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Rockport Film Festival

The Rockport Film Festival is a four-day festival of independent shorts, features, documentaries, animation and student films on the Texas coast, run by the Rockport Center for the Arts. Screenings are held at The ROCC, with afternoon receptions at local galleries, filmmaker Q&As and a free Sunday brunch, student shorts block and "Texas Love" program of regional films. Awards include best of category, People's Choice and special jury prizes. The 20th annual edition opens with a Red Carpet Party on October 29, 2026, and runs through November 1; the party features an anniversary screening of BUCK, which won best documentary feature there in 2011.

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Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026
The ROCC (Rockport Conference Center); Rockport Center for the Arts
Rockport Center for the Arts
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Categories
Documentary Short
Documentary Feature
Fiction Short
Fiction Feature
Late Night
Student Shorts
Texas Love
Prizes
Best of category awards, People's Choice, and special jury awards such as Best of Fest and the Creative Spirit Award.

Notable

2026 is the 20th annual festival; the October 29 Red Carpet Party includes a 20th-anniversary screening of BUCK, Best Documentary Feature winner in 2011 ↗︎
Supported by the Texas Commission on the Arts, Aransas County and the City of Rockport ↗︎
Sources
  1. Rockport Film Festival Rockport Center for the Arts
  2. Rockport Film Festival FilmFreeway

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