Schedule:

April 9, 2025

Opening Night Film

Brewmance - 6:30PM, 6:45PM, 7:00PM, 7:15PM
VIP After Party - La Posta at 9:00 PM

April 10, 2025

Theatre A

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM - Take It Away – Documentary Feature

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM - Narrative Shorts 2

Take Me Home
ZZZ
Ghost Girl
RAT!

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM - Homecoming – Documentary Feature

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM - Documentary Shorts 2

Fierro
Hemingway
The Circle
Radical Tenderness

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM - Student Shorts 1

The Spirit Became Flesh
Forgive Me Father
Adams Pools
A Love Letter to the Light
Chicken
El Guardian

6:15 PM – 8:50 PM - Helen Hunt,  As Good As It Gets / Q&A – Special Screenings

Theatre B

10:00 AM – 11:45 AM - Cherry Juice – Narrative Feature

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM - Local Shorts 1

Forgive Us Mother For We Have Sinned
Art of Love
Artist at Heart
We’re the Cat’s Meow
The Cowgirl
Pool Toys
Vax

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM - Silent Beauty – Documentary Feature

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM - Local Shorts 2

Angelito
Equino
Savior
Monochromic
Lucy’s Room
The Father The Son
Trick

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM - Giselou – Documentary Feature

6:45 PM – 9:20 PM - Helen Hunt,  As Good As It Gets / Q&A – Special Screenings

Theatre C

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM - Pokut – Narrative Feature

12:00 PM – 1:40 PM - The Sound of Night – Narrative Feature

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM - Preemptive Listening – Documentary Feature

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM - THE LOVE ROOM – Documentary Feature

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM - International Shorts 1 – Narrative Shorts

Animal Transport
She Always Wins
Original Skin
The Shore
7:15 PM – 9:35 PM - Helen Hunt,  As Good As It Gets / Q&A – Special Screenings

Theatre D

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM - Narrative Shorts 1

Evil, I
Monitor
Everything Goes Dark
Dear Mama
Goodnight, Moon
David Se Va

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM - On the Edge of Freedom – Narrative Feature

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM - Documentary Shorts 1

The Feeling of Being Close to You: How Forgive Your Mother
Between Earth and Sky
Fenice
Sangre Violenta
Beneath the Same Sky

3:30 PM – 5:15 PM - Toprak – Narrative Feature

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM - Removal of the Eye – Narrative Feature

7:15 PM – 9:35 PM - Helen Hunt,  As Good As It Gets / Q&A – Special Screenings

NMSU Center of arts

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM - Conversation with Helen Hunt – Panels & Workshop

9:00 PM - VIP After Party at Cineport

April 11, 2025

Theatre A

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM - Animated Shorts 1

In Half
Bird drone
Starry Eyed Duckling
Under the Thicket
Ednöra
Runaways

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM - Zozobra: 100 Years of Fire and Redemption – Documentary Feature

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM - High School Student Shorts

How Ethnic Minority Festivals are Becoming Part of Hong Kong’s Culture
In Between
Aglow: The Prequel
The Legend of Wild Wes
The Rise and Fall of Hong Kong Cinema
Thunderbird and Killer Whale
As You Wish
Cold
Aileen
Dark Horse

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM - Local Student Shorts

Star Crossed
Anna of Calle Cuatro
Southwestern Sword
Unfinished Business
Dirt Track Magic
Imogen
Der Schneider

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM - Horror Shorts – Narrative Shorts

Scooter
Rhyme or Die
Dream Creep
Alicia
The Influencer
The Visitor

7:00 PM – 9:15 PM - Somewhere in Montana – Narrative Feature

Theatre B

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - Water Lilies – Narrative Feature

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM - Gloria – Narrative Feature

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM - Student Shorts 2

Sirena
Supermarket Affairs
Darker
La Cumbia (Of What Could’ve Been)

5:00 PM – 6:35 PM - The Weird Kidz – Narrative Feature

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM - The Young Messiah w/ Director Cyrus Nowrasteh / Q&A – Special Screenings

Theatre C

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM - Documentary Shorts 3

When the Gifts Arrive
Kylie
Forward
Swimming with Butterflies
The Art of Looking

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM - Woolly – Documentary Feature

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM - American Hemp Farmer – Documentary Feature

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM - Local Shorts 3

Arto
Mother Trees
Weasel
The Trickster
Sasha

5:45 PM – 7:00 PM - I Didn’t See You There – Documentary Feature

7:15 PM – 9:15 PM - The Young Messiah w/ Director Cyrus Nowrasteh / Q&A – Special Screenings

Theatre D

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM - Foley Workshop – Panels & Workshop

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM - Screenwriting Panel w/ Ed Stone, Don Foster, and Bill True – Panels & Workshops

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM - Independent Filmmaking Panel w/ Cyrus Nowrasteh – Panels & Workshop

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM - Stunt Workshop – Panels & Workshop

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM - TWO OF A KIND – Local Short

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM - Local Shorts 4

Who’s Afraid
Wherever That May Be
Contingency
Rivals

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM - The Full Fungus – Narrative Feature

DACC Studio

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM - Filmmaker Social

9:00 PM - VIP After Party at Salud de Mesilla

April 12, 2025

Theatre A

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM - Narrative Shorts 3

Death Plays Flora a Visit
Are You Awake?
A Lien
The Old Young Crow
Happy Birthday *****

11:30 AM – 1:15 PM - THE UNEXPECTEDES – Narrative Feature

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM - 3 – Narrative Feature

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM - 48 Hour Film Challenge Films

Theatre B

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM - Femme Frontera Selections

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM - International Shorts 2 – Narrative Shorts

AirHostess-737
Poppy’s Saturn
Our Males Our Females
Los Mosquitos
Tall Dark and Handsome

12:45 PM – 2:00 PM - Music Videos

Two Door by Mike
Marley Hale, “On Your Knees”
Stranger to Myself by Taylor Paul
Grady Hodnett’s “I’d love you more”
Summer Nights
Vamos al Mar
Calvin K
Kome On by Dsavage
Endless Love
Limerencia
Dance With Me Miracle
May
OMT Miracle
Dance With Me – Mliracle
Integrate
Forbidden Fruit
The Eyes Chico

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM - Local Shorts 5

Pivot
Good Writers Are Rare
The Monster
**** You and Your Movie
The Wedding Night
Deserted Delirium

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM - 48 Hour Film Challenge Films

Theatre C

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM - Animated Shorts 2

Kingdom
Crowtege
Confetti
Illusion
Layla
Zoon

11:30 AM – 1:15 PM - LGBTQIA+ Films – Narrative Shorts

The Singing Telegram
To Be a Bruja
Pretty Boi
Summers End
What is Sex?
Purple Hours
Clare
Trifecta

1:30 PM – 3:45 PM - Ugly Little Monkeys – Documentary Feature

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM - 48 Hour Film Challenge Films

Theatre D

10:00 AM – 12:15 PM - Coalora Falls – Narrative Feature

1:30 PM – 3:15 PM - Hidden Flora – Narrative Feature

3:45 PM – 5:30 PM - Las Cruces Public School Film Fest Showcase

Rio Grande Theatre

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM - Casting Panel – Panels & Workshop

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM - Star Trek Panel w/ Michelle Hurd – Panels & Workshop

7:00 PM - Awards Ceremony at Rio Grande Theatre
9:00 PM - VIP After Party at Rio Grande Winery

April 13, 2025

Theatre A

10:30 AM - Best Shorts

12:30 PM - Best Director

2:45 PM - Grand Jury

Theatre B

10:00 AM - Best Screenplay

12:00 PM - Audience Choice

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM - Brief Tender Light – Documentary Feature

Theatre C

10:30 AM - Best Documentary Feature

12:30 PM - Best Cinematography

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM - Prop Making Workshop – Panels & Workshops

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Date: April 9-13. 2025

Location: Various Location

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