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The Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Dallas, Texas. The 2025 edition will be held April 25-May 1, 2025.
DIFF 2024 was held April 25-May 1, 2024.
DIFF 2023 was held April 28-May 5, 2023. The 2023 Dallas International Film Festival was cited by Travel + Leisure magazine in naming Dallas among the "12 Best Places to Travel in April 2023". The festival was also cited by MovieMaker magazine in naming Dallas among the "Best Places to Live and Work as a MovieMaker 2023".
Since its inception, the Dallas International Film Festival has contributed more than $1M in filmmaker awards, brought more than 2,000 filmmakers to Dallas, and screened more than 2,500 films from more than 50 countries.
DIFF, established as Dallas Film Society, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006.




History


2007
The Dallas International Film Festival began in 2007 as the AFI 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 Helen Hunt's directorial debut film, Then She Found Me. The Closing Night Gala film was Stuart Townsend's Battle in Seattle. Mickey Rooney attended a presentation of the 70th anniversary of Boys Town. Helen Hunt, Mickey Rooney, Charlize Theron 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 was presented with the AFI DALLAS Star Award before a screening of her film, The Hurt Locker.
Adrien Brody was presented with the AFI DALLAS Star Award prior to the screening of the Opening Night Gala film, The Brothers Bloom. Robert Towne received the AFI DALLAS Star Award at a presentation of the 35th anniversary of the film, Chinatown.
2010
In 2010, the name of the festival was changed to the Dallas International Film Festival after the contract with AFI expired. The 11-day 2010 Dallas International Film Festival, ran April 8-18th, its full schedule encompassing 153 features and shorts making up a total of 170 screenings. Opening Night has a unique look too, as the festival presented not just a single opening night film, but instead took over 8 screens at the Angelika Film Center and showcased multiple films from the festival. Amber Heard received the inaugural DALLAS Shining Star Award. Dallas Star Award Recipients were cinematographer Wally Pfister, Pixar animation wizard Brad Bird, writer/director John Lee Hancock and writer/director Frank Darabont. 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 Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in the AT&T Performing Arts Center, a location in the Arts District of downtown Dallas. The festival was dedicated to founder and chairman emeritus Liener Temerlin.
2012
The 6th annual festival was held from April 12 through April 22, 2012. Dallas Star Award Recipients included award winning actress Laura Linney and Gabourey Sidibe and behind-the-scenes legends Glen Keane, Eric Pleskow and Bernie Pollack. A special tribute to RoboCop included star Peter Weller.
2013
In 2013, the 7th annual festival was held from April 4 through April 14, 2013, and presented more than 160 features, documentaries, shorts, 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 (An American Werewolf in London, Coming to America, National Lampoon's Animal House, Blues Brothers) was also present to accept the Dallas Star Award. Texas writer/producer/actor L.M. Kit Carson (Paris, Texas and David Holzman's Diary) 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 Erykah Badu. The Dallas Star Award was presented to cinematographer Ed Lachman and the inaugural L.M. Kit Carson Maverick Filmmaker Award was presented to Monte Hellman.
2017
In 2017, the 11th annual festival was held from March 30 through April 8, 2017. The Dallas Shining Star Award was presented to Zoey Deutch (Before I Fall). A posthumous Dallas Star Award was presented to Bill Paxton. The L.M. Kit Carson Maverick Filmmaker Award was presented to David Gordon Green.
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 Blindspotting.
2019
In 2019, the 13th Dallas International Film Festival powered by Capital One 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 Heart), 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 Ozarka 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 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - 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 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Cedars, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Texas Theatre, South Dallas Cultural Center, and 4DWN Skate Park.
2023
The 2023 edition of the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) was held April 28-May 5, 2023, at Violet Crown Cinema in the West Village district of Dallas.
2024
DIFF 2023 was held April 28-May 5, 2023. The 2023 Dallas International Film Festival was cited by Travel + Leisure magazine in naming Dallas among the "12 Best Places to Travel in April 2023". The festival was also cited by MovieMaker magazine in naming Dallas among the "Best Places to Live and Work as a MovieMaker 2023".




Awards


2007
Target Filmmaker Award - Documentary: New Year Baby
Target Filmmaker Award - Narrative Feature: Shut Up and Shoot Me
Grand Jury Prize - Documentary: Iron Ladies of Liberia
Grand Jury Prize - Texas: A Lawyer Walks into a Bar
Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Little Farm
Student Competition: Redemption Maddie
Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: Eve of Understanding
Best HD Feature: Sharkwater
Audience Award - Best Short: The Little Gorilla
Audience Award - Narrative Feature: Music Within
Audience Award - Best Feature: Darius Goes West
Audience Award - Best Feature (In-Competition): Divine Souls

2008
Target Filmmaker Award - Honorable Mention: Bad Habits
Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: The Second Line
Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: Cook County
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
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: Skin
Audience Award - Documentary Feature: Rock Prophecies
Dallas Star Award: Kathryn Bigelow

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: Brotherhood
Dallas Star Award: Amber Heard

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 - Goh Nakamura
Audience Award - Best Feature: Snowmen

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
Silver Heart Award (In-Competition): 5 Broken Cameras
Audience Award - Best Short: Nani
Audience Award - Documentary Feature: First Position
Dallas Star Award: Gabourey Sidibe
Career Achievement in Costume Design: Bernie Pollack

2013
Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film (In-Competition): Gun and The Devil's Ballroom and Matriarche
Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: Pit Stop
Student Competition: The First Hope
Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature (In-Competition): He's Way More Famous Than You
Special Jury Prize - Silver Heart Award (In Competition): Small Small Thing
Best HD Feature (In-Competition): Azooma
Audience Award - Documentary Feature: The Crash Reel
Audience Award - Narrative Feature: The Kings of Summer
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: Barge
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
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
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
Grand Jury Award - Narrative Feature: The Relationtrip
Special Jury Prize - Narrative Feature, Directing: Heartstone
Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature, Artistry: Spettacolo
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 - City of Ghosts

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
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
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

2023
Grand Jury Prize - Best Texas Feature: Into the Spotlight
Special Jury Prize for Diversity in Casting and Excellent Cinematography: Match Me If You Can
Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary Feature: Bad Press
Special Jury Prize for Storytelling: The Eternal Memory
Grand Jury Prize - Best Narrative Feature: Story Ave
Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance: Rosy McEwen, Blue Jean
Dallas County Historical Commission Prize for Best Historical Film: Breaking the Code
Grand Jury Prize - Best Texas Short Film: Green Water
Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary Short Film: Really Good Friends
Grand Jury Prize - Best Short: I Have No Tears, And I Must Cry
Grand Jury Prize - Best Animated Short Film: Today, I Will Be the Bread
Grand Jury Prize - Best Student Film within the Shorts Competition: Picture Day
Special Jury Prize for Short Film: Our Males and Females
Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature: Chocolate Lizards
Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature: Into The Spotlight
Audience Award - Best International Feature: Simón
Audience Award - Best Short Film: Our Males and Females
Best High School Short Film (Lake Highlands High School): Elevator

2024
Grand Jury Prize - Best Texas Feature – WATER WARS
Special Jury Prize for Perseverance and Bravery – AN ARMY OF WOMEN
Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary Feature – PRINT IT BLACK
Jury Honorable Mention for Cinematography – PORCELAIN WAR
Grand Jury Prize - Best Narrative Feature – STAKES IS HIGH
Dallas County Historical Commission Prize for Best Historical Film – MAKING OF A CLASSIC
Grand Jury Prize - Best Texas Short Film – HONEY & MILK
Grand Jury Prize - Best International Short Film – SOUND & COLOUR
Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary Short Film – A BODY CALLED LIFE
Grand Jury Prize - Best Animated Short Film – PERFECT CITY: THE BRAVEST KID
Grand Jury Prize - Best Student Film within the Shorts Competition – CRUST
ShotDeck Presents the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film – PLAY DATE
Special Jury Mention Short Film – SMOKE
Special Jury Mention Short Film – JACKPOT
Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature – RIDE
Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature – BASTARDS OF SOUL
Audience Award - Best International Feature – PORCELAIN WAR
Audience Award - Best Short – PLAY DATE
Audience Award - North Texas High School Showcase – LIFT (Prosper High School)




References






External links



Official website
Dallas International Film Festival at IMDb

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