LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO— On APRIL 13, 2023 the Las Cruces International Film Festival will honor “Better Call Saul” actor Patrick Fabian with its “Outstanding Achievement in Drama” award. Mr. Fabian will be on hand to accept the award in […]

LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO— On APRIL 15th, 2023 the Las Cruces International Film Festival will honor local entrepreneur and philanthropist Marci Dickerson with its esteemed “Hometown Hero” award. The Las Cruces International Film Festival Hometown Hero award recognizes someone with […]

LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO— On APRIL 12, 2023 the Las Cruces International Film Festival will open its festival with the New Mexico Made film “Land Of Dreams.” The film is directed by Shoja Azari & Shirin Neshat. It is produced […]

Giancarlo Esposito to be honored at 2023 Las Cruces International Film Festival | Las Cruces Sun News | Published: December 15, 2022 LAS CRUCES – The Las Cruces International Film Festival announced Wednesday that actor Giancarlo Esposito, known for his […]

“Las Cruces International Film Festival’s 48-Hour Film Challenge to kick off Feb. 25” | Las Cruces Sun News| Published: Feb. 7, 2022 LAS CRUCES – Filmmakers from Las Cruces, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez are invited to join a 48-Hour Film […]

“Las Cruces International Film Festival going virtual for 2021” | Albuquerque Journal| Published: Jan. 7, 2021 The sixth Las Cruces International Film Festival will be held virtually this March and will feature 102 films, with special guests Peter Bogdanovich and Judge […]

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“William H. Macy to be in Las Cruces for 2022 film festival” | Las Cruces Sun News| Published: Dec. 6, 2021 LAS CRUCES – The Las Cruces International Film Festival will honor Academy Award nominated actor William H. Macy with its “Outstanding […]

“Film Festival 2021 virtual, expects higher attendance than ever” | Las Cruces Bulletin| Published: Jan. 28, 2021 With everything going virtual starting off 2021, the Las Cruces International Film Festival can brag that going virtual will be good for it this […]

“Film Festival, CMI sponsor drive-in featuring local, student films” | Las Cruces Bulletin| Published: Aug. 19, 2020 The Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) and New Mexico State University’s Creative Media Institute (CMI) are hosting a drive-in featuring films made by […]

“‘Breaking Bad’ star RJ Mitte to NMSU and Southwest Border Cultures Institute launch short film initiative at Las Cruces film festival” | Las Cruces Sun-News | Published: Nov. 16, 2020 The Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University and the Southwest […]

One old man. One last dream. One golden ticket to the stars. A lonely widower (Dreyfuss) has his long-extinguished dream reignited as he enters to win a competition sponsored by a billionaire entrepreneurial space company founder. The prize: a ticket […]

A myriad of exciting events are planned for the 2020 Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) March 4-8, 2020. This year’s guests and honorees include Richard Dreyfuss, Academy Award Nominee Graham Green, Krista Bridges, Bella Heathcote, Judge Reinhold, and Tom […]

The 2020 Las Cruces International Film Festival will introduce this year’s Commemorative Poster at their annual Poster Reveal Party on Friday, January 31 from 6-9 pm at the Museum of Nature and Science, 411 Main Street in downtown Las Cruces. […]

In offering a musical goodbye to Middle-earth, an epic journey spanning six films and well over a dozen years, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit filmmakers turned to Billy Boyd. Best known to international audiences as Peregrin “Pippin” […]

Award-winning voice-over artists to present workshops at NMSU film festival. Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi, two of the entertainment industry’s most prolific voice-over actors, will be guest workshop presenters at the 2018 Las Cruces International Film Festival presented by New […]

Ralph Bakshi , director of animated and live-action films will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Animation Award at the Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) presented by NMSU and Visit Las Cruces, running March 7-11, 2018. In the 1970s, Bakshi […]

Irene Oliver Lewis to Receive Hometown Hero Award at the Las Cruces International Film Festival Irene has a passion for the arts and wanted a career that allowed her to share her passion with others, especially children. Throughout the 1970s, […]

Baumann, MInerva | “Cybill Shepherd, Pam Grier to appear at 2018 Las Cruces International Film Festival” | Las Cruces Sun-News | Published: Dec. 15, 2017 Stars of the film selected as the Opening Night Film for the Las Cruces International Film Festival will be guests at […]

“‘Breaking Bad’ star RJ Mitte to appear at Las Cruces film festival” | Las Cruces Sun-News | Published: Dec. 1, 2017 Actor RJ Mitte will attend the Las Cruces International Film Festival as a celebrity presenter and will be inducted, during the festival, […]

Timely & Poignant Films Top Las Cruces International Film Festival Lineup Social justice, immigration Issues, Space Exploration, and The Human Condition (humorous and otherwise) all grace the screens at the 2019 Las Cruces International Film Festival. “International” describes 40 of […]

The 2019 Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF), presented by Visit Las Cruces and NMSU, February 20-24, 2019 will honor George Lopez with the “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Award” at a VIP reception on Thursday, February 21. The festival will […]

EDWARD JAMES OLMOS will receive the Mark Medoff Humanitarian Award at the Las Cruces International Film Festival on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at the Rio Grande Theatre following a screening of his film, the Ballad of Gregorio Cortez at 7 […]

The Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) Creative Team reports the unveiling of the official poster on January 24, 2017, was an amazing success and a big kick-off celebration for the upcoming March 8 – 12, 2017 film festival. The […]

The Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) Creative Team has selected THE TIGER HUNTER for its opening night film on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 – 7:00 pm at Allen Theatre Cineport 10. THE TIGER HUNTER is the story of Sami […]

The Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) Creative Team confirms plans to honor Johnny Galecki with the “Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Award” at its 2017 film festival. Galecki will take part in a free Q&A workshop moderated by Don Foster […]