The Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and supporting emerging and established Asian and Asian-American filmmakers and sharing the rich diversity of Asian culture through the medium of cinema. Over the last fifteen years, the festival has provided opportunities for over 400 Asian and Asian American filmmakers and documentarians to share their vision, often providing the only venue for their films to be shown in Dallas. The films have also allowed festival goers a chance to experience other lives and cultures without leaving their seats. This year, AFFD is proud to celebrate its 17th annual film festival, July 19-26, 2018, at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas. As we do every year, we will be featuring films from across the world, including films from Asian filmmakers right here in the USA.

In its 7th year, the Oak Cliff Film Festival has established itself as a significant city-wide event, featuring the best of Oak Cliff’s theatre and art venues, restaurants, bars, and small businesses. OCFF showcases brave and independent filmmaking of all stripes in an atmosphere that encourages and fosters filmmaking in Dallas and beyond.

The Oak Cliff Film Festival was established in 2011 as a regional film festival in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas. The festival has received national acclaim from prominent sources including The New York Times, Filmmaker Magazine, and Moviemaker Magazine. Led by the Aviation Cinemas team, who took over operations at the Texas Theatre in December of 2010, and backed by the 501 3(c) Oak Cliff Foundation.

Temperatures may have been pushing toward triple digits in Dallas last weekend, but make no mistake about it winter was in full swing. The Hyatt Regency Dallas played host to the annual Con of Thrones convention.

The battle for the “Iron Throne” will finally be decided in the next season of Game of Thrones. Multiple families are preparing their final moves to see who will take control of Westeros. However, in the past seven seasons of the show many potential heirs have met their demise. Shireen Baratheon arguably met one of […]

Game of Thrones has exploded in popularity since HBO first introduced the television series in 2011. In fact, it has become something of a cultural phenomenon among its large fan base. It is impossible to miss the flood of updates and memes on social media as the seasons progress. Eager fans were crushed last year […]

Without darkness there would be no light, no goodness. In the background of the best stories stands an antagonist that you secretly find appealing, even if you are rooting against them. Brad Dourif is no stranger to the shadows.

Fellow nerds and geeks rejoice; Free Comic Book Day is here! Okay, so it may not be a national holiday but maybe it should be (there is the tiny fact that it also falls on Cinco de Mayo this year). Who doesn’t enjoy free comics? While this might be enough to entice much of the […]

Local film nonprofit ​Dallas Film Society (DFS)​ is proud to announce its 12t​h​ annual film festival, returning to Dallas for a new eight-day event starting ​Thursday, May 3rd​ through Thursday, May 10th​. This year, for the first time ever, all competition feature and short film screenings at the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) ​will take place at ​The Magnolia ​in Uptown’s​ West Village​ shopping center. In honor of its 12t​h​ anniversary, Dallas Film is announcing its first 12 films, representing some of the best in the art of film making.

As Texas Frightmare Weekend nears, I decided to look back on some of the films that have defined the horror movies of the past decade. Arguably, one of the most notable and unique additions to the genre would have to be the Paranormal Activity series. It is hard to overlook the fact that, in addition […]

There are few things that go together better than independent film and the independent spirit of a small Texas town. This is why Fredericksburg was chosen to hold the Hill Country Fill Festival. Once the film is finished there isn’t a better town to go out and explore. Fredericksburg is home museums, historical sites, shopping, exceptional German food, vineyards, and more.