Women In Film.Dallas (WIF.D) invites you look at films "through her eyes" at the 7th Annual Chick Flicks Film Festival at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas. This special screening is brought to you in part by by Urban Taco, Angelika Film Center - Dallas, FUNimation Films, Dallas Film Commission, Entertainment Partners, and AFI DALLAS.

One night only, Thursday evening, October 2, 2008 starting at 7:00pm, Chick Flicks will showcase the talents of Texas filmmakers in narrative, documentary, animation, experimental works, and trailers allowing viewers to experience the unique perspective of female producers, directors and crew members with Texas roots.

Linda Stogner, last year's Jury Award Winner and all around funny gal, will kick off the evening's events where moviegoers will first enjoy the showcase and then have the opportunity to meet and greet the filmmakers, fans and industry professtional like our WIF.D members and celebrate the winners with cool prizes at the awards ceremony afterwards at the modern and upscale taqueria Urban Taco.

The screening is open to the public and tickets are $12 for both the screening and after-party with proceeds benefiting WIF.D's yearly scholarship fund. WIF.D members pay only $8, limit 2 please.

Every year, Women In Film.Dallas is devoted to offering two scholarships to female college students and applicants studying film, television, or video production in the North Texas region.  This year's winner(s) will be honored at this evening's festival.

Here are your leading ladies and their films!

Resurrecting Moton Field, Monika Watkins (trailer)
The Significant Other, Shalene Portman (trailer)
Women in Red, Jennifer Horst
Breaking the Chain, Coralee Trigger
Unkempt Room, Sarah Nolen
A Native American Dream, Liz Daggett
Behind the Scenes with the Director of Prison Break, Fonya Mondell
Parts, Lynne Moon
Salsa y Tango, Andrea Duque
Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam, Tammy Nguyen Lee (trailer)
High Hopes, Linda Stogner and Therese Powell

The following films are eligible for the coveted "Audience Choice," "Jury Choice," and our new "Crew Girls Choice awards. Winners will receive a gift package that includes festival passes to AFI DALLAS and Dallas Video Festival, a fully loaded grip bag from MPS Studios Dallas, budgeting or scheduling software from Entertainment Partners, passes to WIF.D's highly anticipated program, "We've Got That In Development," as well as gift items from The Filmworkers Club, and Cabot Creamery Cooperative. 

Strong entries made it quite difficult for this year's jury.  Judging this year's lineup of films were  Sylvia Komatsu (Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer for KERA), Laura Neitzel (Documentary Writer and Producer, AMS Pictures, previous Executive Director of the Video Association of Dallas) and Jessica Schoenbaechler (Documentary Filmmaker and Writer, AMS Pictures, WIF.D Board Member and this year's Chick Flicks Film Festival Director.)  Thank you to all the talented ladies that submitted their pride and joys to the festival this year.

This year's event promises to be a special evening of celebrating talented women, not only in the film industry, but in video, television, and new media; and not just in Dallas, but Texas-wide! 

Audience members have a chance to win too with exciting raffle items from Brenda's Everyday Flowers, TapeOnline.com, TM Television, AMS Pictures, Paciugo Gelato, and  The Tape Company.

A big crowd pleaser will be the chance to win Media Composer software from AVID Technologies,

Support for this event includes our additional year-round sponsors as well. Thanks to Roeder & Moon Insurance, Sony, PeopleBiz, and the UNT - RTVF Department. 

Don't miss out and buy your tickets now!

Chick Flicks Tickets, General Admission, $12	or WIF.D Members Tickets, $8, limit 2 please
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