• Festival Grand Prize: <strong>Village Keeper</strong>
  • Best Dramatic Feature: <strong>The Birds Who Fear Death</strong>
  • Best Indie Feature: <strong>The Girl in the Woods</strong>
  • Best Foreign Feature: <strong>Songs of Adam</strong>
  • Best First Feature: <strong>La Gloria</strong>
  • Best Sci-Fi Feature: <strong>The Other Timeline</strong>
  • Best Short Feature: <strong>The Junction</strong>
  • Best Documentary: <strong>Prodigal Daughter</strong>
  • Best Short Documentary: <strong>Kanenon:we - Original Seeds</strong>
  • Best Foreign Short Documentary: <strong>Children of Agave</strong>
  • Best Dramatic Short: <strong>Disco Beats</strong>
  • Best Foreign Short: <strong>All That's Carried</strong>
  • Best Comedy Short: <strong>Happy Endings Funeral Parlor</strong>
  • Best Experimental Short: <strong>Demi-Demons</strong>
  • Best Animated Short: <strong>Who Is The Zookeeper</strong>
  • Best Short Short: <strong>Ya Hanouni</strong>
  • Sam Polito Award for Best of Arizona: <strong>Ugly Little Monkeys - A True American Story</strong>
  • Special Jury Award for Bridging Cultures: <strong>Where There is Love, There is No Darkness</strong>
  • Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking: <strong>In the Red</strong>
  • Special Jury Award for Activist Filmmaking: <strong>Seeds of Sovereignty</strong>
  • Special Jury Award for Cultural & Historical Filmmaking: <br/><strong>The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt's Monument to Ida B. Wells</strong>
  • Special Jury Award for Best Performance to <strong>Olunike Adeliyi</strong> for <strong>Village Keeper</strong>
  • Special Jury Award for Outstanding Cinematography to <strong>Alex Witkowicz</strong> for <strong>The Shot List</strong>
  • Jury Award for Creative Achievement: <strong>Gary</strong>
  • Jury Award for Creative Achievement: <strong>How Do You Dream</strong>
  • Jury Award for Creative Achievement: <strong>Monument</strong>
  • Jury Award for Creative Achievement: <strong>My Comrade</strong>
  • Jury Award for Creative Achievement: <strong>Sally, Get the Potatoes</strong>
  • Jury Award for Creative Achievement: <strong>The Eating of an Orange</strong>
  • Jury Award for Creative Achievement: <strong>The Original Badass</strong>
  • Best of Indie Youth: <strong>Adam</strong>
  • Arizona International Film Festival 2025

Newsflash

Congrats to the 2025 Award Winners!

Congrats to the 30 winning films from 10 countries (Canada,  France, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Mexico, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom and USA) who were recognized  for their excellence. 

Welcome to the 33rd Arizona International Film Festival

Staying true to its mission of showcasing independent film, the Arizona International Film Festival has exhibited over 3,400 films representing 100 countries to over 180,000 patrons in southern Arizona. And now, the 33rd edition will select more exciting and innovative films from around the world for Arizona audiences.

Our Sponsors

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  • The City of Tucson
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  • Fox Theatre
  • Pima County Attractions
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  • Ramada by Wyndham
  • Petroglyphs
  • Old Tucson
  • Steve Godwin Consulting
  • Mercado District
  • Sundance Press
  • Hotel Congress
  • Downtown Tucson Partnership
  • Etherton Gallery
  • Sun Link Streetcar

Opening Night Film Announced

The Arizona premiere of Where There is Love, There is No Darkness opened the 33rd Arizona International Film Festival at The Screening Room on Thursday, April 3, 8:00pm. This poignant French film tells the story of an undocumented delivery man in Paris trying to support his family in Senegal. Filmmaker Stevan Lee Mraovitch flew in from Paris for the screening. 

Tucson Welcomes Festival Filmmakers

Out-of-town visitors have a variety of choices when it comes to resting their heads after an exciting day at the Festival!  The Ramada Inn, our official Festival hotel, located on the modern streetcar line; and the historical Hotel Congress, which housed and aided in the arrest of infamous bank robber John Dillinger.   Each hotel features discounted rates for anyone attending the Arizona International Film Festival. Click here for more information and rates.

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