We’re excited to see what filmmakers across the globe offer for our Feb ’27 Festival. Submit your work here: https://filmfreeway.com/TheSantaFeFilmFestival

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Join us for an unforgettable evening with film and TV director Howard Deutch (Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Odd Couple II, and more) with director, screenwriter and […] The post Enjoy an Evening with Hollywood Legends at Gatsby’s on February 17 first appeared on The Santa Fe Film Festival.

From the New York Times: “As the thousands of movie industry insiders and fans make their annual pilgrimage to Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival this week, their […] The post Sundance starts its last Park City festival first appeared on The Santa Fe Film Festival.

“For the fourth year in a row, the editors of MovieMaker Magazine named Santa Fe the No. 1 small city or town in North America on its list of best places […] The post Santa Fe again tops ‘MovieMaker’ list as best small city in North America for filmmakers first appeared on The Santa Fe Film Festival.

Veteran marketing practitioner and long time Santa Fe resident Frank O’Mahony has been announced as the 2026/7 Festival Executive Director. Frank’s achievements include managing the Apple HQ press office, launching […] The post Frank O’Mahony appointed FESTIVAL’s EXECUTIVE Director first appeared on The Santa Fe Film Festival.

Review of Maurice Jarre's music for Shadow of the Wolf

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If you spend enough time around film festivals, one technical acronym eventually starts to haunt your inbox: DCP. A DCP is simply a delivery format — but it is a very specific one designed for professional cinema environments. A Digital Cinema Package (DCP) is the standard format used by commercial movie theaters with digital projection systems. Unlike an MP4 or QuickTime file...

Feb 21, 2026: Berlinale 2026: The Audience Awards Go to by Faraz Shariat and by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg). Knut Elstermann will moderate the award ceremony at Zoo Palast starting at 5.30 pm on Sunday, February 22 [...]

As we predicted, Yellow Letters was a formidable film in the competition of twenty-two films. Here are the winners!

Short answer: it depends on why you did it and what you expect to happen next. Submitting to a lot of festivals isn’t inherently good or bad.  Festivals are a tool. And like any tool, it can either help you build something… or just exhaust you. Let’s break it down in a way that actually helps you  moving forward.