Dancer Shanon Adams’s fluid movements are captured in Dressed, a short stop-motion film by director and choreographer Ashley Horn made up of thousands of still images. Telling the story of a frock found in a thrift shop, the film is just one of more than a dozen films set to screen during the Second Annual Third Coast Dance Film Festival.

While the festival’s lineup includes films from well-known filmmakers such as Marta Renzi, who’s contributing Nobody’s Darling, it’s the four by Houston artists that are getting lots of buzz. In addition to Horn’s Dressed, there’s Lydia Hance’s There’s a Height Limit, a voyeuristic look at two people as seen from a skylight. Emily Lockard’s Dead and Cast Away Film features a trio of dancers who have their personas chipped away until their true personalities are revealed. And Daniel Salazar and Jonathan Jindra’s Tatsuya Nakatani featuring Sandy Ewen and Ms. YET documents an improvised collaboration by musicians Nakatani and Ewen with dancer Y.E. Torres. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Rice University, 6100 Main. For information, call 713-348-5773 or visit www.rice.edu. Free.

Sept. 16-17, 7 p.m., 2011

This article appears in Sep 15-21, 2011.