Since 1987 the Dallas Video Festival,
now VideoFest, has specialized in fiercely independent, imaginative, unusual,
provocative and sometimes description-defying electronic media. VideoFest is
still a bastion of true independent media, offering viewpoints and voices and
visual styles that don't always have expression in more mainstream festivals.
We're a filmmaker-friendly festival whose audience is hip, sophisticated,
adventurous, intelligent, and offbeat, and who care more about seriously
watching your film than attending parties. We offer both style AND substance.
Instead of one big prize, we give
over $8,000 in honorariums to every artist whose work we show. Individually,
it's not a lot of money, but it basically pays back your entry fee and, more
importantly, gives us some tangible way for us to honor your work and thank you
for being the heart and soul of VideoFest.
Most works are selected by Artistic
Director Bart Weiss, with the exception of short works by Texas artists, which
are selected by a jury. Works selected into The Texas Show are given special
attention as the closing program of the Festival, and the works are authored to
DVD. Short Texas works not selected into The Texas Show can still be eligible
for the Festival if selected by Mr. Weiss.
