All Entries Tagged With: "Texas"
Marfa Film Festival
Deadline: March 15, Late Deadline March 20
Get your shorts and features to the third annual Marfa Film Festival by the March 20 deadline. The fest runs May 5 — 10. Submission form and details here.
Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition Details
Deadlines start May 15th
SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Screenplay Categories:
DRAMA (Historical, Western, Drama, Family, Romance, Horror, Thriller, etc.)
COMEDY (Dark, Satirical, Slapstick, yadda, yadda, yadda)
There are also TWO additional categories to enter. To be considered for either the Latitude Productions Award or the Sci-Fi Award you must have your screenplay entered in either the Drama or Comedy category.
LATITUDE PRODUCTIONS AWARD (must [...]
State Bar of Texas Announces 2010 YouTube Video Contest
Deadline: April 1, 2010
The State Bar of Texas is asking Texans to create a 30-second video that answers one of two questions:
Why are lawyers important to our society?
How is the court system important to our society?
The contest offers three chances to win $500. The entry deadline is April 1, 2010.
“What if our state – and [...]
Fantastic Fest 2010
Fantastic Fest has officially opened the submission season for the 2010 Festival. The largest genre film festival in the U.S., Fantastic Fest showcases horror, fantasy, sci-fi, animation, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. For additional information, or to submit your short or feature-length production for consideration, you may [...]
Hill Country Film Festival
Deadlin January 5 ($20), February 5 ($25), March 5 ($40)
The Hill Country Film Festival’s mission is to celebrate independent film and filmmakers in the Texas Hill Country, while showcasing it’s host city of Fredericksburg. The festival welcomes films in the form of features (between 90-120 minutes) and shorts (under 20 minutes), along with documentaries in [...]
Hudgins on “Waco” Controversy
It was one of those stories that hit like wildfire with inflamatory headlines. Bob Hudgins, the Texas Film Commissioner, sits down with Katy Vine of Texas Monthly to discuss film incentives, who can get them and who can’t.
A few years ago, the Texas Legislature passed a law stating that no films showing Texas or Texans [...]
SNO CONE INC. Now on DVD
Sno Cone Inc. stars Tony Sirico and Morgan Fairchild (Texas Film Hall of Fame 2008) and the film was shot entirely in Austin, Texas. It features much of the local landmarks, people, and attitude that make this city amazing! The film was released on DVD on July 4th and you can buy your copy now. [...]
‘The Alamo’ movie set closes
Thanks to San Antonio Express News’ William Luther for letting us know the sad news that The Alamo set, which had been open to public visitors, is closing its doors for a while. From his report,
Dramatic images of John Wayne holding off Mexican soldiers in the 1960 movie “The Alamo” may still be vivid memories [...]
2008 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund Recipients Announced
The Austin Film Society proudly announces the recipients of the 2008 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund. Of the 208 applications received, 22 film and video projects were granted $103,500 ($95,500 in cash, $5,000 in Alpha Cine Labs services and $3,000 in Kodak film stock).
TFPF 2008 PANELISTS:
Sean Baker, director, PRINCE OF BROADWAY, TAKE OUT
Cheryl Dunye, director, THE [...]
