The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...shorts range from old clips from the days of Barna Kantor's Cinemaker Co-op to a handful of some of..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...I'm sitting upstairs at Barna Kantor's Cinemaker Co-op offshoot studio talking to a pair..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Desk Set

Its inaugural class – equipped with cameras, computers, and expert instruction – wades into a sea of possibility

"...staffer Kris DeForest and then-roommate and international situationist-cum-experimental filmmaker Barna Kantor, Cinemaker's original mission was to serve, promote, and..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In Development

From Cinemaker to the Austin School of Film

"...1996: Cinemaker Co-op founded by Kris DeForest and Barna Kantor as a way to promote the small-gauge filmmaking..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

Austin Studios internship program wins grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

"...everywhere else) in question… Speaking of kids and movies, Barna Kantor's Center for Young Cinema will be screening its..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

"...gained a great amount of knowledge and inspiration from Barna Kantor, one of the Coop founders. To all of..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...Co-op, under the guidance of co-founder and nonstop mouthpiece Barna Kantor, offers interested filmmakers and the just plain curious..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Party on, Barna.

"...Get Bent With Barna Dept.: As reported here last week, the Cinemaker Co-op..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Cine Joven Sin Fronteras

Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera

"...Goetzmann Kelley and former Cinemaker Co-op head/avant-Godardian-cum-UT film instructor Barna Kantor at San Juan Diego High School. In its..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Construction Site

For being in such an offbeat space, 'Construction Site' is one heck of a show. Large, ambitious sculptures and site-specific installations make it worthwhile to seek out this temporary venue, located on the ground floor of AMLI Downtown.

"...The works featured are by Katalin Hausel, Young-Min Kang, Barna Kantor, and Lynn Richardson, four foreigners currently living in..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Review by Jacqueline May

Short Cuts

Cattle call!

"...process. For more information, call Heather Hall at 485-3144… Barna Kantor's Center for Young Cinema is having their annual..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

East Austin Studio Tour, First Weekend

"...Visitors stand beneath "40Hz," an installation by Barna Kantor inside of Big Medium Studio...."

Nov. 17, 2014 Photo Gallery

To Preserve and Project

Moving image archivists in action

"...On Friday, Nov. 18, at 9:30pm, Austin artists Barna Kantor and Scott Spark present Seeding the Clouds: Film..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...Barna Kantor – Reflections, One American Center, 600 Congress. Mirrored..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

22 to Think About

Austin Museum of Art shows new local art that engages the mind

"...moment you enter the gallery. The floor-to-ceiling triptych by Barna Kantor consists of simple, thin metal panels made of..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

22, Two

The Austin Museum of Art has lined up the next 22 local artists that we ought to keep our eyes on

"...Barna Kantor..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Installation Art Pieces of 2004

Rachel Koper lists her favorite group exhibitions of 2004

"...6) Barna Kantor's optics ("Construction Site")..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

"Superstring"

Superstring, the theory that attempts to gather all the laws of physics into one comprehensive, easy-to-digest recipe, may be not quite fully baked, but "Superstring" the show from UT's Creative Research Laboratory presenting new works by nine MFA candidates, is perfectly cooked and damned tasty.

"...here, from artists Katherine Bash, Brian Bales, Hana Hillerova, Barna Kantor, and Nina Rizzo. All of them, superbly arranged..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Short Cuts

Austin institutions: Hippies. The bats. Kelso. Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe? Rumor has it the two River City regulars have signed on for The Alamo, the not-yet-greenlit, big-budget remake tentatively set to film just outside Austin.

"...Them Willie Boy Is Here Dept.: Leave it to Barna Kantor and the Cinemaker Co-op gang to screw up..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Wake up, and smell the heaping accolades on Richard Linklater.

"...the oft-overlooked Blue Theater are available online at www.bluetheater.org/directions.html... Barna Kantor's Center for Young Cinema's second compilation tape of..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Kids do the darndest things when armed with Super-8 cameras.

"...on Sunday, Nov. 18, 5:30pm, on HBO Family), then Barna Kantor announces his Center for Young Cinema's most ambitious..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

A Selection of Short Films and Videos by Austin Filmmakers

"...Directed by: Various. The screening hosts works by Barna Kantor, Justin Hennard, Am Fejes, Leon Elwood Harris, Gonzalo..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Center for Young Cinema Screening

"...Society annd QT5. For more see auschron.com/issues/dispatch/1999-11-12/screens_feature.html or contact Barna Kantor at 469-0114. @Alamo Drafthouse Downtown; Sat (8/25), $7..."

Aug. 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

Slacker turns 10, Cinemaker Co-op is feted, the Alamo Drafthouse heads north, and Bob Sabiston has "it."

"...to Austin small-gauge filmmaking marvel the Cinemaker Co-op. Founder Barna Kantor received both the physical award -- a dangerously..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...to Payne and Landmark for caving with class... From Barna Kantor at the Cinemaker Co-op comes disturbing news for..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...and is advised to "look for the purple door"... Barna Kantor's new Center for Young Cinema is holding an..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

News from the Cinemaker Co-op, the Austin Film Society, Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Landmark Theatres, and SXSW 2000.

"...for more info... On a related note, Cinemaker mastermind Barna Kantor will be initiating the Center for Youth Cinema,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

'If the Kids Are United ...'

The filmmaking wunderkinder of Center for Young Cinema talk shop

"...like being back at the very first day of Barna Kantor's class four years ago. I think I learned..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...“40Hz: Barna Kantor,” Big Medium..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Open Edition

PrintAustin enters its second year with startling growth in scale and scope

"...with the last string of exhibitions at Big Medium (Barna Kantor's "40hz," Claire Falkenberg, Matthew Feyld, Jessica Halonen, etc.),..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

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