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RECENT & UPCOMING MEMBER SCREENINGS INCLUDE:

2025

NOVEMBER -- THE THING WITH FEATHERS
NOVEMBER -- RENTAL FAMILY
OCTOBER -- NUREMBERG
OCTOBER -- BUGONIA
OCTOBER -- ROOFMAN with writer/director Derek Cianfrance in attendance
OCTOBER -- RE-ELECTION with writer/director/star Adam Saunders in attendance
OCTOBER -- AFTER THE HUNT
OCTOBER -- BLUE MOON
OCTOBER -- HEDDA
OCTOBER -- STITCH HEAD Family screening
SEPTEMBER -- REGRETTING YOU with author Colleen Hoover and producer Anna Todd in attendace
SEPTEMBER -- ANEMONE
SEPTEMBER -- ELEANOR THE GREAT - Bonus Screening
SEPTEMBER -- THE BALTIMORONS
SEPTEMBER -- DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE Bonus Screening Patrons & Sponsors
SEPTEMBER -- PLAY DIRTY -- Bonus Screening followed by virtual Q&A with director/co-writer Shane Black and producer Robert Downey Jr.
AUGUST -- EAST OF WALL
AUGUST -- NE ZHA II for our kids and guests from Dallas Park and Recreation Centers=
AUGUST -- THE TERMINAL LIST: DARK WOLF
JULY -- SOD AND STUBBLE with starts Dodie Brown, Barry Corbin, Mary McDonough and R.W. Hampton and director Ken Spurgeon in attendance
JULY -- THE NAKED GUN
JULY -- SMURFS Preview for our Park and Recreation Centers Kids
JULY -- HEADS OF STATE
JULY -- PAPER MARRIAGE with writer/director Jeff Man in attendance (with Asian Film Festival Dallas)
JUNE -- BRIDE HARD with reception
JUNE -- MATERIALISTS (Bonus screening)
JUNE -- THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
MAY -- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING with TOM CRUISE and CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE in attendance
MAY -- THE LIFE OF CHUCK
MAY -- KARATE KID: LEGENDS
MAY -- HENRY JOHNSON
55TH ANNUAL USA FILM FESTIVAL, APRIL 23-27, 2025 (FREE admission) 
MARCH -- HOLLAND
MARCH -- G20 plus virtual Q&A with filmmakers after the screening
MARCH -- THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
MARCH -- BLACK BAG
MARCH -- LIZA
MARCH -- NOVOCAINE
MARCH -- THE ELECTRIC STATE
MARCH -- DEATH OF A UNICORN
MARCH -- OPUS
FEBRUARY -- PADDINGTON IN PERU
FEBRUARY -- HEART EYES
JANUARY -- UNSTOPPABLE
JANUARY -- YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED
JANUARY -- 41ST ANNUAL KIDFILM® FAMILY FESTIVAL (All FREE admission!)

2024

DECEMBER -- A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
DECEMBER -- SEPTEMBER 5
NOVEMBER -- RED ONE
NOVEMBER -- COBRA KAI with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in attendance
NOVEMBER -- A REAL PAIN
NOVEMBER -- GLADIATOR II
NOVEMBER -- BETTER MAN
NOVEMBER -- "Fostering Innovation in Ocean Technology" Panel Discussion with Beckett Colson and Jeff Kaeli; presented by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
NOVEMBER -- THE BRUTALIST
OCTOBER -- MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
OCTOBER -- CONCLAVE
OCTOBER -- SATURDAY NIGHT
OCTOBER -- PIECE BY PIECE
SEPTEMBER -- COMRAD YURI with filmmaker Justin Malone
SEPTEMBER -- THE CRITIC
SEPTEMBER -- THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973) with author Alonso Duralde in attendance
SEPTEMBER -- TRANSFORMERS ONE (Family screening)
AUGUST -- SING SING with writer Clint Bentley in attendance
AUGUST -- MY OLD ASS
JULY -- BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F
JULY -- TOUCH
JULY -- WIDOW CLICQUOT
JULY -- HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
JULY -- TOKYO COWBOY with Asian Film Festival Dallas
JULY -- SEADRIFT with director Tim Tsai
JUNE -- FLY ME TO THE MOON
JUNE -- SPACE CADET (VIRTUAL)
JUNE -- A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
JUNE -- NAKED AMBITION: BUNNY YEAGER with filmmakers in attendance, Oak Cliff Film Festival
JUNE -- THELMA
JUNE -- DADDIO
JUNE -- ULTRAMAN: RISING
JUNE -- BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE
JUNE -- LATE BLOOMERS
JUNE -- THE WATCHERS
MAY -- THE BLUE ANGELS
MAY -- BACK TO BLACK
MAY -- GARFIELD
MAY -- DORA Series Preview
MAY -- FOR LOVE & LIFE: NO ORDINARY CAMPAIGN
APRIL -- THE IDEA OF YOU
APRIL -- 54TH ANNUAL USA FILM FESTIVAL
MARCH -- WICKED LITTLE LETTERS
MARCH -- PROBLEMISTA
MARCH -- ARTHUR THE KING
FEBRUARY -- DUNE: PART TWO
FEBRUARY -- RICKY STANICKY
FEBRUARY -- UPGRADED (virtual)
JANUARY -- THE BOOK OF CLARENCE
JANUARY -- ORION AND THE DARK
JANUARY -- ROLE PLAY (virtual)
JANUARY -- 40TH ANNUAL KIDFILM® FAMILY FESTIVAL (All Free admission!)

WEBSITE CONTENT -- Our website contains historical and basic information about the organization and programs.

Filmmakers can locate information on how to submit works.
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A note regarding how your donation funds are spent: We do not oversupply time and money to website graphics, etc. Instead, those resources are spent supporting filmmakers by bringing films and filmmakers together with our audiences to present multicultural programs every month, throughout the year.

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Recent photos from monthly events and program information can also be found at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/usafilmfestival

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PHOTOS on this site have been provided by photographers and friends Lisa Stewart, Kristina Bowman, Tres Smith, Joe Laird, J. Alan Hansley, Andy Hanson, Wyatt Yates, Sandy Marak, Luer Nguyen, Rebecca Hudson, Knowshi.com, Julio Cedillo, Chet Morrison, Andrew Epps, Kent Kirkley, Stephanie Hastings and the SMU archives.

Special thanks to Chris Stein for the use of his 1975 "selfie" of early Blondie. The image also appears in Chris' great book of photographs "Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk," published in 2014. Our thanks to archivist Barry Kramer. That is Gary Valentine sporting an early USAFF T-shirt.

ARTWORK on the site has been provided by Joe Rocco, Buddy Hickerson and other wonderful artists and friends.

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