’s too late?
If Evil Dead and The Notebook got drunk and hooked up one night, this film would be their illegitimate bastard spawn!

Freedom Hopkins

World Premiere w/ Director present

Set in Albuquerque and told by a cast and crew of students "Freeing Joshua" is one of a kind

Casey Clark

Director present

So Funny, You’ll be Begging for More.

When a young couple, desperate for cash converts their basement into an S&M dungeon, their relationship takes a beating.

With their bank account empty and their relationship on the rocks, Josh and Maria unwittingly agree to a career in home domination and turn their basement into an S&M dungeon. But when their first client arrives, their playfully kinky business venture takes a very dangerous turn.

Scott Erickson

Director Present

When Vince falls for Frankie he enters a lonely world of sexual obsession.

While sexual racism among gays is boldly pronounced in the title, the film itself subtly addresses the issue in an emotional and thought provoking way.

Robert J. Butler

World Premiere w/ Director present

Living in Detroit and working on the streets, a struggling prostitute attempts to pay her rent, while searching for redemption in a collapsed economy. The film offers an unsentimental portrait of struggle, inner torment, and hope in a city indicative of a world growing smaller.

Camille Manybeads Tso

A young Navajo girl finds her own strength through making a documentary about her Grandmother and their history.

Tim French

World Premiere w/ Director present

A man has to find $60,000, or his boss is sending him straight to his maker.
Superb acting, a good story, and unique characters; make "The Collector" a film that everyone should enjoy.

Alcides Soares

An orphan tells the world his story.
Alcides Soares, one of Mozambique’s half a million AIDS orphans, chronicles his journey to find a new life in a country ravaged by AIDS.

Brian Paccione

World Premiere

George takes his intellectually disabled brother digging for clams. When a figure from their past appears, George must balance pain against forgiveness.

A talented cast (Jordana Spiro "My Boys") explores the depths of human pain, challenging an audience to remember those they never had the heart to forgive.

Hitoshi Yoshikawa

New Mexico Premiere

Anne, soon to be married, decides to see and
invite her biological father to her wedding despite her mother warnings.

Soyeon Kim

New Mexico Premiere

A series of coincidental happenings at the church results in an unspeakable act of sin… Or not!
It's a short animated comedy about love, temptation, guilt and morality.

Antonio Piazza

New Mexico Premiere

One of the most successful Italian short films ever, Premiered at Festival de Cannes.

Rita, a blind child, shelters a boy on the run. It's an enigmatic meeting that lets Rita live a moment of freedom.

Dustin Grella

New Mexico Premiere

Pastels on a slate chalkboard underscore life's impermanence as the artist confronts the memory of his younger brother killed in Iraq.

Alan Butterworth

New Mexico Premiere

It follows estranged brothers Marcus and Danny finding themselves on a surprisingly dangerous undertaking to unravel the mystery surrounding their father’s very unlikely wealth.

Shot on the Red One in black and white, it's a collision between old and new. A black comedy set in decaying rural England.

Filippo Ticozzi

North American Premiere w/ Director Present

Vittorio is a charming man, cultured and intelligent. Marina, a young and clever woman is really in love with him, but this is not enough.

Rebecca Schanberg

This riveting account of the practices at one non-profit hospital in Georgia has inspired Americans to demand more oversight of hospitals that receive federal funding to meet community need.

Emily Cohen

World Premiere w/ Director present

Iraq veterans stage military operations they performed while in Iraq, transforming the streets of New York into a public stage for shock theater.

“IVAW performs Operation First Causality” shows a rarely seen and yet growing anti-war movement among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Juan Riedinger

World Premiere

A father arrives late to his son's birthday to say goodbye for the last time.

Trevor Jones

World Premiere

Through the use of shadow play and narration by the great Russell Means, we hear the legend of why the Sasquatch must hide.

Dennis Foulkrod

World Premiere w/ Director Present

Hard times force eight people from very different walks of life to make choices leading them into unfamiliar territory, forever changing their lives.
Shot in Albuquerque with a cast and crew from Santa Fe and Albuquerque

Marwan Abderrazzaq

New Mexico Premiere

Five friends get together for their weekly poker game in which a phone call from a wife sparks an interesting conversation. Over Cards pushes the limits of what guys talk about when their wives are not around.

This is a riveting film that audiences will enjoy and remember. It'll keep them guessing till the very end and will most certainly spark conversations well after it's over.

Rich Hovey

World Premiere

A young girl anxiously awaits her mother’s arrival home to play dominoes, but when the opportunity arrives, the mother is distracted.

Hiu Kwong Yau

New Mexico Premiere

A man raises a teenage girl like a dog with no sense of guilt until the girl starts becoming a woman. Their relationship is not accepted by anyone but each other.

Christopher Chilton

New Mexico director Christopher Chilton takes you on a chilling journey of fear and desperation.

Beaten and confused, a man awakens to find himself abandoned in the forest. With no recollection of the events that brought him here, he searches to find traces of his lost identity.

Joel Moffett

After their high school team loses the big game (again), a football player and a band geek confront each other on the way home inPoi Dogs.