The 15th Oak Cliff Film Festival is Here and This Time, It’s Personal
I am writing to you from the 15th Oak Cliff Film Festival and this time, it’s personal. I’ll get back to that (you know what you did…) momentarily but, I really cannot believe it’s the 15th festival seeing as I attended the 4th one (2015) and the 6th one (2017) and then through a confluence of me being ill and the world being ill (Covid) I just haven’t been back. But, weather aside, I couldn’t be happier to be in Dallas, Texas.
Back in 2010, a group of pals –mine as well – Barak Epstein, Eric Steele and Jason Reimer, bought the famous Texas Theater in the Dallas suburb of Oak Cliff. The theater is famed as it’s where Lee Harvey Oswald was captured. When I think back 16 years ago, I recall the guys all wanting to make this an incredible movie theater but also, a hub to a then burgeoning arts district and from what I’ve seen so far, the plan really couldn’t be more on track if not ahead.
The arts district is flat out popping and the Oak Cliff Film Festival is merely a cog, a big, beautiful community minded cog, in yearlong programming that has expanded to concerts, conversations and more. If you are wondering what a movie theater can be or really mean to a community, the Texas Theater is your guidebook.
This year, there are a few personal, deep connections to me that are happening at the fest and as I find myself a still newish empty nester, the timing couldn’t be better to revisit some old friends, a few of whom I’ve never really met. Let me explain.
When I decided to pursue film as more than just a hobby, I moved to Los Angeles (duh) in late Summer, 2002. I was attending California State Northridge as a communications (screenwriting) major and was thrilled, if not a little terrified to be in L.A. pursuing my passions.
Around that same time, I went out and watched Roger Avary’s film The Rules of Attraction and aside from knowing Avary as co-writer fo Pulp Fiction and also writer/director of a film I quite liked called Killing Zoe, I really don’t know what drew me out to the theater opening weekend. Yet as I took in the film on a hot day in the San Fernando Valley, I was totally blown away. In fact, I had never seen a movie quote like it then and having revisited it again recently to honor the film’s star, James Van Der Beek, I was once again struck by just how much the film still holds up.
When I got home, I jumped on my AOL, looking for online reactions and maybe a forum or chat room full of people who had been equally blown away. Instead, I found something much more direct-from-the-source, Roger Avary’s own website Avary.com.On the site at that time, he had a message board where I found a group of somewhat like minded film nerds but also, the man himself, Roger Avary who would post journal like entries about films, happenings and whatever where people could converse and comment.
I say this without hyperbole, that message board changed my life for the better.
Although I look back and realize the message board may have sort of, kind of, kept me from getting out into L.A. IRL and actually meeting people who shared my interests and maybe, you know, get a job, I made a group of friends there that I am still friends with, IRL, today. I’ve hung out and met several of them and we still chat via social media and used to do a semi-annual email check-in. One of those people is the filmmaker Joe Swanberg who will be here in Oak Cliff with his film The Sun Never Sets.
I consider Joe a good friend and we’ve mostly stayed in touch over the past few decades but I haven’t seen him in person in at least a decade and I look forward to catching up with him. What a crazy career he has put together! The “mumblecore” movement exploded in ways no one would have anticipated and Joe has risen to success and also maintained a low-key career while almost countless people he introduced filmgoers to have risen in popularity as well. I think it’s all a really cool story and Joe is a good guy and a good friend.
However, Joe is merely part of another personal reason this festival speaks to me as without another guest of the festival, I may have never got to know Joe. Roger Avary himself (along with daughter/film producer Gala Avary!) is coming to Oak Cliff to screen Pulp Fiction and also announce a new project that kind of, sort of goes hand in hand with his Video Archives podcast which he co-hosts with Tarantino. I email with Roger semi-frequently and will have more on this project soon, I promise.
There’s myriad other things I’m excited for as well including a spectacular lineup of films and seeing longtime friends like all of the above as well as occasional HtN contributor Melanie Addington and my good buddy Kelly Williams who is himself a well-respected film producer and who I met even before the Avary boys as we were both Sundance volunteers in our early 20s!
Check out the lineup below and stay tuned for Oak Cliff updates all weekend long!
– Don R. Lewis (@ThatDonLewis)
Oak Cliff Film Festival, the neighborhood fest known throughout the nation, invites you to journey across the Trinity for summer cinema infinity at the festival’s landmark 15th installment (7/30-8/2). Immerse yourself in images, sounds and experiences so wonderfully singular they could only live in Dallas’ most historic, holistic and eclectic community: Oak Cliff.
This year’s four- day- long sensory submersion has the bold stories, vibrant colors, kinetic live energy, and form bending audiovisual encounters that make OCFF a love poem to the unique sensations of its namesake neighborhood.
Key Highlights:
- Opening Night Film: Director and mumble-core trailblazer, Joe Swanberg, returns to OCFF for the first time in over a decade. Joined by cast member Cory Michael Smith, Swanberg presents his sharp, new, relationship dissection dramedy THE SUN NEVER SETS.
- Special Live Performance: THE ANVIL ORCHESTRA, featuring Mission Of Burma’s Roger Clark Miller and collaborator Terry Donahue (Concussion Ensemble), weaves a key and percussion composed live score to the groundbreaking, first ever animated feature THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926). This incredible and innovative interpretation of 101 Arabian Nights, illustrated in a spectral and expertly experimental silhouette animation, is heightened by the clang and thunder of Miller and Donahue. The visceral end result is a larger than life, one-of-a-kind journey for your whole head.
- Special Engagement: Join Oscar winning screenwriter and filmmaker Roger Avary for a special, retrospective screening of his co-authored, genre defining, 1994 crime classic; PULP FICTION.
- 90’s Summer Bundle: For many of us, the love of film began with music videos during the endless MTV summers of youth. Complete your summer cinema loop by celebrating two survivors of the 90’s and visionary icons of those dog day VJ lineups: Mark Pellington and Tamra Davis.
*Friday, The 90’s summer bundle kicks off with a rare presentation from Pellington and Davis showcasing hand-picked selections from their vastly prolific music video careers.
*Saturday, Pellington presents THIS IS BUZZ, his new documentary chronicling the ephemeral, experimental and influential 90’s MTV social series, The Buzz.
*Sunday, Davis unveils her ultimate 90’s, archival music doc, THE BEST SUMMER, featuring The Beastie Boys, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Bikini Kill and more.
Additional Highlights:
- World Premiere: Filmmaker Matthew Perniciaro returns to OCFF with a first look at his new documentary TRACERS, joined by actor and supporting film subject Richard Chaves (Predator). TRACERS follows the real lives of veterans who found fraternal solace on the stage, forming their own theatre troupe in a therapeutic effort to cope with PTSD and their shared traumas of combat. Together, they prove that art and expression can help nurture true peace.
- Special Performance: Check out co-director Piero F. Giunti’s presentation of his new music bio-doc LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS, which charts the meteoric and influential career of pioneer Chicano Rock group, Los Lobos. Afterwards, join us behind the screen for Latin beats and infectious body motion. Three One G Records’ presents an electric, live performance by Cumbia/ dance/ hip-hop hybrid, SONIDO DE LA FRONTERA.
- Grants for Filmmakers: The 2026 Oak Cliff Film Festival, in partnership with the Austin Film Society, Ley Line Entertainment, and David Lowery, offers grant funds specifically for emerging North Texas filmmakers. Additionally, the North Texas Pioneer Film Grant of $30,000 will promote DFW area filmmakers with underrepresented perspectives.
DALLAS, TX – June 23rd 2026 – Oak Cliff Film Festival is excited to announce the Feature Program lineup for its 15th edition, taking place July 30th – August 2nd at the historic Texas Theatre, Oak Cliff Assembly, Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Kessler Theater, and other venues around Dallas’ legendary Oak Cliff neighborhood. This year’s seminal summer playlist consists of 28 fantastic feature-length films, with 50 movies having their Texas premiere at the fest. The run also includes a color saturated kaleidoscope of 77 short films, opening and closing night parties, live music, and your next exciting stories!
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OPENING NIGHT
THE SUN NEVER SETS (USA, 102 mins)
Dir. Joe Swanberg
Thursday Jul 30, 2026, 8:00 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: Drinking Buddies, Hannah Takes the Stairs, Northern Exposure
Wendy’s life is thrown into chaos when her boyfriend, Jack, who is older and divorced with children, insists they take space to evaluate the relationship. During their break, Wendy runs into her ex, Chuck, forcing them into a volatile triangle.
DFW PREMIERE
Director Joe Swanberg and actor Cory Michael Smith in attendance
CLOSING NIGHT
THE BEST SUMMER (USA, 84 mins)
Dir. Tamra Davis
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 7:45 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: Summer of Soul, Monterey Pop, Awesome I Fuckin Shot That!
Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music.
TEXAS PREMIERE
Director Tamra Davis in attendance
SPOTLIGHT FEATURES
FILIPIÑANA (Singapore, 100 mins)
Dir. Rafael Manuel
Friday Jul 31, 2026, 9:00 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Dogtooth, Funny Games, White Lotus
Isabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.
DFW PREMIERE
BARBARA FOREVER (USA, 102 mins)
Dir. Brydie O’Connor
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 12:15 PM – Oak Cliff Assembly
RIYL: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Go Fish, avant garde film
An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
JOYBUBBLES (USA, 79 mins)
Dir. Rachael J. Morrison
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 1:00 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Crumb, Crip Camp
Joybubbles discovers he can manipulate the telephone system by whistling a magic tone. Born blind and yearning for connection, his early obsession unwittingly lays the groundwork for a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and technology.
DFW PREMIERE
Director Rachael Morrison and Editor Bradford Thomason in attendance
THIS IS BUZZ (USA, 102 mins)
Dir. Mark Pellington
Saturday August 1, 2026 2:15 PM – Texas Theatre (Upstairs)
RIYL: 90’s MTV, Liquid Television, Vice news
Follows the radical impact and lasting relevance of Buzz, an influential MTV series from the 1990s that featured notable contributors including William S. Burroughs and RuPaul as host.
TEXAS PREMIERE
Director Mark Pellington in attendance
BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL (USA, 112 mins)
Dir. David Kittredge
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 4:15 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: Exorcist II: The Heretic, Jodorowsky’s Dune
Featuring commentary from surviving participants, as well as other filmmakers and critics, this documentary chronicles the career of director John Boorman and the tumultuous production of his film Exorcist II: The Heretic, exploring its critical and commercial failure, how it changed the industry, and the importance of risk-taking in art.
TEXAS PREMIERE
MINESHAFT: THE CRUISING MURDERS (USA, 85 mins)
Dir. Jeffrey Schwarz, 2026
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 5:15 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Cruising, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders” peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 thriller, “Cruising.” Directed by William Friedkin, the film triggered fierce protests from the LGBTQ+ community for its portrayal of a serial killer targeting gay men in New York’s leather bars. Friedkin drew inspiration from the brutal murder of Variety reporter Addison Verrill, blurring the boundaries between cinematic fiction and real-life tragedy.
TEXAS PREMIERE
LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS (USA, 96 mins)
Dir. Douglas Blush, Piero F. Giunti
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 6:30 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: La Bamba, Desperado Chicano Rock
Los Lobos: Native Sons spans the band’s 50-year journey from East LA backyard weddings and quinceañeras to the White House and global stages, telling the inside story of how Chicano tradition and innovation reshaped American music.
DFW PREMIERE
Co-Director Piero F. Giunti in attendance
Preceded by
Teatro Dallas: 40 Years Of Play (USA, 16 mins)
Dir. Joel Mendez Zarate
A behind-the-scenes look at Teatro Dallas, the Latino theater company keeping a vital cultural voice alive in a city that’s always changing around it.
BUDDY (USA, 95 mins)
Dir. Casper Kelly
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 9:00 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: Death to Smoochy, Videodrome, “Too Many Cooks”, Cheddar Goblin
Dressed as a unicorn, a beloved children’s TV host reveals his true self as a dark and violent force of nature.
DFW PREMIERE
HEYSEL 85 (Belgium, Netherlands, Romania, Germany, 91 mins)
Dir. Teodora Ana Mihai
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 12:30 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: September 5, Bloody Sunday
Heysel Stadium, Brussels, May 1985. Thirty-year-old Marie, daughter and press attaché of the mayor of Brussels, attends the European Cup Final between Juventus and Liverpool FC with her parents. Also present is 31-year-old Luca Rossi, a journalist covering the match for Italian TV, accompanied by family who have arrived from Italy. Before kick-off, hooligans go on the rampage. Dozens of people die; chaos ensues. While continuing to report, Luca searches for his family. And Marie has to step in for her father who, drunk and overwhelmed, is no longer capable of taking command. The politicians and police are faced with the question: cancel the match or let it go on? As fear takes hold that stopping the game could escalate the situation further, a questionable decision takes shape.
TEXAS PREMIERE
JANE ELLIOTT AGAINST THE WORLD(USA, 99 mins)
Dir. Judd Ehrlich
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 12:45 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: RGB, Gloria: In Her Own Words
A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class. Now nearly 90, she refuses to hold back amid today’s fights about race, history, and power after a lifetime of speaking out.
TEXAS PREMIERE
YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES (USA, 90 mins)
Dir. Joe Salinas
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 2:15 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt, skateboarding
You Can Color Outside the Lines chronicles the rise and lasting impact of the Big Boys, the wildly original Austin band who fused punk, funk, skateboarding, performance art, humor, and radical self-expression into something entirely their own. Long before genre-blending became fashionable, the Big Boys were creating a world where creativity mattered more than rules.
Narrated by Damian Abraham of Fucked Up and the podcast Turned Out A Punk, the documentary features appearances and interviews with a lineup of punk, skateboarding, and creative legends including Ian MacKaye, Steve Albini, Jeff Ament, Tony Alva, Keith Morris, J Mascis, Fred Armisen, Mike Watt, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, David Yow, Glenn E. Friedman and many more.
DFW PREMIERE
Director Joe Salinas in attendance.
CHRONOVISOR (USA, 99 mins)
Dir. Kevin Walker, Jack Auen
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 6:45 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Begotten, Alphaville, La Jetée
While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne-Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City’s hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.
TEXAS PREMIERE
REPERTORY SCREENINGS
DAVIS & PELLINGTON MUSIC VIDEO SHOWCASE
Tamra Davis & Mark Pellington
Friday, July 31, 2026 9:15 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
Legendary music video directors Tamra Davis and Mark Pellington rose to prominence in the ’90s—and lived to tell about it. Joining us in person, they’ll present a curated selection of their work and share insights from their storied careers, including their journey from iconic music videos to feature filmmaking. And maybe some inside knowledge on how they survived the 90’s!
Tamra Davis & Mark Pellington in attendance
PULP FICTION WITH ROGER AVARY (USA, 154 mins)
Dir. Quentin Tarantino, 1994
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 4:15 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: cinema….
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Screenwriter Roger Avary in attendance
SHTICKMEN – 20th ANNIVERSARY (USA, 86 mins)
Dir. Eric Jewell, Jeff Hays, 2006
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 5:15 PM – The Kessler Theater
RIYL: Best In Show, The Office, stand-up comedy
The first of a new OCFF series, TEXAS REDISCOVERIES.
Ever wondered what happens when the people who shouldn’t be comedians decide to chase their stand-up dreams? Shtickmen pulls back the curtain on the chaotic, hilarious, and surprisingly heartfelt world of local comedy in this award-winning mockumentary from Dallas filmmakers Jeff Hays and Eric Jewell.
Made on a $4,000 shoestring budget with the help of Dallas comedians, improvisers, and filmmakers, Shtickmen captures the unpredictable energy of the stand-up scene with authenticity, wit, and a sharp satirical edge. Winner of Best Screenplay at VisionFest in New York City and selected by film festivals around the world, Shtickmen remains a hidden gem that comedy fans won’t want to miss. Whether you’ve ever stepped onto a stage,
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
SHE KEEPS ME YOUNG (USA, 91 mins)
Dir. Doron Max Hagay
Friday Jul 31, 2026, 6:45 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Aftersun, Fish Tank, The Kindergarten Teacher
Michelle, adrift in the aftermath of a tragic accident, floats through her days in the company of her overbearing best friend, Kelly. One evening, Michelle and Kelly meet Bridget, a vibrant, artistic high-schooler. When Bridget innocently asks Michelle to model for a school photography project, an unexpected friendship forms—one that begins to challenge Kelly’s hold on Michelle in ways both uncomfortable and absurdly comedic.
TEXAS PREMIERE
Director Doron Max Hagay in attendance
CRAMPS! A PERIOD PIECE (USA, 89 mins)
Dir. Brooke H. Cellars
Friday Jul 31, 2026, 9:45 PM – Texas Theatre (Upstairs)
RIYL: Female Trouble, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
A fantastical horror comedy that follows Agnes Applewhite, a young woman who defies her strict, controlling family to work at a vibrant, 1960s styled salon. Her quest for independence turns chaotic when her debilitating, endometriosis-inspired menstrual cramps manifest as actual, grotesque monsters, blending her harsh reality with nightmares
DFW PREMIERE
Director Brooke Cellars and actor Lauren Kitchen in attendance
WHAT WE DREAMED OF THEN (Canada, 105 mins)
Dir. Taylor Olson
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 3:00 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Nomadland, Aftersun, The Pursuit of Happyness
Gideon once had a family, home, and close relationship with his daughter Faith. But after a separation from his wife Kya and a devastating financial setback, he finds himself living in his van, hiding the reality of his homelessness from those he loves. The film unfolds in two parallel timelines: the present, where Gideon battles the daily challenges of homelessness in the early days of the pandemic, and the past, which traces his gradual fall from a hopeful father to the isolated person he has become.
TEXAS PREMIERE
ANCHORS AWEIGH (USA, 70 mins)
Dir. Matt Barats
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 4:30 PM – Texas Theatre (Upstairs)
RIYL: Reveries: The Mind Prison, The Rehearsal
When a well-meaning loser in New York City gets rejected by his much younger and more successful blonde girlfriend, he rents a small sailboat by the airport and spirals into a state of personal reflection, but after a couple more run-ins with his “so-called girlfriend”, it’s clear that a change needs to be made.
WORLD PREMIERE
Filmmaker Matt Barats in attendance
DANNY IS MY BOYFRIEND (USA, 100 mins)
Dir. Lucy Sandler, Mechi Lakatos
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 7:15 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Frances Ha, Shiva Baby
Tightly-wound Lucy is living with her mom after a breakup so brutal it landed her in a mental hospital. So when her new boyfriend Danny asks her to dogsit while he’s out of town helping his sister prepare for her baby’s non-denominational circumcision party, it feels like a major milestone: proof that her relationship (and life) is on track. But the illusion shatters when a stranger on the street recognizes the dog… as HER boyfriend Danny’s dog.
TEXAS PREMIERE
Filmmaker Lucy Sandler in attendance
AIRPORT BLVD (USA, 90 mins)
Dir. Alejandro Hendricks
Sunday Aug 2nd, 4:00 PM – Texas Theatre (Upstairs)
RIYL: Medicine for Melancholy, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Set in the transforming streets of East Austin, this jazz-infused musical follows Xavier as he watches his community, friendships, and sense of home disappear. As the city evolves around him, Airport BLVD becomes a soulful, romantic, and bittersweet love letter to a city old and new.
DFW PREMIERE
Director Alejandro Hendricks in attendance.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
THE LAST CRITIC (USA, 82 mins)
Dir. Matty Wishnow
Friday July 31, 2026, 8:45 PM – The Kessler Theater
RIYL: Life Itself, High Fidelity
Sixty years & a million records ago, Robert Christgau invented Rock music criticism. Anyone who has ever read or written a Pop music review has been influenced by Christgau, who canonized legends from The Ramones to Public Enemy & infuriated icons from Lou Reed to Billy Joel. Now in his eighties, Bob is still at it—amazingly with the same vigor, wit, concision and craft that has defined his expansive career. But in a world where albums are irrelevant, where print is dead & where algorithms have eclipsed critics we are forced to ask: What happens next—for Bob, but also for all music criticism? Is this the end of something? Is Robert Christgau the last critic?
DFW PREMIERE
Filmmaker Paul Lovelace in attendance
Preceded by
FINAL PRESS (USA, 10 mins)
Dir. John Haley
Workers at The Minnesota Star Tribune complete the last run of the newspaper’s Heritage printing plant, ending 150 years of printing the paper in Minnesota.
I GOT BOMBED AT HARVEY’S (USA, 93 mins)
Dir. Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 12:00 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: The Pez Outlaw, The Imposter, Capturing the Friedmans
On August 26, 1980, an elaborately constructed bomb packed with 1,000 pounds of dynamite was wheeled into Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino in Lake Tahoe alongside a handwritten demand for $3 million. What followed was a surreal 33-hour standoff between the FBI and a device so intricate it was considered virtually undefeatable. With a ticking clock, a brazen extortion plot, and a mastermind convinced he couldn’t be caught, the crisis gripped law enforcement and captivated the nation. But beneath the spectacle and suspense lies a far more dark and personal story.
DFW PREMIERE
TRACERS (USA, 102 mins)
Dir. Matt Perniciaro
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 2:00 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
RIYL: The Deer Hunter, Band of Brothers, Waltz with Bashir
Tracers follows a group of young American soldiers from basic training through their combat experiences in Vietnam and, for those who survive, their difficult return to civilian life. The film explores the legacy of the original stage production, which was created by Vietnam veterans and became one of the most influential artistic works about the war. Perniciaro’s film combines documentary storytelling with staged performance to tell both the story of the play and the experiences that inspired it.
WORLD PREMIERE
Director Matt Perniciaro and co-creator Richard Chaves in attendance
FEARS OF A CLOWN (USA, 90s mins)
Dir. Bart Vandever
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 2:00 PM – Texas Theatre (Upstairs)
RIYL: Grey Gardens, Marwencol
After a lifetime of battling severe OCD, Steve poured his life savings into building the world’s largest clown museum in the Mojave Desert.
As he nears the finish line, disaster strikes. Between suffocating bureaucracy and the devastating 2025 SoCal wildfires that incinerated his livelihood, Steve’s dream is under siege. This is a strange, high-speed, and raw portrait of resilience, following one man’s desperate race to save his museum, and his sanity, from the brink of collapse.
TEXAS PREMIERE
Filmmaker Bart Vandever in attendance
MICRONATIONS (USA, 97 mins)
Dir. Joe Kowalski
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 2:45 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Darkon, Winnebago Man, Marwencol
Sovereignty, borders, and community. Passports, constitutions, and anthems. All these topics swirl together in this feature film exploration of micronations. You might just be ready to start your own country by the end of it.
TEXAS PREMIERE
Director Joe Kowalski in attendance
WHEN WE WERE LIVE (USA, 93 mins)
Dir. John Spottswood Moore
Sunday Aug 2, 2026, 4:45 PM – Bishop Arts Theatre Center
RIYL: Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, public access television
Told entirely through rediscovered and restored public access footage, When We Were Live revives the unforgettable characters who turned an Austin community TV station into a world-famous stage for self-expression. Through rediscovered moments, we watch characters evolve alongside Austin itself, each reflecting the sweeping changes of technology, culture, and an era coming to an end.
DFW PREMIERE
Filmmakers John Spottswood Moore & Keeley Steenson in attendance for
SHORTS PROGRAMS
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS 1
Friday, July 31, 2026 6:30 PM – The Kessler Theater
DIVISION (USA, 14 mins)
Dir. James Paul Dallas
A longtime New Yorker must rely on a friend when he finds himself unexpectedly called away.
BECOMING TAYLOR (USA, 11 mins)
Dir. Rahim Handy
A 16-year-old girl separated from her mother by addiction uses the discipline of boxing and a community of powerful mentors to reclaim her identity and rewrite her future.
MONSTER SLAYER (USA, 21 mins)
Dir. Catie Skipp
After Monty is assaulted at the strip club where she works, she weaponizes public art to exact justice against a system’s refusal to act.
SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN WE SPEAK (USA, 12 mins)
Dir. Ryan Darbonne
Deep in the heart of Texas, five Black musicians reflect on art, identity, and the radical act of
making noise in a world that wants them silent.
A PLACE WE CAN GO (USA, 22 mins)
Dir. McKinley Argyle
An exploration of grassroots music in Dallas-Fort Worth.
SURVIVAL WITHOUT RENT (USA, 21 mins)
Dir. Katie Heiserman & Elana Meyers
Told with rare archival footage from the 80s and 90s, SURVIVAL WITHOUT RENT follows a vibrant community of artists and activists on New York’s Lower East Side as they take over abandoned buildings.
NARRATIVE SHORTS 1
Friday, July 31, 2026 7:15 PM – Oak Cliff Assembly
GATE CRASHERS (USA, 13 mins)
Dir. Philip Steiger
Hoping to impress a date with borrowed luxury, an insecure bachelor invites a date to a backyard pool he’s secretly “pool-sitting” only to trigger a humiliating chain reaction that exposes how far he’ll go to fake belonging.
MR JESUS (USA, 15 mins)
Dir. Emily Best
A down on his luck actor wakes up one morning to discover his image has been stolen to make a GenAI Jesus, and now everything thinks he’s the Second Coming.
SLIMBO (USA, 4 mins)
Dir. Ori Evans
An underweight man seeks out an experimental weight gain program called Get Possessed, where a warrior spirit from long ago inhabits your body.
CVNT (USA, 16 mins)
Dir. Nicole Higgins
A struggling single mom turns to a bizarre side hustle to take care of her baby daughter.
THE TROPHY KING (USA, 19 mins)
Dir. Tighe Boudreaux Kellner
A trophy salesman’s inept robbery falls apart when his partners in crime rob him in the process.
I AM HOME (USA, 20 mins)
Dir. Tramaine Townsend
A dedicated psychiatrist grapples with the emotional demands of her profession while yearning to embrace her true passion for art, guided by an unseen narrator within the transformative space of her loft.
LATE NIGHT SHORTS
Friday, July 31, 2026 9:30 PM CDT – Oak Cliff Assembly
PAUL’S PAGERS (USA, 9 mins)
Dir. Stefan Linhares
An electronics store owner believes pagers will make a huge comeback, though his intentions may be questionable.
METAL (USA, 14 mins)
Dir. Samuel McIntosh
A man in a metal helmet, trapped in a basement prison with nothing but cartoons to keep him company, escapes one night and searches for somewhere to belong.
BURIED ABOVE GROUND (USA, 19 mins)
Dir. Anna Chi
Burdened by isolation and loneliness, a college freshman follows ghostly signals into the woods—and finds the courage to lift what’s buried inside him.
LADY PURITAN (USA, 15 mins)
Dir. Gustine Füdickar & Justin Streichman
As dream life bleeds into waking reality, a woman haunted by her Puritan ancestor must confront the terror buried deep within her bloodline.
TEXAS STUDENT SHORTS
Saturday Aug 1, 2026, 11:45 AM – Texas Theatre (Upstairs)
ASABIYYA [solidarity] (UT Austin, 15 mins)
Dir. Leila Saidane
The historic protests against the University of Texas’ complicity in funding the genocide in Gaza on April 24, 2024 made international news after university administration deployed state troopers on peaceful protestors. ASABIYYA [solidarity] follows the relationship between Ammer and his sister Lamar in the year after the major protests and their continued local activism despite limitations, long after news cameras have turned away.
EVERYTHING I’M NOT, EVERYTHING I AM (Stratford HS, 9 mins)
Dir. Xavier Alexander
Clayton Nonhof, a high schooler, learns how to process pressure.
M-I-C-H-A-E-L (UNT, 14 mins)
Dir. Alejandra Becerra
The extraordinary true story of Michael, the oldest known person in the United States living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
Through intimate and personal access to his daily life, the film chronicles Michael’s physical challenges, enduring spirit, and remarkable perspective on suffering and hope.
MIRROR KISSES (UNT, 4 mins)
Dir. Alexis Truman
A young man, anxious for a date, practices conversing with himself in the mirror only to fall in love with his own reflection.
MOLD (Texas State University, 4 mins)
Ramiyah Brooks
When a reoccurring infectious mold comes back, a young man must decide to take action before it takes over his mind.
SQUALL MOUTH (UT Austin, 14 mins)
Dir. Eva Chaitman
A teenage girl seeks out to prove herself within the world of Southern hunting dog breeders while navigating the boundary between adolescence and adulthood.
FREAKSHOW (UT Dallas, 3 mins)
Dir. Caleb Hernandez
While a group of mimes are getting ready for a performance, one of them reaches a breaking point.
LEVELS (Plano West Senior High, 8 mins)
Dir. Rishi Porwal
An 18-year-old boy enters a liminal representation of corporate hierarchy.
CINEMA 16
Saturday, August 1, 2026 2:30 PM – Oak Cliff Assembly
Our showcase of experimental and avant-garde film is named for one of the greatest film societies in history and one of the first venues where experimental film was exhibited in America. In the late 1940’s, Amos and Marcia Vogel ran Cinema 16 in New York City, bringing important films from overseas and making space for the burgeoning American avant-garde. The films in this block range from cinematic poems to radical material experiments to found obscenities. Cinema 16 at OCFF carries forward the tradition of challenging the possibilities of what film can do, say, and be.
DYKETACTICS (USA, 1974, 4 mins)
Dir. Barbara Hammer
Born in Los Angeles but a New Yorker by choice, Barbara Hammer is a whole genre unto herself. Her pioneering 1974 short film Dyketactics, a four-minute, hippie wonder consisting of frolicking naked women in the countryside, broke new ground for its exploration of lesbian identity, desire and aesthetic. On 16mm.
HEMISPHERES (USA, 7 mins)
Dir. Eric Stewart
Hemispheres is an experimental portrait of a single landscape in motion, layering Super 16mm time-lapse exposures of cacti and seasonal light to reveal the intertwined rhythms of growth, decay, shadow, and time.
TUKTUIT : CARIBOU (Canada, 15 mins)
Dir. Lindsay McIntyre
An exploration of the close and enduring connections between Inuit, caribou, lichens, and land use. A handmade caribou gelatin emulsion reveals the land where caribou struggle to survive burn events and habitat disruption.
SAARVOCADO (Germany, 8 mins)
Victor Orozco Ramirez
A short essay film about war and forest.
OAO (Spain, 24 mins)
Dir. Rocio Mesa
OAO is a cinematic opera in which mezzo-soprano Anna Wallace explores intergenerational trauma, casting a spell to be reborn through the filmic medium.
AUGMENTED (USA, 9 mins)
Dir. Raymond Rea
AUGMENTED compares medical augmentation with transgender alignment and asks the question, ‘are we frightening because we’re the future’?
PLACEHOLDER (USA, 12 mins)
Dir. Jesse McLean
Amid a pandemic and a failing marriage, a woman retreats into obsessive fantasy.
APPLE PICKER (USA, 3 mins)
Dir. Robin Dylan Garcia
Developed in coffee grounds, “Apple Picker” follows a farmer as he goes about his needless task that leads to a self-destructive ending.
CONFLICT (USA, 4 mins)
Dir. Nitashia Johnson
Through a poetic dance between life and death, two souls grapple with the push and pull of a nonfunctional love.
SHITTING A PENIS (Canada, 6 mins)
Dir. Sam Morgan
Found footage of a Montreal girl’s trip turns sinister as the textures and unnatural rhythms of VHS are haunted by half-remembered nightmares from the past.
MELENCOLIA 2: DESTITUTION SIGNS (USA, 8 mins)
Dir. M. Woods
Melencolia 2 is a polemical super 8 rant against ethnography, hipsterism, and the negation of the avant-garde due to the infiltration of milquetoast scum.
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS 2
Saturday, August 1, 2026 4:45 PM – Oak Cliff Assembly
BORN SECRET (USA, 19 mins)
Dir. Riley Fitchpatrick
A filmmaker returns to his hometown, Oak Ridge, TN, the secret city that built the atomic bomb. There, he meets the workers who created humanity’s greatest weapon that now wrestle with their legacy, while their grandchildren inherit a world on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.
WELCOME TO DOLLAR COUNTRY (USA, 23 mins)
Dir. Michael Suter
The story behind the radio show/podcast “Dollar Country” and it’s host Frank the Drifter who travels through the pawn shops, thrift stores, and yardsales of rural America in search of the most obscure and unheard of Country Music 45’s.
SHELL YEAH (USA, 6 mins)
Dir. Sam Graff
A musician, his shells, and the surprising sounds they create.
FORCEFIELD OF LOVE (USA, 12 mins)
Dir. Riley Engemoen and Liz Moskowitz
Doris and Dan’s lives are full of dancing, sex, and other intimate pleasures as they defy traditional expectations of how we can embrace life, death, and aging.
SMART GIRL (USA, 35 mins)
Dir. Hannah Crane
In an attempt to one-up her smart sister, Hannah Lynn Crane copies her by reading, playing scrabble, and writing a book. She befriends Barbara, a 77-year-old scrabble pro and romance novelist to help her write an age-gap romance novel. After Barbara mysteriously disappears right before they tackle the sex scenes, Hannah has to finish the job on her own. She falls down a dangerously addictive, GILF-riddled path all in the name of finally becoming a smart girl.
ANIMATED SHORTS
Saturday, August 1, 2026 7:00 PM – Oak Cliff Assembly
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX (USA, 8 mins)
Dir. Yingdan Lai
In a rule-bound boarding school, MiaoMiao receives a box of chocolate balls, a rare and precious treat. She guards this small treasure with care, yet when the chocolates begin to mysteriously disappear, a subtle storm brews within her.
FAMILY DINNER (USA, 4 mins) – Dir. Huayi Yu
Tonight, dinner starts with a slice of tomato.
TO THE KINDERGARTEN, LA LA LA (Poland, 8 mins) – Dir. Kajetan Łukasz Pochylski
The daily journey to kindergarten depicted in the film is a real challenge and cultural shock.
PATCH (USA, 2 mins) – Dir. Meg Cook
Explore movement and play through stop motion and cut paper.
NIGHT SKY ELEVATOR (Hungary, 9 mins) – Dir. Csanad Baksa-Soos
An analogue animated film based on a self-observation experiment, made with a conscious abandonment of premeditation in favor of an intuitive method of development.
SUNRISE IN PRISON (USA, 5 mins) – Dir. Quincy Bowie, Daniel Chit, Katelyn Do, Andrew Hong, Eve Levy, Katie Luo, Johans Saldana Guadalupe, Jiaxi Wu
Elizabeth “Leesa” Nomura describes her experiences as an incarcerated woman, the community she built, and the power they discovered together. A collaborative film made in the CTXA 470 Documentary Animation Production class at USC by 8 student directors.
WAVELENGTH (UK, 3 mins) – Dir. Kate Auster and Holly Warburton
Wavelength is a story of connection built not on certainty, but on echoes, pauses, and the quiet rhythm of shared moments. A relationship told through the subtle shifts of presence and absence, of intimacy and distance, and the traces we learn to hear when someone is gone.
DRAFT PAPERS (US, 15 mins) – Dir. Olivia Moon
Modeled after the real-life practice of US sailors being forced to censor their pin-up tattoos during World War II, Draft Paper tells the story of an unfulfilled fashion designer who has to face the moral and personal implications of creating his art during a tumultuous time in history.
THE SWORD OF THE SUN (France, 15 mins) – Dir. Le Gentil Garçon
Stop-motion film, inspired very freely by Italo Calvino’s “Mister Palomar”, an astonishing meditation on the act of looking.
FACE TO FACE (Spain, 4 mins) – Dir. Romane Reitzman, Mia Poulsen, Sharon Vreeburg, Carrick O’Reilly
A workaholic woman gets trapped in her bathroom and has to find a way to escape which brings her face to face with her innermost insecurities.
FATHER ALPHONSE AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT (Canada, 10 mins) – Dir. Diana Thorneycroft
A novice priest must get from his apartment to the church during the last hour of Mardi Gras.
- HUGO’S REFLECTIONS ON YESTERDAY’s LOVE (USA, 2 mins) – Dir. Luan Cruz
The story of a French widower whose memories of his beloved wife resurface after he is visited by a butterfly.
CREATURE MOUNTAIN (USA, 8 mins) – Loring Weisenberger, Camille Lecoq
Three animal strangers – a Bird, a Wolf, and a Mouse – set out to scatter the ashes of their mutual friend Gerry after his untimely demise.
NARRATIVE SHORTS 2
Sunday, August 2, 2026 1:00 PM – The Kessler Theater
MR ADIDOS (Australia, 16 mins)
Dir. Henry Stone
In search of a perfect vintage sweater, a lonely artist is drawn into the chaotic orbit of two thrift-shopping twins, leading brand-label-status, shame and longing to collide in an unexpectedly tender and surreal encounter.
THE BOY WITH THE DINOSAUR HEAD (USA, 10 mins) Dir. Imran J. Khan
A troubled boy is convinced he’s a dinosaur, matching wits with the teacher tasked with bringing him back down to earth. What passes between them, though fragile, tender, and brief, is enough to change how they’ll remember this day forever.
IT HAPPENED: THE JUDY TENUTA STORY (USA, 12 mins)
Dir. Taylor Blackwell
Starring Taylor Blackwell and Alan Tudyk, “It Happened: The Judy Tenuta Story” follows the whimsical life and career of iconic ‘80s accordion-playing “comedienne” Judy Tenuta.
BEST FRIENDS WITH THE DEVIL (USA, 10 mins)
Dir. Hugo de Sousa
Lola searches for her missing best friend with the help of a stranger who may know more than he’s letting on.
IT’S NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU (USA, 15 mins)
Dir. Kate Compton
A young woman must face her fears and follow her heart as she prepares to meet the parents.
BOOGER RAGS (USA, 10 mins)
Dir. Scott Honea
After receiving a junk flyer in the mail, a lonely man contacts a children’s puppet entertainer to dump all his problems upon. When a young woman and her friend “Booger Rags” arrive, they get much more than they bargained for.
FIREWALL (USA, 15 mins)
Dir. Bita Ghassemi
When her long-lost father mysteriously returns home, Ani is forced to confront her deepest fears as her life in Texas merges with ancient Persian.
[[vortex]]
Sunday, August 2, 2026 3:00 PM – The Kessler Theater
Just as cinema 16 is named for an historic film society, [[vortex]] takes its name from the Vortex Concerts produced in the late 1950’s by Jordon Belson and Henry Jacobs at San Francisco’s Morrison Planetarium. Belson used a wide array of devices and techniques to create a bricolage of cinematic projection while Jacobs combined several recordings into intricate soundscapes. Similarly, the films in [[vortex]] use a multiplicity of overlapping techniques to create unique impressions, pushing the limits of film form in unique ways.
FILM THAT NEVER BEGINS (USA, 5 mins)
Dir. Scott Bateman
Waiting for the film to begin IS the film when the opening credits keep going and going in this hilarious short from Scott Bateman (5000 Space Aliens).
TIERRA FRONTERA (USA, 7 mins)
Dir. Christopher Sonny Martinez & Fabian Guerrero
Beyond the singular narrative of a “border town” lies a rapidly shifting world; this film honors the resilient Mexican-American soul of the RGV, celebrating the bodies that nurture the soil y nuestra resistencia despite political tension and industrial overreach.
EP PROJECT (USA, 8 mins)
Dir. David Velez & Brandon Rivera
A street photographer spends his days photographing people on the streets of El Paso. One day, he encounters a subject with a special, hidden talent.
BABA (USA, 13 mins)
Dir. Fitzgerald Junior
BABA is a treatise on parenting Black children with imagination and curiosity. It opens a window into the filmmaker’s experience parenting his son and daughter as they come of age. It’s an intimate look at what it means to bring tenderness into fathering and what abundance it might produce.
JOEY EARNS REWARDS USING THE MCDONALD’S MOBILE APP & MEGH AND CLEV DISCUSS THEIR FUTURE TOGETHER (USA, 11 mins)
Dir. Brad Roelandt
Captured entirely from a bird’s-eye perspective, Cleveen and Meghan talk through their relationship after his ill-conceived marriage proposal at a McDonald’s drive-thru – a conversation made only more difficult by an overenthusiastic customer persistently offering his advice on the menu.
LEFT BEHIND (Greece, 13 mins)
Dir. Yannis Karpouzis
Nefeli, a young Greek activist, creates a heartfelt diary film to say goodbye to her last relationship. By resignifying the last images and memories they shared, she sheds light on her way of understanding care, empathy, and ultimately, the need for collectiveness in a system that is collapsing.
HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER (USA, 17 mins)
Dir. Tim Nicholas
In a chaotic, crowded apartment, the departure of one roommate and arrival of another sparks a cascade of minor upheavals. With a sharp focus on the choreography and sensory textures of entangled routines, the film captures the reality of shared living in all its mess, tension, and absurdity.
YOU DO NOT EXIST (USA, 8 mins)
Dir. Dwayne LeBlanc
In the stillness of his yard, Booker watches the sky fill and empty with passing planes. As the world moves around him, he lingers, circling a memory whose edges blur with time.
FRESH VALUES (USA, 12 mins)
Dir. Drew Durepos
In the near future, a struggling urban food co-op adopts AR technology to save their store. The strategy proves too successful.
ANALOG INSOMNIA (USA, 5 mins)
Gary Pierrot Jr.
On the day his favorite video store closes forever, an anxious cinephile tears through Los Angeles to return a Criterion DVD—believing the fate of cinema itself depends on it.
LIVE MUSIC, PARTIES, DJs AND EVENTS
Wednesday July 29
Pre-Festival VIP Badge Holder Welcome – 7:00 – 9:00 PM – Oak Cliff Assembly
Pick up your OCFF 2026 VIP badge and join this year’s sponsors, filmmakers, and guests for a cocktail party kick-off event! Filmmaker, Press, Jury or VIP Badge required.
Thursday July 30
Opening Night Party with DJ Sober – 10:00 PM – 12:30 AM – Texas Theatre
Join us in the Texas Theatre Lobby after The Sun Never Sets for our opening night party.
Free to attend!
Friday July 31
VIP Cocktail Party – 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM – Arts Mission Oak Cliff
The annual VIP Cocktail Party at one of Oak Cliff’s historic neighborhood properties.
Filmmaker, Press, Jury or VIP Badge required.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed with live score by Anvil Orchestra (Germany, 66 mins)
Lotte Reiniger, 1926
Friday July 31, 7:00 PM – Texas Theatre (Downstairs)
The story is based on elements from the One Thousand and One Nights. The film features a silhouette animation technique Reiniger invented which involved manipulated cutouts made from cardboard and thin sheets of lead under a camera. This technique is similar to Javanese shadow puppets, but the film is her own. This is the oldest surviving animated film.
The Anvil Orchestra is Terry Donahue (Alloy Orchestra, Concussion Ensemble) and Roger Clark Miller (Alloy Orchestra, Mission of Burma, Trinary System). Their unique live musical performances to silent films transform the viewing experience for adults and children alike in locales across the United States and abroad.
Saturday August 1
Behind the Screen Show: Sonido De La Frontera – 10:45 PM – Texas Theatre
Join us behind the screen in the downstairs theatre for a live music performance featuring Sonido De La Frontera presented by Three One G
Sonido De La Frontera is the combination of Soundsystem culture, hip hop production aesthetic, and the sounds of Latin America’s most prolific dance music: Cumbia. The result is a bass oriented, dance driven music with a sound unique to the border between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. This trio is made up of Karlos Paez, Mr. Henshaw, and DJ Unite.
Sunday August 2
Closing Night Party with Ltracks & A-side – 9:45 PM – Texas Theatre
After The Best Summer, join us in the lobby of the Texas Theatre as we dance and celebrate another successful festival for the books. DJ set by Ltracks & A-side. Free to attend.
WORKSHOPS
AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY SHORT FILMMAKERS GRANT WORKSHOP
Saturday, August 1, 2026 11:00 AM – Oak Cliff Cultural Center
The AFS Grant awards funds annually to Texas-based filmmakers working in any style or genre. The AFS Grant aims to ensure that promising Texas artists have access to funding opportunities right here in their home state. AFS is committed to providing equitable funding opportunities for artists, and filmmakers of all identities and backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Since its inception in 1996, the AFS Grant has awarded more than $3 million in cash grants and more than $340,000 in-kind goods and services to 570+ Texas filmmakers to date, creating life-changing opportunities for artists, many from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the film industry and working outside large industry centers. In addition to grants for development, production, and post-production, we provide cash stipends to Texas filmmakers traveling to prestigious film festivals through our AFS Travel Grant program. The application for the 2026 AFS Grant for Short Films will open on July 23, 2026.
Co-Presented by Austin Film Society, Ley Line Entertainment and David Lowery
These free-to-the-public educational workshops are made possible with support from the Austin Film Society & The Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Panels will be limited capacity, RSVP required.
SIX STEPS TO BUILDING YOUR OWN DISTRIBUTION PLAYBOOK
Saturday, August 1, 2026 1:00 PM – Oak Cliff Cultural Center
Distribution is one of the most mysterious and misunderstood topics for independent creators. We break down the current landscape of distribution for indie films and series, including the different avenues to take, the right questions to ask potential partners, and most importantly, the economics for every window, from theatrical through VOD and beyond.
Seed & Spark founder and CEO, Emily Best, will help you navigate through the world of distribution
Co-Presented by the Dallas Office of Arts and Culture
Panels will be limited capacity; RSVP required.
OAK CLIFF FILM FESTIVAL Links
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Website: OakCliffFilmFestival.com
About OAK CLIFF FILM FESTIVAL
The Oak Cliff Film Festival was established in 2012 as a regional film festival in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas. The festival has been received national acclaim from prominent sources including The New York Times, Filmmaker Magazine, and Moviemaker Magazine. The Oak Cliff Film Festival is the main program of the 501 3(c) Oak Cliff Film Society. The Oak Cliff Film Festival, headquartered at the legendary Texas Theatre, features the very best of Oak Cliff’s historic theater venues, highlights the popular restaurants and bars of the area, and seeks to showcase and cultivate the best of independent and brave filmmaking of all stripes from Texas and beyond. If you would like to get more information about the Oak Cliff Film Festival or its line-up, visit www.filmoakcliff.com or follow us – @filmoakcliff.
