Fort Worth
It’s nearly time for the Lone Star Film Festival.
The annual Fort Worth event returns for its 20th edition this year from Nov. 4-11 in the Cultural District. Local film advocate Johnny Langdon and Fort Worth actor Bill Paxton created the festival in 2007.
Over the weekend, the festival released its full slate of shorts, documentaries and feature films. Passes for the festival are on sale.
Here’s a look at what to expect.
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Lone Star Film Festival’s opening night and special screenings
A new film about the life of Jimmy Stewart will open the festival on Nov. 4.
“Jimmy” follows Stewart’s service in World War II and how it shaped his role as George Bailey in the 1946 holiday classic “It’s A Wonderful Life.” The biopic stars KJ Apa, Kara Killmer, Neal McDonough, Max Casella, Christopher McDonald, Sarah Drew, Rob Riggle, Julian Works and Jen Lilley.
The cast and crew will attend the screening, which will be the world premiere of the film ahead of its wide release on Nov. 6.
“Jimmy” is one of six special screenings at the festival, meaning that they’re out of competition. The others include:
“A Cowboy in London”- Directed by Jared L. Christopher“Keepsakes”- Directed by Duncan Rice“Radio Silent”- Directed by Griffin Garcia“The Man with the Big Hat”- Directed by Austin Lee Sayre“The Weight We Carry”- Directed by Brooke Harris 
Attendees watch a movie at the 2024 Lone Star Film Festival in Fort Worth. Manny Pandya Lone Star Film Festival Feature films and documentaries at LSFF
Narrative feature films at the festival include:
“Autofiction”- Directed by Nick Paul White“Murderous”- Directed by Neil LaBute“Rumination”- Directed by Dylan Snyder“Stages”- Directed by Ryan Booth“Test”- Directed by Sam McConnell“Unwinding”- Directed by Reza Ghassemi
Documentary feature films at the festival include:
“As Far Back As I Can Remember… The Story of Goodfellas”- Directed by Lisa Downs and Ashley Pugh“Growing Up Slowly”- Directed by Bennett Krishock“Home From the Vietnam War”- Directed by Mat Hames“Our Dark Horse”- Directed by Grace Oathout“The Highest Road”- Directed by Allan Thompson“What the Hell Happened”- Directed by Matt Wilkins and Eliza Fox 
Filmmakers speak at the 2024 Lone Star Film Festival in Fort Worth. Manny Pandya Lone Star Film Festival Short films screenings at LSFF
Here’s a look at the short films screening at the festival:
“10th Floor Transformation”- Directed by Katy McCarthy“Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town”- Directed by Daniel Kreizberg“Armadillo Man: The Trips of Jim Franklin”- Directed by Emil Lozada“Arman”- Directed by Farzad Kiyafar“Bound for the Last Continent”- Directed by Joshua Carlon“Breaking Rings”- Directed by Joshiro Miura“Charro 250”- Directed by Diego Huerta“Chase Your Dreams”- Directed by Brandon Oldenburg and Limbert Fabian“Coal”- Directed by Romano Natale“Cottonmouth”- Directed by Cole Johnson“Crush.exe”- Directed by Victor Torres“December, Day Zero”- Directed by John Robert Hammerer“Dyeadd”- Directed by Eric C. Miller“EDGAR: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot”- Directed by Virginia de Witt“Escape from the Vault”- Directed by Laura Mickel and Meghan Bossert“Front Range”- Directed by Ross Barron“Fugu (Cloth)”- Directed by Prince Adablah“Girl Scout Law”- Directed by Miles Toriani“Good Neighbours”- Directed by Clem McIntosh“Hand In The Fire”- Directed by Nathanael Amadi“Help!”- Directed by Alex Chew“Homebodies”- Directed by Rachel Olson“Hope for the Guadalupe”- Directed by Ben Masters“I Should Be Go”- Directed by Gemma Holdway“I Take You To Be My Ex”- Directed by Jenn Murray“Ideal Figures”- Directed by Mahtab Rezayi and Camilo Montoya“If Tears Were Gold”- Directed by Adam Patrick Sweeney“Internet Famous”- Directed by Alex Marczewski and Jack Wilson“James Magee And The Hill”- Directed by Quin Mathews“Land of No Man”- Directed by Olivia Lin and Muling Tzai“Last Day on Earth”- Directed by Savannah Sivert and Taylor Hinds“Leave Me There”- Directed by Shirit Gal Kedar“Lessons Learned In Cotulla”- Directed by Oddett Garza“Levels”- Directed by Rishi Porwal“Like Father”- Directed by Jared Callahan“Little Dynamo”- Directed by Rachel Kichler“Little Flower”- Directed by Rodger Woodruff III“Love You Well”- Directed by Drew David Koch“Meeting Your Maker”- Directed by Gregory J.M. Kasunich“Mime”- Directed by Gabri Blankson“Morning Vigil”- Directed by David M. Night Maire“Olive”- Directed by Tom Koch“Picture Perfect”- Directed by Brendan Giang“Pookems IV”- Directed by Veronica Drescher and Gabrielle Ann Thomas“Ree’s Destiny”- Directed by Steven Mosley“Roll It”- Directed by Rochan Liu“Scars That Define Us”- Directed by Edward Worthy“See Me”- Directed by Cormac Fingeret“Singularity”- Directed by Jett Bell“Skater Haters”- Directed by Justice Nelson“Stop Signs”- Directed by Yasmine Jade Raad“Such A Pretty Girl”- Directed by Deborah Puette“Sunday Mornings at the Beach”- Directed by Tim Reid and Aaron Hosé“Tasty Bones”- Directed by Ronald Short“The Best Little Tiny Park in Texas”- Directed by Margaret Barry“The Bris”- Directed by Alex Bewkes“The Hour”- Directed by Paige Henderson“The Inheritance”- Directed by Destinee Stewart“The Last Roll”- Directed by Trevor Galenski“The Streetlight Committee”- Directed by Rahim Branch“Till Death Does His Part”- Directed by Nathan Fox“To-Go”- Directed by Bryan Poyser“Tomorrow Will Be A Better Day”- Directed by Ronnie Johnson“Tooth and Claw”- Directed by Evangeline Joan Van Meter“Trailblazers”- Directed by Jonathan Stokx“Twincredible!”- Directed by John TerEick“TwoFer”- Directed by Shelly J. Hong and Mike Rinaldi“Whoopin’”- Directed by Justin Arnold“Will Revenge”- Directed by William F. Reed“Women In Film”- Directed by Elise Faurote, Emmy Malone and Rachel Astorino“Wonderful World with Clint Townsend”- Directed by Michael Dean Marbach
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Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.