By Devin D. O'Leary
The New Mexico Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the independent film industry in our state, heads to Santa Fe’s Jean Cocteau Cinema this Tuesday, March 5, for a screening of recent New Mexico filmmakers’ shorts and trailers. This “NMFF Indie Screening” allows the public to see some of the projects our local filmmakers are working on. It also gives the filmmakers the opportunity to see their work on the big screen and to receive feedback from real audiences. Among the pieces being shown is a music video by Santa Fe musician David Berkeley utilizing a 41-foot watercolor created by Santa Fe artist Stan Berning and featured in the 2014 Sam Elliot/Joan Allen film Off the Map. The event takes place from 5 to 7pm. Admission is $5. The Jean Cocteau Cinema is located at 418 Montezuma. If you can’t make it up to the City Different, the Indie Screening will pop down to Albuquerque’s UNM Conference Center Auditorium (1634 University Blvd. NE) on Saturday, March 9 starting at 6:30pm. For more info go to nmfilmfoundation.org.