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Santa Fe Film Festival

This year marks the fifth annual Santa Fe Film Festival, celebrating the best in contemporary cinema from around the globe this December 1-5, 2004.

The Festival has grown dramatically since its inception making it the fastest growing film festival in North America. The Santa Fe Film Festival is dedicated to providing a showcase for excellent cinema from around the world, surveying the best in contemporary cinema, and paying homage to the contributions of veteran film artists through select tributes recognizing their body of work.

This year the festival will feature more than 80 programs of premiers, celebrity tributes and showcases. In all more than 160 feature films, shorts, animation, documentaries and retrospective tributes from over 20 different nations will be presented.

Highlights include the initial Governor's Cup Challenge, a first of its kind competition featuring New Mexico film makers in 3 classes with finals airing at the Festival. This year the Instituto Cervantes, the cultural and arts arm of the Spanish Government, begins an ongoing collaboration with the Festival bringing film makers from the Spanish speaking world to Santa Fe.

As part of this new partnership, Alfonso Arau, who made "Like Water For Chocolate," Mexico's all time U.S. box office leader, will be honored. His new film "Zapata" will also be premiered.

There will be world premiers of local films, the premier of the Sci Fi Channel's new mini-series, "Earthsea," a revival of "Repo Man" on its 20th anniversary with a brand new print presented by the film's producer and Santa Fe local Jonathan Wacks and, because Santa Fe is the culinary destination it is, a food series featuring 10 to 12 titles.

Nine venues will be used throughout Santa Fe including the Festival's anchor theater, the 800-seat Lensic Performing Arts Center in historic downtown.

The festival box office opens Nov. 12, but VIP and All-Film Passes may be reserved in advance online or by phone. VIP passes cover admission to all films, panel discussions as well as Festival parties. Further information and festival details are available at www.santafefilmfestival.com  or by calling 505-988-5225.

Edited by Madelyn Miller

Photographs by Pilar Law

More for Movie Mavens:
New York: the Movie Lover’s Guide
The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York
By Richard Alleman
Broadway Books
www.broadwaybooks.com
includes star-studded restaurants and trendy nightclubs, posh movie-star pads and hip hotels

Hollywood: the Movie Lover’s Guide
The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie LA
By Richard Alleman
Broadway Books
www.broadwaybooks.com
Written by a former actor and writer, is book highlights classic and contemporary locations plus burial sites of the dearly departed

More To Do in Santa Fe:

Where to Stay:
La Fonda On The Plaza
100 E. San Francisco
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
800-523-5002
www.lafondasantafe.com

Inn on the Alameda
505- 984-2121, 800-289-2122
www.inn-alameda.com

Bishop’s Lodge Resort and Spa
800-732-2240
www.bishopslodge.com

La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
505-982-5474, 800-5276
www.rockresorts.com

Inn of the Anasazi
505-988-3030, 800-688-8100
www.innoftheanasazi.com

Inn and Spa at Loretto
505-988-5531
http://www.hotelloretto.com

Where to Eat:
Inn of the Anasazi
505-988-3236
www.innoftheanasazi.com

Amaya
Santa Fe Hotel

Geronimo’s
505-988-5531

The Restaurant
Inn and Spa at Loretto
505-988-5531

The Compound Restaurant
505-982-4353

The Old House
Eldorado Hotel
505-988-4455

Fuego Restaurant
La Posada Resort
505-954-9670
Be sure to try the foie gras

SantaCafe
231 Washington Ave.
800-252-8570 or 505-984-1788.

Café Pasquals
505-983-9340
(if you are traveling alone or in a hurry, ask to sit at the community table)

Bumble Bee’s Baja Grill
505-820-2862
Healthy fast food, made fresh. Truly where the natives eat.

Best View of the Chefs Without Their Clothes On:
Order the Santa Fe Nude Chefs calendar.
Calendars are priced at a reasonable $19.95. All profits from the sale of the calendar will be donated to The Yaxche Learning Center Scholarship Program in Taos, New Mexico, the non-profit educational organization that benefits needy children from diverse indigenous backgrounds. Some chefs, like Tom Kerpon from Inn of the Anasazi, look as good as movie stars.

• Order Online: www.taoscooking.com

• Email Lisa Cancro, Director of the Taos School of Cooking at: leela@newmex.com

• Call: 505-751-4419

• Mail: Taos School of Cooking, 4100 NDCBU, Taos, NM  87571

Bar With the Best View:
Belltower Bar in La Fonda
505-954-3599, 800-523-50002

Best Sunday Brunch:
Eldorado Hotel
www.eldoradohotel.com
505-988-4455

Best Guacamole:
La Fonda

Black Book For Chocolate Lovers: (maybe I should say dark semi-sweet brown book)Café Paris Bakery
31 Burro Alley
(505) 986-1688

Chocolate Maven
821 San Mateo Road
(505) 984-1980

Cloud Cliff Bakery and Cafe
1805 Second Street
www.cloudcliff.com

Delectables
720 St. Michael's Drive
Suite 2M
438-8152

Ohori's Coffee, Tea & Chocolate
507 Old Santa Fe Trail
(505) 982-9692

Senor Murphy Candy Maker
1904 Chamisa Street
1-877-988-4311

Todos Santos Chocolates and Confections
125 East Palace Avenue #31
(505) 982-3855

Gourmet Fudge and Wedding Favors
(505)856-8242
11-877-423-8343
1-877-42FUDGE
sandra_todieforfudge@msn.com

Bumble Bee’s Baja Grill
505-820-2862
Try anything baked by Katalyna Weil. She does a mean cowboy crunch and Mexican espresso brownies. I love the cowgirl kisses

Kakawa Chocolate House
Mark Sciscenti, Chocolate connoisseur, Pasty chef and Certified Herbalist.
505-438-3402
sunsilver@earthlink.net
Try his chocolate truffles and authentic historic chocolate drinks. My favorite was the chocolate chilli drink.

Favorite Flavors of Santa Fe:
Pear Mascapone Soup at Fuego in La Posada.
Chocolate Terraine at Hotel Santa Fe
Guacamole at La Fonda

Random Thought:
Why does it seem that everyone in Santa Fe is either a chef or a massage therapist or has a family member who is? Maybe that is why you get such great food and massages in Santa Fe.

What To Do:
Browse Canyon Road
This gallery row features an amazing assortment of fine art, crafts, antiques, jewelry, clothing and restaurants.

Santa Fe School of Cooking
Take the taste of Santa Fe home by enjoying cooking classes featuring Santa Fe’s top chefs whipping up everything from traditional Northern New Mexican cuisine to contemporary Southwest.
505-983-4511

Santa Fe Opera
One of the most famous in the world. 
www.santafeopera.org

Flea Market
If you are there on a weekend, check out the flea market by the Opera. Tesuque Flea Market is the official name, but no one calls it that. The land it is on is owned by the Indians. Only open in warmer weather.

Get a Massage
Shanah Spa and Wellness Center at the Bishop’s Lodge Resort and Spa.
Ask for Lanka. My favorite treatments are Native Purification Polish and Native Stone Massage.
1-800-9shanah. You will want to reserve ahead.
The Bishop’s Lodge Resort and Spa
P.O. Box 2367
Bishop’s Lodge Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico  87501
800.732.2240; 505.983.6377
 www.bishopslodge.com
ShaNah Spa Telephone: (505) 819-4000
www.shanahspa@bishopslodge.com

Avanyu Spa
Get a Avanyu Body Bliss at  with Nancy DeMill. Your body will be thankful from the top of your scalp down to your toes.
La Posada de Santa Fe
330 E. Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Office:  505.954.9631
Fax:  505.954.9761
www.rockresorts.com

10,000 Waves
505-982-9304
Indulge in an outdoor massage while nimble fingers soothe out any stress. Call ahead because this is a very popular place. If you are adventurous, have an underwater Watsu massage.

Shop For Art and Cowboy Boots
Stop by Back at the Ranch, where Wendy Lane has been making fashion cowboy boots for the past 15 years. I believe she pretty much "owns" this niche. She has lots of celebrity clients, including the Governor of New Mexico.
www.backattheranch.com.
209 East Marcy Street
888-96 boots
505-989-8110

Art Browsing
SITE Santa Fe is located at 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM
www.sitesantafe.org

Minkay Andean Art
The unique and original pieces on display include brilliantly-crafted, ceramics, evocative retablos with hand-made figurines using boiled potato and plaster by famed artist Nicario Jimenez. The collection also includes colorful and intricate Andrean textiles, Alpaca garments and objects used in the traditional folk medicine in the Andes.
233 Canyon Road
www.minkay.com
505-820-2210

The Turquoise Trail leads to Hotel Santa Fe...
Just check out the fashion-conscious these days, and what you'll find is a plethora of turquoise, the deep blue of a summer sky, the perfect contrast for a summer tan, and the stone that for centuries has been the sacred stone and favorite adornment of Native Americans. So where would you expect to find the turquoise Mother Lode? Just follow the Turquoise Trail to the Picuris Art and Gift Shop at Hotel Santa Fe, where Manager Joan Greer has assembled a stellar collection of turquoise jewelry gleaned from neighboring reservations and pueblos and at prices that permit loading on the treasures, Native-American style. For example, there's a 5-strand necklace of turquoise beads or a single-strand necklace of turquoise heishi - the flat turquoise beads that are a specialty of Santo Domingo Pueblo -- mixed with nuggets. Hand-hammered coin silver beads are interspersed with turquoise beads, while oversize nuggets of turquoise make impressive earrings. The pièce de resistance: an impressive silver-and-turquoise concho belt, guaranteed to create a sensation back home.

Great Times to Visit:
Don’t miss the ArtFeast benefit event in late February.
http://www.travellady.com/Issues/February04/OneofSantaFes.htm

Souper Bowl Project
Contact Director@thefooddepot.org to reach Sherry Hooper, the Director of the Food Depot, which organizes this event; their phone number is 505-471-1633

Wine and Chile festival
info@santafewineandchile.org

Annual Santa Fe Market, a free public celebration of the colorful arts, crafts, jewelry and cultures of Native Americans and the American Southwest. Usually the first weekend in April 
619 296-3161 or visit www.BazaarDelMundo.com

Great Guidebooks:
Hidden Southwest
By Richard Harris
Ulysses Press
www.ulyssespress.com

Let's Go Adventure Guide Southwest USA 2003
ST MARTIN’S PRESS
www.stmartins.com

Ski America and Canada has the best and most detailed overview of Santa Fe from a winter tourist/skier/snowboarder's perspective.
The new edition (15th) will be in bookstores about mid October.
Available from most bookstores, Amazon, www.bn.com  and www.worldleisure.com

More About New Mexico:
The Old West
Travel Historic America
Explore ghost towns, Pioneer trails, Spanish Missions and more.
Fodor’s
www.fodor’s.com

Moon Handbooks New Mexico
By Stephen Metzger
Avalon Travel
www.moon.com

For More Information:
Santa Fe: 800-777-2489
http://www.santafe.org
http://www.skisantafe.com

Best Freebie:
The Official 2004 Santa Fe Visitors Guide - A Free Guide to Santa Fe:
The 2004 Santa Fe Visitors Guide produced by the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau has been updated for 2004 and is free for the asking. The 98 page guide has everything a visitor needs to plan a stay in Santa Fe including articles or listings of attractions, lodging,  shopping, day trips, restaurants and cuisine, the city's prolific art scene, activities for kids, the city's romantic side, edu-tourism, historic and cultural background of Santa Fe, a 2004 calendar of events and more. The four-color glossy magazine is filled with beautiful new images of Santa Fe and is THE resource for getting the most out of a Santa Fe visit.  For a free 2004 Santa Fe Visitors Guide call, 800-777-2489, 505-955-6200, or visit www.santafe.org.

Best Way to Get There:
Southwest Airlines: 800-435-9792
http://www.southwest.com

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