The Video Association of Dallas continues to be the voice of innovative, independent cinema for the Dallas area.
For 20 years we have been the driving force behind the Dallas Video Festival (July 31 to August 5). In addition, we produce a monthly TV show called Frame of Mind, and hold an annual 24 Hour Video Race (coming up May 18-19).
Currently, we have two screening series: Rock n Reel, a series of music-related films screening every Wed. night at the AllGood Cafe, and the UTD Cinematheque, a screening/filmmaker talk-back series held on the campus of UTD every first Wed. Stay informed with our weekly e-mail newsletter giving you updates on special events and calls for entries for the Dallas Video Festival, here. Or friend us on our myspace page.
At the 21st Annual Dallas Video Festival
Jul-2 2008
Calling for entries
Entries are still being accepted for the 21st Dallas Video Festival:
Video Association of Dallas presents the 21st annual Dallas Video Festival to be held at the Angelika Film Center, located at 5321 East Mockingbird Lane in Mockingbird Station on October 3-5, 2008.
Categories include: documentary, experimental video, video art, narrative fiction, music video, other, and installation.
June 6 is the early deadline, August 3 regular deadline, and AUGUST 11 late deadline.
Participants may register online at www.withoutabox.com
-Bart Weiss
Jul-2 2008
“The Program” of Video Art Exhibition Series
Dallas Video Festival presents “The Program” of Video Art Exhibition Series
“The Program” consisting solely of gallery-based video art and new
media that will run over five Saturday evenings at the Conduit Gallery (staring July 26th).
Fellow curators Dee Mitchell, Carolyn Sorter and I have traveled extensively on our own nickel in search of video art for this program. We enlisted the support of Howard Rachofisky in soliciting this work. Our efforts have resulted in a stellar program that represents an all-star showcase of cutting edge video art. We present to you a selection of digital art that will truly have you blogging about it around the water cooler come
Monday.
The Program will feature work from Mathew Barney, Nathalie
Djurberg, Guy Ben-Ner, Ryan Trecartin, Yang Fudon ,Matt Marello, Cao Fei Michael
Bell-Smith Meiro Koizumi and many others. This region has never seen a
video series like this before.
April 14th TFPFW Grants Workshop
April 14th 7pm
KERA Offices (Community Room)
3000 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75201
The Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services Bryan Poyser will present this free informational workshop about AFS's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, which annually offers grants of up to $25,000 to Texas filmmakers. He will take participants through the application form step-by-step and screen work samples from successful applications.
For more information please visit:
www.austinfilm.org
May 17th Best of Fest: Beaumont
Best of Fest Tour Date: BoomTown Film and Music Festival - Beaumont, TX
www.boomtownfestival.com
Bart will screen a very special selection of shorts spanning the lifetime of the festival in one of several stops across the state.
Shorts include: Joe Bob's God Stuff, Delusions in Modern Primitivism, The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal, Freaks of Dallas and Guidelines for Public Speaking.
May 1st Best of Fest: Corpus Christi
Best of Fest Tour Date: Corpus Christi
Bart will screen a very special selection of shorts spanning the lifetime of the festival in one of several stops across the state.
Shorts include: One Minute to Midnight, Still Life with Animated Dogs, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and Blood and Oil.