Author Archive for Agnes Varnum
Agnes Varnum is the communications manager of the Austin Film Society, as well as a freelance writer and film programmer. She is the primary contributor to doc it out.
WINNEBAGO MAN Goes to Kino
Kino International is proud to announce the acquisition and national theatrical release of the award-winning documentary feature WINNEBAGO MAN (2009), directed by Austin-based filmmaker Ben Steinbauer. The film will premiere in New York this July and expand to major markets during the summer and fall of 2010, with a DVD release planned for the holidays.
WINNEBAGO [...]
The Good Pitch at SILVERDOCS
Deadline: April 6, 2010
AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival today announced the return of The Good Pitch @ Silverdocs. The Good Pitch is a one-day forum set to take place during the Festival (June 22-27, 2010), bringing together specially selected foundations, NGOs, social entrepreneurs and broadcasters to maximize the impact of social-issue documentary. Eight filmmaking teams [...]
AFS and AT&T Present 2010 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards
The Austin Film Society (AFS) and AT&T will present the 2010 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards on March 11 at Austin Studios. Honorees are Lukas Haas, Bruce McGill, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Nesmith and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, the Christopher Guest movie filmed in the Austin and Lockhart areas. Presenters include Lyle Lovett, Tim Matheson, Richard [...]
4th Annual Austin Film Race
The 4th annual Film Racing Tour will be coming to Austin on April 23rd and is inviting filmmakers of all levels of experience to test their skills by creating an original short film in just 24 hours. The 2010 tour, kicking off in Boston and Minneapolis at the end of March, will be visiting 20 [...]
Femme Film Texas
Femme Film Texas is proud to announce their 2010 Film Camp for Girls at the University of Texas! This is a unique opportunity to educate girls about the digital technology of filmmaking while building friendships and leadership skills. ” We are eager to help more young women participate in our local film industry, and [...]
Global Zone Music Festival, Live from Austin Studios!
Videoranch 3D is bringing in some of the Austin area’s finest, as well as bands from both coasts, Europe, and Brazil to perform live in the Videoranch 3D environment and produced at Austin Studios. Acts include Del Castillo, Carolyn Wonderland, Kashmir, Asleep at the Wheel, Lal Meri, Vander Lee and many more. For those who [...]
Summer 2010 Film Trek Tours
This summer, tour the country, learn film production, and make your own fully-produced short-film within a unique mobile filmmaking environment, The Film Trek. Five filmmakers will be selected and each will be assigned a town of city, at random, in the United States in which to write, shoot, and edit a film of their making [...]
Celebrate Kurosawa’s B-day, March 23
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Akira Kurosawa on March 23rd, the Criterion Collection has created the gorgeous collector’s set AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa. And for a limited time, you can save money on your purchase while supporting the Austin Film Society.
This deluxe, linen-bound set includes timeless masterpieces from one [...]
VideoFest
April 5, 2010 Earlybird Deadline (Cheep)
June 1, 2010 Regular Deadline (Regular Price)
June 28, 2010 Late Deadline (Say What!)
VIDEOFEST 23 Sept. 23-26 - VideoFest is now open for Submissions. As well as accepting Music Videos, Documentary, Narrative, Experimental, shorts and features; this year we have added three new categories.
We’d like to announce the return of the [...]
Macor Book Signing for “Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids”
Did you read the article in the Statesman about Alison Macor’s upcoming book, Chainsaws, Slackers and Spy Kids? If not, do that first, then join us for her book signing this coming Sunday, March 7 at 3 PM at Book People (603 N Lamar).
During the 1990s, Austin achieved “overnight” success and celebrity as a vital [...]
