Upcoming Festival Events
red carpet
Reception
LOUISA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Friday, August 21
5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Red Carpet Reception
Network with filmmakers & film fans, pick up your festival badges, take photos on the red carpet, and enjoy tasty mocktails in this interactive festival kick-off event.
Short Film Showcase- Day 1
Louisa Performing Arts Center-21 Broadmoor Ave.
Colorado Springs, 80906
Friday, August 21
Join us for the Day One film screenings divided into
two unique blocks.
Red Carpet:
5:45 PM-6:30 PM
Colorado Short Film Showcase-Day 1:
6:30 PM-7:50 PM
Book...ish, Functional Not Fictional: The Reality of FND,
Skip & Henry, The Last Frame, Westbound: Art by Train
Short Film Showcase-Late Night Edition:
8:00 PM-9:30 PM
Go Down Diller, Hell, Reptilia, The Masks We Wear, Weirdos,
The Spy The Physicist and the Killer
SISFA Kickoff Party
LOCATION TBA
Friday, August 21, 9:45 PM-11:30 PM
Join your fellow filmmakers for networking and a bevy of local brews at a local brewery in town.
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE-DAY 2 Morning block
Roadhouse Cinemas-3030 N Nevada Ave. Ste B,
Colorado Springs 80907
Saturday, August 22
Experience the screenings of incredible films from all across the US. Two different theaters, two unique showcases.
Theater A: Colorado Short Film Showcase- Day 2:
10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Bouncer Boots, Down to Earth, Isolated, Night Shift,
The Hit That Hit Back
(Feat. Filmmaker Q & A's)
Theater B: Short Film Showcase- Day 2:
10 AM-12:10 PM
3 AM at the Painted Door, Banana Triangle Six, Black LP,
Down West Avenue, Ms. Rossi 3: Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob,
Mrs. Miller, The Allergy Table
SHORT Film showcase-afternoon block/feature film showcase
Roadhouse Cinemas-3030 N Nevada Ave. Ste B,
Colorado Springs 80907
Saturday, August 22
Experience the screenings of more amazing films from all across the US. Two different theaters, two unique showcases.
AFTERNOON BLOCK PT. 1
Theater A: Colorado Showcase Screening:
1:15 PM-1:50 PM
Menticide
Theater B: US Showcase Screening:
12:45 PM-1:40 PM
Fulfilling the Promise: Teachers, Students, & The Declaration of Independence
AFTERNOON BLOCK PT. 2
Theater A: Short Film Showcase cont./Feature Film Showcase:
2:00 PM-4:30 PM
Bears in Hot Tubs, Jam Boy, Reminisce, The Sight Unseen,
The Storm
Theater B: CO Feature Film Showcase:
2:30 PM-4:40 PM
AdAmAn
(Feat. Filmmaker Q & A's)
2026 SISFA Main Event
Louisa Performing Arts Center
21 Broadmoor Ave. Colorado Springs, 80906
5:45 PM-6:30 PM: Red Carpet
6:30 PM-9:30 PM: Main Event
Experience the interactive Main Event of the fest, featuring: the headlining short films, audience voting, a live musical performance, & the presentation of the awards.
Films:
Curb Service, Forgotten Fortune, In the Eye of the Beholder,
Light Bunny, Lucy and The Devil, Not a Hero by Accident,
Solar Neighbor, Texas Strange, The Liars of Black Mountain Road
PartyMode: The SISFA
After Party
LOCATION TBA
9:45 PM
Relax, network and celebrate with fellow filmmakers and film fans at a local brewery in historic downtown Colorado Springs.
Reserve on waitlist.