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Elemental Film Festival

The Elemental Film Festival is a small independent film festival in San Antonio, co-founded and directed by Robb S. García and Valerie Garza with programming director James Borrego, under the fiscal sponsorship of the nonprofit Cine Studios San Antonio. The first edition opened with a filmmaker mixer at Pizzeria Vesuvio on June 12, 2026, and held free screenings and Q&As on June 13 at San Antonio College's Jean Logwith Radio-Television-Film Building. Narrative, documentary, experimental and animated films were grouped into four blocks named for fire, water, air and earth, plus a student showcase, and awards went to films in each element, the best student film and best of festival. No 2027 dates were posted when this was checked.

Festival · San Antonio · Since 2026 · Active

Next
Usually June
Jean Logwith Radio-Television-Film Building, San Antonio College; Pizzeria Vesuvio (opening mixer)
Co-founders and co-festival directors Robb S. García and Valerie Garza; fiscal sponsor Cine Studios San Antonio (501(c)(3))
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Categories
Student Showcase
FIRE (Passion) block
WATER (Emotion) block
AIR (Vision) block
EARTH (Foundation) block
Prizes
Elemental Awards for films embodying each of the four elements, Best Student Film and Best of Festival.

Notable

The 2026 edition was billed as the inaugural Elemental Film Festival; Saturday screenings were free ↗︎
Listed by Film San Antonio among local film festivals ↗︎
Sources
  1. Elemental Film Festival Elemental Film Festival
  2. Local Film Festivals City of San Antonio, Film San Antonio (San Antonio Film Commission)

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