The Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF), presented by Dallas Film, is an annual

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that takes place in

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About Dallas Film

Dallas Film, established as Dallas Film Society, Inc., is a

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founded in 2006 to celebrate films and their impact on society, to honor filmmakers and recognize their achievements and contribution in enhancing the creative community, to provide educational programs to develop better understanding of the role of film in today's world and to promote the City of Dallas and its commitment to the art of filmmaking. Since its inception, Dallas Film has contributed more than $1M in filmmaker awards, brought over 2,000 filmmakers to

, and screened over 2,000 films from more than 50 countries.

History

2007 The Dallas International Film Festival began in 2007 as the

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Dallas International Film Festival. The festival was cofounded by advertising executive Liener Temerlin and Deep Ellum Film Festival founder Michael Cain with the intention that "film should be placed on the same pedestal as all of the other arts". The Festival was held March 22 to April 1, 2007. The Opening Night Gala film was Steven Sawalich’s “Music Within” and Sarah Polley’s directorial debut, “Away From Her,” closed the fest. The newly inaugurated AFI Dallas Star was presented to Lauren Bacall, Jack Valenti, David Lynch, Sidney Pollack, Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Sarah Polley and posthumously to Gregory Peck, who served as the first chairman of the AFI’s board. 2008 In 2008, the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival was held from March 27 to April 6, 2008. The Opening Night Gala film was

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's directorial debut film, ''

Then She Found Me ''Then She Found Me'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Helen Hunt. The screenplay by Hunt, Alice Arlen, and Victor Levin is very loosely based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Elinor Lipman. The film marked Hunt's feature film ...

''. The Closing Night Gala film was

Stuart Townsend Stuart Townsend (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor. He portrayed Lestat de Lioncourt in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's ''Queen of the Damned'' (2002), and Dorian Gray in Alan Moore's ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (2003) ...

's ''

Battle in Seattle ''Battle in Seattle'' is a 2007 political action-thriller film written and directed by Stuart Townsend, in his directorial debut. The story is loosely based on the protest activity at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. The film premiered ...

''.

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...

attended a presentation of the 70th anniversary of '' Boys Town''.

Charlize Theron Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 20 ...

and Todd Wagner each received the AFI DALLAS Star Award. Director Chris Wedge received the Tex Avery Animation Award, which honors lifetime achievement in animation filmmaking. Special guests included Robert DeNiro, Barry Levinson, Art Linson, Keke Palmer, Michelle Rodriguez, Stuart Townsend amongst others. 2009 The 3rd annual festival was held from March 26 to April 2, 2009.

Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American filmmaker. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include ''Near Dark'' (1987), ''Point Break'' (1991), '' Strange Days'' (1995), '' K-19: The Widowmaker'' (2002), ''The Hurt Locke ...

was presented with the AFI DALLAS Star Award before a screening of her film, ''

The Hurt Locker ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film follo ...

''.

Adrien Brody Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's '' The Pianist'' (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Acto ...

was presented with the AFI DALLAS Star Award prior to the screening of the Opening Night Gala film, ''

The Brothers Bloom ''The Brothers Bloom'' is a 2008 American caper comedy-drama film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, and Robbie Coltrane. The film went into wide rel ...

''.

Robert Towne Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz;''Easy Riders, Raging Bulls'' by Peter Biskind page 30, 1999 Bloomsbury edition November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He started with writing films for Roger Corm ...

received the AFI DALLAS Star Award at a presentation of the 35th anniversary of the film, ''

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''. 2010 In 2010, the name of the festival was changed to the Dallas International Film Festival after the contract with AFI expired.

Amber Heard Amber Laura Heard (born April 22, 1986) is an American actress. She had her first leading role in the horror film ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006), and went on to star in films such as '' The Ward'' (2010) and '' Drive Angry'' (2011). S ...

received the inaugural DALLAS Shining Star Award and writer/director

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received the DALLAS Star Award. The 4th annual festival was held from April 8 to April 18, 2010. 2011 In 2011, the 5th annual festival was held from March 31 to April 10, 2011. Opening night was held at the

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in the

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, a location in the Arts District of

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. The festival was dedicated to founder and

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emeritus Liener Temerlin. 2012 The 6th annual festival was held from April 12 through April 22, 2012. 2013 In 2013, the 7th annual festival was held from April 4 through April 14, 2013, and presented more than 160

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, and student films from 28 countries. 2014 The 8th annual festival was held from April 3 through April 13, 2014. 2015 In 2015, the 9th annual festival was held from April 9 to 19, 2015., and featured 165 films. The opening night film was '' I'll See You in My Dreams'', starring Blythe Danner, who was present to accept the Dallas Star Award. Director

John Landis John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American comedy and fantasy filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal ...

('' An American Werewolf in London'', ''

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'', ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', ''

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'') was also present to accept the Dallas Star Award. Texas writer/producer/actor L.M. Kit Carson (''

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'' and ''

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'') was presented with a posthumous Dallas Star Award. 2016 The 10th annual festival was held from April 14 through April 24, 2016. The opening night film was ''The Land'', starring

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. The Dallas Star Award was presented to cinematographer

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and the inaugural L.M. Kit Carson Maverick Filmmaker Award was presented to

Monte Hellman Monte Hellman (; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the ho ...

. 2017 In 2017, the 11th annual festival was held from March 30 through April 8, 2017. The Dallas Shining Star Award was presented to

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( ''Before I Fall''). A posthumous Dallas Star Award was presented to

Bill Paxton William Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor and filmmaker. He appeared in films such as '' Weird Science'' (1985), ''Aliens'' (1986), ''Near Dark'' (1987), '' Tombstone'' (1993), ''True Lies'' (1994), '' Apollo 13 ...

. The L.M. Kit Carson Maverick Filmmaker Award was presented to

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. 2018 The 12th annual festival was held from May 3 through May 10, 2018. In 2018, the festival screened more than 130 films from 22 countries, including several movies that were released nationwide later in the year: ''Eighth Grade'', ''Won’t You Be My Neighbor'', ''Dead Pigs'', and ''

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''. 2019 In 2019, the 13th Dallas International Film Festival powered by

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was held from April 11 through April 18, 2019. The festival screened more than 130 films from more than 35 countries, including five world premieres, one U.S. premiere, 37 Texas premieres, and 15 Dallas premieres. World premieres included: ''After So Many Days,'' ''El Corazón de Bolívar'' (''Bolivar's Hear''t), ''Hurdle,'' ''The Pursuit,'' and ''This World Won't Break.'' 2020 The 2020 Dallas International Film Festival as an in-person event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dallas Film presented summer drive-in movie screening events in Dallas at Four Corners Brewing Company. Dallas Film and

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also collaborated to present the first-ever ''Ozarka''® ''Brand Drive-In Film Festival'' events, held in Dallas, Austin and Houston in fall 2020. 2021 After the 2020 festival was postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Dallas International Film Festival returned under the direction of artistic director James Faust with an abbreviated in-person event from October 8 through October 10, 2021, at

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- Cedars. 2022 In 2022, the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) returned as a seven-day festival from October 14 through October 20. In its 16th year, DIFF presented screenings at

- Cedars, the

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, South Dallas Cultural Center, and 4DWN Skate Park. 2023 The 2023 edition of the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) will be held April 28-May 4, 2023.

Awards

;2007 *Target Filmmaker Award - Documentary: '' New Year Baby'' *Target Filmmaker Award - Narrative Feature: ''

Shut Up and Shoot Me ''Shut Up and Shoot Me'' ( cs, Sklapni a zastřel mě) is a 2005 Czech black comedy film. It was written and directed by Steen Agro and stars Karel Roden, Andy Nyman, and Anna Geislerová. See also * ''Tribulations of a Chinaman in China'' (nov ...

'' *Grand Jury Prize - Documentary: ''

Iron Ladies of Liberia ''The Iron Ladies of Liberia'' (2007) is an independently produced documentary film that gives behind-the-scenes access to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's first year in government. Johnson-Sirleaf is Africa's first female president. Synopsis ...

'' *Grand Jury Prize - Texas: '' A Lawyer Walks into a Bar'' *Student Competition: ''

Redemption Maddie ''Redemption Maddie'' is a 2007 short film directed by Aaron King and stars Allison Scagliotti. The film was completed as part of the American Film Institute Conservatory's MFA Program. The film began touring the festival circuit in 2007, premie ...

'' *Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: ''Eve of Understanding'' *Best HD Feature: ''

Sharkwater ''Sharkwater'' is a 2006 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Rob Stewart. Helping to protect sharks, changing government policy, and inspiring the creation of shark conservation groups, ''Sharkwater'' is considered one of conservati ...

'' *Audience Award - Best Short: ''The Little Gorilla'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''

Music Within ''Music Within'' is a 2007 American biographical period drama film directed by Steven Sawalich and starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen, Rebecca De Mornay, and Marion Ross. It follows the life of Richard Pimentel (Livingston), a ...

'' *Audience Award - Best Feature: ''

Darius Goes West ''Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life'' is a documentary film by Logan Smalley about Darius Weems, a teenager living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In the middle of 2005 Weems embarked on a 7,000 mile road trip across the United States fr ...

'' *Audience Award - Best Feature (In-Competition): ''Divine Souls'' ; BillPaxtonDIFFApr10

2008 *Target Filmmaker Award - Honorable Mention: ''Bad Habits'' *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: ''The Second Line'' *Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: ''

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'' *Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Direction): ''Bongo Bong'' - Ken Wardrop *Audience Award - Best Short: ''A Day's Work'' ; ;2009 *Target Filmmaker Award - Documentary: ''

Prom Night in Mississippi ''Prom Night in Mississippi'' is a 2009 Canadian-American documentary film written and directed by Paul Saltzman. The documentary follows a group of 2008 Charleston High School high school seniors in Charleston, Mississippi as they prepare for ...

'' *Target Filmmaker Award - Narrative Feature: '' Gigantic'' *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: ''Princess Margaret Blvd.'' *Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: ''The Other Side of Paradise'' *Student Competition: ''Hug'' *Grand Jury Prize - Texas Film: ''St. Nick'' *Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: '' Against the Current'' *Current Energy Filmmaker Award: '' Crude'' *Audience Award - Best Short: ''Lucy: A Period Piece'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''

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'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: ''

Rock Prophecies ''Rock Prophecies'' is a 2009 documentary film concerning rock photographer Robert M. Knight. It was directed by John Chester (''Lost In Woonsocket'', A&E's '' Random 1'') and produced by Tim Kaiser (''Seinfeld'', ''Will and Grace''). Synopsis ...

'' *Dallas Star Award:

; ;2010 *Target Filmmaker Award - Documentary: '' Waste Land'' *Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition (In-Competition): ''Hold'' and '' Carried Away'' *Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Direction): ''Careful What You Wish For'' - Tim Vogel *Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature: ''The Last Survivor'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''

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'' *Dallas Star Award:

;

2011 *Target Filmmaker Award - Narrative Feature: ''5 Time Champion'' *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: ''The Legend of Beaver Dam'' *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film (In-Competition): ''Crazy Beats Strong Every Time'' *Student Competition: ''The Robbery'' *Environmental Visions Grand Jury Prize: '' If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front'' *Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Direction): ''The Birds Upstairs'' - Christopher Jarvis *Special Jury Prize - Special Mention for Directing: ''Green Crayons'' - Kazik Radwanski *Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Acting): '' Surrogate Valentine'' -

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*Audience Award - Best Feature: ''

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'' ; ;2012 *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: ''Nani'' *Grand Jury Prize - Documentary: ''Tchoupitoulas'' *Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: ''Wolf'' *Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature: ''Faith, Love and Whiskey'' *Special Jury Prize - Silver Heart Award: ''

The Invisible War ''The Invisible War'' is a 2012 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, w ...

'' *Silver Heart Award (In-Competition): '' 5 Broken Cameras'' *Audience Award - Best Short: ''Nani'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: ''

First Position ''First Position'' is a 2011 American documentary film. It follows six young dancers preparing for the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City, an annual competition for dancers ages 9–19 to earn a place at an elite ballet company or school. Di ...

'' *Dallas Star Award:

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*Career Achievement in Costume Design: Bernie Pollack ; Buck Taylor

2013 *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film (In-Competition): ''Gun'' and ''The Devil's Ballroom'' and ''Matriarche'' *Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: ''

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'' *Student Competition: ''The First Hope'' *Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature (In-Competition): ''

He's Way More Famous Than You ''He's Way More Famous Than You'' is a 2013 American comedy film written by and starring Halley Feiffer and Ryan Spahn, and directed by Michael Urie, who also costars. The film also stars Jesse Eisenberg, Ben Stiller, Mamie Gummer, Ralph Macchio, ...

'' *Special Jury Prize - Silver Heart Award (In Competition): ''Small Small Thing'' *Best HD Feature (In-Competition): ''

Azooma ''Azooma'' () is a 2012 South Korean film starring Jang Young-nam in her first leading role as a mother seeking justice for the rape of her ten-year-old daughter. It made its world premiere at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival, and was rel ...

'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: '' The Crash Reel'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''

The Kings of Summer ''The Kings of Summer'' is a 2013 American independent coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Nick Robinson, Moisés Arias, Gabriel Basso, and Nick Offerman. The film premiered under its original title ''Toy's ...

'' *Best Feature Documentary Award: ''Small Small Thing'' ; ;2014 *Animated Short Grand Jury Prize: '' The Missing Scarf'' *Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film (In-Competition): ''The Bravest, the Boldest'' and ''Easy'' *Grand Jury Prize - Documentary: ''The Special Need'' *Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: ''Flutter'' *Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature: '' Hellion'' *Special Jury Prize - Short Film: ''Easy'' *Special Jury Prize - Shorts Competition: ''Ni-Ni'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: ''Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''Noble'' ; ;2015 *Grand Jury Award - Animated Short Film: ''World of Tomorrow'' *Grand Jury Award - Short Film: ''The Chicken'' *Grand Jury Award - Documentary Feature: ''

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'' *Grand Jury Award - Texas Competition: ''Sacrifice'' *Grand Jury Award - Narrative Feature: ''Radiator'' *Grand Jury Award - Student Short Film: ''Cast in India'' *Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature, Ensemble Acting: ''Echoes of War'' *Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature, Cinematography: ''Some Beasts'' *Special Jury Prize - Short Film: ''The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul'' *Special Jury Prize - Texas Competition, Ensemble Performance: ''The Love Inside'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: ''Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''Thunder Broke the Heavens'' *Audience Award - Short Film: ''Melville'' *Silver Heart Award - ''Frame By Frame'' ; ;2016 *Grand Jury Award - Animated Short Film: ''Snowfall'' *Grand Jury Award - Short Film: ''The Black Belt'' *Grand Jury Award - Documentary Feature: ''The Pearl'' *Grand Jury Award - Texas Competition: ''Tower'' *Grand Jury Award - Narrative Feature: ''

Mr. Pig ''Mr. Pig'' is a 2016 Mexican drama film directed by Diego Luna and written by Diego Luna and Augusto Mendoza. The film stars Danny Glover, Maya Rudolph, José María Yazpik and Joel Murray. Cast * Danny Glover as Ambrose * Maya Rudolph as Euni ...

'' *Grand Jury Award - Student Short Film: ''Fata Morgana'' *Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature, Performance: ''Arianna'' *Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature: ''In Pursuit of Silence'' *Special Jury Prize - Short Film: ''Minor Setback'' *Special Jury Prize - Texas Competition: '' Booger Red'' *Special Jury Prize - Student Short Film: ''The Mink Catcher'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: ''Until Proven Innocent'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: '' Transpecos'' *Audience Award - Short Film: ''So Good to See You'' *Silver Heart Award - ''

Hooligan Sparrow ''Hooligan Sparrow'' is a 2016 documentary film about Ye Haiyan and other Chinese activists written and produced by Nanfu Wang Nanfu Wang (born 1985) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Her debut film '' Hooligan Sparrow'' premiered at the ...

'' *Dallas County Historical Commission (DCHC) Historical Film: ''Footprint'' ; ;2017 *Grand Jury Award - Animated Short Film: ''Mr. Madila'' *Grand Jury Award - Short Film: ''What Happened to Her'' *Grand Jury Award - Documentary Feature: ''Quest'' *Grand Jury Award - Texas Competition: ''

Mr. Roosevelt ''Mr. Roosevelt'' is an American comedy film written, directed by, and starring Noël Wells, in her directorial debut. It co-stars Nick Thune, Britt Lower, Daniella Pineda, Andre Hyland, Doug Benson, Armen Weitzman, and Sergio Cilli. Emily Marti ...

'' *Grand Jury Award - Narrative Feature: ''The Relationtrip'' *Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature, Directing: '' Heartstone'' *Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature, Artistry: ''

Spettacolo ''Spettacolo'' is a 2017 documentary film about a small hilltown in Italy that practices a unique form of theatre called "autodrama". It is the second feature of '' Marwencol'' filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen. The title is an Italian ...

'' *Special Jury Prize - Short Film: ''Hairat'' *Special Jury Prize - Short Film, Performance: Arin MacLaine, ''Spring'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: '' Dealt'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: '' Bomb City'' *Audience Award - Short Film: ''No Other Way to Say It'' *Silver Heart Award - ''

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'' ; ;2018 *Grand Jury Award - Animated Short Film: ''Agua Viva'' *Grand Jury Award - Narrative Short Film: ''Krista'' *Grand Jury Award - Documentary Feature: ''The Blessing'' *Grand Jury Award - Documentary Short Film: ''Adversary'' *Grand Jury Award - Texas Competition: ''1985'' *Grand Jury Award - Narrative Feature: ''Dead Pigs'' *Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature: ''

Madeline's Madeline ''Madeline's Madeline'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Josephine Decker. It stars Helena Howard in the titular role, alongside Molly Parker as her teacher and Miranda July as her mother. Howard plays a teenage actor, M ...

'' *Special Jury Prize - Documentary Short: ''An Uncertain Future'' *Special Jury Prize - Midnight Short: ''Mobius'' *Special Jury Prize - Texas Competition: ''The Iron Orchard'' *Special Jury Prize - Short Film, Comedy: ''Allen Anders: Live at the Comedy Castle Circa 1987'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: ''Loud Krazy Love'' *Audience Award - Documentary Short: Tomnoddy *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''Tejano'' *Audience Award - Narrative Short: ''Caroline'' ; ;2019 *Grand Jury Award - Animated Short Film: ''Reneepoptosis'' *Grand Jury Award - Narrative Short Film: ''Rapaz'' *Grand Jury Award - Documentary Feature: ''Always in Season'' *Grand Jury Award - Documentary Short Film: ''Mack Wrestles'' *Grand Jury Award - Texas Competition: ''J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius'' *Grand Jury Award - Narrative Feature: '' Ms. Purple'' *Special Jury Prize - Narrative Short: ''Okaasan'' *Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature: ''

Caballerango ''Caballerango'' (''Horse Wrangler'') is a 2018 Mexican documentary film, director Juan Pablo González's debut feature. It's a portrait of residents of Milpillas in Los Altos de Jalisco as they grapple with the sudden death of a young horse wr ...

'' *Special Jury Prize - Documentary Short: ''Gli anni'' *Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature, Screenplay: ''Sister Aimee'' *Special Jury Prize - Texas Competition: ''Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes'' *Audience Award - Documentary Feature: ''Alice Cooper: Live from the Astroturf'' *Audience Award - Documentary Short: ''The Queen's New Clothes'' *Audience Award - Narrative Feature: ''This World Won't Break'' *Dallas County Historical Commission (DCHC) Historical Film: ''Seadrift'' 2022 * Grand Jury Prize - Best Narrative Feature: ''Acidman'' * Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary Feature: ''Last Flight Home'' * Grand Jury Prize - Best Texas Feature: ''A Run for More'' * Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: ''My Summer Vacation'' * Grand Jury Prize - Best Texas Short Film: ''Hundreds of Thousands'' * Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature: ''Song For Hope'' * Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature: ''Roll With It'' * Audience Award - Best Short Film: ''My Summer Vacation''

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