The Oak Cliff Film Festival, a beloved neighborhood fest, returns July 30-Aug. 2 for its fifth installment. This year’s four-day-long sensory submersion features bold stories, vibrant colors, kinetic live energy, and form-bending audiovisual encounters that make OCFF a love poem to the unique sensations of its namesake neighborhood.
Screenings and Events
Screenings and events take place at the historic Texas Theatre, and the Oak Cliff Assembly, Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Kessler Theater, and other venues around Dallas’ legendary Oak Cliff neighborhood. The festival includes 28 fantastic feature-length films, with 50 movies having their Texas premiere at the fest, as well as a color-saturated kaleidoscope of 77 short films, opening and closing night parties, live music, and more.
The festival kicks off with the opening night film, The Sun Never Sets, directed by Joe Swanberg, who will be in attendance along with cast member Cory Michael Smith. Other highlights include a special live performance by The Anvil Orchestra, featuring Mission Of Burma’s Roger Clark Miller and collaborator Terry Donahue, and a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction with a special introduction by screenwriter and filmmaker Roger Avary.
Grants for Filmmakers
The 2026 Oak Cliff Film Festival, in partnership with the Austin Film Society, Ley Line Entertainment, and David Lowery, offers grant funds specifically for emerging North Texas filmmakers. Additionally, the North Texas Pioneer Film Grant of $30,000 will promote DFW area filmmakers with underrepresented perspectives.
Original reporting: Focus Daily News — read the source article.
