Events

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2026 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts March 6-12 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres.

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2026 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts March 6-12 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres.

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona theatrical premiere of “Natchez” showing March 6-11 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2026 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts March 6-10 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres.

“The Secret Agent” is nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best International Feature Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Wagner Moura) and Best Casting.

Goethe once said that a string quartet is like “a conversation between four rational people”, and for the members of the Emerson String Quartet, that conversation is coming to a bittersweet ending as they embark on their final season of a fifty-year history that includes 9 Grammy Awards and thousands of concerts.

Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, “The Shepherd and The Bear” explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an ageing shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears.

A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. Fernando (Isaac Hernández), a young ballet dancer from Mexico, dreams of international recognition and a life in the U.S.

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to continue the 2026 season of its Sedona Professional Theatre Company with “Tuesdays with Morrie” live on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, running March 20-22. “Tuesdays with Morrie” — written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom and based on the book by Mitch Albom — stars Chris Mixon and Philip Orazio and is directed by Paul Mason Barnes.

Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, studio outtakes, and rare photos, “Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is an exhilarating documentary about the legendary Grammy-winning musician whose signature sound shaped the work of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, and countless others.

“The President's Cake” was the winner of the Camera D’Or and Audience Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and the Official Iraq Entry for the Best International Film Academy Award 2025. The film embodies innocence, imagination, and inner strength.

Directed, narrated and written by legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, “Ghost Elephants” is a lyrical tale of survival, reconnection and the enduring power of ancient knowledge in the face of modern loss.

After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide on March 21 as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to continue the 2026 season of its Sedona Professional Theatre Company with “Cry Wolf: A Play with Magic” live on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, running March 27-29. “Cry Wolf: A Play with Magic” — written and performed by Rhett Guter — is directed by West Hyler.

Based on a remarkable true story, “The Optimist: The Bravest Act is Truth” traces the life of Herbert Heller and the unlikely friendship that transforms both him and a young woman searching for her own sense of direction. This is a profoundly moving film about resilience, remembrance, and the life-changing impact of being truly heard.

In 1955, 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol is a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker. When the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions a weekly column about Pagnol's childhood, he sees this as a great opportunity to go back to his artistic roots: writing. Realizing his memory is failing him and deeply affected by the disappointing results of his last two plays, Pagnol starts doubting his ability to pursue his work. That is until Little Marcel — the young boy he used to be — appears to him as if by magic.

Join us for a family-friendly escape to the movies and celebrate everything DOGS! “New York Dog Film Festival 2026” is a collection of short films celebrating the love between dogs, their people, and the animal welfare groups that bring them together. We continue a decade of celebrating the relationship between people and dogs in short films that will take you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. All the films are appropriate to delight and inspire all members of the human family.

The renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.

“André Is an Idiot” is a wildly life-affirming film about death and about the strange clarity that arrives when time suddenly becomes finite. When André Ricciardi, a self-proclaimed “idiot” for skipping the colonoscopy that could have saved him, learns he is dying, he turns his final chapter into an experiment in radical honesty, humor, and curiosity.

Lauren, a newly divorced, sober mom, feels like she has a new lease on life after joining her first acting class and starting a fling with her hot, young scene partner. However, when they attend their Gen Z classmate's wedding together, things begin to fall apart.

An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage.