April 23–26, 2026, the inaugural Taos Film Festival shares over 100 independent filmmaking voices from New Mexico and around the world. TaosFF presents narrative, documentary and experimental works in feature length and short-form. In addition to screenings, TaosFF connects artists and audiences through Q&As, talks, events and parties.
TaosFF is a project of the Taos Center for the Arts (TCA). TCA has cultivated a robust year-round film program, observing what draws people to the cinema, what sparks hope and what riles tensions.
Beyond film, TCA hosts music, dance, theater, visual arts and community events. TCA prioritizes collaboration and manages the innovative Inter-Arts Internship Program, which offers paid work-learning opportunities to area youth at arts & culture organizations across Taos County.
During internships lasting 3–9 months, Taos County youth learn digital and hands-on skills related to arts administration and the dynamics of producing events and exhibitions. Current and past Inter-Arts Interns will play a pivotal role in the production of TaosFF, serving as projectionists and technical support at various venues.
Film Festivals have been a much-loved part of the Taos community before. Taos Talking Pictures (1995–2003), Taos Mountain Film Festival (2002–2009) and Taos Shortz (2007–2019) all generated a lot of enthusiasm and goodwill.
Taos is an elemental place full of epic contrast and true feeling. It is a home for families and communities that stretch more than a thousand years into the past. It is a creative oasis for wanderers of every stripe. It is a high-elevation desert scrubbed of all pretense by nature’s unrelenting intensity.
Taos offers a front-row seat to technicolor sunsets and the phases of the moon. Taos reminds you, you are a speck. And you will be grateful for it.
