What is The Wild Bunch Film Festival? Where to stay? It's a competitive event dedicated to making things happen There are several links on the website. Look for “Places to for emerging filmmakers and hoping to inspire and Stay” link at thewildbunchfilmfestival.com encourage filmmakers as well as screenwriters, to pursue courageous and bold artistic visions for the western genre.
The three-day festival, held in Willcox, Arizona is known for embracing the heart and spirit of independent western films.
Our hope is to attract the high profile and novice filmmakers, so attendees of the festival will enjoy several artistic experiences of western films and individuals driven by the true and raw spirit of independent movie making.
Tickets/Passes are all sold at thewildbunchfilmfestival.com Tickets/passes sold at venue location could increase.
Fri Oct 4th – Independent western film screenings from 3:00pm until 6:00pm. Then a special 50th Anniversary screening of “The Wild Bunch” along with “The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage”, with special VIP guest followed by Q&A's and a book signing the Willcox Historic Theater.
Sat Oct 5th Screenings: Independent western screenings at Willcox Historic Theater from 11:30am until 10pm. Filmmaker Q&A's throughout the day.
Sun Oct 6th: Screenings: Independent western screenings at Willcox Historic Theater from 10am until 8:30pm. Filmmaker Q&A's throughout the day. The festival's Red Carpet Award Show at 9:00pm to 10:00pm, hosted by Charlie LeSueur and Bobbi Jeen Olson!
Sun Oct 6th: Have fun at TWBFF Afterparty at Cattlerest from 10:30pm to 12:30am. https://www.cattlerest.com/
Are your Show Times exact? The Wild Bunch Film Festival will make every effort for a film to start at its scheduled time, but sometimes films may start early or late, due to the Q&As running long or short. To be safe it's always a good practice to arrive a bit early for the film you want to see. In rare situations, a film that has not been sent in by the deadline date could be disqualified and the film schedule could possibly change without notice, and would be out of our control.
What makes TWBFF screenings different? It's all about the western genre. But even though it's specific to westerns, there's a wide variety of sub-genres of westerns such as classical, contemporary, meat pie, spaghetti, horror, comedy, etc. Are your films rated? Most of the films at TWBFF have not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and therefore have not received an ‘Official’ rating; however, we have created a ratings system based on MPAA standards giving consideration to the local viewing audience. Festival goers should exercise discretion when attending a film. OPENING NIGHT – FRIDAY OCT 4TH! SATURDAY OCT 5TH! 3:00pm - 3:03pm Emcee Introductions 11:30am - 11:33am Emcee Introductions
FRIDAY TIME: 3:04PM SATURDAY TIME: 11:34AM #1 A THIEF IN THE NIGHT #1. THE TERRITORY'S BEST RUNTIME 8 MIN RATED PG RUNTIME 10 MIN RATED PG
Be it chance or divine providence, three strangers: a drunk, Seasoned gunfighter Two-Gun Greg sets out to prove an outlaw, and a preacher, share a campfire. himself as the "fastest gunfighter in the west" by hunting down the territory's best.. FRIDAY Time: 3:12PM #2. THE DRIFT: AN AMERICAN CATTLE DRIVE RUNTIME 71 MIN RATED PG SATURDAY TIME: 11:44AM #2. THE APPLE Every year in the early summer, a group of Wyoming RUNTIME 19 MIN RATED PG ranchers drive their cattle high into the Rocky Mountains, to the largest federal grazing area in the United States. Set in the Old West, a young woman and her companion are on the run from her father, a ruthless bounty hunter. FRIDAY TIME: 4:23PM #3. LAST STAND TO NOWHERE SATURDAY TIME: 12:04PM RUNTIME 15 MIN RATED PG13 #3. THE HELL'S DOOR RUNTIME 13 MIN RATED PG An all-female re-imagining of the battle between the Earps and the Clanton gang also known as the Gunfight at the OK While enjoying a picnic, Alice is bitten by a snake. Wild, her Corral. love, searches for the Hell´s door to go down to Hades to rescue her before it gets too late. FRIDAY TIME: 4:38PM #4. WALKING PAPERS SATURDAY TIME: 12:17PM RUNTIME 23 MIN RATED PG #4. OASIS RUNTIME 12 MIN RATED PG Set in the Texas Panhandle in the 1980's, "Walking Papers" finds Joe at his post as a security guard at a rural bank, on A car breaks down in the desert. A young man has to his last day of work before being forced into retirement. decide.....whether to sell his soul to a demon for water or secure his place in heaven. FRIDAY TIME: 5:01PM #5. WOMAN OF THE MOUNTAIN SATURDAY TIME: 12:29PM RUNTIME 26 MIN RATED PG #5. RANCH HANDS RUNTIME 12 MIN RATED PG When mysterious gold shows up in the town, chaos quickly ensues, leaving it up to a sheriff to find the truth behind the A lonesome ranch hand picks up a wandering young woman Woman of the Mountain. in the desert wilderness. That night in camp, he tries to touch her... 5:27pm - 5:37pm Q&A BLOCK FOR #1 - #5 SATURDAY TIME: 12:41PM THE WILD BUNCH 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT! #6. I'VE LOVED (MUSIC VIDEO) Paul Seydor & Garner Simmons books & book signing will be RUNTIME 6 MIN RATED G available for purchase in the theater lobby during this event! This is a music video that is a tribute to the memory of lost FRIDAY TIME: 6:00PM loved ones. #6. THE WILD BUNCH: AN ALBUM IN MONTAGE RUNTIME 34 MIN RATED PG 12:47pm - 12:57pm 10 MIN Q&A BLOCK FOR #1 - #6
6:35pm - 7:05pm 30 MIN Q&A with Paul Seydor & Garner SATURDAY TIME: 12:58PM Simmons. Panel Host - Charlie LeSueur #7. ELLA RUNTIME 22 MIN RATED 9G FRIDAY TIME: 7:10PM #7. THE WILD BUNCH Ellen "Ella" Liddy Watson moved to Wyoming where she RUNTIME 145 MIN RATED R could vote, own property, and raise her own cattle. She married Jimmy Averell in secret so she could continue to 9:55pm - ? Q &A with Susan Compo, Torrey & Cody Oates, own her own homestead. Unfortunately, the two made Paul Seydor & Garner Simmons. Panel Host - Charlie LeSueur. enemies of local cattle baron A.J. Bothwell. SATURDAY OCT 5TH SATURDAY OCT 5TH
SATURDAY TIME: 1:20PM SATURDAY TIME: 4:59PM #8. THE HISTORY & COLLECTIBILITY OF #15 THE SEARCH ANTIQUE FIREARMS (DOC) RUNTIME 6 MIN RATED PG RUNTIME 20MIN RATED G A cowboy trudges across a rugged landscape, searching for Renown Antique dealer Jim Olson does a presentation on something he lost, or maybe struggles to let go of. antique firearms dating from 1288-1898. SATURDAY TIME: 5:05PM SATURDAY TIME: 1:40PM #16 EMINENCE HILL #9 WIDOW RUNTIME 100MIN RATED PG13 RUNTIME 16MIN RATED PG A trail of revenge leads a notorious killer and a lawman to a Set in the turn of the century west, a retired gunslinger learns town of fanatics. Blood will flow. treachery runs thicker than blood when she finds her husband murdered. 6:45pm – 6:55pm Q&A BLOCK for #12 - #16 screenings.
SATURDAY TIME: 1:56PM SATURDAY TIME: 6:56PM #10. THE LONESOME TRAIL #17 BORDER DESPERADOS RUNTIME 116 MIN RATED PG RUNTIME 7 MIN RATED G
A small town in Montana in the 1890’s called Red Springs The Desperados have rustled a local rancher's cattle and the frowns on poor homesteaders moving into the territory. crooked brand inspector sold them and the bandits are meeting in the local saloon. SATURDAY TIME: 3:52PM #11 LA GRINGA SATURDAY TIME: 7:03PM RUNTIME 11MIN RATED PG #18 THE ROAD FROM DURANGO RUNTIME 10 MIN RATED PG La Gringa; a rough and tough cowgirl, has to change the rules to get what she wants in a small pueblo in Mexico. On a return trip home, two modest and peaceful cow-hands make a discovery that forces them to face their morality and 4:03pm – 4:13pm Q&A BLOCK for #7 - #11 screenings. changes their lives forever.
SATURDAY TIME: 4:14PM SATURDAY TIME: 7:13PM #12 ONCE UPON A WOMAN #19 JOHN DOE: A WESTERN TALE RUNTIME 21 MIN RATED PG RUNTIME 17 MIN RATED PG
A revisionist Western set after the Civil War in which both Western tale of the local town killer by the name of John cowboys and Indians are struggling with personal conflicts Doe as he has successfully continued to be unidentified while framed against the approach of the railroad and throughout the West. impending doom. SATURDAY TIME: 7:30PM SATURDAY TIME: 4:35PM #20 DUST TO DUST #13. ROAM RUNTIME 8 MIN RATED PG RUNTIME 12 MIN RATED PG A man of faith is tested. Suffering injuries at the hands of Native American forces, two buffalo hunters set camp near enemy territory and try to SATURDAY TIME: 7:38PM survive the night. #21 POWER OF PRAYER RUNTIME 13 MIN RATED PG SATURDAY TIME: 4:47PM #14. SLOW DEATH A lone cowboy comes across an innocent girl as two men try RUNTIME 12 MIN RATED PG to rape her. After he saves her, they swear they'll be back with more men and guns. Slow Death is a Western, but it is not at all traditional. The film may be set in the old West, but the mystical elements of 7:51pm – 8:01pm Q&A BLOCK for #17- #21 screenings. the film are unlike anything you've seen before.
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SATURDAY TIME: 8:02PM SUNDAY TIME: 12:12PM #22 MOON CROSSING #6 SMILE RUNTIME 33 MIN RATED PG RUNTIME 13 MIN RATED PG
When a trapper's brother is killed, the town sends a Gold is found by a gunslinger who was hired to watch the messenger to tell the trapper the news, and he runs into a comings and goings of the bustling town. wagon load of characters along the way. SUNDAY TIME: 12:25PM SATURDAY TIME: 8:35PM #7 RUN FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY #23 THE BOUNTY KILLER RUNTIME 85 MIN RATED PG13 RUNTIME 86MIN RATED PG13 A seasoned US Marshal is ambushed while tracking a A bounty killer is hired by a Mexican landowner to rescue murderous band of outlaws along the southern border of the his daughter after she's kidnapped by a gang of outlaws on United States. Left for dead, the Marshal is saved by a lost her wedding day. Navajo boy with whom he forms an unlikely friendship.
10:01pm – 10:11pm Q&A BLOCK for #22- #23 screenings. SUNDAY TIME: 1:50PM #8 THE INCIDENT SUNDAY OCT 6TH RUNTIME 5 MIN RATED G 10:00am - 10:03am Emcee Introductions A gang of outlaws tries one too many dangerous things SUNDAY TIME: 10:03AM #1 GOOD FRIEND FROM THE WEST SUNDAY TIME: 1:55PM RUNTIME 11 MIN RATED PG #9 WESTERN TRADING POST TV (TV SERIES) RUNTIME 31 MIN RATED G In 1873, Tin is a Chinese rail worker working in California, after he escaped from the railway construction. He meets a You know we cannot always build the future for our youth, wounded treasure thief – Dan the cowboy. yet we can build our youth for the future. How do we go about doing that? By mentoring, guiding, influencing, SATURDAY TIME: 10:14AM encouraging, motivating and inspiring them. #2 COWBOY ASTROPHYSICIST RUNTIME 4 MIN RATED G SUNDAY TIME: 2:26PM #10 MISS HAPPY Two cowboys discuss the practical application of the Stefan- RUNTIME 35 MIN RATED G Boltzmann constant. A lady outlaw being pursued by the law robs a Spanish SATURDAY TIME: 10:18AM mission of a legendary treasure and meets the nun and #3 PRAIRIES & PLAINS (TRIBUTE FILM) orphans who help her change her destiny. RUNTIME 7 MIN RATED G 3:01pm – 3:11pm Q&A BLOCK for #6- #10 screenings. A visual tribute to the Pioneers who settled the Great American West. SUNDAY TIME: 3:12PM #11 WILD FAITH SATURDAY TIME: 10:25AM RUNTIME 100MIN RATED PG #4 SHOWDOWN ON THE BRAZOS (TRAILER) RUNTIME 1 MIN RATED PG In the late 1800’s, a Civil War veteran is compelled to protect his interracial family despite the efforts of his A small Texas town of Brazos has been taken over by a unforgiving neighbors. But the arrival of a traveling circus group of outlaws, known as the Nate Jones Gang. train incites the most unlikely set of events that will push everyone to the limits. SATURDAY TIME: 10:26AM #5 A PRAYER FOR THE DAMNED SUNDAY TIME: 4:52PM RUNTIME 95 MIN RATED PG13 #12 A FUSILLI WESTERN (MUSIC VIDEO) RUNTIME 5 MIN RATED PG Thirteen years after the American Civil War, several mysterious characters converge upon a strange New Mexico A music video. A musical. Some sort of weird hybrid. Join town on a quest for a "lost" Confederate fortune. our zany adventure where our hero embarks on a quest to bring two outlaws to justice. 12:01pm – 12:11pm Q&A BLOCK for #1- #5 screenings. SUNDAY OCT 6TH SUNDAY OCT 6TH
SUNDAY TIME: 4:57PM SUNDAY TIME: 6:21PM #13 SANTA FE STATION #19 BILL TILGHMAN AND THE OUTLAWS RUNTIME 7 MIN RATED PG RUNTIME 117 MIN RATED PG13
An old lawman describes his past to a stranger he meets in a In 1915, the Wild West is a fading memory until a moving train station. picture production company travels to Ft. Bowers, Oklahoma, to ask aging Marshal Bill Tilghman to play SUNDAY TIME: 5:04PM himself in a shoot’em up also starring real outlaws Cole #14 CORVETTE COWBOY Younger and Frank James. RUNTIME 3 MIN RATED PG 8:18pm – 8:28pm Q&A BLOCK for #16- #19 screenings. A man in brown boots slowly makes his way into a dimly lit discount mattress store. He sees an angelic woman lying 8:30pm – 8:55pm THEATER CLEARED FOR AWARD lifeless on a bed. He pulls out a pair of sharp scissors and his SHOW SET UP. intentions become clear.... 9:00PM – 10:00PM THE AWARD SHOW SUNDAY TIME: 5:07PM #15 GHOSTS OF SANTA SANGRE (TRAILER) RUNTIME 3 MIN RATED PG
The Sins of the Fathers bring Vengeance on the Generations.
5:10pm – 5:20pm Q&A BLOCK for #11- #15 screenings.
SUNDAY TIME: 5:21PM #16 DRAGON SONG RUNTIME 19MIN RATED PG13
In the aftermath of the civil war, survivors Lamberic White and Spiney Shamblins remain lost in the ongoing chaos of a living hell. Lamberic, enraged by Spiney's drunken abuse of his wife Veronica, responds with grim measures, leading to momentous consequence.
SUNDAY TIME: 5:40PM #17 STREAM OF DREAMS RUNTIME 35MIN RATED PG13
Life is bitter, dreams are sweet. A young woman lives a bitter life, but when she meets the man of her dreams, she realizes that everything can be sweet forever -- if they reach the stream of dreams.
SUNDAY TIME: 6:15PM #18 HOLLYWOOD DON YATES RUNTIME 6MIN RATED PG
Don Yates has spent upward of 30 years in the rodeo entertaining audiences with his fearless approach to wow the crowd and build the sport of rodeo.
TWBFF AWARD SHOW – SUN OCT 6TH AT 9PM W/EMCEE CHARLIE LESUEUR & AWARD SHOW CO-HOST, BOBBI JEEN OLSON!