Back by popular demand: The Sedona International Film Festival announces award-winning recording duo Sirsy will be performing live in concert Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre in Sedona at 7 p.m. It’s hard to imagine a sound this big coming from just two people. Fans call them the little band with big heart.

In 2012 Koz Mraz wrote an investigative journalism feature called “Midnight Rider on a Graveyard Run” based on his curiosity about the 8 million Americans who work the graveyard shift. His quest and discoveries became the catalyst for his best-selling action thriller book series.

Paula González-Nasser's celebrated directorial debut “The Scout” crafts a contemplative exploration of urban disconnection, following one woman's journey through other people's worlds as she struggles to find her own.

The latest film from director Kasia Adamik — “Winter of the Crow” — is a thrilling cat-and-mouse game set at the onset of Poland’s Martial Law era in 1981, starring Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville who plays an ordinary woman caught in an extraordinary situation.

Directed and produced by Angelina Jolie, with a screenplay by Jolie and Alessandro Baricco, “Without Blood” is based on Baricco’s internationally acclaimed eponymous novel. Starring Salma Hayek Pinault and Demián Bichir with Juan Minujín.

In “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie”, Alex Gibney crafts a poetic dreamscape that reflects how Rushdie views his writing as his own “knife,” a tool to fight back, reclaim his story, and respond to violence with imagination and art.

Arvel Bird joins Kate Rose and Armand Ramirez as Día de los Muertos and the Celtic season of Samhain meet in music and story. Hispanic, Native, Celtic, and Southwestern traditions offer different perspectives on ancestors, remembrance, celebration, and the mysterious turning toward winter.

In 1982, brothers Troy and Gil Gillenwater decided to walk across the state of Arizona. Without GPS, mobile phones, or continuous trails, they cobbled together an 810-mile adventure that took over two months and two mules to complete.

In an era of great change and great beauty emerged the character of James McNeill Whistler. Considered by some to be one of the great innovators of 19th century art, he was a contemporary of the Impressionists, much admired by Van Gogh and Manet.

Believe it ... or Not! At “The Art of Magic” you’ll be amazed, puzzled and dazzled at the slight-of-hand and pure magic that two of America’s most popular magicians will perform on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theater on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Freehub PRESENTS is a collection of films from some of the best filmmakers and riders, as well as new up-and-comers alike, all given the proper big screen experience. The multi-stop film festival honors top and emerging filmmakers, riders, leaders, and storytellers who will shape the sport for generations to come.

Strangers from across generations and geographies listen to one another as they discuss where America is going and their place in it, alongside portraits of a country at work in “The Work in Progress”.