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Muy Caliente! The 9th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival Offers Up the Nation’s Spiciest Lineup of Film Features and Shorts Dec. 3-7
Santa Fe, New Mexico – Offering film aficionados more than one hundred and fifty features and film shorts to view in one of the world’s most beautiful cities, the Santa Fe Film Festival is proud to present its ninth annual event December 3-7, 2008.
With five film submission categories entitled Art Matters, Independent Spirits, Making it Reel, Eye on the World and Southwest Showcase, the one hundred and fifty films being showcased were chosen from nearly one thousand entries submitted from around the globe.
Fourteen awards will be presented to selected films at the Annual Milagro Awards Ceremony on Saturday, December 6th including the Heineken Red Star Award and The Luminaria Awards for Lifetime Achievement. This year, the Santa Fe Film Festival is proud to honor and present Lifetime Achievement awards to cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, actor James Cromwell and composer Howard Shore.
A team of more than 30 jurors composed of industry professionals from around the globe were chosen to select the award winning films. Many of the guests attending the Festival will also serve on panels and in educational workshops open to the public and includes participation by such industry notables as Ali McGraw, Alan Arkin, Raoul Trujillo, Robert Englund, Giancarlo Esposito, Robert Knott and Kirk Ellis.
In ongoing partnerships, the Santa Fe Film Festival welcomes program partners National Geographic, the New York Jewish Film Festival and the American Film Institute. The Festival will also present films from major studios Paramount, Overture, Sony, The Weinstein Company, IFC, and others.
Event attendees can look forward to a mix of social events including sponsor Heineken’s wildly popular Heineken Happy Hour at the Hotel Santa Fe and a new event, the very hip, arts-filled Tamalewood Lounge, hosted and sponsored by Warehouse 21 and the New Mexico Tourism Department.
The Santa Fe Film Festival, considered one of the premier film festivals in the American West, attracts film buffs and visitors from around the world and, recognized for its diversity in film, venues and culture, continues to serve as a ‘destination festival’ for those drawn to the “City Different.”
The Festival offers a variety of attendance opportunities with individual film tickets priced at $10, 10-packs value-priced at $75, total “All Film” passes available at $300 and VIP event passes available for $450.
More information about the 9th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival – event schedules, venue information and recommendations for city visitors – can be found online at www.santafefilmfestival.com or by calling 505-988-7414.
Special note to media: Images of the 2008 SFFF poster are available in jpg or tif format as are headshots of the award winners and panelists. Interviews are available with SFFF personnel and some guests en Español.
Contact:
Betsy Model, Media Relations
505 466 2770 Santa Fe
206 567 0077 Seattle
bmodel@betsymodel.com
