Archive for December, 2008
AFS’s Upcoming Essential Cinema Showcases The Early Years of Brian De Palma
The Austin Film Society is pleased to announce its first Essential Cinema series of 2009, “First Blood: The Early Years of Brian De Palma.” The series focuses on director Brian De Palma, one of the “movie brat” directors of the 70s who hasn’t quite achieved the success of his peers Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, [...]
Austin Film Society’s Avant Cinema Presents A Night of Performance & Experimental Video
The Austin Film Society (AFS) is pleased to announce its next Avant Cinema program, NO DRINKS ALLOWED IN THE SCREENING ROOM, a night with digital media artists Ben Coonley and Kevin Bewersdorf as they perform their two-man show of deceptively simple and richly subversive works, executed with a wide array of digital tools. Their short [...]
Give the Gift of Film
This holiday season, treat the cinephile on your list to great films all year long with an Austin Film Society Gift Membership. We will send you or the movie lover in your life a get-started packet and we’ll invite them to a New Member Mixer in January so they can find out everything about Membership! See the [...]
AFS & The Carver Museum Partner to Present THE BLACK CANDLE as Part of a City-Wide Kwanzaa Celebration
The Austin Film Society, the George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center and Nokoa The Observer are pleased to present a special screening of THE BLACK CANDLE as part of a city-wide Kwanzaa celebration on December 26 at 5 PM at the Carver’s Boyd Vance Theater (1165 Angelina Street). THE BLACK CANDLE by M.K. Asante, [...]
Austin Film Society Presents Avant Cinema: Animated Realities
The Austin Film Society (AFS) is pleased to announce its upcoming Avant Cinema program, Animated Realities, a look at three local artists, Ceci Norman, Bob Sabiston and Angel Schatz, and their digital animation processes. Each has developed a unique method of taking original footage and altering it to express their unique perspectives. The short films [...]
AFS Documentary Tour Presents Award-Winning IN A DREAM
The Austin Film Society is proud to present IN A DREAM by Jeremiah Zagar for its December Documentary Tour selection. What begins as a profile of his father, artist Isaiah Zagar, turns into a moving family drama about love and forgiveness. The film will screen at The Alamo Downtown (320 E. 6th Street) on December [...]
P.O.V. Wins Marcom Award
Congratulations to editor Christian Raymond, Marc English Design, and all of the writers and photographers whom contribute to each issue. Austin Film Society’s journal, Persistence of Vision was awarded a 2008 Marcom Award, “an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by Marketing and communication professionals.” The Awards are administered and judged by the Association of Marketing [...]
