FILM FESTIVAL WILL INCLUDE FILMS MADE WITH GRANTS AWARDED LAST YEAR
The 5th Annual Oak Cliff Film Festival will be held June 16-19 in theaters along Jefferson Boulevard and throughout the Bishop Arts District.
Established in 2012, the OCFF introduced new technologies and perspectives to filmmakers. This indie film festival helps up-and-coming filmmakers and audiences grow and build within the community, event organizers said. The Texas Theatre on Jefferson Boulevard will serve as the festival’s headquarters.
DALLAS FILMMAKERS’ PROJECTS SHOWCASED
This year’s festival includes three Dallas filmmakers who won grants at last year’s festival to fund their projects. Their final projects will be showcased Saturday.
“Bishop Arts is an up-and-coming area, it is very unique and singular,” festival coordinator Amanda Presmyk said. “Oak Cliff has a different feel, and we are very involved with the neighborhood. Everything is close, so it’s like just hanging out and watching movies.”
INNOVATIVE FILMS AT #OCFF2016
Although there are many screenings of films being shown at the Oak Cliff Film Festival, here are a few innovative ones.
The Dwarvenaut
About Brooklyn-based artist, entrepreneur and business owner Stefan Pokorny, who has what might be called a slight obsession with Dungeons and Dragons. Through Kickstarter, Pokorny tries to make his work come to life, and this film follows his journey.
Seed & Spark Panel
This free panel focuses on crowdfunding and innovative details to help indie filmmakers with campaigns. Panelists will be discussing the small things that create success rather than failure.
Contemporary Color
A concert documentary that follows Talking Heads founder David Byrne as he conducts synchronized dance routines with rifles, flags and sabers while recruiting famous faces, including singer Nelly Furtado, along the way. Byrne and his troupe collaborate with 10 color guard teams from around the nation to create a unique event.
The Arbalest
Foster Kalt is a toy inventor from the 1970’s who creates a Rubik’s Cube-like invention based based on someone else’s idea. He’s obsessed with woman whom he follows her around.
Sex and Broadcasting
This documentary is about a man who wants to keep a New Jersey radio station, WFMU, on the air during a recession. Through this recession, the threat of commercial media and the rebellious group of outsiders gives them challenges.
For a full schedule of events and movies, check it out here.
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R E A D N E X T
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The festival's new director, Hayley Nenadal, brings nearly two decades of experience at world-renowned festivals including Sundance and Telluride. She takes the reins just as EarthX is moving its film festival to the downtown Dallas Arts District. The theme for its May 12-15, 2022, festival is "Celebration of the Outdoors," featuring 60 to 70 long and short films.
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“Dallas is a city that booms north of I-30. Unfortunately, if you live south of I-30 all too often you only hear rumors of that boom,” Dr. Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College, said during Thursday's opening. “JPMorgan Chase is actively being a bridge builder. It is a repairer of the breach.”The community branch plans to help Black and Latinx consumers open bank accounts and start businesses as part of Chase's $30 billion commitment to advance racial equity and provide economic opportunities to underserved communities.
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Chickasaw Nation is creating film and television productions to entertain and educate on the role Native Americans have played—and set the historical record straight. Its most recent release, “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher,” premiered on Netflix last month.
