• <i>Festival Grand Prize - </i>Itu Ninu (Where the corn fields are)
  • <i>Best Dramatic Feature - </i>The Ballad of a Hustler
  • <i>Best Foreign Feature - </i>Suppressed
  • <i>Best First Feature - </i>Flashlight
  • <i>Best Action Feature - </i>The Man With the Silver Case
  • <i>Best Horror Feature - </i>Welcome to Kittytown
  • <i>Best Short Feature - </i>Ana Paula
  • <i>Best Documentary - </i>Interpreters Wanted
  • <i>Best Environmental Documentary - </i>Giants Rising
  • <i>Best Short Documentary - </i>Hive
  • <i>Best Dramatic Short - </i>What You Left in the Ditch
  • <i>Best Foreign Short - </i>Wandering Memories
  • <i>Best Indigenous Short - </i>NIGIQTUQ  (The South Wind)
  • <i>Best Comedy Short - </i>Chairs
  • <i>Best Experimental Short - </i>Demi-Goddesses</b>
  • <i>Best Animated Short - </i>Bug Diner
  • <i>Best Short Short - </i>The Lure
  • <i>Best of Arizona - </i>10ft Down
  • <i>Sam Polito Award for Best of Arizona Short - </i>Room 107
  • <em>Best of IndieYouth - </em>Savonette
  • <i>Special Jury Award for Bridging Cultures - </i>The Other
  • <i>Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking - </i>The Diamond Couple
  • <i>Special Jury Award for Activist Filmmaking - </i>Rhino Man
  • <i>Special Jury Award for Best Performance to - </i>Fanny Ardant for My Motherland
  • <i>Special Jury Award for Outstanding Cinematography - </i>Will Goldenberg, Owen Bissell, Fabian Aquirre for Giants Rising
  • <em>Jury Award for Creative Achievement - </em>Dawn of Melancholy: A Birthday Soliloquy
  • <em>Jury Award for Creative Achievement - </em>Dragonfly
  • <em>Jury Award for Creative Achievement - </em>Games People Play
  • <em>Jury Award for Creative Achievement - </em>Harlem Fragments
  • <em>Jury Award for Creative Achievement - </em>Inside
  • <em>Jury Award for Creative Achievement - </em>Some Kind of Heavenly Fire
  • <em>Jury Award for Creative Achievement - </em>Tennis, Oranges
  • 2024 Arizona International Film Festival

Newsflash

2025 Festival Dates Announced

The 33rd Arizona International Film Festival, the oldest film celebration in Arizona, will run April 3 to April 13, 2025 at The Screening Room (downtown), the Mercado Annex, the Historic Hotel Congress and other venues throughout Tucson. Remaining true to the independent spirit, the Arizona International Film Festival is a venue for independent filmmakers in search of an independent audience. 

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.

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  • Mercado District
  • Sundance Press
  • Johnny Gibsons Downtown Market
  • Hotel Congress
  • Downtown Tucson Partnership
  • Etherton Gallery
  • Sun Link Streetcar

Submissions Open for 2025 Festival

The 33rd Arizona International Film Festival is now accepting new and innovative independent films of all lengths in narrative, documentary, animation, and experimental categories to be part of our 2025 festival. We proudly accept entries on FilmFreeway, the world's #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests. Earlybird deadline is January 10, 2024 and the regular deadline is January 30, 2024. You can now submit your film thru filmfreeway.com

Partner with the 2025 Arizona International Film Festival, our 33rd edition

The Festival is an excellent way to advertise your company and support independent expression. We have sponsorships and advertising for every marketing budget. If you are interested in partnering with us, please email us at arizonafilmfest@yahoo.com or click here for sponsorship opportunities.

Volunteers needed for the 33nd Arizona International Film Festival

Are you interested in working behind-the-scenes for the 2025 Arizona International Film Festival in Tucson? Volunteers are needed for event planning, marketing, promotions, design, production, merchandise, office work, and much more. Contact us at arizonafilmfest@yahoo.com and find out how you can be involved.

Support INDIE FILM with a donation

Your donation will help us bring Filmmakers to Tucson for our 2024 Festival and into Arizona classrooms with our Festival in the Schools (FITS) program. Visiting Festival Filmmakers help to enrich the lives of Arizonans by bridging cultures when they share their talent, expertise, and knowledge with audiences and students. Please go to https://www.azgives.org/AZFilmFest to donate.

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; the Downtown  Clifton with its stylish Sonoran Moderne ambiance; the Graduate Tucson with its14th-story rooftop restauarnt and pool, 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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Congrats to the 2024 Award Winners!

Congrats to the 31 winning films from 10 countries (Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Palestine, United Kingdom and USA) who were recognized  for their excellence. 

Congrats to the IndieYouth winners!

Congrats to the 6 award-winning films from 4 countries (France, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and USA) who were recognized  for their excellence. Way to go, IndieYouth! Click here for the list of winners.