DIFF | Dallas International Film Festival

NEWSREEL | November 2023

"BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE:

FROM PAST TO PRESENT IN HIP-HOP"

with Michael Rapaport and Niraj Bhatia

7 pm | Thursday, November 16, 2023 | Angelika Dallas

We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a special screening of "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest" and in-person appearance by Michael Rapaport (Director) and Niraj Bhatia (Executive Producer). Join us for the screening and panel moderated by DIFF Artistic Director James Faust. Ticket proceeds benefit DIFF | Dallas International Film Festival.

Event Tickets | $20

Angelika Film Center Dallas

MOVIES AT THE MEADOWS

Spain and the Oscars: "TRISTANA"

7 pm | Thursday, November 9, 2023

This fall, as the Meadows Museum celebrates American enthusiasm for Spain in the exhibition Spanish Light: Sorolla in American Collections, DIFF is proud to collaborate on a selection of Spanish films that were considered for an Academy Award.

TRISTANA is often called Luis Buñuel’s most Spanish film. After the death of her mother, young Tristana goes to live with her guardian, Don Lope, an older man who eventually breaks through his façade of respectability and seduces her. When Tristana meets a young painter who falls in love with her, she decides to radically change the course of her life. Tristana was Spain’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for 1970.

Spanish with English subtitles

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some disturbing images

Tickets | Free - $5

95 minutes

VIRGIN HOTELS DALLAS WINS 2023 OBELISK AWARD

We are pleased to share that Virgin Hotels Dallas, Premier Sponsor of the 2023 Dallas International Film Festival, will be honored with a prestigious Obelisk Award this month at the 35th Annual Obelisk Awards Luncheon presented by Business Council for the Arts.

The Obelisk Awards honors regional businesses, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and individuals for their extraordinary support of arts and culture in North Texas.

Nominated by DIFF for their innovative Hospitality Hub and other activations at this year's festival, Virgin Hotels Dallas won the Obelisk Award in the category of New Initiatives by a Large Company. We are proud of our partnership, and very excited to see them honored for the creativity and support they brought to DIFF 2023.

LIZ CARDENAS TO SPEAK AT "DIFF INSIDE FILM"

Education Program for High School Students

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 7 pm

Area high school students, their parents and film instructors will have the opportunity to meet Producer/Director/Writer/Actor Liz Cardenas on November 7 as part of our educational screening and talk series, DIFF INSIDE FILM.

Moderated by Dallas International Film Festival Artistic Director James Faust, the program will include a screening of work by Liz Cardenas, followed by a Q&A.

Admission is complimentary for high school students, parents and instructors. Reservations are required.

Liz Cardenas is a 2022 Film Independent Spirit Award Winner for Roshan Sethi’s 7 DAYS (Tribeca | Cinedigm) and a 2019 Nominee for Augustine Frizzell’s NEVER GOIN’ BACK (Sundance | A24).

Other credits include Alex Lehmann’s ACIDMAN (Tribeca 2022) starring Thomas Haden Church and Dianna Agron; MATERNA (Utopia), Best Cinematography and Best Actress at Tribeca 2020; JULES OF LIGHT & DARK, the 2019 Outfest Best US Narrative Feature; and David Lowery’s A GHOST STORY (Sundance 2017 | A24), starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck.

"FRAME OF MIND" ON KERA TV

November Line-Up

We are fans of KERA’s acclaimed television program, Frame of Mind, now in its 31st year on the air. The series features the best independent film and video from Texas-based filmmakers. And now, for the first time in the series’ history, Frame of Mind is available for streaming at video.kera.org.

Frame of Mind has grown into a multi-episode TV series, presented by KERA’s Art&Seek and produced by Bart Weiss, co-founder of Dallas VideoFest and the Video Association of Dallas. The show airs Thursdays at 10pm through December 21. Check it out . . . you'll feel like you've been to a film festival.

BREAKING THE CODE, a documentary by director Michael Flanagan and Winner of the DIFF 2023 Dallas County Historical Commission Prize for Best Historical Film, airs November 2.

Born to rural Texas farmers in 1943, Vernon Fisher’s childhood exposure to painting was only as “something you did to houses.” By the 1980s, he was exhibiting alongside Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, establishing himself as one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

November 2 | EPISODE 5: THE ART OF TEXAS

Through painting, music, sculpture and self-expression, this compilation of films shows Texans’ unique vision of art.

November 9 | EPISODE 6: THE WILD SIDE

Discover the wild side of Texas.

November 16 | EPISODE 7: CITY OF HATE

CITY OF HATE, a documentary by Quin Mathews, reveals what Dallas was like more than 50 years ago before President John F. Kennedy’s visit and how the tragedy deeply affected residents in the city.

November 23 | EPISODE 8: TEXAS STORIES

Explore an episode dedicated to a variety of Texas stories.

DIFF 2024 FILM + SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN

Fall Deadline is November 13

Filmmakers and Screenwriters! Submit your film or screenplay today to be a part of the Dallas International Film Festival in 2024.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

DIFF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2006 as Dallas Film Society, Inc. DIFF hosts year-round programs including an educational screening and talk series for area high school students with industry professionals; free advance screenings of new films for subscribers, volunteers, sponsors and supporters; film series in collaboration with community partners; and other unique events ranging from film premieres to classic film anniversary celebrations. The signature program of DIFF is the Dallas International Film Festival, held annually in the spring.