Dallas Video Festival Celebrates 20 Years
Held Aug. 8-13 at the Angelika Film Center, matchless and oh-so-alluring, these Smart Films have a mind of their own.
The event is celebrating 20 years of screening films.
On Aug. 8th “Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy” will be shown at 8 p.m. in Angelika 2 at Mockingbird Station and Aug. 9th at 9:45 p.m. the 24 Hour Video Race Winners will be presented in Angelika 3. On Aug. 10th at 7 p.m. “Nam June Paik Retrospective” will be shown at the DMA Horchow Auditorium. At the same time “Louie, Louie: A Portrait in Parkinson’s” will be shown at Angelika 1. At 9:45 p.m. “Texas Stories” will be screened at Angelika 2.
On Aug. 12th at the Kalita Humphries Theater at the Dallas Theater Center “The Cats of Mirikatini” in the Videotheque at noon. At 1:15 p.m.,”Experiments in Digital Creation” will be presented in the Video Cabaret. At 1:45 p.m. “20 Days Without TV” will be shown in the Video Lounge and at 3:15 in the Video Box “The Speakeasy” will be presented. “Rising From The Rails” will be shown at 6 p.m. in the Video Lounge and at 7 p.m. Video Cabaret will host “A Fair To Remember.” At 7:15 p.m. in the Video Box “Performance Video” will be shown. In the Video Cabaret at 7:30 p.m. “The Nominees” will be presented.
On Aug. 13th at the Kalita Humphries Theater Center at the Dallas Theater Center at noon “SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater Program” will be presented at the Videotheque. In the same arena at 8:15 p.m. “The Texas Show” will take place.
Co-founder Bart Weiss has seen all of the screenings and makes recommendations on the festival site, Videofest.org.
Tickets can be purchased at the door or by accessing acteva.com. All-festival passes are available for $35 for members and $50 for non-members. Single-program passes are not available online due to availability. Membership discounts also apply to members of the Dallas Museum of Art, 3 Stars Cinema, Women In Film, and KERA Radio.
In 1986 Weiss and Melissa Berry collaborated to present a weekend of video programming titled “Video As a Creative Medium.” That weekend of creative art evolved into the Dallas Video Festival which became official in 1987. The Video Association of Dallas (VAD) was formed in 1989 as a 501Ã?© (3) nonprofit media arts organization.
Weiss says the organization is not just about video, either.
For a complete schedule of the festival, go to videofest.org.
