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.
Our 2025 screenings will place on Saturday, April 12 at the Palace Theater in Willcox, Arizona.
Announcing the 2025 Festival Official Selections for Screening
Congratulations to the following films and individuals selected as Official Selections for this year's festival:
“The Lost Treasure of Pirate Island”
Abigail Nicole – Melbourne, Florida
“Something’s Afoot”
Robert Zamora – Los Angles, California
“Keeper of the Night Sky”
Karina Loerchner – Waterloo, Ontario Canada
“Mutual Tides”
Christian Gregg – Peoria, Arizona
“Allergy”
Shi Xiaoxiao – Beijing, China
“Platform Red”
Matteo Farinacci – Redwood City, California
“Picolo Volo”
Sarah Wayson – Peoria, Arizona
“Body”
Lavender Birch – Peoria, Arizona
“Cambio”
Erika Reyes – Goodyear, Arizona
“Talking To The Planets”
Grace Johnson – Peoria, Arizona
“Superheroes”
Rafael de Andrade – Brasilia, Brazil
“Dear Liza”
Adam Harper – Atlanta, Georgia
”RKLSS”
Hank Standing Bear – Calgary, Alberta Canada
”La Pietra” (The Stone)
Nikita Hattangady – Dallas, Texas
“Lotus”
Bryce Mackie & Brennan Collins – Battle Creek, Michigan
“Johnny Crow”
Xstine Cook & Jesse Gouchey – Calgary, Alberta Canada
“Wrestling”
Kat Hawkins – Beloit, Wisconsin
“Baptiste Garnier and the Indian Wars”
Sean Restivo, San Francisco, California
“Monstr”
Hank Standing Bear – Calgary, Alberta Canada
“Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake”
Javier Badillo – Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Congratulation to all our official selections for their hard work. Judging was really tough to get to these twenty exceptional short films.
All winners and screened films will receive respective Laurels for promotional purposes.
We award our top winners with cash awards paid out via check.
The following categories are awarded cash and certificates:
Best of Fest
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