Addison’s first Full Circle Film Festival opens November 7–8 at the Addison Performing Arts Centre, with a program built around narrative films made primarily in Texas. One scheduled feature, Into Black, uses North Texas locations to tell a story set in wartime London. The film offers an example of what the new festival is designed to show: work made in Texas that does not necessarily take place there.
The town’s festival listing describes separate spaces for features and shorts, with features on the main stage and shorts in the Black Box Theatre. The venue is at 15650 Addison Road. An October 24 screening announcement puts Into Black on the Saturday program with a filmmaker Q&A. Published listings differ on the start time, so anyone going for that film should consult the organizer’s agenda before making plans.
What makes a film eligible
The festival’s submission rules require either the director or the producing team to reside in Texas and the film to have been made primarily in the state. The location of the story is a separate question. Those rules also restrict the program to narrative films; documentaries, student films, music videos and episodic projects are among the excluded formats. The organizer’s listing shows entries for this round are closed; the festival dates are for viewing selected work, not a new submission window.
The November weekend is the opening round of a seasonal competition, not the final judging event. Organizers describe a winter and spring program after the fall opening, with selected winners advancing to an August 2027 finale. Both judges and audiences have a role: the published categories distinguish judges’ choices from audience favorites for features and shorts. For viewers, that means a film selected for this weekend can return later in the cycle without every title on the opening program advancing.
From North Texas to the Blitz
Into Black follows four women sheltering in a warehouse during an air raid who discover a threat inside. Brad Osborne wrote and directed the 93-minute thriller, according to the Apple listing, which credits Shavya Samala, Presley Weber, Lee Eden and Leslie Steele in the central roles. The story draws on the crimes of the Blackout Ripper, but its characters and plot should not be read as a documentary account.
The producers identify Dallas and Corsicana as filming locations. A FilmStew report describes a South Dallas warehouse as the principal setting. That production choice is part of the film’s local connection, alongside its scheduled Addison screening. The public Apple catalog confirms the film and its credits; it does not by itself establish when the title will be available to watch. The festival screening and any home-viewing release are separate dates to check.
AI-generated cinema illustration; not a film still or a depiction of the Addison venue.
