Annual Film Festivals, Sci Fi, & Steampunk Events in Southern Arizona

Southern Arizona has 14 film festivals, one ComicCon, the famous TusCon SciFi/Fantasy/Horror Convention (46th annual), and the Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention at Old Tucson, with something happening nearly every month of the year.

Are you ready to mark your calendar?

September

Arizona Underground Film Festival (The Screening Room, Downtown Tucson) 

October

Film Fest Tucson (Scottish Rite Cathedral, Fox Tucson Theatre, AC Marriott, Downtown Tucson) 

Apex Short Film + Music Video Festival (The Screening Room, Downtown Tucson) 

Borderland Film Festival held in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora (Mexico) (Museo de Arte De Nogales, Nogales, Mexico; Oasis Cinema, Nogales, Arizona, and other venues) 

The Wild Bunch Film Festival (Willcox Historic Theatre, Willcox) 

   
Tucson Terrorfest (The Screening Room, Downtown Tucson) 

November

Loft Film Fest (The Loft Cinema, Midtown Tucson) 

TusCon SciFi, Fantasy, & Horror Convention 46th Annual (Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites, Midtown Tucson) 

Tucson Comic-Con (Tucson Convention Center, Downtown Tucson) 

January

Tucson International Jewish Film Festival (venues in Tucson)

Lesbian Looks (University of Arizona, Tucson) – one screening per month through April 

February

DocScapes (The Loft Cinema, Midtown Tucson) 

March

Tucson Cine Mexico (multiple venues, Downtown Tucson) 

Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention (Old Tucson, Pima County) 

Arivaca Independent Film Festival (Arivaca Community Center, Arivaca) 

April

Arizona International Film Festival (The Screening Room, Downtown Tucson, The Loft Cinema; Midtown Tucson; and multiple downtown Tucson venues)  

May

5 Minute Film Fest (Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Tucson)