2020 Call For Entries is officially open.
The Southern Arizona Independent Film Festival is a family oriented festival designed to solicit entries from all levels of experience, age groups and genre interests ensuring that opportunities are broadly available to anyone creating visual stories. We screen G and PG rated short films (under 15 minutes). The festival is geared towards the student filmmaker but fully embraces the work of Indie filmmakers as well.
2019 was another great year for films at the festival with some really incredible work submitted
Congratulations to all of our award winners for 2019
BEST OF FEST
"Tank Man" - Robert Anthony Peters - Tucson, Arizona
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
"Tank Man" - Robert Anthony Peters - Tucson, Arizona
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
"Tank Man" - Robert Anthony Peters - Tucson, Arizona
BEST ADVANCED STUDENT FILM
"Duck A Cola" - Carlos H. Tejeda - El Paso, Texas
BEST STUDENT FILM
"Just a Song" - Holden Scott - Waxhaw, North Carolina
BEST DIRECTION
"Tank Man" - Robert Anthony Peters - Tucson, Arizona
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Migrating with the Sandhill Cranes" - Bryan Nelson - Tucson, Arizona
BEST SOUND
"Finding Home" - Shea Butler - Van Nuys, California
BEST EDITING
"Toasted" - Chad Janusch - Oakland, California
BEST PERFORMANCE
"Letting Go" - Malcolm Ellis - Georgetown Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
BEST STORY
"Tank Man" - Robert Anthony Peters - Tucson, Arizona
The 2019 Festival was held on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Historic Willcox Theater at 134 N. Railroad Avenue in Willcox, Arizona, 85643 (USA).
Our 2020 "CALL FOR ENTRIES" is officially open as of August 1, 2019.
All winners and screened films will receive respective Laurels for promotional purposes.
We award our top winners with cash awards paid out via PayPal. All winners receive a signed, printable PDF Award Certificate (via email) that is suitable for printing and framing.
The following categories are awarded cash and certificates:
Best of Fest
Audience Favorite (Saturday only)
Best Student Film
Best Advanced Student Film
Best Independent Film
Other award categories recognized for certificates:
Best Directing
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound
Best Performance
Best Story
Stan Robinson Memorial Award of Excellence
(Individual contribution to the festival)