Beaumont Film Commission

11/04/2025

Check out the schedule for the Houston Cinema Arts Festival from November 6 – 16, 2025!

To see the schedule, click here https://tinyurl.com/mvpktvzz .

For more information about the festival, visit https://hcaf2025.eventive.org/welcome

Houston Cinema Arts Festival returns with the theme “HERE” - an invitation to consider what it means to be present, to be shaped by our experiences, and to navigate the uncertainty of our time. Through a dynamic lineup of screenings, performances, and events, the festival reflects on the fragmen...

10/30/2025

If you're in Southeast Texas then you're invited to this opportunity for SETX filmmakers, film lovers, actors, writers, musicians, craftspeople and anyone else to connect & talk about projects or just the movies you love.

This free casual networking event is open to all who want to attend. Show up starting at 7PM @ Madison's On Dowlen (4020 Dowlen Rd, Beaumont, TX). Event page: facebook.com/share/16XLLpgKMv/

10/23/2025

Congratulations to 2025 BoomFest Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Katie Cokinos & her team on last night's successful launch of their new production: The Do-Right, based upon the Southeast Texas-set noir novel.

Pictured (L to R) are director Katie Cokinos, author Lisa Sandlin, producer Jack McWilliams, Houston Film Commission executive director Alfred Cervantes and event underwriter Cory Crenshaw.

Find details for the film at TheDoRightMovie.com

10/07/2025

10/03/2025

Here are five reasons you should send your film or screenplay in to the 2026 Boomtown Film & Music Festival:
1. HIGH ACCEPTANCE RATE - We've expanded our screening time during the fest, which has allowed BoomFest to show roughly 30% of the best entries every year!
2. COMPETITIVE PRICING - Being a volunteer-run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization has allowed Boomtown to keep our entry fees lower than other festivals of comparable size.
3. THOROUGH JUDGING - Every submission is rated and scored by multiple judges, even during the first phase of judging.
4. TRUSTED TRACK RECORD - Boomtown's film & screenplay competition has been run annually since our first festival in 2008 and earned a trusted reputation.
5. THE CONFERENCE - The Boomtown Film & Music Festival is more than just screenings and an awards ceremony; our event includes educational panels with special guests, networking mixers, and a live reading of the year's 1st Place winning screenplay, all in addition to the opportunity for selected filmmaker to interact with audiences during screening introductions and Q&As.
Get all the details at our submission portal: FilmFreeway.com/BoomFest

10/02/2025

The Texas Film Belt Project is a special competition to promote filmmaking along the Interstate 10 corridor in Texas. The films must be shot within 50 miles ...

10/02/2025

To those who have inquired: Yes, our web address BoomtownFestival.com is temporarily unavailable on certain browsers while we conduct some long overdue maintenance. But you can still access our under-construction website BoomtownFilm.org

09/30/2025

09/28/2025

09/25/2025

09/23/2025

Great news for grade school filmmakers of Southeast Texas! Lamar University's College of Fine Arts & Communication will be awarding scholarships to the winners of the next Spindletop Storytellers student competition. Winners will also be recognized during the Boomtown Film & Music Festival, where their films will be screened. This annual contest is free to enter and the call for entries will be open for 2 months starting Oct 1. Get all the details at: FilmFreeway.com/SpindletopStorytellers

09/21/2025