The deadCenter Film Festival, founded in 2001 in Oklahoma City, is Oklahoma's largest and sole Oscar-qualifying film festival. It holds Academy Award-qualifying status for winners in its Live Action Short, Animated Short, and Documentary Short categories. Recognized by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the "20 Coolest Film Festivals in the World," deadCenter aims to inspire, promote, and celebrate creativity and community through film, also offering year-round educational programs.