Will Pay Cash for Film

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund underwrites independent film and video

"...of independent filmmaking, and the people at the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund know that better than anyone...."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Giving Tree

Making movies takes money. Lots of it. From grants to bakes sales, credit card max-outs to benevolent rich uncles, local filmmakers struggle to come up with the cash.

"...film as there are ways to shoot it, but Austin's vibrant filmmaking community and passion for the arts has..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Ready-Made Community

Filmmakers' Connection helps foreigners find their people

"...You're an aspiring filmmaker from a foreign country visiting Austin for the first time. Maybe you speak the language,..."

March 30, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Six (Not So) Easy Pieces

Eight local filmmakers team up to shoot DV shorts in and about Austin.

"...Thirty-five years later and a continent over, local filmmakers and brothers Wyatt and Zack Phillips (Something New) came..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients

Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation

"...Fifteen films. Sixteen filmmakers. That's the roster of titles that will receive a..."

Sept. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Let AFS Help Fund Your Film

Annual grant cycle for independent Texas filmmakers opens

"...making movies, and they say finance. That's why the Austin Film Society Grants are so important, especially in the..."

May 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Awards Will Go Ahead

Fest's support for films continues with industry access, more

"...Pierson as she explained the next steps for those filmmakers affected by the festival's cancellation due to coronavirus fears...."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Into Thin Air

The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene

"...In New York, former Austin resident Jay Duplass settles into that special corner of..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Show & Tell

The Austin Music Network's Student Film Showcase is Austin's newest outlet for emerging auteurs

"...to one of the age-old problems still facing undergrad filmmakers: how and where to get their precious initial offerings..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...then Utah will just come to you. Last month, Austin Film Society announced it would be partnering with the..."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Small-Gauge Samurai

Super-8 enthusiast Cory Ryan brings Flicker to town.

"...tree this year, there's a growing groundswell of underground filmmakers devoted to the simple pleasures of Super-8 filmmaking...."

July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...David Tomlin jotted off a cease-and-desist letter to the filmmakers, Bonner took the video down, but not before spamming..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Girls Impact the World Film Festival Is Back

Local film festival empowers young filmmakers from around the world

"...Austin is no stranger to festivals, and with spring festival..."

April 12, 2019 Screens Post by Savannah J Salazar

Transforming the Screen

New film fest emphasizes diversity in women filmmakers

"...In mainstream media, women filmmakers are often found behind the cameras of documentaries, but..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Board Games and More

Announcements from the Austin Film Society

"...The Austin Film Society has plenty of news to share this..."

April 2, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Interactive 04

Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

"...a lot to both savvy Web designers and independent filmmakers. A film's first run isn't so much on the..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...of 1989, Richard Linklater and a merry band of Austin filmmakers shot the movie that was eventually to become..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Working Girls

What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.

"...The new series programmed by the Austin Film Society offers eight films to provoke inquiry and..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do a Little Dance

"...near-mythic stories about credit-card financing, questionable insurance settlements, and filmmakers selling their bodies as medical lab rats). Or perhaps..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bed Your Way Into Show Business

SXSW filmmakers seek housing

"...room at the local inns for all the out-of-town filmmakers who want to attend SXSW Film. So the festival..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Grant Emphasizes Diversity

Society offering $130,000 for emerging filmmakers

"...When it comes to supporting emerging filmmakers, the Austin Film Society has always put its money..."

April 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...important figures in film to have ever emerged from Austin. This year, the UT graduate and co-president/co-founder of Sony..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Talking Shop With Curran Nault

The Polari artistic director on programming to bridge divides

"...Curran Nault and I met over a table of Austin queers discussing the prospect of a new celebration (which..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

Zombie Girl: The Movie

This is a "making of" documentary about the 2005 filming of the zombie film Pathogen, made by then-12-year-old Austinite Emily Hagins.

"...take. Zombie Girl: The Movie records the experiences of Austin resident Emily Hagins who, in 2005 at the age..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Home School

Austin's latest class of cinematic talent – represented by six anticipated films at SXSW – is going places, but they aren't leaving anytime soon.

"...Filmmakers here have long supported each other and made films..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

2000 by – (Program Four)

"...seven short films by international (mostly white, male, European) filmmakers who were each given funding to make hourish-long movies..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen by – (Program Three)

"...seven short films by international (mostly white, male, European) filmmakers who were each given funding to make hourish-long movies..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Thousand Seen by - (Part One)

"...seven short films by international (mostly white, male, European) filmmakers who were each given funding to make hourish-long movies..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen by – (Part Two)

"...seven short films by international (mostly white, male, European) filmmakers who were each given funding to make hourish-long movies..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alternate Screens

Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...Martinez, the artistic and executive directors, respectively, of the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF), even though..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

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