TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Arizona International Film Festival is returning for its 30th year Wednesday, April 20 to Sunday, May 1.
These 12 days celebrating independent film is showcased at Mercado Annex, 267 S Avenida del Convento, The Screening Room, 127 E Congress St. and Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.
A selection of 30 "features" and 80 "shorts" from 21 countries includes:
- Wednesday, April 20
- 7:30 p.m. - Fox Theatre
- Canyon del Muerto
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 7:30 p.m. - Fox Theatre
- Thursday, April 21
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- My London Lullaby
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex (Indigenous shorts)
- Ala Moana Boys
- In Good Hands
- Last Hawaiian Sugar
- Nobody’s Boy
- Seeds
- Sheep
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- A Bird Flew In
- A Bird Flew In
- Friday, April 22
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Mississippi Messiah
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex (Sonoran genre)
- El Pozo
- Esmeralda
- La Poeta del Ring
- Los Quehaceres
- Somos Pequeñas
- Filmmakers in attendance
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Swamp Lion
- 10 p.m. – The Screening Room (animated shorts)
- Bistro Girls
- Black Slide
- Fulcrum
- I Will Always Love You
- On/Off
- Painting by Numbers,
- Poise
- Return to Their Origin
- Super Vaccine Vato
- The Statue
- Saturday, April 23
- 12 p.m. – The Screening Room (dramatic shorts)
- Burros
- Hurricane
- Iquluit
- Mathew
- 2 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Inhabitants
- 2:30 p.m. – Main Gate
- Yung Punx: A Punk Parable
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 4 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Love and Communication
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Manscaping
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex
- Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Animal Balloon
- 10 p.m. – The Screening Room (comedy shorts)
- Guardian
- Preggers
- Gut Feelings
- Half
- Hip Cat
- The House
- 12 p.m. – The Screening Room (dramatic shorts)
- Sunday, April 24
- 12 p.m. – The Screening Room (short documentaries)
- Avoesis
- Deerwood's Deathtrap
- The Militiaman
- Underdogs
- 2 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Powerlands
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 2:30 p.m. – Main Gate
SUPERFAN: The Nav Bhatia Story
and Mountain Bear - 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 4 p.m. – The Screening Room
- The Tape
- 6 p.m. – The Loft Cinema
- Tantura
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- One Pint At A Time
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex
- Musher
- 12 p.m. – The Screening Room (short documentaries)
- Monday, April 25
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (tba)
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Ailleurs Partout
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex
- 8,000 Feet Up
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room (experimental shorts)
- Killing Curry
- Last Frame of Sand
- Living in a Bubble
- Miles and Kilometres,
- On the Couch with My Depression
- Our America
- Tuesday, April 26
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room (global shorts)
- An Encounter
- Brother Troll
- On My Mind
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex
- American Wall
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Daughter of the Wind
- Daughter of the Wind
- Wednesday, April 27
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Sweet Disaster
- 7:30 p.m. – Hotel Congress Plaza (Arizona shorts)
- Mustang Moments
- Nether Land
- Tesoro
- The Bank Robbery
- Under The Shadow of the Wall
- Unforgotten
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Utica: The Last Refuge
- Thursday, April 28
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (tba)
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- How to Stop a Recurring Dream
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex
- Veteran's Journey Home: Leaving it on the Land
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Tenzin
- Friday, April 29
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Laura's Choice
- 7:30 p.m. – Mercado Annex (festival-alum shorts)
- A Cartoon of a Cat Sleeping
- Concrete 49
- Exorcisms
- Requeim For A Spoken Word
- Tikkun Olam
- Tracing Contact
- Western Exit
- The Wild One
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Love Gods from Planet Zero
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 10 p.m. – The Screening Room (dramatic shorts)
- Clear Water
- Eureka
- From the Shadows of Desert Rocks
- Raw
- Safe
- You're Now Beyond Hope, Arizona
- Saturday, April 30
- 2:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Various independent youth shorts
- 3 p.m. – Zoom Panel (TBA)
- 4 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Mariposas del Campo
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Forbidden Womanhood
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 8 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Dealing with Dad
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 10 p.m. – The Screening Room (global shorts)
- Asylum
- Evie
- Field Trip
- Human Trash
- 2:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Sunday, May 1
- 12 p.m. – The Screening Room (short documentaries)
- Heirloom
- Remnants of Memory
- When The Swallows Fly
- 2 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Jews of the Wild West
- 4 p.m. – The Screening Room (global shorts)
- Dark Wind
- First …
- Little Hours in A Perfect World,
- Shattered
- 6 p.m. – The Screening Room
- Almost an Island
- R. Carlos Nakai: The Sound of Prayer Within
- Filmmaker in attendance
- 6 p.m. – Main Gate
- Everest - A Graphic Novel Opera
- 8:00 p.m. – Cactus Drive-In, 6201 S Wilmot Rd.
- One Road to Quartzsite
- Filmmakers in attendance
- 12 p.m. – The Screening Room (short documentaries)
Please visit the Fox Tucson Theatre's website for ticketing prices.
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