2019 Sedona Film Festival Entries

Sedona AZ (February 8, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival begins February 23 and runs thru March 3, 2019. The festival celebrates its 25^th Anniversary this year with over 165 films selected from over 1400 entries. Venues for film screening will be at the Mary D. Fisher theatre, at Harkins 6 Theaters and at the Performing Arts Center at Red Rock High School. Shuttle service will be provided to all theaters.

NARRATIVE FEATURES • DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
NARRATIVE SHORTS • DOCUMENTARY SHORTS • ANIMATED SHORTS
SPECIAL EVENTS

“Looking back, it’s been an incredible run. Looking ahead, the best is yet to come,” quipped an enthusiastic Patrick Schweiss, the festival Director, as he beamed from ear to ear at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The festival has grown to be one of Sedona’s signature events, attracting films from around the world.

“Video is the most powerful medium in the world” said Steve DeVol, publisher of Sedona.biz. “Films from victory to sadness, heart wrenching sagas and insightful glimpses from narrative to documentary, short films and animated tell the many stories from around the world.”

The film festival is very competitive and the final films represent the very best in filmmaking efforts by producers, editors, cameramen and even gaffers. These films compete with Hollywood productions and are not found in everyday theaters, which is where Mary T. Fisher Theatre come in. Billed as an art house, the viewer will find films that are not shown in other theaters but are equally entertaining.

For the budding filmmaker, festivals offer the opportunity for exposure that would otherwise be available and thus offers the chance to experiment with ideas and techniques. And the lucky chance to be “discovered”. See you at the movies!

The titles of movies below are linked to the show times and location and as well as a brief description may be found.

NARRATIVE FEATURES

The Drummer and the Keeper

The Elephant and the Butterfly

If Beale Street Could Talk

I May Regret

In This Gray Place

Jim Hendrix Experience: Electric Church

No Date, No Signature

A Thousand Miles Behind

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Bathtubs Over Broadway

Bias

The Biggest Little Farm

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

The Blessing

The Butterfly Trees

Campesino

Carlos Almaraz Playing With Fire

Ed Asner: On Stage and Off

The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution

The Hello Girls

The Human Element

JONI 75:A Birthday Celebration

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Muhi — Generally, Temporary

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (not available)

Science Fair

The Serengeti Rules

A Thousand Girls Like Me

Toxic Puzzle: Hunt for the Hidden Killer

The Valley

Wajd — Songs of Separation

Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?

Wyeth

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NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS

Ablution

An Act of Terror

American

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home

Baggage (not available)

The Bicycle Thief

The Big Shot (not available)

Broken Sunflower Hearts

The Bumbry Encounter

But First

Cells

Conversation With A Cigarette

Dirty Little Secret (not available)

Elwood Takes a Lover

Encore

Escala

Flow

For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn

Giveaway

Goldfish Funeral

Half Smile (not available)

Homecoming

Horizon

How the World Looks Now

Idol

Jacob’s Kiss (not available)

Lacrimosa

Lesson #7 (not available)

Lucy

Lucy in the Sky

Man In Focus

Mother Earth (not available)

A New Beginning (not available)

The Nine Billion Names of God

One Day Home

The Outsider (not available)

Pagg

Parousia

Passive Aggressive Dads (not available)

Pozole

Prodigy (not available)

Pygmalion

Reverie (not available)

Romance From a Distance

Rose Colored Glasses (not available)

The Seed (not available)

Sides of a Horn (not available)

This One Step (not available)

Tin Can (not available)

Too Many Bodies (not available)

Tzeva Adom: Color Red

Échappé

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DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

America First: The Legacy of an Immigration Raid

Becoming Ocean (not available)

Being 97 (not available)

Better Man

Child, Disrupted

Circle Up (not available)

Fraser Syndrome & Me

Getting To Carnegie (not available)

The Girl and The picture

The Gospel of Combat

Grateful (not available)

The Happiness Machine

In Due Time (not available)

My Paintbrush Bites

Period. End of Sentence.

Pizza, Democracy & the Little Prince (not available)

Reclamation: The Rise at Standing Rock

Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) (not available)

Speaking through Generations (not available)

Tracing Addai

Yes She Can

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ANIMATED SHORT FILMS

L’Homme et le Poisson

The Lineman

Prizefighter (not available)

Stumped (not available)

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SPECIAL EVENTS

OSCARS ON THE ROCKS

TO BE ANNOUNCED

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Down to Earth: The remarkable Science of Grounding

THE MOMENT IS UPON US

Dear Sedona,

The moment is upon us. The time for a united effort to shift the focus back to our community is now.

The ability to thrive in our community, our environment, our workforce, and the tourist industry, is entirely possible because we have all the resources needed for success.

Still, we need a council that isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions, that makes decisions based on data and facts, and through discussion, rather than moving and voting in group unison as they so regularly do.

This is my home. I have been a part of the Sedona community for 28 years. I witnessed the road debacle, the lack of planning, the city circumventing the local businesses ability to thrive, while making choices to expand the local government and be in direct competition with private industry.

I am a unique candidate because unlike the incumbents, I don’t believe the government should expand in size, nor in operations, nor would I attempt to micromanage every aspect of our community.

City government should stay in its lane and allow the competitive market of local private industry to prosper. And it should defend our community from corporate takeover and infiltration of our town.

I do not agree that we should sign onto International Building Codes and regulations by signing Sedona up to the ICC. It is imperative that we remain a sweet, rural community.

Where are the arts? Where is this organic thriving element that we allege to be animated by. Where is our culture? Where is our community?

The discord between the decision making process and the desires of the community have never been more clear. It has been nearly a decade in the making.

It is time for a new era of energy to take charge. An energy that is reflective in the ability to succeed rather than be trapped in out of date consciousness.

It has been a great honor meeting with each of you. I hear your concerns over the insane and out of control spending and I echo them. A budget of $105,000,000 in a town of 9700 residents is completely unacceptable. A parking structure (that looks like a shoe box) originally slated to cost 11 million, now projected to cost 18 million, is incomprehensible. Especially, considering there is no intention of charging for parking.

For those who are concerned that I lack the political experience within our established system- that is precisely what Sedona needs… Not another politician, but instead a person who understands people, who listens to the voices within the community, and who will act in service on their behalf with accountability, for the highest good of Sedona. What I am not, will prove to be an asset as I navigate the entrenched bureaucracy with a fresh perspective. Business as usual, is over.

Creative solutions require new energy.

Every decision that is made by our local government, must contemplate Sedona first.

Does this decision benefit the residents?
Does this decision benefit the local businesses?
Does this decision actually help the environment?
Will this decision sustain benefit in the future, or will it bring more problems?

What we have now is a city government that expands to 165 employees for 9700 residents. Palm Desert has 53,000 residents and 119 city employees. Majority of our city department heads are not even in town. I find this problematic.

Efforts towards championing in and courting new solutions for our medical needs are imperative. We are losing our doctors. We must encourage competition with other facilities rather than be held hostage by NAH, who clearly have their own set of dysfunctions.

We must remember that so many move to Sedona for its beauty, hiking, and small town charm. Bigger, faster, and more concrete does not, in broad strokes, fit the ethos of Sedona.

The old world must remain strong here in balance, as that is what visitors want to experience. Too many have noted that Sedona has lost its edge and charm.

As Mayor I will preserve the rural charm of our community, and push back against the urbanization that is planned for Sedona.

As mayor I will make it a priority to create opportunities to support our youth. After school healthy, enriching programs should be created for our kids, and available to the Sedona workforce regardless of residency and regardless of school they belong to.

As Mayor, I will create an agenda to deliberately embody the consciousness of our collective needs here, allowing private industry to meet the needs of our community rather than bigger government.

I hope to have your vote on Aug 2nd. I am excited and have the energy to take on this leadership role with new eyes, community perspective, and the thoughtful consciousness that reflects all ages of the human spectrum.

Thank you deeply for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Samaire Armstrong

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