Asian Film Festival of Dallas announces lineup with LGBTQ stories among its selections
The short film ‘Veils’ screens at this year’s Asian Film Festival of Dallas. (Courtesy photos) The Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) has announced its film lineup for this year’s 21st edition taking place July 21-24.
AFFD will screen 16 feature films (12 narrative, four documentary), and 11 short films as the film festival makes a return to theaters and in-person events after a two-year pandemic hiatus.
Screenings will be held at the Angelika and the Texas Theater. This year also marks the first with new leadership with executive director Thomas Schubert. “Our board and staff are excited about the prospects of returning to our regular July timeslot and we are taking advantage of this edition of the film festival to look at what we do through a different lens and a fresh approach,” Schubert said in a press release. “AFFD has always been a signature event for Dallas film lovers, introducing exciting films and cinema to DFW, and this year we hope to shake up the event aspect of the film festival in our return, as well.” The festival also marks the debut of its new lead programmer Paul Theiss. “We made no assumptions with our programming this year, prioritizing films and filmmakers that would inspire audiences to come back for that big screen experience.
To that end, adding a handful of films from our guest programmers will also add surprises and new perspectives to the schedule,” Theiss mentioned.
