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Video from SYZYGY
Thanks to Anne Heller for providing video coverage of our recent Avant Cinema program with Marfa-based filmmaker Jennifer Lane, SYZYGY.
Berliner Q&A
We just got a couple of new Flip cameras, which I’m really excited about. Here is my first attempt–recording the Q&A from last nights Doc Tour presentation of INTIMATE STRANGER with veteran documentarian Alan Berliner.
Member Films at AFF
In addition to the films that have been through our various programs artist support programs, we are also excited that Austin Film Society members have work showing in the upcoming Austin Film Festival (October 22-29).
Lemonade Stand
By Remington Dewan (Winner of AFF’s Young Filmmakers Competition)
When no one is buying the lemonade, you have to do something [...]
AFS Alumni at the Austin Film Festival
The 16th Annual Austin Film Festival begins on Thursday and runs Oct. 22-29 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 like the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF) and the Narratives-in-Progress series. Many of these [...]
AFS Presents Philosophy Doc EXAMINED LIFE with Filmmaker in Attendance
The Austin Film Society is pleased to present EXAMINED LIFE: PHILOSOPHY IS IN THE STREETS by Astra Taylor on Wednesday, February 18 at 7 PM at The Alamo Downtown (320 E. 6th Street) for the February documentary presentation. The film features some of the most prominent modern philosophers, including Avital Ronell, Cornel West, Peter Singer, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Austin Film Society Presents the Austin Premiere of Hardwicke’s TWILIGHT
The Austin Film Society is proud to present the Austin Premiere of the much-anticipated TWILIGHT at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theater with director Catherine Hardwicke in attendance. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephanie Meyer, Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate [...]
