Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart and Alec Baldwin star in festival flashback at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of “Still Alice” on Monday, July 26 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Still Alice” features an all-star ensemble cast, including Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish. Alice Howland (Julianne Moore), happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly…
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The best in mountain biking featured in high action film at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the acclaimed new mountain biking adventure film “A Biker’s Ballad” showing July 23-29 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Toyota presents Matchstick Productions’ latest creation, “A Biker’s Ballad”. The team at Matchstick has brought you the highest level ski movies for years. Now we are bringing that same stoke to mountain biking. “A Biker’s Ballad” explores the various disciplines of mountain biking in the birthplace of the sport, Crested Butte, CO. Ranging from Enduro…
A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno with all-star cast debuts at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning new documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It” showing July 23-29 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Over a 70+ year career, Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become a celebrated and beloved actor, one of the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Award Winners of our time. Born into poverty on a Puerto Rican farm, Moreno…
Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer star in festival flashback film at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of “Elsa & Fred” on Monday, July 19 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Elsa & Fred” features an all-star, award-winning ensemble cast, including Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, George Segal and James Brolin. “Elsa & Fred” is the story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it’s never too late to love. After losing his wife, Fred (Christopher Plummer) feels disturbed, confused…
Modern and passionate staging of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy on screen at Fisher Theatre The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s modern and passionate staging of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet”, returns to the big screen this summer. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the high-definition presentation on Sunday, July 18 at 3 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. A production with pulsating energy starring Richard Madden as Romeo and Lily James as Juliet, with Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio and Meera Syal as The Nurse, this is a heartbreaking tale of forbidden love where the longstanding feud between Verona’s…
All-star cast of who’s who in the music industry featured in historic doc at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the award-winning new music documentary “Summer of Soul” showing July 16-22 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary — part music film, part historical record — created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. He seeks to recover the meaningful spirit of the past – when the biggest names in African-American music,…
Isabelle Huppert stars in clever French crime caper at Mary D. Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the acclaimed new French crime caper “Mama Weed” showing July 16-22 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. A translator with the Paris police finds herself in possession of a huge store of hash, the insider knowledge required to move it and an unexpected flair for the danger that ensues. A French-Arabic translator for the Paris police anti-narcotics unit, Patience Portefeux (Isabelle Huppert) interprets the daily calls and conversations between the city’s biggest drug dealers.…
Award-winning, timely and important documentary debuts at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “A Crime on the Bayou” on Tuesday, July 13 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “A Crime on the Bayou” is a poignant yet inspiring true story about allyship, justice and how groups of activists from disparate backgrounds have worked together in the quest to dismantle institutional racism. Written and directed by Nancy Buirski, this eye-opening documentary had its world premiere at the 2020 DOC NYC Film Festival and…
Award-winning French film of first love and its consequences shows at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the award-winning new French drama “Summer of 85” showing July 9-15 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. A seaside summer fling between Alexis and David lasts just six weeks, but casts a shadow over a lifetime in François Ozon’s sexy, nostalgic reverie of first love and its consequences. When Alexis’ (Félix Lefebvre) boat capsizes off the coast of Normandy, David (Benjamin Voisin) comes to the rescue and soon opens the younger boy’s eyes to…