Region
West Texas & Big Bend
204 films and TV shows shot in 66 towns, including No Country for Old Men, One Battle After Another and There Will Be Blood.
66 companies in the directory · 8 upcoming dates
On location
Location map
Filmed in West Texas & Big Bend
All towns| Year | Production | Shot in |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Marfa, Terlingua, Lajitas |
| 2025 | One Battle After Another | El Paso |
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Marfa, Shafter |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | El Paso |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Terlingua, Lajitas |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Big Spring, Sweetwater |
| 2014 | Boyhood | Houston, Presidio, Johnson City |
| 2000 | Traffic | El Paso |
| 1956 | Giant | Marfa, Valentine |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | El Paso |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | El Paso |
| 1984 | Paris, Texas | Houston, El Paso, Fort Stockton |
| 2023 | Blue Beetle | El Paso |
| 1997 | Lolita | El Paso, San Antonio, Austin |
| 1972 | The Getaway | El Paso, San Antonio, New Braunfels |
| 1952 | Viva Zapata! | Roma, Del Rio, Laredo |
| 2010 | Due Date | Dallas, El Paso, Kilgore |
| 1974 | The Sugarland Express | San Antonio, Converse, Del Rio |
| 2013 | Snitch | Austin, El Paso |
| 2004 | Spanglish | El Paso |
Locations
| Town | Titles | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Paso | 73 |
| 2 | Marfa | 37 |
| 3 | Terlingua | 28 |
| 4 | Del Rio | 26 |
| 5 | Alpine | 23 |
| 6 | Lajitas | 17 |
| 7 | Midland | 12 |
| 8 | Fort Davis | 12 |
| 9 | Abilene | 10 |
| 10 | Odessa | 9 |
| 11 | Fabens | 8 |
| 12 | Presidio | 8 |
| 13 | San Angelo | 6 |
| 14 | Monahans | 6 |
| 15 | Van Horn | 6 |
| 16 | Marathon | 5 |
| 17 | Big Spring | 4 |
| 18 | Snyder | 4 |
| 19 | Sweetwater | 4 |
| 20 | San Elizario | 4 |
Filming in West Texas & Big Bend
Statewide| Status | Production | Where | Dates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filming | LandmanSeries · Paramount+ (Paramount Television Studios, 101 Studios, Bosque Ranch Productions) Season 3 of the Taylor Sheridan oil drama started shooting around Fort Worth in late September, with October scenes on the TCU campus, and Midland County approved filming there in November.Set: TCU campusFort Worth, Midland · From Sep 2026 | Fort Worth, Midland | From Sep 2026 | Paramount Press Express ↗︎ TCU News ↗︎ Deadline ↗︎ KLTV ↗︎ |
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Schedule
Calendar| Date | Event | Type | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30 | West Texas Film Fest 2027 – Earlybird DeadlineEarlybird deadline for the debut West Texas Film Fest. Shorts of 20 minutes or less, nine categories including 'WTF!'. | Deadline | San Angelo | Add to Google |
| Dec 1 | Abilene Frontier Film Festival 2027 – Earlybird DeadlineEarlybird deadline for AFFF 2027. Submissions open Nov 1, 2026; categories include Big Country Film and Texas Film. | Deadline | Abilene | Add to Google |
| Feb 1 | Abilene Frontier Film Festival 2027 – Regular DeadlineRegular submission deadline for the Abilene Frontier Film Festival 2027 at Frontier Texas. | Deadline | Abilene | Add to Google |
| Mar 31 | West Texas Film Fest 2027 – Regular DeadlineRegular submission deadline for West Texas Film Fest 2027. Shorts up to 20 minutes, MP4 only, made within the last five years. | Deadline | San Angelo | Add to Google |
| Apr 1 | Abilene Frontier Film Festival 2027 – Late DeadlineLate submission deadline for the Abilene Frontier Film Festival 2027. | Deadline | Abilene | Add to Google |
| Apr 9to Apr 12 | Vertical Cinema Film Festival 2027First-year festival for films shot vertically, in all genres and at all levels. Submissions for the 2027 edition are closed. | Festival | El Paso | Add to Google |
| Apr 24to Apr 25 | Artist INC Express – AlpineFree M-AAA Artist INC Express: ten-hour, two-day career workshop for artists of any discipline (goals, artist statement, branding). RSVP. | Workshop | Alpine | Add to Google |
| Apr 30 | West Texas Film Fest 2027 – Late DeadlineLast listed submission deadline for West Texas Film Fest 2027. Selected films are notified May 17, 2027. | Deadline | San Angelo | Add to Google |
Festivals in West Texas & Big Bend
Every Texas festival| Festival | When | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 48 Hour Film Project – El PasoTimed race | — | Active |
| Abilene Frontier Film FestivalFestival | Oct 1, 2027 – Oct 2, 2027 | Active |
| El Paso Film FestivalFestival | Usually late September | Active |
| El Paso Vertical Film FestivalFestival | Apr 9, 2027 – Apr 12, 2027 | Active |
| Femme Frontera Film FestivalFestival | May 7, 2027 – May 9, 2027 | Active |
| Local Flavor Showcase and Awards (Plaza Classic Film Festival)Showcase | Usually July | Active |
| Plaza Classic Film FestivalFestival | Jul 15, 2027 – Jul 25, 2027 | Active |
| West Texas Film FestFestival | Jul 9, 2027 – Jul 10, 2027 | Active |
Film groups in West Texas & Big Bend
Every group| Group | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Create915 newsletter (creativElPaso) ↗︎Email newsletter of creativElPaso, the City of El Paso's film and creative industries commission, with news about local film, music, design | Mailing list | — |
| Creative Outlets: Acting Sessions (Star on the Mountain Theatrical Productions) ↗︎Free, casual acting sessions run by Star on the Mountain Theatrical Productions, an El Paso theater group. | Workshop group | — |
| Digital Media Production Association (DMPA) at UTEP ↗︎Student-led UTEP organization for digital media majors and anyone interested in media careers in film and television. | Student club | — |
| EP Actor's Group ↗︎A collective of Borderland actors that puts on film and theater projects. | Collective | — |
| Femme Frontera ↗︎Film organization founded and led by women and gender-expansive filmmakers from the U.S.-Mexico border, serving El Paso, Las Cruces and Ciud | Collective | 14 |
| Lapso ↗︎Cross-border filmmaking collective of creatives from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. | Collective | — |
| NALIP El Paso, Texas Hub ↗︎Local hub of NALIP, the national Latino media-maker organization, and its only Texas hub. | Membership org | — |
| Red Turtle Cinema ↗︎UTEP student organization that screens films most viewers have not seen. | Screening club | — |
| The Book & Film Collective (UTEP) ↗︎UTEP student organization, started in February 2026, whose members read a book together and then watch its film adaptation. | Screening club | — |
| Women In Media (UTEP) ↗︎UTEP student organization, registered in 2024, that aims to highlight and create more opportunities for students who identify as female in a | Student club | — |
| Angelo Film Society ↗︎San Angelo film group that hosts the West Texas Film Fest at the Brooks & Bates theater in the San Angelo Performing Arts Center. | Collective | — |
| Angelo Film Society (Discord) ↗︎Discord server of the Angelo Film Society, the San Angelo group that hosts the West Texas Film Fest. | Discord | 152 |
| CineMarfa ↗︎Marfa nonprofit, programming since 2011, whose mission covers supporting local and visiting filmmakers, year-round screenings in Marfa, film | Nonprofit | — |
| IATSE Local 865 ↗︎IATSE mixed local listed in the IATSE directory with jurisdiction over Odessa, Midland and Lubbock, with a P.O. | Union local | — |
| In Front of Us film series ↗︎Free film series in Marfa that showcases films by women filmmakers, presented in association with Marfa Live Arts at the Crowley Theater. | Screening club | — |
Image credits (6)
El Paso: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Marfa: Talshiarr, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons; Terlingua: George A. Grant, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; Del Rio: JherreraCODR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Alpine: Talshiarr, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons; Lajitas: Nicolas Henderson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.