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Viva Texas Film + Arts Festival — 2025 Schedule
Downtown Victoria • Sept 26–28, 2025
Friday, Sept 26 — Opening Night Family-friendly until 9 PM 21+ for Sips & Stroll
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Art & Music Walk + “Hasta Los Huesos”
Live music, local art pop-ups, and a Día-de-los-Muertos-inspired community display.
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VISD Ballet Folklórico
A colorful, high-energy performance by Victoria ISD’s Folklórico dancers.
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Spray Art Live Demo
Street artists create large-scale pieces in real time.
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“Ride or Die” — Behind the Scenes
Exclusive BTS look at the making of Ride or Die, plus a quick audience Q&A.
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Filmmaker Meet & Greet
VIP VIP ticket holders mingle with filmmakers.
Get your VIP Tickets Includes badge (all movies), festival t-shirt, and 1 VivaTXFF program. -
Cinematic Sips Stroll Begins
Wristbanded stroll with film-friendly specials at participating spots. 21+
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Music Video Screening
A curated evening block of music-video winners for VivaTXF.
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Shorts Block 1
Includes: Demon • Oops-a-cadabra • Me Porto Bonita • Vietnam.
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WORKSHOP Directing for Beginners
Directing, workflow, and producing for beginners with Patrick Torres.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Main Building • Side B
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WORKSHOP Directing History Workshop
How to make a low-budget period film with Eric Rodriguez.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Main Building • Side A
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WORKSHOP The Business of Filmmaking: 2025 and Beyond
Financing, producing, and distributing films today with Chris Kinzie.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Classroom
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WORKSHOP Short vs Script Workshop
“Short vs Script” with Frank Campos.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Main Building • Side A
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Shorts Block 2
Includes: Visions of March • Bailar • Cherry Pie Die • The Unicorn Dogs • El Lloron • Frank & Beans.
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WORKSHOP Movie Hair with Evelyn / Villarreal
Movie hair tips & tricks with Evelyn Villarreal.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center
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WORKSHOP The Technology Involved in Screenwriting
With Steven Antonuccio.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Classroom
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WORKSHOP Make It Happen with Caitlyn Rodriguez
Ways to find motivation and create a project with little experience.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Main Building • Side B
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WORKSHOP The Shoal Creek Method of Storytelling
The Shoal Creek Method of Storytelling with Cullen Nash.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center
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Shorts Block 3
Includes: The Little Mermaid – La Sirenita • Fade To Black • Apart • Change.
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Feature: Blind Escape
Feature screening of Blind Escape. Synopsis TBA.
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HORROR SHORTS
Includes: Finn and the Odd Girl • The Space Between • Llorona • Coyote • Predator’s Mark.
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Shorts Block 4
Includes: Fidelis Itinere • Helix • ROUTINE (A Short Film) • Toxic Abuse.
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WORKSHOP The First 5 with Kris Snyder
Reads the first five pages of each Screenplay Award winner of VivaTXFF 2025.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Classroom
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Feature: Stitched
Ted Terger, a former counterfeiter, is forced to relive his life through others’ conversations about him in a decades-spanning, family-fractured portrait.
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WORKSHOP Viva La Podcast: Why Everyone Needs A Podcast Now
How to launch, grow, and monetize your podcast with Chris Doelle.
📍 Victoria Fine Arts Center — Classroom
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Feature: The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
A washed-up YouTuber’s blackmail scheme spirals, ensnaring her with border-running neo-nazis in a darkly comic Texas-Mexico caper.
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WORKSHOP AI vs Human Voice Overs with Catt Wolf
“Staying in the Game” — a practical voice-over session with Catt Wolf.
📍 VISD Fine Arts Center — Side B (Workshop)
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WORKSHOP Creative Writing Workshop with Anthony Madrid
Creative writing workshop with Anthony Madrid, followed by Open Mike Skeemer poetry reading.
📍 Victoria Fine Arts Center
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Feature: Moving On
Inspired by true events: in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, a young man confronts grief and finds resilience after losing a close friend.
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Feature: 3rd Place
After an art-show loss, a disillusioned Latino artist teams with a country-boy writer to create a comic book—finding purpose along the way.
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Feature: Water Lillies
Two young women flee to Seoul chasing acting dreams and survival—a tender portrait of friendship, hardship, and hope.