Sedona Film Festival

=Official Name=

"The Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop"

Location

Sedona, Arizona, USA

Media Type

Film

Event Type

Film Festival

Founded

1997

Info

The Sedona Film Festival is a five-day festival that features more than 125 films, including features, documentaries, foreign films, shorts, animation and student films. Filmmakers and audiences from around attend the event each year. The Festival Workshop, founded by Academy Award winner Frank Warner, brings award-winning, industry professionals to Sedona to teach, inspire and share their knowledge with the next generation of filmmakers. Many of the films screened at the Sedona International Film Festival have gone on to garner Academy Award nominations including Genghis Blues, Spellbound and Why Can't We Be A Family Again. In addition, the 2004 festival premiered What the (Bleep) Do We Know? which has gone on to national box office success.

Past Honorees

Some of the luminaries who have been guests and honorees at the festival over the years include Ed Asner, Rick Schroder, Andrew McCarthy, Donald O'Connor, Ann Miller, Sean Young, Dean Stockwell, Linda Gray, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Ladd, Amanda Plummer, Wendy Malick, Scott Baio and Jena Malone.

Awards Given

Directors’ Choice Awards
*Best Feature Film
*Best Documentary Film
*Best Humanitarian Film
*Best Short Film
*Best Foreign Language Short Film
*Best Animated Film
*Discovery Film Award
*Outstanding Directing for “Local Color”

Audience Choice Awards
*Best Feature Film
*Best Documentary Film
*Best Student Short Film
*Best Short Film
*Best Animated Film

Excellence in Filmmaking Awards

External links

* [http://www.sedonafilmfestival.com/show.php?x=27&y=31/ The Sedona Film Festival Website]
* [http://www.sedonafilmfestival.com/show.php?x=28&y=34/ History and Information]
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Sedona_International_Film_Festival/ IMDB 1997-2007 Awards Page]