Plaza Classic

The El Paso Community Foundation presents the world's largest classic film festival, set in the high desert of El Paso, Texas.

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Our 14th Holiday Movies at the Plaza Theatre kick off Sunday, Nov. 30 with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" at 3 pm and "Home Alone" at 5:30 pm. They're FREE. No tickets needed, just show up! The Holiday Movies are presented in partnership with El Paso Live as part of WinterFest.

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Passes for the 19th annual El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival in 2026 are now on sale! Go to https://t.co/zwN12IdwDr. Next year's festival is July 16-26, 2026.

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Our FREE Holiday Movies at WinterFest begin Sunday, Nov. 24 with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" at 1 pm and "Home Alone" at 3:30 pm in the Plaza Theatre. Get there early to check out Ken Fedorick playing the Wyler Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ 30 minutes before each movie.

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Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino will appear with "Mighty Aphrodite," for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, at 7 pm July 19, and "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" at 3:30 pm July 20 in the Plaza Theatre. Tickets are $10 for each at the box and Ticketmaster.

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The banners are up! Spot them around downtown. Reminder: Local Flavor film submissions are due by 11:59 pm today, June 17. Go to https://t.co/99VnquSQsp.

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Sissy Spacek is coming to PCFF 2024. She'll appear with Coal Miner's Daughter at 7 pm July 27. Tickets on sale June 14 at the Plaza Theatre Box Office and https://t.co/qjoHHI1MYx.

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Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" is coming to PCFF 2024. Full schedule will be posted by June 13, tickets go on sale June 14. https://t.co/e74rEIER8N

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Snap out of it! "Moonstruck" is coming to PCFF 2024, July 18-28.

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The "Plaza Classic Podcast" is live! Hosted by KVIA's Stephanie Valle and EPCC's Lisa Elliott. Coproduced by EPCC and the El Paso Community Foundation. Go to https://t.co/ptJgrwCCYw

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The Plaza Classic Film Festival Screenwriting Competition is back. Deadline to submit your screenplay is July 3, 2024. Go to https://t.co/S4G2utc9b0 or https://t.co/7Cu6LIA15t to submit.

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Coming to PCFF 2024

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We are accepting film submissions for this year's Local Flavor Showcase and Awards. Deadline: June 17. $3,650 in cash awards, including two new student categories. Sponsored by the El Paso Film and Creative Industries Commission. Go to https://t.co/99VnquSiCR to submit.

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El Paso native Iliana Sosa will attend the El Paso premiere screening of her new HBO Original documentary GOD SAVE TEXAS: LA FRONTERA at 7 pm Friday, Feb. 23 in the Philanthropy Theatre. It's FREE. Q&A to follow the film.

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If you missed Isaac Artenstein's doc PEOPLE OF THE CROSSING: THE JEWS OF EL PASO at PCFF 2023, you're in luck. It's showing at 7 pm Thursday, January 18 on PBS El Paso (KCOS).

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Thanks for your support of our 2023 Holiday Movies at WinterFest! We had more than 3,500 people see nine movies at the Plaza Theatre and the El Paso Museum of Art, a first for the series. Thanks to everyone who helped, but especially to you for attending! See you in '24!

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There's no better way to get into the holiday spirit than watching IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE on the Plaza Theatre's big screen with your friends. Join us today (Christmas Eve) at 1 pm for a special FREE screening of the 1946 Frank Capra classic. No tickets required!

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The Holiday Movies at WinterFest continue with THE POLAR EXPRESS at 1 pm Dec. 21 and Ron Howard's HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS at 3:30 pm Dec. 21 in the Plaza Theatre. Admission is FREE, no tickets needed!

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We're hosting a 10th anniversary showing of FROZEN for FREE as part of this year's Holiday Movies at WinterFest. It's at 3 pm Saturday, Dec. 16 at the El Paso Museum of Art, part of this year's WinterFest. Get there early. It's bound to fill up.

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The Holiday Movies move to the El Paso Museum of Art when we show MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) for FREE at 3 pm Saturday, Dec. 9, starring a young Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle. No tickets required, but you might want to get there early.

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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of ELF at 1 pm Sunday, December 3 in the Plaza Theatre, part of our Holiday Movies at WinterFest. We're also showing NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION at 3:30 pm that day. They're FREE, no tickets needed.