The third annual Thin Line Film Festival, organized by radio, television and film graduate Joshua Butler (’06) with help from other UNT alumni and students, brought filmmakers from around the world to Denton in February. The only documentary film festival in Texas, the event is a project of the Texas Filmmakers, formed from a UNT student group in 2004. The festival offers UNT students internships and volunteer positions and gives them access to professionals working in the film industry.

This year’s festival included six world premieres, two U.S. premieres and 20 Texas premieres among its screenings, with three feature films and five shorts nominated for Oscars. A panel with Hollywood insider Bobette Buster and opening and awards receptions were held at UNT on the Square, the home of UNT’s new Institute for the Advancement of the Arts.