Austin Film Society Premieres Z for Zachariah

AFS brings Sundance hit to Texas

"...backdrop is perhaps its least important aspect, as the film acts more like a case study on human behavior...."

Aug. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Austin Film Festival: 'Tobruk'

Winner of the Narrative Feature Jury Award, the Czechoslovakian film Tobruk is a moving war drama that draws inspiration from Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.

"...War II battle of Tobruk has been told on film several times, it has never been told from quite..."

Oct. 25, 2009 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Putting the Austin in Austin Film Festival

What ATX and Lone Star titles are screening at next week's fest?

"...Austin Film Festival is just around the corner. But in..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: What Remains

Anne Heche's final film shows the complexity of forgiveness

"...Faith-based films are a fraught genre. Usually concerned with proselytizing over..."

Nov. 3, 2022 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Austin Film Festival Announces Awards Recipients

Jonathan Demme, Vince Gilligan, and Barry Josephson honored

"...The Austin Film Festival announced this morning the three big names..."

April 24, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

New Director for Austin Film

Brian Gannon will replace Gary Bond at the Austin Film Commission

"...There's been a major casting change at the Austin Film Commission. After 30 years, Gary Bond has stepped..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

El Rey Move Lights Up Austin Film Scene

Robert Rodriguez's network to use Austin as corporate HQ

"...In a big boost for local film and TV professionals, Robert Rodriguez has announced that his El Rey Network..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, and More Austin Film News

"...Headed to Utah? Look out for some Austin filmmakers and ATX-linked films at Sundance and Slamdance, the..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Find the Elephant in a Virtual Table Read for a New Austin Film

Chinwe Okorie uses childhood embarrassment for her latest short

"...for the first time ever. Now's your chance, as Austin filmmaker Chinwe Okorie will be hosting a virtual table..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Primer on the Texas Guidelines for Film Production in a Pandemic

The ABCs of lockdown filmmaking

"...June 3, it issued a four-page checklist for media production. Find the list at https://www.dshs.state.tx.us. Local..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Week With Austin Film Society

AFS hosts its first crowdfunding lab

"...Last week was an executioner documentary; the Thanksgiving special..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him

A shared rain's a-gonna fall in The Same Storm

"...festival," says Peter Hedges, the writer and director of Austin Film Festival 2021 opening night selection The Same Storm...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners

The AFCA laud acclaimed drama and local filmmaker Keith Maitland

"...it not surprising that when the members of the Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) weighed in with their thoughts..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival: Filmmakers of the World, Unite!

Why film commissions are really your friend

"...What's the difference between a director and filmmaker? A filmmaker carries their own equipment...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

A celebration of Mark Reeb

"...A film scene is not built on big names but on..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Brian Gannon Kickstarts the Austin Film and TV Scene While It's Down

"...Would there be an Austin film and TV industry right now if it weren't..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film News: From A(nimation) to Z(ombies)

Production updates from around town and just beyond city limits

"...Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (aka the state's film, TV, and gaming incentives) but raised the fund for..."

June 21, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...South By Austin..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

In the Blue Corner: Austin Film Festival

The festival dedicated to every part of storytelling on screen is back for its 20th anniversary

"...to celebrate in any given year of the annual Austin Film Festival, but seeing as this year marks the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Austin Film Critics Association Calls Killers of the Flower Moon Top Film of 2023

But Oppenheimer dominates in multiple categories

"...The Austin Film Critics Association has announced its awards for best..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Texas Tales at Austin Film Festival

Stories inspired by and made in the Lone Star State

"...and her colleague, director Andrew Shea (Portrait of Wally), filmed it in Austin.World Premiere. Thu., Oct. 26, 7:30pm, State..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Presses Play on the Career of TV Superproducer Aaron Spelling

The History of Television series spotlights the man who built The House That Would Not Die

"...reminding television viewers of a less convenient, Netflix-free past. Austin Film Society's bimonthly screening series History of Television is..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Sage Dunlap

Austin Film Festival Review: Yellow Rose

Austin-made drama sings an immigrant song

"...Fifteen years in the making, UT alumna Diane Paragas’ Austin-set Yellow Rose is a refreshing and strikingly original coming-of-age..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Film Festival Review: Brave New Jersey

Orson Welles' alien-invasion broadcast turns a town upside down

"...(Heather Burns). Peg Prickett (Anna Camp, of Pitch Perfect films) is the local schoolteacher who turns into a dynamo..."

Oct. 17, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 22nd Annual Austin Film Festival

Doc follows a metalhead with Peter Pan Syndrome

"...that I cannot show his real face in the film, to preserve the mystery of the monster band. For..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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Austin Film Festival Review: "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It’s Over"

CW comedy cast and crew bid West Covina adieu in short doc

"...follows Bloom and McKenna in the whirlwind that is filming an epic series finale across the seven-day limit. A..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Coming Through the Rye

A Salinger-obsessed teen searches for his idol

"...(Chris Cooper) and obtain his permission to stage the production. You can guess the slightly misanthropic and zealously protective..."

Nov. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Steve Davis

Austin Film Festival Announces Juried Competition Awards

UT alums came up big at Saturday's awards ceremony

"...thing's for sure: The University of Texas Department of Radio-Television-Film will have no shortage of alumni news with which..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival: Setting as a Character

Location, location, location

"...Three filmmakers gathered at the Austin Film Festival Friday to discuss..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

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