FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: The 2017 Dallas Film Society Honors Red Carpet with a Dallas Shining Star, her movie star mother, and much, much, more!

The Dallas Film Society Honors red carpet on Friday, April 7, featured a Dallas Shining Star honoree and her famous mom, this year’s jurors, some late arriving filmmakers, and some filmmakers making one last appearance to soak up the attention of the photographers’ cameras and interviewers’ microphones. DIFF’s college filmmakers, representing The Art Institute of Dallas, Baylor, SMU, UT Arlington, as well as Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts. also led off the procession, making for one fun and diverse red carpet in front of The Highland, as the 2017 Dallas International Film Festival red carpet presentations finished in high style.

Austin Hoffman (Cast), Everett Hoffman (Director), and Joey Morris (Cast) of SAFE led off the final red carpet of the fest (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Audrey Billups (VII) poses for a photo (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Audrey Billups (Director) of VII (SMU) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Gabe Lipton (Director/Screenwriter), Tiffany Navarro (Cast) of SMOKE (Baylor University) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Garrett Hardy (DP), Ryan Burkle (Cast), Christina Gray (Director), and Mackenzie Dobbs Guthrie (Cast) of RECIPE FOR LOVE (Baylor University) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Gabe Lipton (SMOKE) gets interviewed (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Jen Grey (Screenwriter), Bec Donoghue (Cast), Courtney Gonzalez (Cast), Presley Impson (Director) of ENOUGH (SMU) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Mathew Brown (DP), Jace Brown (Son of a DP), Brian Mbepeh (Director), Ryan Blitzer (1st AD) of MISSING (The Art Institute of Dallas) (Photo by John R. Strange:Selig Polyscope Company)

Presley Impson (ENOUGH) gets interviewed (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Dawsyn Eubanks (Cast) of BETTER LATE THEN NEVER (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Gabriel David Giron Vives (Cast), Nash Farmer (Director), Bob Cummings (Co-Director/DP) of THERE IS NO MOVIE (Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

The Texas Competition Jurors: Rob Hunter (Film School Rejects), Linda Eaddy (Denton Black Film Festival), Keith Maitland (TOWER) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

DIFF alumni Jonathan Brownlee (Photo by Steve Duffy/Selig Polyscope Company)

Arthur E. Benjamin (Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation), Bandit, Shab Kamoii (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

The “family comes before the jury” photo: David Wilson (WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS, baby Hanna Wilson, and Arin Liberman (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

The Documentary Competition Jury: Jolene Pinder (#CreateLouisiana), David Wilson (WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS), Laura D. Smith (IT FOLLOWS) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Narrative Jurors Meredith Alloway and Emily Carmichael pose for photos (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Narrative Jurors Meredith Alloway and Emily Carmichael (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Shorts Competition Jury: Meghan Oretsky (Vimeo), Margaret Brown (THE GREAT INVISIBLE), Leah Meyerhoff (I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Shorts Competition Jury: Juror, Margaret Brown (THE GREAT INVISIBLE), Leah Meyerhoff (I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

The Narrative Features Jury: Meredith Alloway (Filmmaker Magazine), Tommy Oliver (THE PERFECT GUY), Emily Carmichael (Screenwriter – PACIFIC RIM 2) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Tom Huckabee and Gabriel Horn (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Studio Movie Grill’s Brian Schultz, Sarah Schultz attended the DFS Honors event to present the Silver Heart Award (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Hunter Carson (Sponsor and Presenter of the L.M. Kit Carson Maverick Filmmaker Award) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Studio Movie Grill’s Brian Schultz being interviewed (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Mark Denesuk (Chairman of Board, Dallas Film Society), Austin Denesuk (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Melina McKinnon and Michael Cain (Co-Founder Dallas Film Society) (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Hunter Carson being interviewed (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Brandon Moore (Director/Screenwriter), Rane Jameson (Cast), Caleb Smith (Director/Screenwriter), Alex Golubiewski (Producer) of THE SPEARHEAD EFFECT (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

C.A. Gabriel (Director/Screenwriter) of THE RELATIONTRIP (Photo by John R. Strange/Selig Polyscope Company)

Noël Wells poses for photos (MR. ROOSEVELT) (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Noël Wells (Director/Screenwriter/Star) of MR. ROOSEVELT (Photo by Steve Duffy/Selig Polyscope Company)

Brandon Moore (Director / Screenwriter), Rane Jameson (Talent), Austin Denesuk, Caleb Austin Denesuk joins the boys from THE SPEARHEAD EFFECT on the carpet (Photo by Steve Duffy/Selig Polyscope Company)