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Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival

The Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival is a family-oriented film festival held each April at the Grand Theatre in Electra, a small town west of Wichita Falls. Festival directors Rock and Brenda Whitehead of BrenRock Productions run it as a competition for filmmakers and screenwriters that also takes work from authors, songwriters, musicians, photographers and poets. Awards cover features and shorts in general and western categories, world premieres and acting, and the top honor is Cowpoke of the Year. The sixth edition ran April 10–12, 2026. Dates for 2027 had not been posted as of October 2026; submissions go through FilmFreeway.

Festival · Electra · Active

Next
Usually April
Grand Theatre (Electra)
BrenRock Productions LLC (festival directors Rock and Brenda Whitehead)
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Categories
Feature
Short
Western Feature
Western Short
Screenplay
Music
Photography
Poetry/Writing
Prizes
Cowpoke of the Year Award, Best World Premiere Short and Feature, Best Feature, Best Short, Best Western Short and Feature, and acting awards for both regular and western features and shorts.

Notable

6th annual festival held April 10–12, 2026 at the Grand Theatre in Electra ↗︎
Competition also open to authors, songwriters, musicians, photographers and poets; listed as running 6 years with 53 reviews on FilmFreeway ↗︎
Sources
  1. Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival
  2. Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival FilmFreeway

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