Join us on February 2nd for a special first Thursday screening of the Texas Show by Dallas Video Festival 18. Since 1986 the Dallas Video Festival has screened or hosted over 3,800 programs including everything from clever 30-second television commercials to experimental animation, enthralling video art, captivating documentaries, informative workshops, and narrative shorts that inspire, astound and amuse.

Every first Thursday of the month we will have a FREE screening of award-winning Texas-made short film entries from the Houston Film Commissions Texas Filmmakers Showcase or from other film festivals. The one hour-ish screenings will begin at 9PM at Dean's Credit Clothing, 316 Main Street (between Preston & Congress). Come see some great films that you may never get to see again or to just talk film in the comfort of the hippest venue downtown. If you can't make it, do the right thing and tell a film making friend. Films subject to change. For more information call 713-437-5249 or e-mail.

February 2 | January 5

February 2, 2006 @ 9PM: 10 Films = 66 minutes, always FREE Admission!

38,000,000 words (4:20 min., Experimental Video, 2005)

    A four-minute-and-twenty-second barrage of images to test your processing ability. A satisfying visual assault, if you can take it.

  • James W. Johnson - Lubbock, Texas

Candle (7:00 min., Animation, 2004)

    An updated Icarus tale of the impossible love between a candle and a moth.

  • Aldo Faundez - Chile'

Cat Food & Bean Dip (12:00 min., Mini-DV, 2005)

    For Jason, it is a lonely thing being a grocery store clerk and single on Valentines Day. A beautiful girl catches his eye when she asks his help locating the peculiar combination of cat food and bean dip, and he decides too overcome his acute shyness and express his interest towards her.

  • Eric Hyland and William Culbertson - Dallas, Texas
    ONE MORE TIME FILMS is essentially two guys and a camera. Eric Hyland and William Culbertson are self-taught filmmakers who take great pride in doing more with less. Based in Dallas, they tap the talent of local actors and crew who believe in their projects. No pomp and circumstance here, just good film making.

Mondo Ford (7:00 min., Mini-DV/Compilation, 2005)

    Why did Gerald Ford assassinate JFK? As this recently discovered documentary uncovers the unearthly truth of aliens and Amway lurking behind the blinds of history.

  • Scott Calonico - Austin, Texas
    Scott Calonico is currently employed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts where he designs tax forms. Seriously. Calonico is also a stand-up comic and founder of the annual ZombieDance Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Although most of his acting work is classified for "national security" issues, he was seen as "The Angry Movie Guy" on the short-lived MTV sitcom Austin Stories. Scott and Stacey, his "comedy hottie", live in Austin with four cats and a Yellow Nape Amazon Parrot all with names usually reserved for humans.

My Life as the American West (2:00 min., Experimental, 2005)

    A personal journey through an inner landscape that resembles the American West, a place of dreams and the last great frontier.

  • Douglas C. Perkins - Austin, Texas
    "My film," Perkins says, "is a reaction to a homeland which encourages world conquest without physical exploration. It is a survey of myself and where, as an American, I fit into the global landscape." - From the Austin Chronicle.

One Shot (11:00 min., Mini-DV, 2005)

    The outsider in a gang of bullies uses his fatherÕs pistol a means of acceptance within the group, but learns a lesson more valuable than popularity.

  • Oliver Canales - Dallas, Texas
    Bio Coming Soon.

Test Day (4:00 min., 16mm, 2005)

    For Anthony Valledor, this advice applies to more than the section of the test he will be graded on. As a child of mixed heritage, Anthony encounters for the first time many options for his identity, but by choosing any one, is he neglecting what makes him truly unique?

  • David Fabelo - Austin, Texas
    David Fabelo on IMDB.

The White Bunny (7:22 min., 16mm, 2004)

    As others join a woman in a booth in a train, her dream becomes a nightmare, then real.

  • Katja Straub - Austin, Texas
    Katja Straub attended the Independent Arts School in Mannheim from 1994 to 1995. She later worked in the German Opera and for freelance work as a scene-painter and set-designer for theaters, films and commercials. She graduated from the University of the Arts - Berlin from the program of Industrial Design. She is now part of the department of RTF at UT-Austin - From CinemaTexas.

Weird-O-Torium (1:00 min., Animation, 2004)

    An ad for a very strange show, coming soon to a town near you.

  • Nick Gibbons - NYC via Grand Prairie, Texas
    Bio Coming Soon.

the yellow bird (11:00 min., Animation, 2004)

    After an arranged marriage to a man in the United States, a young Vietnamese girl quietly struggles to adjust to her new family in America.

  • Dang Minh Hoang - Dallas, Texas
    Bio Coming Soon.


January 5, 2006 @ 9PM: 6 Films = 64 minutes, always FREE Admission!

The Dreaded Beard (7:35 min., 35mm, 2005)

    A dark and mesmerizing absurdist comedy about a fellow tormented by his fear of beards. Features a voice-over by famed Texas musician James McMurtry.

  • Carolyn Macartney - Dallas, Texas
    Carolyn Macartney made her first film with a Double 8mm movie camera she found in her Grannie's attic to accompany a piece of electronic music she had composed. Her roots being in experimental filmmaking, Carolyn maintains this approach as her work expands into narrative and documentary. Her films have won awards at Ann Arbor Film Festival, Onion City Film Festival and Houston Worldfest, and have appeared in over 40 festivals and screenings world-wide. She currently resides in Dallas, TX where she teaches at Southern Methodist University.

Flotsam/Jetsam (5:00 min., 16mm/Mini-DV, 2005)

    Fact and fiction collide on the high seas.

  • David and Nathan Zellner - Austin, Texas
    Filmmaker siblings David and Nathan have written, produced and directed several short films, animations, and music videos, including two features- Plastic Utopia(1998) and Frontier(2002). Along with acting in their own projects, theyÕve appeared in several major motion pictures, most notably as Featured Extras in Pasolini's coming of age drama, Salo. Their new short, Redemptitude, will be playing at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. www.forthq.com.

Leaving Death Row (7:00 min., Mini-DV, 2005)

    A cynical convict on Texas Death Row finally meets his pen pal-turned-fiancŽe, an idealistic, Bulgarian beauty. When a last-minute revelation threatens plans for a secret wedding, each is forced to make a decision that challenges deeply held beliefs about life, love and redemption.

  • Elizabeth Stein (Writer) - Houston, Texas
    Houston Screenwriter Elizabeth Ann Stein is a former reporter/editor for United Press International. She based her fictional screenplay on real events in and around Texas Death Row. Director Deborah McClean has creative roots in the theatre. Leaving Death Row" was an official selection of the 2005 Hollywood DV Festival.

Samuel DeMango (15:00 min., S16mm, 2005)

    Accompanied by his newfound friend and advisor, Death, who arrives in the form of a mango, Samuel gains the courage to free himself from the clutches of his evil mother by reattempting suicide. After the first failure, Mango advises him to try other means. Next thing you know, Samuel has neck bruises from the hanging, mutilation from the stabbing, and a big hole in his chest. With MangoÕs help, the desire to explore the unknown, and the discovery of love, Samuel finds that the only way to escape is to sever the umbilical cord. When Mother warns Sam that he will die in the real world, that he cannot exist without her, he must have the courage to look her in the eye and say, "IÕm already dead."

  • Everett R. Aponte - Austin, Texas
    Everett has been shooting movies since he was in 6th grade with his school project debut, "Underwear Man." Everett has acquired many years of experience in directing and editing by using his fatherÕs old VHS camcorder and editing between two VCRs. Once accepted into the Intensive Production Sequence (IPS) at the University of Texas, Everett vowed that he would not let a single semester go by without shooting a film. Hence, Everett graduated with seven student short films, which he compiled into one DVD called A New Era. S.O. has won awards in local film festivals and the audience award at the Alamo Drafthouse Open Screen Nightª. Everett also managed to find time to help on other films as the stunt coordinator of such films as "Perils in Nude Modeling," directed by Scott Rice, and Alchemy of Thieves, directed by Alejandro Gomez. Everett recently completed his most ambitious project "Samuel DeMango," a short film shot in Puerto Rico that precedes the story for the feature film. www.samueldemango.com

Snacks (17:00 min., 16mm, 2005)

    When a chunky teenager confronts a fellow chub, brooding becomes action, taking a chunky downturn.

  • Leslie McAhren, Courtney Dow - Houston, Texas
    Bio Coming Soon.

Termination (13:00 min., Mini-DV, 2005)

    Rob is having a very odd day...but it could be worse. (Inspired by a true story)

  • Paul Alvarado-Dykstra - Austin, Texas
    Producer Paul Alvarado-Dykstra was mentored by award-winning filmmakers Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade II, The Devil's Backbone) and Tim McCanlies (Secondhand Lions, The Iron Giant), Emmy-nominated producer Scott Carter (Real Time with Bill Maher, Politically Incorrect), and Oscar-nominated documentarian Frances Reid (Long Night's Journey Into Day). www.robogeek.com