Austin Film Festival Drops and Gives Us 10

Lineup includes latest from Jonathan Demme, Alexander Payne

"...The Austin Film Festival’s full slate drops in mid-September, but the..."

Aug. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Food & Wine Alliance Announces Grant Winners

Culinary innovation and community projects rewarded with $20,000

"...The Austin Food & Wine Alliance's inaugural grants will help fund..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Austin @ Large: Time Stands Still

The mayoral race seems a cross between 1954 and 1999 -- anything but 2003.

"...to hear people talk about something new, about ideas Austin hasn't tried before, about putting together new kinds of..."

May 2, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...Richard Linklater and crew took to the streets of Austin and filmed the now-classic movie Slacker. Little did anyone..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants for Short Films

Rising filmmakers from around the state get essential support

"...Launched in 1996 as the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, the AFS grants have been an essential..."

Jan. 8, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dig Deeper: The Austin Underground Film Festival

The third annual Austin Underground Film Festival

"...Friday at the new Salvage Vanguard Theater in East Austin, the Austin Underground Film Festival will celebrate its third..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Confidential

Interview With Actor Russell Crowe

"...Crowe has lost his beloved leather jacket somewhere in Austin. His outbound flight back to Los Angeles is scheduled..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Local Filmmaker Battles Plagiarizer

Clay Liford's 'My Mom Smokes Weed' gets ripped off

"...The Austin-based Liford first found out about "writer/director" Frankie Hopkins through..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Austin Asian American Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

The four-day festival drops 11 feature films and even more shorts

"...the galvanizing film will also feature a Q&A with filmmaker Christine Choy...."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Reanna Zuniga

AFS Cinema Hosts Tribute to the "Quiet Engine" of Austin Film

A celebration of Mark Reeb

"...actor and producer who was a regular on the Austin film scene for over two decades. His death last..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...Austin is a film city, and don't let anyone tell..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...So, with Chad, a part of Austin has died. It's perhaps not a zeitgeist of the..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Highlights From the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Dark and stormy, with a side of stoner fun

"...Anand Modi, director of programming for the Austin Asian American Film Festival, has a problem of abundance...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Texas Filmmaker David Lowery Updates Pete's Dragon

Reimagining the Disney classic

"...wonder and surprise on Lowery's face, too. The Irving-raised filmmaker just had his first public screening of his reinvention..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The City of Angels, Air-Kissing Austin

Dispatch from the Los Angeles Film Festival

"...Festival loves us! For the last few years running, Austin films (Gretchen, Chalk, August Evening) have won big awards,..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

The Fifth Austin Jewish Film Festival

Jan. 20-26

"...the film[s] of your choice at each venue) at www.austinjff.org. General admission to screenings is $8 for adults, $6..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Screens Feature

American Filmmaker

Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.

"...Chris Smith didn't set out to become a documentary filmmaker. But he's willing to do whatever his subjects require...."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Essential Films at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Across nations and diasporas, AAAFF explores the most intriguing, experimental, and entertaining movies from Asian filmmakers

"...Austin-based filmmaker Kayla Abuda Galang brings her Sundance award-winning and..."

June 23, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Brings the Cosmos to Austin

Keynote brings unseen images from the James Webb telescope

"...Having already announced speakers including Palme D'Or-winning French filmmaker Julia Ducournau and former Planned Parenthood Federation of America..."

Jan. 10, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin-Made Evinced Brings a Message From the Future

Richeler Aladin's Austin-made sci-fi thriller Evinced tells of dark times but was made with joy

"...Ambition is the driving force behind local filmmaker Richeler Aladin's newest feature, Evinced. With a cast and..."

March 4, 2022 Screens Feature by Dina Barrish

A Kinder, Gentler Filmmaker

Jeffrey Travis' surprising success

"...Picture your average independent filmmaker: recent film school graduate or (more likely) dropout, frayed..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

New Documentary Delves Into the Life of Austin's Voodoobilly Queen Izzy Cox

A celebration of love and struggle in Izzy Cox: Fighting the Devil

"...Izzy Cox remains a unique artistic force within the Austin music scene. The self-proclaimed Voodoobilly Queen exuded a defiantly..."

April 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Fake Fast Food Restaurateur (and Filmmaker) Kevin Smith Welcomes Austin to Mooby's

Silent Bob talks fan connection, veganism, and Mooby's origins

"...burrito from existence and both Sonics in central East Austin suspiciously went dark – as if we weren’t entering..."

May 11, 2021 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

In 1990, Austin Audiences Watched Slacker... and Saw Themselves

Richard Linklater’s indie milestone celebrates 30 years

"...the only destination is wherever you end up. But Austin could have told them what was coming 11 months..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Asian American Film Festival Raises Its Profile

Asian cinema is back on the calendar and AAAFF celebrates its filmmakers

"...Asia to Asia Minor, from Vietnam to Switzerland, the Austin Asian American Film Festival celebrates the diversity of the..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In Reality, Filmmaker Ann Lupo Knows Who She Is

Movie helps turn heartbreak into self-distributed success

"...underdog success on the festival circuit, including taking the Austin Film Festival 2018 Comedy Vanguard Feature Audience Award: now..."

April 22, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Dot on That Great Golden Globe

'Before Midnight' and 'Dallas Buyers Club' get some HFPA lovin'

"...Austin's favorite bongo-player Matthew McConaughey garnered a nomination for his..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

TFPF Awards Filmmaker Grants

AFS' funding arm awards $121,000 to Texas filmmakers

"...The Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund – the Austin Film Society’s funding arm/deep-pocketed..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

2005 Austin Film Festival Schedule

Thursday, Oct. 20, through Thursday, Oct. 27

"...All times and venues subject to change; see www.austinfilmfestival.com or call 478-4795 for updates and admission information. *Denotes..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Feature

The Faces of Austin: Face-Off

City Hall gets more artsy this week with the debut of Faces of Austin, a new program that features 25 works by Central Texas filmmakers celebrating what makes Austin Austin

"...artsy this week with the debut of Faces of Austin, a new multimedia program that features work by Central..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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