The Dallas International Film Festival doesn’t just screen the best narrative and documentary features and short films from across the globe...

DIFF 2025 will be a global adventure that features premiere screenings, eye-opening documentaries, intriguing short films, filmmaker panels, and nightly red carpets - plus events, activations and hubs where filmmakers, screenwriters, film industry leaders, celebrities, sponsors, and audiences can all gather to enjoy and discuss film.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, April 25, 2025

3:00 pm: Screen Writing Competition Table Read - Pilot - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
4:00 pm: Shorts One - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
4:30 pm: Sports Shorts - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
4:30 pm: Filmmaker Happy Hour - Private Venue
6:30 pm: Omaha - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
7:00 pm: The Salamander King - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
7:15 pm: Shorts Two - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
9:00 pm: Daniella Forever - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
9:30 pm: Opening Night Party- Private Venue
9:45 pm: The Ugly Stepsister - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5

Saturday, April 26, 2025

11:00 am: North Texas High School Film Showcase Shorts One - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
12:00 pm: The Short Game - Texas Theater Downstairs
01:30 pm: Andre Is an Idiot - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
01:30 pm: North Texas High School Film Showcase Shorts Two - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
02:30 pm: Saba - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
03:45 pm: Kintsugi Dreams: the Unmukt Chand Story - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
04:00 pm: Shorts Two - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
04:00 pm: Due West - Texas Theater Downstairs
04:30 pm: Filmmaker Happy Hour - Private Venue
06:15 pm: Friendship - - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
07:00 pm: DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk & The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock - Texas Theater Downstairs
07:15 pm: What We Hide (aka Spider & Jessie) - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
07:30 pm: 40 Acres - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
08:30 pm: The Salamander King - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
09:30 pm: The Other - Texas Theater Downstairs
09:45 pm: Late Night Shorts - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
10:00 pm: Omaha - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5

Sunday, April 27, 2025

10:00 am: Awards Presentation - AT&T Theater in the AT&T Discovery District
12:00 pm: Due West - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
12:15 pm: The Michoacan File - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
01:00 pm: Luv, Ya Bum! - AT&T Theater in the AT&T Discovery District
01:00 pm: Ada - My Mother the Architect - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
01:00 pm: Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies - Texas Theater Upstairs
02:30 pm: Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
02:45 pm: Music Videos - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
03:00 pm: Take It Away: The Rise and Fall of Tejano Hollywood - Texas Theater Upstairs
03:15 pm: Latino Shorts - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
04:00 pm: Free Leonard Peltier - AT&T Theater in the AT&T Discovery District
04:30 pm: Filmmaker Happy Hour - Private Venue
04:45 pm: Sports Shorts - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
06:30 pm: Cafe Chairel - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
06:45 pm: Linda - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
07:00 pm: Shorts One - AT&T Theater in the AT&T Discovery District
07:00 pm: The Librarians - Texas Theater Upstairs
07:30 pm: Happy As Larry - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
09:15 pm: Black Spines - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
09:30 pm: Gunman - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
09:45 pm: 40 Acres - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5

Monday, April 28, 2025

01:00 pm: Screen Writing Competition Table Read - Texas - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
04:00 pm: Shorts Three - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
04:00 pm: Andre is an Idiot - Texas Theater Upstairs
04:15 pm: Party People - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
04:30 pm: The Librarians - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
04:30 pm: Filmmaker Happy Hour - Private Venue
07:00 pm: Night in West Texas - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
07:00 pm: Stodghill Classic Movie Night - From Here to Eternity - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
07:00 pm: All That We Love - Texas Theater Upstairs
07:30 pm: To Use A Mountain - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
09:30 pm: Late Night Shorts - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
10:00 pm: Toxic - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

12:00 pm: Screen Writing Competition Table Read - Short - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
01:30 pm: Filmmaker Luncheon - Private Venue
02:45 pm: Latino Shorts - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
04:00 pm: To Use a Mountain - Texas Theater Upstairs
04:15 pm: Unearth - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
04:30 pm: Filmmaker Happy Hour - Private Venue
05:00 pm: Night in West Texas - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
05:15 pm: Shorts Four - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
07:00 pm: Matter Of Time - Texas Theater Upstairs
07:30 pm: Eastern Western - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
07:30 pm: Remaining Native - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
09:30 pm: Shorts Three - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
10:00 pm: Party People - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

01:00 pm: Matter Of Time - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
03:00 pm: Music Panel with Abraham Alexander - Virgin Hotels Dallas, Grand Ballroom
04:00 pm: A Portrait of a Postman - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
04:00 pm: Chain Reactions - Texas Theater Upstairs
04:30 pm: Shorts Four - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
04:30 pm: Chairman's Reception - Private Venue
04:45 pm: Remaining Native - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
06:15 pm: Shorts Five - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
07:00 pm: The Confession - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
07:00 pm: Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Texas Theater Upstairs
07:30 pm: Motherland - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
09:00 pm: Eastern Western - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
10:00 pm: Black Spines - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5

Thursday, May 1, 2025

4:00 pm: Motherland - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
4:30 pm: Shorts Five - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
4:30 pm: Filmmaker Happy Hour - Private Venue
5:00 pm: Best of Fest Award Shorts - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 7
7:00 pm: Barron's Cove - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 5
7:15 pm: Gallagher - Cinepolis Victory Park Screen 6
9:30 pm: Closing Night Party - Private Venue

Date:
April 25 - May 1, 2025

Location:
Various Venues in Dallas, TX

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