Women Make Movies
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Women Make Movies is a festival showcasing 13 notable short films by women filmmakers. (See related story and film descriptions in this week’s Screens section.) Events also include a kickoff party at GSD&M (828 W. Sixth) on Fri (8/20) at 5:30pm, a panel discussion with visiting and local filmmakers at Zachary Scott Arena Theatre on Sat (8/21) at 1pm, a children’s presentation with Giga Gals at Austin Children’s Museum on Sun (8/22) at 1pm, and a closing party at Speakeasy on Sun (8/22) at 6:30pm. The screenings include: “Your Name in Cellulite,” “24 Girls,” and “Black Kites” (with filmmaker in attendance) on Fri (8/20) at 8pm at the Texas Union Theatre; three short films by Jane Campion (The Piano) and one by Anna Campion on Sat. (8/21) at 4:30pm at the Alamo Drafthouse; and four short films by the women of Cinemaker Co-op, in addition to “Two or Three Things But Nothing for Sure” and “In My Father’s House” on Sun (8/22) at 4:30pm at the Alamo Drafthouse.

This article appears in August 13 • 1999 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.