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Las Cruces Bulletin – Ron Perlman to be honored at Las Cruces film festival

Bulletin report Ron Perlman, star of film and television with a career spanning more than four decades, will be an honored guest at this year’s Las Cruces International Festival on April 4, where he will receive the LCIFF “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment” award, the festival announced. Perlman will accept the award in person and host a screening of one of his best-known movies, “Hellboy,” with

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The Las Cruces International Film Festival and Visit Las Cruces Present “Visit Las Cruces Stories” 2nd Annual Video Contest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Inquiries: Contact: Kyle Ivy E-Mail: kyleivylc@gmail.com Phone: 575-642-5323 The Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) in collaboration with Visit Las Cruces proudly announces the launch of the “Visit Las Cruces Stories” 2nd annual video contest. This exciting initiative invites the public to participate in sharing the rich folklore of Las Cruces through compelling 3–5-minute video submissions. Inspired by the likes of

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Local Entrepreneur Marci Dickerson to Receive Las Cruces International Film Festival “Hometown Hero” Award

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 ties to the Las Cruces area that has given back to the community of Las Cruces.  The award distinguishes an individual who has made significant

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“Land of Dreams” Starring Isabella Rossellini, Matt Dillon, William Moseley, Sheila Vand, Christopher McDonald, and Anna Gunn to Open 2023 Las Cruces International Film Festival Award. Stars to Attend.

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 by Sol Tryon, Amir Hamz and Christian Springer. The film stars Isabella Rossellini, Matt Dillon, William Moseley, Sheila Vand, Christopher McDonald and Anna Gunn. The

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Giancarlo Esposito to be honored at 2023 Las Cruces International Film Festival

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 involvement in the “Star Wars” and “Breaking Bad” franchises, will be the recipient of the “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment” award at the 2023 festival. The

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Las Cruces International Film Festival’s 48-Hour Film Challenge to kick off Feb. 25

“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 Challenge later this month as part of the annual Las Cruces International Film Festival. The challenge is set for Feb. 25-27, presented by LCIFF, Southwest

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LCIFF award winner Rob Minkoff to appear in Las Cruces March 4th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                        Contact: Ross Marks  E-Mail: rossm@nmsu.edu Phone: 575-646-6149   DIRECTOR ROB MINKOFF TO RECEIVE LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL “OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING” AWARD.    LAS CRUCES, NEW

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William H. Macy to be in Las Cruces for 2022 film festival

“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 Achievement in Entertainment” award in 2022. Macy will be on hand to accept the award in Las Cruces during a VIP party at the festival in

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Las Cruces International Film Festival going virtual for 2021

“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 Reinhold. The festival will be held March 3-7 on the Film Festival Flix platform for virtual festivals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ross Marks, executive

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Film Festival 2021 virtual, expects higher attendance than ever

“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 year. “Doing it virtual this year, we feel like we can reach a bigger audience,” said executive director Ross Marks. “We are going with the

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Film Festival, CMI sponsor drive-in featuring local, student films

“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 CMI students and local filmmakers at Allen Theatres Telshor 12, 2811 N. Telshor Blvd. The drive-ins are Tuesdays, Aug. 25 and Sept. 1. Gates open

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NMSU and Southwest Border Cultures Institute launch short film initiative

“‘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 and Border Cultures Institute launched a new initiative titled The Border Shorts! Showcase for narrative films and documentaries addressing US-Mexico border themes. This year’s showcase is

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Las Cruces International Film Festival Opening Night Film Astronaut, starring festival guest Richard Dreyfuss – Resonates Emotionally and Geographically

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 on the world’s first commercial spaceflight. Fudging his birth date and medical records, and against all odds, he battles his daughter (Bridges), family, ill health

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Glamour, Celebrities, Workshops, & Parties Celebrate Independent Film Makers

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 Schulman. Astronaut View more Dreyfuss, Green, and Bridges are all cast in “Astronaut,” the Opening Night Film on March 4. Dreyfuss plays an elderly widower

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Las Cruces International Film Festival to Reveal 2020 Commemorative Poster

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. Attendees will be treated to refreshments, a signed copy of the poster, and the opportunity to purchase Film Festival VIP Tickets at a discounted price.

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2019 Top Lineup

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 90 films screening at this year’s festival, as they are from countries outside the US! The films below are listed with their individual ticket

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Nobody Dies Here

Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.

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The Wall

For almost 2,000 miles, one line defines a country and divides two worlds. The line has always been about people – keeping people out, keeping people safe, making people believe they can save one way of life, or have a chance at a better one. And now, along this line, a newly elected president has proposed a wall. From the Gulf to the Pacific, “The

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One Last Summer

This documentary tells the story about the last summer held at Pilgrim Hills, and why this place has been so special to so many people around the world. This film also explores the nature of summer camping today and what the future holds for places like Pilgrim Hills.

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Build Ramps Not Walls

Shown through the eyes of an 8 year old American-Mexican boy, Build Ramps Not Walls documents a bi-national skate community in Mexico seeking a positive response to the negative rhetoric between Mexico and the USA after the 2016 presidential elections.

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Acheron

After a terrible accident, Marie finds herself trapped in a space-time loop which she can’t escape from. To get out, she will have to face her new traumatic reality.

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Teeth and Pills

Steroid pills for breakfast, Botox for dinner and chicken claws served at the funeral… This black, twisted comedy tells the story of 8 year old Randy, who, after discovering the tooth fairy will bring him Barbies, goes to all measures to lose more teeth.

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Sisak

Set in the fast-paced environs of the usually bustling Mumbai local train system, Sisak details a romance that develops slowly and intoxicatingly, nestled in the silences and quiet comforts of the end-of-day train journeys between two men.

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Léo

Desperate to make money, Léo accepts a job smuggling a refugee couple through France. However, Léo and the couple have separate expectations concerning their destination. He’s forced to confront the couple, his boss, and himself in order to understand how far he is really willing to go for these people he never intended to help.

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counter//balance

A foot balances precariously on a slick floor. A wheel turns and poses on pointe. They meet and overlap in our vision, moving away simultaneously as if never there. Innumerable, yet slight iterations edge them towards gritty and resolute perfection. Some moments are easy to grasp, embrace, and memorialize. Others shiver, shift, and elude form. A percussive sole, a guitar chord, a wheel skidding across

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Cells

When a reputable doctor finds himself being held captive by a group of masked intruders, he struggles to understand their motives while being forced to answer why billions of dollars go wasted each year in the name of medical research.

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Pozole

Maia (AKA 'La Gringa') is a mixed-raced Latina woman who grew up on the white side of life. When she returns to reconnect with her Mexican roots on her grandma's birthday, she accidentally causes the death of the family's vibrant matriarch. A beacon of death and destruction, she must now fight to find her place in her family, heritage, and her own mother's heart.

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Of Mice and Mustard

A foreign exchange student finds herself drawn to a mysterious town and its inhabitants when she’s left behind by her tour bus.

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Warpath – The Road to States

In one of the most physical and demanding sports there is, a high school wrestling team finds their biggest hardship is not on the mat. – An insiders look at the nature of the sport of wrestling as told through the eyes of one team and their season long quest to make it to the state tournament. Wrestlers are lost to injury, competition, and attrition.

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Journey to Hope

Purple Songs Can Fly, the first recording studio ever created on a pediatric cancer floor, was founded in 2006 at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Twelve years and thousands of songs later, six childhood cancer patients, Mia, Layla, Dominic, Emily, Stephen and Christian, come together as survivors to share “Journey to Hope”; an original musical featuring their own songs, written and recorded in the

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Trickster

Dreams are doorways, doorways to other dimensions. But what are they really for? Jake Landor will be thrust on the Hero’s Journey of his life as he helps a beautiful, kind woman solve the mystery of what has happened to her mother and the entire town she lives in. As Jake and Liz navigate the most mysterious few days of their lives, they will encounter

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The Unknown Outlaw

Abraham Sweet, a trailer-trash man grown on TV, decides the only way for him to get famous is to rob a bank and become an outlaw.

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Lili

Lili refuses to let go of her childhood fights a sandstorm that threatens to take it away. In the heart of the storm she rediscovers the joy of childhood, but forced to choose between illusion and reality.

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Meltdown

A surreal and humorous story about a child who doesn’t want to go outside in a world where people melt from stress.

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Not With Fire, But With Paint

When Wilmer Alcaron fired that bullet into the back of young graffiti artist Diego Felipe Berrera, he did not know the corruption this would uncover within the judiciary system of Colombia.

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Mr. Sushi

In a post-apocalyptic world, a masterless samurai finds serenity in selling sushi from a food truck in the desert.

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If You Fall

8 year old Lila takes on the daunting task of learning how to cycle, as she faces an unfamiliar parental role-reversal at home.

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Grandma’s Pie

A hungry dragon chases after an oblivious grandma that is too focused on making her favorite apple pie to notice the death and destruction going on around her…

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Mice, a small story

In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice find a gold ring-pull that seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them. Not so far from them, an owl and his enslaved rats are watching. The owl sends his rats to get hold of this Strange object…

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Barren and Empty the Sea

When Esteban wakes up no one recognizes him. They say he has been missing for days. Esteban tries to convince his acquaintances of the opposite. Suddenly there’s an accident. Esteban is not Esteban anymore, but a stranger that arrives in his village.

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Whoever Was Using This Bed

A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires.

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Otto

A woman who can’t have children steals the imaginary friend of a little girl and keeps this a secret from her husband. While the woman enjoys life with her imaginary child the gap between her and her husband grows bigger. When the little girl comes to claim back her imaginary friend, it’s the power of imagination that brings everyone together.

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The Need to be Alone

A film about an introvert and how his time alone makes him a better friend. In collaboration with Alain de Botton for The School of Life.

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4th & Olive

A veteran run restaurant is a welcoming respite in the East Village neighborhood of Downtown Long Beach.

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Fulfilament

Travel around the brain with a little, lost thought and discover what it takes to make a great idea.

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Broken Bunny

A late-blooming pre-adolescent girl attempts to save a brutally wounded rabbit, yet finds that her moral compass and perspective on mortality are challenged in the process.

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Overturned Bucket

Out of the trying times of the Territorial West comes a story of love, loss and redemption, as seen through a young daughter’s eyes. Based in the territorial west, this story is adapted from an award-winning period memoir/novel by Rose Spader.

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KAYA

In the American Southwest, a young woman discovers a juvenile victim of sex trafficking in a seedy motel room. She takes the girl’s place to catch the men who abducted her teenage sister.

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Bentley’s Will

A mother and son are forced to confront a strained relationship and begin the slow journey of healing while searching for their missing dog.

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The Trouble With Wolves

Death threats, court battles, and an iconic endangered species in middle, The Trouble With Wolves takes an up close look at the most heated and controversial wildlife conservation debate of our time.

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The Shake-Up

Patients and providers of behavioral healthcare in New Mexico struggle to find a path forward after the state government makes false accusations of Medicaid fraud that result in widespread closures of clinics and the disruption of life-saving services for thousands.

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Begin (A Short Film Documentary)

Created by students at Grand Canyon University, "Begin" is a short film documentary that follows four young artists as they attempt to seek fulfillment through their chosen crafts.

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Hatchback

Wyatt, a narcoleptic journalist, decides to help Fern, a mysterious girl living on his block in her hatchback, find her long-lost dad on the streets of LA.

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Brothers

When Alexander suddenly leaves on a roadtrip to France, Lukas decides to join him as he’s been trailing his charismatic brother for his entire life. But during this journey he discovers that he finally has to go his own way, not knowing this decision would be so all-encompassing.

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#wanderlust

Two best girlfriends from San Francisco set out for a Hawaiian car-camping excursion in search of adventure, Instagram likes, and the meaning of life. Along the way disaster ensues, their friendship is challenged and spiritual fulfillment is realized during an unlikely series of events culminating in a sacred dance ritual.

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Edward James Olmos to Receive Humanitarian Award at Film Festival

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 pm. While he is reluctant to call himself an activist, he clearly is one. His humanitarian resume speaks for itself: A Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF,

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George Lopez to Receive Award at 2019 Las Cruces International Film Festival

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 also screen his film “The Chicano” at Allen Theatres Cineport 10 at 7:00 that evening. Lopez’s multi-faceted career encompasses television, film, standup comedy, late-night television,

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Irene Oliver Lewis to Receive Hometown Hero Award

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, she participated in numerous theater productions throughout New Mexico and the U.S. with Isabel Crouch’s Readers Theatre group, NMSU Theatre Department, and the Las Cruces

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Billy Boyd to appear March 10th

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” in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Boyd portrayed the cheerful and perpetually hungry cousin of Frodo Baggins who accompanies him on a quest to

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Award-winning voice-over artists to present workshops

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 Mexico State University, which runs March 7-11. The five-day festival brings thousands of people to Las Cruces to see feature-length, short films, documentaries and student

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Ralph Bakshi is Scheduled to Receive the Outstanding Achievement in Animation Award

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 established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 2015, he directed ten theatrically released feature films, six of which

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Cybill Shepherd & Pam Grier to appear at LCIFF 2018

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 the 2018 Las Cruces International Film Festival, which runs March 7-11. Cybill Shepherd, perhaps best known for her debut film “The Last Picture Show” and

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Rj Mitte to appear at LCIFF 2018

“‘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, into the New Mexico Film and Television Hall of Fame. Mitte is best known for his performance as Walter “Flynn” White Jr. in AMC’s highly

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Katie Says Goodbye

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The Quiet American

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School Ties

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Save Gangamaya

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Money

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Crooked & Narrow

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Poster Party an Amazing Success

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 event, which took place at Cutter Gallery in Las Cruces, saw an increase of 30% in attendance and ticket sales over its 2016 event. The

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Brendan Fraser to receive “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment” award

The Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) Creative Team has selected Brendan Fraser to receive its “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment” award. The prestigious honor will be presented at a private reception on Thursday, March 9, 2017 (9:30 pm – 11:30 pm) for VIP ticket holders at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces. Also attending the reception are selected independent filmmakers and sponsors of the film festival.

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LCIFF to Unveil Official Poster

The Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) Creative Team confirms January 24, 2017, for the official unveiling of its 2017 official film festival poster. The unveiling will take place at the Cutter Gallery located at 2640 El Paseo Rd, Las Cruces, NM 88001 between the hours of 6:00 – 9:00 pm. The 2017 poster is being created and realized by Jud Wright. Having called Las Cruces,

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THE TIGER HUNTER selected as Opening Night Film

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 Malik, a young Indian who travels to 1970s America to become an engineer in order to impress his childhood crush and live up to the

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Johnny Glecki and Don Foster to receive Achievement Awards

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 on March 11, 2016. Foster will receive the “Mark Medoff Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Writing Award,” during the 2017 festival. Both gentleman will be honored

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