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TAKE SHELTER Hits Austin
Our friends at Stuck On On are at it again! Parke, Lyman and Allison are the post-production powerhouse behind SLACKER 2011, but before they took that crazy project on, they worked with Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund recipient Jeff Nichols on his new feature TAKE SHELTER opening Friday, October 28th in Austin. One of the reasons [...]
Steinbauer’s WINNEBAGO MAN Streaming Free
You know how much we like to toot horns for local filmmakers! If you haven’t yet seen Ben Steinbauer’s WINNEBAGO MAN, now you have no excuse. It’s streaming free for the next two weeks on Snag Films and you simply must catch it. If you’ve already seen it, you are probably ready to see it [...]
SLACKER 2011 Mt. Bonnell Shoot
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Richard Linklater’s seminal indie feature SLACKER by appearing in the remake! The Austin Film Society and The Alamo Drafthouse are producing a scene-by-scene remake of the film by a collective of top filmmakers. The final scene of the original film showed a group of energetic camera-wielding revelers running up Mt. [...]
Remake Your Favorite Scene from SLACKER!
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Richard Linklater’s seminal indie feature SLACKER, the Austin Film Society and The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas are producing a remake homage, SLACKER 2011, by top Texas filmmakers. But we want you! You are invited to contribute your own version of the final scene to potentially be included in a [...]
AFS Alumni Go To Florida
The 2nd week in April features not one but two great regional festivals in Florida – the long-running Florida Film Festival in Orlando and the newer Sarasota Film Festival. Both feature a healthy serving of Texas-style cinema, with several AFS-connected films in the mix.
AFS Alumni at 2011 Dallas International Film Festival
Before you can even catch your breath after SXSW, another major Texas film festival is on its way – the 2011 Dallas International Film Festival. I’d like to draw your attention to the hefty number of AFS-connected films at the festival.
Citizen Jane = Blacktino?
Attendees at last month’s Fantastic Fest may have come across posters for a film called CITIZEN JANE, purportedly an action remake of Orson Welles’ CITIZEN KANE, starring Michelle Rodriguez. So, is this movie real?
AFS Alumni at the Austin Film Festival
The 17th Annual Austin Film Festival begins on Thursday and runs Oct. 21-28 with panels, parties and screenings throughout Austin. We’d like highlight those films selected to screen by filmmakers that have been supported through the Austin Film Society’s filmmaker programs.
TFPF-Funded SPACE, LAND AND TIME premieres in Mill Valley
Houston filmmakers Laura Harrison & Beth Federici have the distinction of making the most-TFPF-funded film in the grant program’s history. Their documentary SPACE, LAND AND TIME: UNDERGROUND ADVENTURES WITH ANT FARM received two $15,000 TFPF grants, in 2006 & 2007, for their documentary about the legendary Houston & San Franciso-based architecture collective Ant Farm, best [...]
AFS Alumni All Over the Austin Film Festival
The 2010 Austin Film Festival has just announced its line-up and quite a few local filmmakers get a chance to strut their stuff. This year is no different and I was able to pick out these familiar names from the line-up.
