Lone Star Film Festival Announces Schedule

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After COVID-19 prompted the Lone Star Film Festival to go virtual last year, the annual event is welcoming movie-goers back to theaters as it announces its schedule for 2021.

Taking place Nov. 11 – 14, the festival will host screenings at both the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and newly opened Stockyards venue, Downtown Cowtown at the Isis. The watchlist includes 80 short and feature films from around the world, including documentaries like "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" and "The Marfa Tapes," as well as narrative features like "The Atlantic City Story" and "Jockey." Shorts will play in blocks between each feature — among them, a showcase of high school-made films and shorts from the Denton Black Film Festival. 

Additionally, the event will also include film talks hosted by the Fort Worth Film Commission, and on Nov. 13, the Lone Star Film Festival Gala, featuring food by Café Modern and an award ceremony honoring filmmakers Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater, singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, and "Miss Juneteenth" director Channing Godfrey Peoples. The gala will take place at the Modern, followed by an after-party with country music DJ Vinyl Ranch.

Proceeds from the gala go toward the Lone Star Film Society's Johnny Langdon Film Education Initiative, which provides education programs for adults and high school students interested in filmmaking.

Find the full schedule and more information here.

This article has been updated from a previous version.