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Sedona Red Rock News File photo. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers Like most businesses, the movie theater industry took a major hit in 2020, and seats remain empty while in some states the theaters are dark. While the larger theater chains suffered from govern­ment-ordered closures, as well as Hollywood postponing or canceling the release of expected blockbusters, art house theaters like the Mary D. Fisher Theater in Sedona have been able to keep their heads above water during this pandemic storm. “We’re here, we’re strong and functioning and poised to be around for a long...

Sedona Red Rock News Sedona International Film Festival Executive Director Patrick Schweiss greets the audience before the preview showing of Heartland at Sedona Performing Arts Center on Feb. 22, 2020. The board and management of the Sedona International Film Festival have decided to postpone the event from February to June due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. The plan is to return to their traditional late-February dates in 2022. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers For the organizers of the Sedona International Film Festival, the writing was on the wall. In early November, SIFF Execu...

By Hunter Brownstein Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 11:56am The upcoming 27th-annual Sedona Film Festival has been postponed from February to June next year because of the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Arizona. But the postponement may have been for the better. The change from February to June means more time for attendees to receive two doses of a coronavirus vaccine before they gather for the annual nine-day festival.  New this year will be holding outdoor film screenings.  Patrick Schweiss, executive director of the film festival, said organizers initially hadn’t plann...