The Sedona International Film Festival has unveiled its official selections for 2026, setting the stage for nine days of storytelling, star power, and global cinema in one of Arizona’s most iconic destinations.

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Now in its 32nd year, the festival kicks off with a special pre-festival event on February 20 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, followed by the full festival run from February 21 through March 1. Presented by Mercedes-Benz of Northern Arizona for the second consecutive year, SIFF will showcase approximately 150 narrative features, documentaries, and short films from around the world.

A globally recognized festival with star power to match

Recognized by “MovieMaker Magazine” as one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” for two years running, the Sedona International Film Festival continues to attract filmmakers, film lovers, and industry voices alike. The official selections for 2026 were announced with support from “Variety,” further cementing the festival’s global reputation.

“From our pre-festival kick-off of ‘Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground’ — a one-man show starring Tony winner John Rubinstein — to our opening night tribute to Marilyn Monroe on her centennial year, to closing night with Broadway and West End star Ramin Karimloo, there is truly something for everyone at SIFF,” says Patrick Schweiss, executive director of the Sedona International Film Festival.

Throughout the festival, attendees can also expect filmmaker conversations, workshops, panels and special appearances from Tim Daly, Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Sharon Lawrence, Michael O’Keefe, Marc Shaiman and more surprise guests.

All ticket options, from 10-Ticket Packages to Platinum All-Access Passes, are on sale now at sedonafilmfestival.com.

2026 Sedona International Film Festival official selections

Narrative features

A Break in the Rain; Anorgasmia; Beau Ideal; Billy Knight; Crossing Delancey; Dreams; Dust to Malibu; Ethan Bloom; Fantasy Life; Frontier; Gazelle; Imbalance; Isola; Jimpa; Leads; Memo; Mistake; Mr. Burton; Muganga; Omaha; Once Upon My Mother; One Stupid Thing; Pieces of Us; Reading Lolita in Tehran; Shambhala Story; Switch & Bait; The Fallow Few; The Future Awaits; The Marching Band; The Mohican; The Most Precious of Cargoes; The Secret Floor; The Shrowdinger; The Snare; To Move Is Friction; Zoe.

Documentary features

A Life Illuminated; A Life Outside: American Mountain Guides; André Is an Idiot; Best Day Ever; Blame; Comparsa; Creede U.S.A.; Dream Boats; Dream Touch Believe; Kim Novak’s Vertigo; Little Singer; Mozart’s Sister; Mr. Nobody Against Putin; My Dear Theo; My Sunnyside; Natchez; Paint Me a Road Out of Here; Remaining Native; Road 190; Room to Move; Sons of Detroit; Starman; Steal This Story, Please!; Stronger Than You Think; The Bend in the River; The Chaplain & The Doctor; The Cowboy; The Eyes of Ghana; The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy; The Last Dive; The Renaissance Prince; Trade Secret; Underland; Voices: The Danny Gans Story; Wider Than the Sky; You Had to Be There.

Documentary shorts

A Mystical Ornithology; A Sacred Pause; Aldo’s Bug Extravaganza; Arctic Alchemy; Death of a Fantastic Machine; Di Sarno – The Story of Emilio’s Ballato; Divers; Exodus; Houston’s Whitebeam; I Am Everything; I Am Somebody; Icebreakers; Just Jools; La Orquesta; Last Days on Lake Trinity; Miles of Life; My Memory Walls; Nice Girls Don’t Ask; Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History; On Healing Land, Birds Perch; Perseids; Rovina’s Choice; Sallie’s Ashes; Shanti Rides Shotgun; The Birds; The Conscience Files; The Petal Pusher; The Rebel Reef: Seeds of Hope; Van Gogh and the Hospital Garden; Voices from the Abyss; What the River Knows; Your Opinion, Please.

Narrative shorts and animated shorts

A Matter of Time; Babka; Beast of the Seine; Being Dead Should Be Easy; Benchless; Daniel Van den Berg Is Dead; Disco Beats; Dishwasher; Don’t Be Late, Myra; Egg Timer; Emergency; Extinguished Lives; First Time; Fitted Sheet; Flesh & Blood; Forevergreen; Fundbox – A Love Story; Grim & Sunshine; Grind; High School Detention the Musical; I Love You More Than Dinosaurs; I Often Dream of Trains; Leaf; Lonely; Massage Therapy; Miriam; Olive; Taste of a Memory; The Art of Inflation; The Demon Core; The Journal; The Lingering; The Other Side; The Reach; The Ride; The Stones of Dunamase Castle; The Vote; The Whistle; Two People Exchanging Saliva; Undelivered; Waiting for Aphrodite; WildKind.

To learn more about Sedona International Film Festival, visit sedonafilmfestival.com