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City of Austin Declares February 2010 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund Month
Be it known that
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The Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, a project of the Austin Film Society, was founded by Richard Linklater in 1996 to support film projects by Texas filmmakers; and,
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The Fund has awarded $1,000,000 in grants for films that have premiered at such top film festivals as Cannes, Sundance, Toronto and Berlin, that have been [...]
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 [...]
News 8 Profile TFPF Recipients
Thank you to Victor Diaz at News 8 for covering our recent Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund grants! Speaking to David Modigliani, whose project 61 BULLETS recieved one of two $10,000 awards, he told News 8, “Getting $10,000 for a film that we can apply [to] production, for travel for crew costs. In documentary, it goes [...]
Rohal’s THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE Q&A
Thanks again to Anne Heller for taping the Q&A session at our recent screening of THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE with director Todd Rohal.
Austin Film Society Awards $112,000 to Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund & Travel Grant Recipients
(Austin, TX) - The Austin Film Society is very proud to announce the recipients of its 2009 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF), which this year gave away $102,000 to 25 projects from emerging Texas filmmakers. In addition to cash grants of $90,000, AFS gave away $6,000 worth of Kodak film stock, $5,000 in in-kind services [...]
Yong Kim’s TREELESS MOUNTAIN Q&A
Thanks to Anne Heller who taped the Q&A from Wednesday night’s screening of TREELESS MOUNTAIN with director So Yong Kim, who is in Austin serving as a panelist for this year’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund. Awards will be announced Monday, August 17th. Check it out:
Wild Man of the Navidad Coming to DVD
It’s been available thru Video-on-Demand from IFC for a while, but on August 11th, THE WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD, directed by Justin Meeks and former TFPF recipient Duane Graves, comes to DVD. You can pre-order it now from places like Bestbuy.com.
The 70’s-infused backwoods shocker premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year and also [...]
Zombie Girl to Screen at Comic Con
ZOMBIE GIRL, the Slamdance-winning documentary will screen at what is probably the world’s largest annual geek-gathering, the San Diego Comic-Con.
TFPF Recipient Scott Harris Picks Up $5,000 in 60 Seconds
DFW-Area filmmaker Scott Harris recently won a $5,000 cash prize for a cut-down 60-second version of his film THE PHYSICS TEACHER, a TFPF recipient in 2006 and a Docs-in-Progress alumnus.
Sam Green, So Yong Kim, Mike Plante To Select Recipients For 2009 TFPF
(Austin, TX) - The Austin Film Society (AFS) is proud to announce the members of this year’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF) review panel: Oscar nominee Sam Green (THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND); Independent Spirit Award nominee So Yong Kim (IN BETWEEN DAYS, TREELESS MOUNTAIN); and Mike Plante, Director of Programming of the CineVegas Film Festival.
With the [...]
