Texas Films Playing at the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival.

AFI DALLAS International Film Festival returns this year to present over 170 feature films and shorts with more than 150 screenings. Special events include two Family days and the recently added, much anticipated celebration of Texas film on April 3rd!

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Check out some of the Texas films screening at the 2009 Festival.

The 2 Bobs

Premiere Series
Dallas/Ft Worth Premiere
Directed By: Tim McCanlies

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

• Wednesday, April 1st 10:30pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 5
• Thursday, April 2nd 7:00pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 3

Video gamemakers The 2 Bobs have their software stolen and plunge into a wacky underworld of spammers and Internet hoodlums to regain their property. When the Bobs meet The 2 Janes, a romance blossoms and reveals the identity of the thief.

Watch The Trailer For “The 2 Bobs” Below:

Sleet/Snow

Student Competition
(USA, 2008, 15 mins)
Directed By: Daniel Laabs
Producer: Adrian Testolin
Cast: Gideon Seaman, Leanna McMillin, Frank Mosley, Aaron Holloway

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

• Saturday, March 28th 7:15pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 4
• Sunday, March 29th 4:00pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 3

Casual acquaintances, Robert and Marian, travel to Odessa, TX to pick up a painting and along the way develop a unique relationship.

The Eyes of Me

Target Documentary Feature Competition
(USA, 2008, 71 mins)
Directed By: Keith Maitland
Producers: Patrick Floyd, Keith Maitland

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

• Saturday, March 28th 12:30pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 5
• Sunday, March 29th 2:00pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 4

Following the lives of four blind teenagers over the course of a school year at the Texas School for the Blind, The Eyes of Me is a thought-provoking look into the day-to-day thoughts, emotions, highs and lows of adolescents who lost their sight at different stages of their childhood.

Honest and sparingly sentimental, the simplicity of this film is compelling and it reinforces the fact that a lack of sight does not equate to a lack of insight.

Watch Trailer For “The Eyes Of Me” Below:

North Texas College Showcase
(135 mins)

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

• Saturday, March 28th 9:45pm at AMC NorthPark 15 – Theater 2

Smokey

Shorts Competition Programs
(USA, 2008, 15 mins)
Directed By: Scott Thurman
Producer: Billy Loftin

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

• Sunday, March 29th 7:00pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 3
• Monday, March 30th 10:00pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 3

An Elvis impersonator, Smokey Binion Jr., from Stinnett, Texas dedicates his life to making people happy.

St. Nick

Texas Competition
(USA, 2009, 87 mins)
Directed By: David Lowery

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

• Friday, March 27th 4:15pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 4
• Sunday, March 29th 12:30pm at Landmark’s Magnolia 5

An 11-year-old boy and his sister, 9, are on the run. Depending only on themselves, they find an abandoned house and make it their own, inventing a lifestyle that only kids can. The question is: How long will it last?

Dallas director David Lowery makes beautiful use of stark Texas winter landscapes and prolonged silence that gives St. Nick an artful quietness that adds an adultness to the film. However, It’s a kids’ adventure story along the lines of Tom Sawyer or Pippi Longstocking, and the characters’ antics and expressiveness fill in the gaps.

Watch Trailer For “St. Nick” Below: