El Paso, TX
July 17 - July 27, 2025 • El Paso, TX 
Sunday, November 24
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Sponsored by
El Paso Community Foundation, El Paso Live, El Paso WinterFest
Sunday, November 24
Tuesday Knight to appear with movie, Q&A
The Plaza Classic Film Festival, which returns for its 18th year July 17-27, 2025, was started by the El Paso Community Foundation in 2008 as a special project to bring movies back to the historic Plaza Theatre. The Community Foundation purchased 35mm and state-of-the-art 2K digital projection equipment (upgraded to 4K in 2018) for the atmospheric theater, which opened in 1930, closed in the early ’80s, and was restored for $42 million in 2006 in a joint partnership between the City of El Paso and the Community Foundation.