Ever wondered if “slacker” translates in Australia? Next month, Austin sister city Adelaide will find out, when Adelaide’s Mercury Cinema hosts a mini-film festival featuring some of Austin’s finest homegrown films.
Called the Keep Austin Weird Fest: A Celebration of Our Sister City’s Creative Culture, the series runs Oct. 8-16. We heartily approve of the seven-film lineup, which includes music doc Echotone, Andrew Bujalski‘s Beeswax, the Zellner Brothers‘ Goliath, Jeff Nichols‘ Cannes-prize-winning Take Shelter (which hasn’t even opened here yet – sheesh, Australia), Ben Steinbauer‘s Winnebago Man, and two comedies from Bob Byington, Registered Sex Offender and Harmony and Me.
It all goes down at Adelaide’s Mercury Cinema. Road trip, anyone?
This article appears in September 16 • 2011.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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