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Welcome to the USA Film Festival, a 55-year-old Dallas-based year-round 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the recognition of excellence in the film and video arts and to bringing filmmakers and audiences together. We present over 50 days of programs every year -- We're a 50-day film festival!
Join us! For Membership levels and info about how to join the Festival and receive FREE preview screenings every month, scroll down this page to the MEMBERSHIP INFO area and send us an email request for a Membership Brochure!
Filmmakers -- For info about how to submit a film for one of our year-round programs, please click the "Filmmaker Info" TAB above to visit this section of the site.
Most recent program -
55th Annual USA Film Festival
April 23-27, 2025
Angelika Film Center Dallas
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2025 Short Film Winners
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Free Preview Screenings for Members every month!
MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES! JOIN US!
A partial list of recent Member Preview Screenings included below.
Monthly Preview Screenings are FREE to Festival Members.
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RECENT & UPCOMING MEMBER SCREENINGS INCLUDE:
2025
JUNE -- MATERIALISTS (Bonus screening)
JUNE -- THE PHEONICIAN 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
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 -- 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.
Film Fans can locate information on how to join the Festival and attend our programs.
Sponsors can locate information on how to support our Outreach Programs and Public Events.
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.
Recent photos from monthly events and program information can also be found at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/usafilmfestival
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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Major Funding
The USA Film Festival is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture.
The USA Film Festival is supported in part by an award from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov
Special Thanks to our Season Sponsors
All of our programs are held in fully-accessible facilities.
To view information about the USAFF's policies (including Cultural Diversity, Affirmative Action Operations, Accessibility and Safe Workplace), please click here.
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