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A Summer full of Classics at the Highland Park Film Festival

This summer, we are collaborating with the Highland Park Centennial Committee to present the Highland Park Film Festival as part of the town’s year-long centennial celebration. The festival focuses on six films that best encapsulate cinema of the last 100 years.

DIFF Star Award Tributes to our Honorees

Before Dallas Star Award presentations to Larry Hagman (posthumously), William Friedkin, Sherry Lansing and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, we screened highlights from their careers. Take a look at moments from their spectacular careers in these tribute reels compiled by our good friend and editor Gordon Smith.

DIFF 2013 Rewind: See What you Missed

With its 11 days of feature films, documentaries, shorts, parties, events, panel discussions and awards, the Festival has too many shining moments for one person to experience in a week and a half. This post maps out as many avenues to Festival memories as possible.

Cinemark Classic Series sponsored by the DFS

The Cinemark Classic Series brings some of cinema’s most critically acclaimed films back to big screens around DFW. Each week we hope you’ll find a cherished favorite, or a film that you’ve always wanted to see, expertly presented with the full movie-theater experience.

Congratulations to the DIFF 2013 Award Winners

The Dallas International Film Festival presented by AutoNation Volkswagen Dealers announced its 2013 award winners at its annual gala, The Dallas Film Society Honors presented by the Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation. In an evening where independent film and filmmakers were celebrated for groundbreaking work, the award winners also took home cash and prizes totaling more than $100,000.

Announcing the First 10 Films for DIFF

We’re excited to announce the first 10 film titles for the 2013 version of the Dallas International Film Festival. This year, as always, we’ll have a fantastic mix of features, documentaries, shot films, narratives, animation—and almost any other genre or format you can think of.

Chan-wook Park retrospective and free advance STOKER screening

Join The Dallas Film Society, Angelika Film Center and Fox Searchlight for a look at the films of lauded Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park, and a free advance screening of his latest film, STOKER.

DIFF opens doors for filmmaker America Young and Festival goer Kelly Eichenholz

As the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. When Los Angeles filmmaker America Young met aspiring actress Kelly Eichenholz at DIFF 2012, one door closed and two opened.

DFS Programmers give us their Top 5 films of 2012

As another year winds down, the Dallas Film Society programming team, James Faust and Sarah Harris, reflect on some of their favorite films from this year. There’s so many to choose from, but they’ve tried to narrow it down to five!

Scenes from the Art of Film with Val Kilmer

Here’s a look back at November’s Art of Film honoring Val Kilmer. It was a fantastic evening, as the images and video attest. Val was gracious and entertaining, and our guests were thrilled.

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