Many festivals are happening across Texas this spring. (Photo via Pixabay)
Looking for film festivals this spring? From Beaumont to Dallas, there are an array of festivals happening across Texas in the coming months:
Boomtown Film & Music Festival — Beaumont, Texas — Feb. 21-23
The Boomtown Film & Music Festival will feature three days of independent films, music performances and panel discussions. The festival will feature premieres from their “48 Hr. Film Race,” a competition held prior to the festival where teams were challenged to write, shoot, edit and deliver a short film from a randomly assigned genre in just two days.
Prison City Film Festival — Huntsville, Texas — Feb. 26 – March 4
Located in Huntsville, the Prison City Film Festival features over 60 short and feature film screenings. Screenings run in blocks throughout the day, with special screenings for student films and a “Prison City Film Festival Filmmakers Workshop” on the final day.
South by Southwest (SXSW) — Austin, Texas — March 7-15
SXSW, one of Texas’ foremost conference and festival events, features an impressive slate of premieres for its Film & TV Festival. Films such as “The Accountant 2” and A24’s “Death of a Unicorn” are set for world premieres, as well as “The Studio,” a television premiere from Apple TV⁺. The Texas Shorts Competition will feature eight short films “filmed in, inspired by, or connected to the Lone Star State,” as stated on the SXSW website. Read reviews from SZNS of the 2024 Texas Shorts Competition and check out full coverage from SXSW 2024 in our Spring/Summer 2024 issue of SZNS MAG.
Dallas International Film Festival — Dallas, Texas — April 25 – May 1
The Dallas International Film Festival will feature premieres, documentaries, short films, filmmaker panels and other networking events throughout its run. The festival was also named an Oscar Qualifying Festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in October 2024, meaning that qualified winning short films can be eligible for the 98th Academy Awards in 2026.
For a complete list of film, television and media events in Texas throughout the year, check out the Texas Film Commission’s events calendar at https://gov.texas.gov/film/events. SZNS will keep working to highlight events.
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