YEAR-ROUND & ANNUAL PROGRAMS

 

Please see the ARCHIVES section of the site for photos of recent and past visiting artists for the following programs.

All programs are open to the public; Members receive additional and free screenings throughout the year.

 


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SPRING FESTIVAL (42 YEARS RUNNING; ACADEMY QUALIFIED PROGRAM)

Annual curated showcase featuring an eclectic line-up of the best new American films and foreign works (shorts and features), Tributes to Master Artists, presentations by filmmakers (in attendance for all films), and the 35th Annual National Short Film & Video Competition, an Academy-qualified program.

Next program installment – 43rd Annual USA Film Festival, April 24-28, 2013 (additional dates may be added)

To request a schedule for this year's program, send an email request marked “spring fest schedule” to: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

2012 Program Schedule

2011 Program Schedule

2010 Program Schedule

2009 Program Schedule

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KIDFILM® FESTIVAL (29 YEARS RUNNING)

Annual weekend public program featuring films (features and shorts) for audiences of all ages. Includes Tributes to filmmakers, leaders in media arts for children, and children’s book authors. The Festival’s weekday KidFilm outreach programs serve 5,000-10,000 DISD teachers and students each year.

Teachers who would like to book an arts-in-education field trip for your entire school or class,
contact the Festival any time of year at 214-821-6300.  (Open to grades K-6.)

29th Annual KidFilm Festival, January 26-27, 2013
To have a schedule of this year's program mailed to you, send us an email request marked “KidFilm schedule” to: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Printed KidFilm flyers are available for pick up at the Angelika Film Center Dallas (beginning 1/11/13).

To view a PDF of the schedule, click below:

2013 Program Schedule 

2012 Program Schedule

2011 Program Schedule

2010 Program Schedule

2009 Program Schedule

 


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OSCAR® EXPERIENCE: DALLAS

Dallas’ most fun way to watch the annual Academy Awards broadcast is also Dallas’ only “official” event. This year's program will feature a BIG SCREEN presentation of the show with host SETH MACFARLANE, a 50th anniversary salute to the James Bond films, and the exact same official Program Books distributed to the nominees and winners at the Awards Show! Funds raised from the Dallas event support the Festival’s year-round programs.

85th Annual Academy Awards®, February 24, 2013
To have an invitation sent to you for this year's event, send an email request marked “Oscar Invite” to:  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

2012 Invitation

 

 

TRIBUTES TO MASTER ARTISTS

Periodically throughout the year, the Festival honors artists who have made outstanding individual contributions to the film arts. For a listing of selected Tributes, please see the “TRIBUTES” section of the site for directors, actors, writers, cinematographers, editors, composers, etc. honored in recent years.


"MEET THE FILMMAKERS"® SCREENINGS

Throughout the year, the Festival hosts screenings of new and classic films with filmmakers in attendance to speak with our audiences.  Recent screenings have included:  THE HELP with director Tate Taylor and actress Octavia Spencer in attendance; 50/50 with actress Anna Kendrik in attendance; DRIVE with writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn in attendance; THE WALL with writer/director Emilio Estevez and actor Martin Sheen in attendance; PEOPLE LIKE US with writer/director Alex Kurtzman and actor Chris Pine in attendance; HITCHCOCK with writer Stephen Rebello in attendance.  For a selected list of other screenings, please see the "MEMBERSHIP" section of the site.

 

TEXAS FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE® and TEXFEST® 

Showcase featuring films and filmmakers with connections to the Lone Star State.

 

MONTHLY MEMBER SCREENINGS AND PREMIERES

Every month, the Festival hosts premieres and previews of new films, frequently with filmmakers in attendance.  See the "MEMBERSHIP" section of the site for a longer list of films and filmmaker guests.

For recent events and screenings, please visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/usafilmfestival


AUTHORS AT THE FESTIVAL

Throughout the year, the Festival brings authors with their books to Dallas for screenings, discussion and book-signings (100-500 books per session).  Some of our author guests have included:

Stephen Rebello, Hitchcock
Stephen Tobolowsky, The Dangerous Animals Club
Jennifer Grant, Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant
Piper Laurie, Learning to Live Out Loud
John Grisham, Bleachers
James Earl Jones, Voices and Silences
Henry Bromell, Panic
Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace
Fay Wray, On the Other Hand
Betty Comden, Off Stage
Budd Boetticher, When in Disgrace
Michael Powell, A Life in Movies
Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, Too Funny For Words
Stephen Rebello and Edward Margulies, Bad Movies We Love
John Waters, Trash Trilogy and The Obsessions of John Waters
Louis Sacher, Holes
Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide
Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate
Jack Palance, The Forest of Love
Roger Ebert, Ebert’s Little Movie Glossary
Terry Jones, Nicobobinus and The Fly-By-Night
Bernie Brillstein, The Little Stuff Matters Most
Mia Farrow, What Falls Away
Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog
John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Dennis Hopper, Out of the Sixties
James Stewart, Jimmy Stewart and His Poems
Mark Frost, The Greatest Game Ever Played
Sam Staggs, Born to be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life

Children’s book authors at KIDFILM have included Mo Willems, Laurie Keller, Rosemary Wells, Dan Yaccarino, Kimberly Willis Holt, Peter Brown, Peter Reynolds, Betsy Lewin & Doreen Cronin.