Texas Film
Festivals

January

ShortFlix Film Festival

pearl-theater.com/shortflix-film-fest/

(Festival: January 20-25, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Denton Black Film Festival

dentonbff.com

(Festival: January 22-26, 2025 in Denton, TX)

Festival of Films from Iran

mfah.org/calendar/series/festival-films-iran#

(Festival: January 24-31, 2025 in Houston, TX)

February

Reelabilities Houston Film Festival 

reelabilitieshouston.org

(Festival: February 2-23, 2025 in Houston, TX) 

Indian Film Festival of Houston

iffhinc.org

(Festival: February 21-22, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Boomtown Film and Music Festival

filmfreeway.com/BoomFest

(Festival: February 21-22, 2025 in Beaumont, TX)

Prison City Film Festival

prisoncityfilmfestival.com

(Festival: February 25-28, 2026 in Huntsville, TX)

March

South by Southwest Film Festival

sxsw.com

(Festival: March 7-15, 2025 in Austin, TX)

Houston Latino Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/HoustonLatinoFilmFestival

(Festival: March 18-22, 2026 in Houston, TX)

Houston Jewish Film Festival

www.erjcchouston.org/filmfest

(Festival: Mar.22 - Apr.5, 2025 in Houston, TX)

ReelPoetry Houston Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/REELpoetry2025

(Festival: Mar.31 - Apr.11, 2025 in Houston, TX)

April

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 

cechouston.org/wild-scenic-2025

(Festival: April 2, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Houston Underwater Film Festival (HUFF)

filmfreeway.com/HoustonUnderwaterFilmFestival

(Festival: April 12-13, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Rung Film Festival

RungFilmFestival

(Festival: April 19-20, 2025 Houston, TX)

WorldFest Houston 

filmfreeway.com/worldfest

(Festival: April 22-27, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Thin Line Fest

thinline.us

(Festival: April 23-27, 2025 in Denton, TX)

Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America

mfah.org/calendar/series/latin-wave

(Festival: April 25-27, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Dallas International Film Festival

dallasfilm.org

(Festival: Apr.25 - May 1, 2025 in Dallas, TX)

May

Houston Palestine Film Festival

www.hpff.org/

(Festival: May 2-4, 2025 in Houston, TX)   

ATX Television Festival 

atxfestival.com

(Festival: May 29 - Jun.1, 2025 in Austin, TX)

Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival

ocahouston.org/haapifest

(Festival: May 30 - Jun.15, 2025 in Houston, TX)

June

Fade To Black Art Festival 

filmfreeway.com/FTBAF

(Festival: June 8-14, 2025 in Houston, TX) 

Comicpalooza Film Festival

comicpalooza.com

(Festival: June 20-22, 2025 in Houston, TX)  

Oak Cliff Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/filmoakcliff

(Festival: June 26-29, 2025 in Dallas, TX)

July

CineFestival

guadalupeculturalarts.org/cine-festival

(Festival: July 10-13, 2025 in San Antonio, TX)  

Waco Independent Film Festival 

wacoindie.com

(Festival: July 17-20, 2025 in Waco, TX)

Plaza Classic Film Festival

plazaclassic.com

(Festival: July 17-27, 2025 in El Paso, TX)

San Antonio Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/SAFILM

(Festival: July 23-27, 2025 in San Antonio, TX) 

Uplift Film Festival 

uplyftfilmfestival.live

(Festival: July 24, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Asian Film Festival of Dallas

asianfilmdallas.com

(Festival: July 24-27, 2025 in Dallas, TX)

August

Houston Horror Film Festival

HoustonHorrorFilmFest.com

(Festival: August 8-10, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival - aGLIFF

agliff.org

(Festival: August 20-24, 2025 in Austin, TX)

National Black Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/NationalBlackFilmFestival

(Festival: August 27-30, 2025 in Houston, TX) 

September

South Texas International Film Festival

stxiff.com

(Festival: September 10-13, 2025 in Edinburg, TX)   

Flatland Film Festival

lhuca.org/flatland-film-festival/

(Festival: September 18-20, 2025 in Lubbock, TX)

Fantastic Fest

fantasticfest.com

(Festival: September 18-25, 2025 in Austin, TX)

Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival 

filmfreeway.com/ctdfilmfest

(Festival: September 20, 2025 in Austin, TX) 

Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival

filmfreeway.com/GulfCoastFilmFestival

(Festival: September 20, 2025 in Galveston, TX)

Dreamscape International Film Fest

dreamscapeiff.com/

(Festival: September 24-28, 2025 in Houston, TX)

October

Galveston Island Film Festival & Conference

filmfreeway.com/TheGalvestonFilmFestivalandConference

(Festival: October 5-6, 2024 in Galveston, TX)

Topaz Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/topazfilmfestival

(Festival: October 18-19, 2024 in Dallas, TX)

Houston Short Short Short Film Festival 

hs3ff.com

(Festival: October 23-26, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Austin Film Festival 

austinfilmfestival.com

(Festival: October 23-30, 2025 in Austin, TX)

 Lone Star Film Festival

lonestarfilmfestival.com

(Festival: Oct.30 - Nov.2, 2025 in Ft. Worth, TX)

Rockport Film Festival

rockportfilmfestival.com

(Festival: Oct.31 - Nov.2, 2025 in Rockport, TX) 

November

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

cinemahtx.org

(Festival: November 7-17, 2024 in Houston, TX) 

Houston Comedy Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/HoustonComedyFilmFestival

(Festival: November 1-2, 2025 in Houston, TX)

Round Top Film Festival

roundtopfilmfest.org

(Festival: November 6-9, 2025 in Round Top, TX) 

La Vida Es Cortos (Life Is Shorts) Short Film Festival

filmfreeway.com/lavidaescortos

(Festival: November 29-30, 2025 in Houston, TX)  

December

Cinesol Film Festival

cinesol.com

(Festival: December 6-7, 2025 in McAllen, TX)

Houston Greek Film Festival

houstongreekfilmfestival.com/

(Festival: November 20-23, 2025 in Houston, TX)