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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.
Austin Filmmakers Take Over The Alamo This Weekend
Is it just me or is this is more than a little bit crazy?
IFP Project Forum Features TFPF Alumni
The IFP recently unveiled the 150 titles that will make up the Project Forum of Independent Film Week. There are quite a few TFPF Alumni and AFS-supported filmmakers in the mix.
TFPF Donations Rolling in from Duplass Bros, Ratliff, Bujalski, etc… and You?
As many of you already know, we are working hard raising money for the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund. We’ve still got a way to go to hit our goal of $100,000 to give away, but we have been thrilled to see some of our filmmaking pals throw some cash into the pot.
Festival Dispatch: MELVIN at the IFP Narrative Filmmaker Labs
Our series of festival dispatches from filmmakers who take advantage of
