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22nd Annual VideoFest

As far as holidays go, we usually equate the month of November with Thanksgiving. But this year, there’s another reason to celebrate – and this one won’t add 10 lbs. to your waistline.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 5th through Sunday, November 8th for the 22nd annual VideoFest, presented by the Video Association of Dallas at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station in Dallas. 

The VideoFest (aka Dallas Video Festival) is the oldest and largest video festival in the United States and continues to garner critical and popular acclaim (and not just from me!).

For over twenty years the Dallas Video Festival (now renamed VideoFest) has pursued the best in independent, alternative and non-commercial media; presenting hard-to-find works rarely seen on television, in movie theaters, or elsewhere, despite their artistic excellence and cultural and social relevance. This is a showcase of experimental animation, fascinating video art, intriguing documentaries, captivating shorts; all designed to knock your socks off.

So don’t expect to run into Jennifer Aniston promoting her new flick, but what you will run into will fascinate and inspire.

Stay tuned for more details! Or call 214-428-4700. 

(disclaimer/disclosure – Susan Kandell’s award winning documentary ¡Salsa Caliente! premiered at the Dallas Video Festival in 2001 and until recently Susan was a member of the Dallas Video Association Board of Directors – so she’s a tad biased)

Posted by JE Smith on 05/07/2009, 11:42 AM

JE Smith

I wonder why they changed the name? DVF had a nice ring to it.

Posted by Susan Kandell on 05/10/2009, 04:45 AM

I posed the question to their publicist & her response listed 3 reasons:
1. Dallas Video Festival seemed geographically limiting
2. Their email addresses is “videofest.org”
3. Most people call it that anyway.

And if I can get all Shakespearic on you, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”  And the VideoFest is sweet!

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