The Closing Night red carpet for the Women Texas Film Festival was as energetic, eclectic, and fun as the headlining film, QUALITY PROBLEMS. Writer, director, star, Brooke Purdy and producer Colette Freedman set the tone for WTxFF’s big finale evening that included films from representing all sections and genres at the festival: documentaries, comedy, drama, horror, etc., you name it – the women that made it were on that carpet.

IT'S CRIMINAL: A TALE OF TWO AMERICA'S director Signe Taylor (Photo by John Strange)

IT’S CRIMINAL: A TALE OF TWO AMERICA’S director Signe Taylor (Photo by John Strange)

 

Signe Taylor (Photo by Steve Duffy)

Signe Taylor (IT’S CRIMINAL: A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

IT'S CRIMINAL: A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS documentary subjects Pat Hernandez and Charlotte Gunderson, flank director Signe Taylor (Photo by Steve Duffy)

IT’S CRIMINAL: A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS documentary subjects Pat Hernandez and Charlotte Gunderson, flank director Signe Taylor (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Sarah Adams and Maggie Rieth Austin, the funny braintrust behind THE SERVICE ELEVATOR (Photo by John Strange)

Sarah Adams and Maggie Rieth Austin, the funny braintrust behind THE SERVICE ELEVATOR (Photo by John Strange)

 

THE SERVICE ELEVATOR's co-writers and co-stars: Sarah Adams and Maggie Rieth Austin (Photo by Steve Duffy)

THE SERVICE ELEVATOR’s co-writers and co-stars: Sarah Adams and Maggie Rieth Austin (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

L. Elizabeth Powers, director of THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION (Photo by John Strange)

L. Elizabeth Powers, the write/director/editor of THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION (Photo by John Strange)

 

L. Elizabeth Powers (THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

L. Elizabeth Powers (THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Sarah Adams and Maggie Rieth Austin (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Sarah Adams and Maggie Rieth Austin (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION team: James Going (VFX Supervisor), Tristan Tierce (CAST, L. Elizabeth Powers (DIR/SCR/ED), Joel Foxx (CAST) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION team: James Going (VFX Supervisor), Tristan Tierce (CAST), L. Elizabeth Powers (DIR/SCR/ED), Joel Foxx (CAST) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Sarah Adams being interviewed (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Sarah Adams being interviewed (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Erin Davidson, the director of LEGS (Photo by John Strange)

Erin Davidson, the director of LEGS (Photo by John Strange)

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION's Tristan Tierce, James Going, L. Elizabeth Powers, Joel Foxx (Photo by Sandra Kent)

THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION’s Tristan Tierce, James Going, L. Elizabeth Powers, Joel Foxx (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Erin Davidson (LEGS) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

Erin Davidson (LEGS) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Pete Asplund and the littlest future filmmaker, Arete (Photo by Steve Duffy)

Pete Asplund and the littlest future filmmaker, Arete (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Arete is suspicious about tis whole red carpet thing, despite what Pete Ashland tells her. (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Arete is suspicious about this whole red carpet thing, despite what Pete Ashland tells her. (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

 

Erin Davidson being interviewed. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Erin Davidson being interviewed. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

LEGGS's Erin Davidson (Photo by Sandra Kent)

LEGGS’s Erin Davidson (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Dallas Video Fest's Bart Weiss and Dallas Film Society's James Faust come out to support the Women Texas Film Festival (Photo by John Strange)

Dallas Video Fest’s Bart Weiss and Dallas Film Society’s James Faust come out to support the Women Texas Film Festival (Photo by John Strange)

 

Bart Weiss (Dallas Video fest) and James Faust (Dallas Film Society) (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Bart Weiss (Dallas Video fest) and James Faust (Dallas Film Society) (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Allison Unger, the director/screenwriter/producer of IF YOU ONLY KNEW (Photo by John Strange)

Allison Unger, the director/screenwriter/producer of IF YOU ONLY KNEW (Photo by John Strange)

 

The IF YOU ONLY KNEW team: Ella Williams (CAST), Tiffany Hopper (CAST), Allison Unger (DIR/SCR/PROD), Becky Nitsche (CAST) (Photo by John Strange)

The IF YOU ONLY KNEW team: Ella Williams (CAST), Tiffany Hopper (CAST), Allison Unger (DIR/SCR/PROD), Becky Nitsche (CAST) (Photo by John Strange)

 

Bart Weiss being interviewed (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Bart Weiss being interviewed (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

IMAGINARY LOVE's Paul Mitchell Wright and Leticia Magana (Photo by Steve Duffy)

IMAGINARY LOVE’s Paul Mitchell Wright and Leticia Magana (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Allison Unger (IF YOU ONLY KNEW) being interviewed (Photo by John Strange)

Allison Unger (IF YOU ONLY KNEW) being interviewed (Photo by John Strange)

 

If the IF YOU ONLY KNEW crew only knew they were being photographed while being interviewed... (Photo by Sandra Kent)

If the IF YOU ONLY KNEW crew only knew they were being photographed while being interviewed… (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Ashley Atwood (MIMI'S MISADVENTURE) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

Ashley Atwood (MIMI’S MISADVENTURE) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

MIMI'S MISADVENTURE star Ashley Atwood with the film's poster (Photo by John Strange)

MIMI’S MISADVENTURE star Ashley Atwood with the film’s poster (Photo by John Strange)

 

IF YOU ONLY KNEW's Ella Williams looks on as Tiffany Hopper makes a point (Photo by Sandra Kent)

IF YOU ONLY KNEW’s Ella Williams looks on as Tiffany Hopper makes a point (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Sophia Woodward poses for the photographers (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Sophia Woodward poses for the photographers (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

 

LILITH'S AWAKENINGS's Sophia Woodward (Photo by John Strange)

LILITH’S AWAKENINGS’s Sophia Woodward (Photo by John Strange)

 

Sophia Woodward (LILITH'S AWAKENING) (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Sophia Woodward (LILITH’S AWAKENING) (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Ashley Atwood (MIMI'S MISADVENTURE) being interviewed (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Ashley Atwood (MIMI’S MISADVENTURE) being interviewed (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

 

Ashley Atwood shines on the red carpet. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Ashley Atwood shines on the red carpet. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Maja Aro, the director/writer/producer of HOODS (Photo by John Strange)

Maja Aro, the director/writer/producer of HOODS (Photo by John Strange)

 

Maja Aro (HOODS) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

Maja Aro (HOODS) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

LILITH'S AWAKENING's Sophia Woodward beng interviewed (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

LILITH’S AWAKENING’s Sophia Woodward beng interviewed (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

 

Jeff Aro (ED/PROD) and Maja Aro (DIR/SCR/PROD) of HOODS (Photo by Wildman)

Jeff Aro (ED/PROD) and Maja Aro (DIR/SCR/PROD) of HOODS (Photo by Wildman)

 

WTxFF Founder/Artistic Director Justina Walford and Texas State Congresswoman (District 107) Victoria Neave (Photo by Wildman)

WTxFF Founder/Artistic Director Justina Walford and Texas State Congresswoman (District 107) Victoria Neave (Photo by Wildman)

 

Taking note while Rudy Cervantes poses. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Taking note while Rudy Cervantes (THAT’S MY BOY) poses. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

THAT'S MY BOY director, Rudy Cervantes (Photo by John Strange)

THAT’S MY BOY director, Rudy Cervantes (Photo by John Strange)

 

Rudy Cervantes (Photo by Steve Duffy)

Rudy Cervantes (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

POSSIBILITY's Michael Larson (PROD) and Siena Pinney 8.19.17 (Photo by Steve Duffy)

POSSIBILITY’s Michael Larson (PROD) and Siena Pinney (DIR) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Orchestrating the poster shot for POSSIBILITY (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Orchestrating the poster shot for POSSIBILITY (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

 

Michael Larson and Siena Pinney with their poster for POSSIBILITY. (Photo by John Strange)

Michael Larson and Siena Pinney with their poster for POSSIBILITY. (Photo by John Strange)

 

QUALITY PROBLEMS writer, co-director, and star, Brooke Purdy. (Photo by Steve Duffy)

QUALITY PROBLEMS writer, co-director, and star, Brooke Purdy. (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

QUALITY PROBLEMS's Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy pose for the photographers. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

QUALITY PROBLEMS’s Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy pose for the photographers. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

The QUALITY PROBLEMS twosome: Colette Freedman (Co-PROD/CAST) and Brooke Purdy (Co-DIR/SCR/CAST) (Photo by John Strange)

The QUALITY PROBLEMS twosome: Colette Freedman (Co-PROD/CAST) and Brooke Purdy (Co-DIR/SCR/CAST) (Photo by John Strange)

 

QUALITY PROBLEMS's Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy flank WTxFF Board Member and their hostess for the festival, Lisa Normand. (Photo by Steve Duffy)

QUALITY PROBLEMS’s Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy flank WTxFF Board Member and their hostess for the festival, Lisa Normand. (Photo by Steve Duffy)

 

Siena Pinney (POSSIBILITY) being interviewed. (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

Siena Pinney (POSSIBILITY) being interviewed. (Photo by Lindsay Jones)

 

Siena Pinney (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Siena Pinney (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy show off the QUALITY PROBLEMS poster. (Photo by John Strange)

Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy show off the QUALITY PROBLEMS poster. (Photo by John Strange)

 

Brooke Purdy (QUALITY PROBLEMS) finds time to work on her "parade wave" during the red carpet. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

Brooke Purdy (QUALITY PROBLEMS) finds time to work on her “parade wave”, forcing her producer, Colette Freedman to hold the poster during the red carpet. (Photo by Sandra Kent)

 

"If we could only get Brooke to loosen up a bit..." Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy (QUALITY PROBLEMS) (Photo by Steve Duffy)

“If we could only get Brooke to loosen up a bit…” Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy (QUALITY PROBLEMS) (Photo by Steve Duffy)