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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 [...]
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 [...]
Up Syndrome on Documentary Channel March 1st
Duane Graves’ TFPF-funded documentary UP SYNDROME airs on the Documentary Channel on March 1st.
Zombie Girl in LA
ZOMBIE GIRL: THE MOVIE will screen for one week at LA’s Downtown Independent Movie Theater starting tonight to March 4.
QUADRANGLE at New Directors/New Films
Amy Grappell’s phenomenal festival run with her 2009 TFPF-funded short doc QUADRANGLE continues with a stop at the prestigious New Directors/New Films at NYC’s Lincoln Center and Museum of Modern Art next month.
Texas Oral History Assn Recognizes Member Film
On November 14, 2009, Austin Film Society members Susan and Rob Burneson received an award from the Texas Oral History Association for their film “A Community Mosaic.”
The film focuses on two Central Austin neighborhoods and their 120-foot-long mosaic Wall of Welcome. Artist Jean Graham and hundreds of community members worked together for more than five [...]
IFC acquires THE OVERBROOK BROTHERS
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to John Bryant’s THE OVERBROOK BROTHERS a road movie about two brothers searching for their biological parents, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival this year.
The film’s cast includes Nathan Harlan, Mark Reeb, Laurel Whitsett and Steve Zissis. “Brothers” was produced by Chris Ohlson and Bryant. Tom Borders exec [...]
Grappell’s QUADRANGLE To Premiere at Sundance
AFS Filmmaker member Amy Grappell’s short documentary, QUADRANGLE, will be making its world premiere in the Shorts Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2010 and having European premiere at the Rotterdam Int. Film Festival.
Grappell, a director, writer, producer, actress, and casting director, has been active in the Austin film community for the last decade. Grappell [...]
Austin doc filmmaker Heather Courtney receives $50,000 United States Artists grant
Austin documentary filmmaker Heather Courtney is among the 50 new recipients of United States Artists grants. The awards were announced last night in a ceremony in Santa Monica, California….
The Chronicle on Henry’s UNIVERSITY INC.
Screening this weekend as part of Salvage Vanguard’s MicroCinema program is Kyle Henry’s UNIVERSITY INC. In addition to the film screening, Henry will have a “talk back” discussion after the film with Texas State Employees Union rep Caroline O’Connor on the current state of corporatization at UT, especially ongoing university-wide faculty and support staff cutbacks [...]
