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The Phoenix Film Festival is the premier festival from the Phoenix Film Foundation and the largest film festival within the city of Phoenix, now in its 18th year.
Things are bigger this year with more dates, more films and more screenings. I counted 174 films this year (up from 131 last year). That's 97 features (way up from 53, mostly due to a huge expansion in Showcase Features) and 77 short films (just up from 72).
There's also the Arizona Student Film Festival, screening short films made by local high school students, but films haven't yet been announced for that.
All that's excluding the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, which I still think of as a separate event even if it technically hasn't been since 2010. I maintain a separate index page for this year's IHSFFF.
The event runs from 5th to 15th April in 2017, including two weekends, which will be really interesting. Things tend to quieten down after the first weekend with a lot less people attending during the week. With a second weekend, that may well change.
As is now usual, the weekday scheduling includes daytime slots, allowing many to see more films than was previously possible.
There are a few new sets this year. There's a four feature LGBTQ Showcase. There's an eleven film showcase of Music in Movies, which includes a lot of older (well, not that old) films about music or musicians. There's a Women Director Showcase with six features. On the short side of things, there's an extra documentary set called Docs for Foodies built of two long shorts.
Here are all the films scheduled to screen this year, with titles linking to my reviews and the IMDb pages added for reference. Features are listed in alphabetical order per set. Shorts are listed in the order they're screening per set. Films screened as part of the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival are covered on a separate page.
Rating System
1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic
| Arizona Feature Films | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Coalesce: A City Composed | 2017 | Joshua J. Provost | IMDb | ||
| The Dead King | 2017 | 5 | 5 | Austin Harmon | IMDb |
| Mister Sadpants | 2018 | Wade Shields | IMDb | ||
| Competition Feature Films | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Bernard and Huey | 2017 | Dan Mirvish | IMDb | ||
| The Best People | 2017 | 5 | - | Dan Levy Dagerman | IMDb |
| DriverX | 2017 | 6 | - | Henry Barrial | IMDb |
| Forever B | 2017 | Sky Borgman | IMDb | ||
| Hunting Lands | 2018 | 5 | - | Zack Wilcox | IMDb |
| The Idea of Manhood | 2018 | 4 | 5 | Serge Kushnier | IMDb |
| Locating Silver Lake | 2017 | Eric Bilitch | IMDb | ||
| Modern American Artists | 2017 | Douglas Caplan | IMDb | ||
| More Than Enough | 2017 | 5 | - | Anne-Marie Hess | IMDb |
| Rich Kids | 2017 | Laura Somers | IMDb | ||
| Sinatra in Palm Springs | 2018 | Leo Zahn | IMDb | ||
| Up to Snuff | 2018 | Mark Maxey | IMDb | ||
| LGBTQ Showcase | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Alaska is a Drag | 2017 | Shaz Bennett | IMDb | ||
| A Place to Be | 2017 | Tadeo Garcia | IMDb | ||
| Snapshots | 2018 | Melanie Mayron | IMDb | ||
| Susanne Bartsch: On Top | 2017 | Anthony Caronna & Alexander Smith | IMDb | ||
| Music in Movies Showcase | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| La Bamba | 1987 | Luis Valdez | IMDb | ||
| The Buddy Holly Story | 1978 | Steve Rash | IMDb | ||
| Celia: The Queen | 2008 | Joe Cardona & Mario de Varona | IMDb | ||
| Empire Records | 1995 | Allan Moyle | IMDb | ||
| The Godfathers of Hardcore | 2017 | Ian McFarland | IMDb | ||
| The Mad Hannans | Martin Shore | n/a | |||
| The Maestro | 2018 | Adam Cushman | IMDb | ||
| Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | Baz Lurhmann | IMDb | ||
| School of Rock | 2003 | Richard Linklater | IMDb | ||
| Talk to Me | 2007 | Kasi Lemmons | IMDb | ||
| That Thing You Do! | 1996 | Tom Hanks | IMDb | ||
| Recent Retro | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| The Bling Ring | 2013 | Sofia Coppola | IMDb | ||
| The End of the Tour | 2015 | James Ponsoldt | IMDb | ||
| Free Fire | 2016 | 6 | 6 | Ben Wheatley | IMDb |
| Ginger & Rosa | 2012 | Sally Potter | IMDb | ||
| Laggies | 2014 | Lynn Shelton | IMDb | ||
| The Lovers | 2017 | Azazel Jacobs | IMDb | ||
| Showcase Feature Films | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| The 12th Man | 2017 | Harald Zwart | IMDb | ||
| Alex & The List | 2016 | Harris Goldberg | IMDb | ||
| Beirut | 2018 | Brad Anderson | IMDb | ||
| Black Cop | 2017 | Cory Bowles | IMDb | ||
| Blindspotting | 2018 | Carlos López Estrada | IMDb | ||
| Breath | 2017 | Simon Baker | IMDb | ||
| Bus Call: Life on Tour | n/a | ||||
| Crime + Punishment | 2018 | Stephen Maing | IMDb | ||
| Eating Animals | 2017 | Natalie Portman | IMDb | ||
| Eighth Grade | 2018 | Bob Burnham | IMDb | ||
| Final Portrait | 2017 | Stanley Tucci | IMDb | ||
| First Reformed | 2017 | Paul Schrader | IMDb | ||
| Godard Mon Amour | 2017 | Michel Hazanavicius | IMDb | ||
| The Guilty | 2018 | 5 | 5 | Gustav Möller | IMDb |
| Gutland | 2017 | Govinda Van Maele | IMDb | ||
| Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town | 2017 | Christian Papierniak | IMDb | ||
| Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | IMDb | ||
| A Kid Like Jake | 2018 | Silas Howard | IMDb | ||
| The Last Movie Star | 2017 | 6 | - | Adam Rifkin | IMDb |
| Lean on Pete | 2017 | Andrew Haigh | IMDb | ||
| Leave No Trace | 2018 | Debra Granik | IMDb | ||
| The Long Dumb Road | 2018 | Hannah Fidell | IMDb | ||
| Measure of a Man | 2018 | Jim Loach | IMDb | ||
| Never Goin’ Back | 2018 | Augustine Frizzell | IMDb | ||
| On Borrowed Time | 2018 | 5 | 5 | Yasir Al-Yasiri | IMDb |
| On Chesil Beach | 2017 | Dominic Cooke | IMDb | ||
| Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much | 2017 | 5 | - | C. J. Wallis | IMDb |
| Pick of the Litter | 2018 | Don Hardy Jr. & Dana Nachman | IMDb | ||
| A Prayer Before Dawn | 2017 | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | IMDb | ||
| RBG | 2018 | Julie Cohen & Betsy West | IMDb | ||
| The Road Forward | 2017 | Marie Clements | IMDb | ||
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | 2017 | Matt Tymauer | IMDb | ||
| Searching | 2018 | Aneesh Chaganty | IMDb | ||
| A Shot in the Dark | 2017 | Chris Suchorsky | IMDb | ||
| Space Jam | 1996 | Joe Pytka | IMDb | ||
| Sweet Country | 2017 | Warwick Thornton | IMDb | ||
| A Swingers Weekend | 2017 | Jon E. Cohen | IMDb | ||
| Tully | 2018 | Jason Reitman | IMDb | ||
| Under the Tree | 2017 | 5 | 5 | Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson | IMDb |
| The War in Between | 2017 | Riccardo Ferraris | IMDb | ||
| Who We are Now | 2017 | Matthew Newton | IMDb | ||
| Won’t You Be My Neighbor | 2018 | Morgan Neville | IMDb | ||
| You Racist, Sexist Bigot | Pita Juarez | n/a | |||
| Zoo | 2017 | 4 | - | Colin McIvor | IMDb |
| Unified by Film Feature Films | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Palacios | 2017 | Robert T. Herrera | IMDb | ||
| I Stand: The Guardians of the Water | 2017 | Kyle Kauwika Harris | IMDb | ||
| Hot Summer Nights | 2017 | Elijah Bynum | IMDb | ||
| Women Director Showcase | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| 20 Weeks | 2017 | Leena Pendharkar | IMDb | ||
| Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat | 2017 | Sara Driver | IMDb | ||
| Dark River | 2017 | Clio Barnard | IMDb | ||
| Far from the Tree | 2017 | Rachel Dretzin | IMDb | ||
| Invisible Hands | 2017 | Shraysi Tandon | IMDb | ||
| Porcupine Lake | 2017 | 4 | 4 | Ingrid Veninger | IMDb |
| World Cinema Feature Films | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| All the Wild Horses | 2017 | 5 | - | Ivo Marloh | IMDb |
| Becoming Who I Was | 2017 | Moon Chang-Yong & Jeon Jin | IMDb | ||
| The Best of All Worlds | 2017 | Adrian Goiginger | IMDb | ||
| Julia Blue | 2018 | Roxy Toporowych | IMDb | ||
| Streaker | 2017 | Peter Luisi | IMDb | ||
| A Sublime Life | 2018 | Luis Diogo | IMDb | ||
| Touched | 2017 | 6 | - | Karl R. Hearne | IMDb |
| Wonderlus | 2018 | Johan Cronje | IMDb | ||
| African American Shorts | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Black Canvas | 2017 | Steven Bennett | IMDb | ||
| The Truth of Us | 2015 | Destinee Stewart | IMDb | ||
| Baby Steps | 2018 | Eric Dyson | IMDb | ||
| Bodega! | 2017 | Donna Augustin & Talibah Lateefah Newman | IMDb | ||
| Intercept | 2017 | Jackie J. Stone | IMDb | ||
| Jitters | 2018 | Otoja Abit | IMDb | ||
| Animated Shorts | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Revelation: The City of Haze | 2017 | Mao Qichao | IMDb | ||
| E-Delivery | Yung Gul Cho | n/a | |||
| Two Balloons | 2017 | Mark C. Smith | IMDb | ||
| The Big Shot | Zhang Xiao Ming | n/a | |||
| Fishy | Joe Sulsenti | n/a | |||
| Torture by Sound | Gwyneth Christoffel | n/a | |||
| Nora | Mo Davoudian | n/a | |||
| The Driver is Red | 2017 | Randall Christopher | IMDb | ||
| Arizona Shorts A | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| With Ben Again | 2017 | Frank Di Bugnara | IMDb | ||
| Adam’s Mask | Jeff Fields | n/a | |||
| Instinct | Killian Davies | n/a | |||
| From the Dark | Matt Jones | n/a | |||
| Erebus | 2017 | Sheila Patterson | IMDb | ||
| Check, Please! | 2017 | Victor Vargas | IMDb | ||
| Retribution | 2017 | Christopher Claxton | IMDb | ||
| Natural Promotion | 2017 | Sean Oliver | IMDb | ||
| Arizona Shorts B | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Helsing, Inc. | 5 | - | David A. Miller | n/a | |
| Our Desert Farms | 5 | - | Anna Augustowska | n/a | |
| The Secret Lives of Teachers | 2017 | 6 | - | Steve Anderson | IMDb |
| Glass | 2017 | 5 | - | Margaret Adams | IMDb |
| Take a Stand | 2017 | 5 | - | Robert Felix | IMDb |
| Blue Goodbye | 2016 | 5 | - | Matt Decker | IMDb |
| All These Little Things | 2018 | 5 | - | Josh Kasselman | IMDb |
| College Shorts | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Night Call | 2017 | Amanda Renee Knox | IMDb | ||
| Stray | 2017 | Drew Boylan | IMDb | ||
| Gloria Talks Funny | 2017 | Kendall Goldberg | IMDb | ||
| (Out)caste | 2017 | Shilpi Shikha Agrawal | IMDb | ||
| Look at Me | 2016 | Andres Gil | IMDb | ||
| Docs for Foodies | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Kakehashi: A Portrait of Chef Nobuo Fukuda | 2017 | Andrew Gooi | IMDb | ||
| The Last Blintz | 2016 | Dori Bernstein | IMDb | ||
| Documentary Shorts | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Last Dance at Johnson’s Barn | 2018 | Clay Haskell | IMDb | ||
| Still Sophie | 2016 | Caroline Knight | IMDb | ||
| Back to Camp | 2017 | Ashley Mosher | IMDb | ||
| $30 to Antarctica | 2017 | Joey Chu | IMDb | ||
| A Name That I Admire | Sam Smartt | n/a | |||
| Mott Haven | Kyle Morrison | n/a | |||
| Latino American Shorts | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| One More Kiss | 2017 | Simon Brand | IMDb | ||
| Instinct | 2017 | Maria Alice Arida | IMDb | ||
| Desde el pincipio | 2017 | Miguel J. Soliman | IMDb | ||
| Carol | 2018 | Rogelio Almeida | IMDb | ||
| Towards the Sun | 2017 | Monica Santis | IMDb | ||
| Sell Your Body | 2017 | Jaanelle Yee | IMDb | ||
| Valentina | 2017 | Mary Angelica Molina | IMDb | ||
| Live Action Shorts A | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Graham’s Mate | 2017 | Andy Hill | IMDb | ||
| Laboratory Conditions | 2017 | Jocelyn Stamat | IMDb | ||
| Juventud | 2017 | Austin Everett | IMDb | ||
| Kathmandude | 2017 | Jacob Kirby | IMDb | ||
| Deadbeat | 2017 | Jesse R. Tendler | IMDb | ||
| The Drive | 2017 | Corinne Kassor | IMDb | ||
| The Scorpion’s Tale | 2017 | Jhosimar Vasquez | IMDb | ||
| Live Action Shorts B | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| This is a Short We’re Submitting to Film Festivals | Liz Manashil | n/a | |||
| The Dinner Scene | 2017 | Nicholas Thurkettle | IMDb | ||
| Anything Helps | 2017 | Kevin Broggie | IMDb | ||
| Killed in Action | 2017 | Christine Weatherup | IMDb | ||
| Rekindled | 2017 | Erin Brown Thomas | IMDb | ||
| Control | 2017 | Kimmy Gatewood | IMDb | ||
| Interrogation | 2016 | Yuecheng Liu | IMDb | ||
| The Lightkeeper | 2018 | Zach Bandler | IMDb | ||
| Medium Length Documentaries | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Daddy | John Gallen & Alex Faoro | n/a | |||
| My Indiana Muse | 2018 | Ric & Jen Serena | IMDb | ||
| Native American Shorts | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Five Dollars | 2017 | Ty Coughenour | IMDb | ||
| Heel’D | 2017 | Kyle Kauwika Harris | IMDb | ||
| The Entrada | Mark Lewis | n/a | |||
| K’ina Kil: The Slaver’s Son | 2014 | Jack Kohler | IMDb | ||
| Missing Indigenous | LaRonn Katchia | n/a | |||
| World Cinema Shorts | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Don’t Be Afraid | 2017 | Lakshmi Devy | IMDb | ||
| WoodMan | 2017 | Mike Jackson | IMDb | ||
| Say Goodbye | 2017 | Oliver Goodrum | IMDb | ||
| Stealing Silver | 2017 | Mark Lobatto | IMDb | ||
| The Patron | 2017 | Lionel Auguste | IMDb | ||
| To Wendy Who Kicked Me When I Said Love You | 2017 | Dan Castella | IMDb | ||
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