Author: Sedona Best

Film nominated for Academy Award for Best International Film shows at Fisher Theatre The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is proud to present the Academy Award-nominated “The Man Who Sold His Skin” showing April 11-15 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Man Who Sold His Skin” is nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars. Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed…

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Film nominated for two Academy Awards debuts at the Fisher Theatre The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is proud to present the Academy Award-nominated “Collective” showing April 16-21 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Collective” is nominated for two Academy Awards — Best Documentary Feature Film and Best International Feature Film — at this year’s Oscars. “Collective” is a gripping, real-time docu-thriller that follows a heroic team of journalists as they expose shocking corruption in the Romanian national health-care system. After an explosive fire claims the lives of 27 people at Bucharest nightclub, Colectiv, officials reassure the public that surviving victims…

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Mary D. Fisher Theatre plays host to Academy Award nominated short documentary films The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2021 Oscar Documentary Shorts Programs April 9-15 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Now an annual film festival tradition, Sedona audiences will be able to see all of the short documentary films nominated for Academy Awards before the Oscar telecast on April 25. OSCAR DOCUMENTARY SHORTS PROGRAM 2021 • Colette (France/Germany/USA): Resistance took courage in Nazi-occupied France. 75 years later, facing one’s ghosts may take even more. • A Concerto Is a…

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Hey you tequila and taco lovers out there, here’s a chance to enjoy some great Embajador tequila and participate in a good cause at the same time. For every Embajador tequila drink you purchase, one dollar goes to the kids. Steakhouse89 prides itself in supporting good causes and you are invited to come on Thursdays and join with your support. Visit steakhouse89.com to learn more.#sipforthecause

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Romantic comedy featuring all-star cast and untold tale of discovery in flashback series The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of “Hysteria” on Tuesday, April 6 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Hysteria” is a romantic comedy with an accomplished cast led by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce and Felicity Jones. The film tells an untold tale of discovery — the surprising story of the birth of the electro-mechanical vibrator at the very peak of Victorian prudishness. London, 1880: Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) — a dedicated and…

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Judi Dench and Steve Coogan star in film at Mary D. Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of the sensational Academy Award-nominated film “Philomena” on Monday, April 5 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Philomena” is the first film in a month-long tribute to Dame Judi Dench with a special “Judi-Judi-Judi” series in April featuring a different Judi Dench film every Monday. “Philomena” was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Leading Actress for Judi Dench. These two…

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Mary D. Fisher Theatre plays host to Academy Award nominated short films April 2-8 The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2021 Oscar Nominated Shorts Programs April 2-8 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Now an annual film festival tradition, Sedona audiences will be able to see all of the short films nominated for Academy Awards before the Oscar telecast on April 25. A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. All of the Live Action Short Film nominees and Animated…

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Verdi’s thrilling masterpiece is performed on the magnificent Bregenz Lake Stage in Austria The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Rigoletto on the Lake” from the magnificent Bregenz Lake Stage in Austria. There will be one show on Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. A stage to screen opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s masterwork “Rigoletto” — compelling, beautiful and spectacular — is being performed for the first time on the breathtaking water stage of Lake Constance, Bregenz in Austria. One of the Verdi’s most popular works, “Rigoletto” is an…

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Maggie Smith and Judi Dench star in film at Mary D. Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of the sensational acclaimed film “Ladies in Lavender” on Monday, March 22 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Ladies in Lavender” is the fourth film in a month-long tribute to Dame Maggie Smith with a special “Maggie Mondays” series in March featuring a different Maggie Smith film every Monday. “Ladies in Lavender” stars Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench and Daniel Bruhl. Two sisters befriend a mysterious foreigner who washes…

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