Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...announced the 32 features selected for U.S. Narrative and Documentary Competition – with a couple of Texas names in..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFF2012: Competition Films & Scripts Awards

'Sparrows Dance,' 'Informant' recognized

"...Just announced: Sparrows Dance and Informant take top competition prizes at Austin Film Festival...."

Oct. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Gillian Jacobs' More Than Robots Finds Cooperation in Competition

New Disney+ doc says the S in STEM stands for sport

"...Ask Gillian Jacobs what's so exciting about her new documentary, and she has a one-word answer. "Robots."..."

March 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF: 'Stiff' Competition

British zombie pic takes prize at Austin Film Festival

"...The Austin Film Festival announced its jury competition winners at yesterday's luncheon. See winners after the jump...."

Oct. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Milli Vanilli Documentary to Get Award Screening at AFS

Austin Film Critics Association honors local film

"...Milli Vanilli, the documentary by Austinite Luke Korem, is getting a rare public..."

Jan. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Novelty Firm Backs Dildo Protest Documentary

Cocks Not Glocks gets some firm support

"...CalExotics has announced it will financially support the new documentary Cocks Not Glocks...."

June 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers Take Nudist Documentary Naked Gardens to Tribeca

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan explore the vulnerability of a nudist resort in Naked Gardens

"...naturel, Naked Gardens, receives its world premiere in the documentary competition at this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New..."

June 10, 2022 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...face and a song in her heart. NARRATIVE FILM COMPETITION A BRIEF STORY FROM THE GREEN PLANET D: Santiago..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

International Competition

"...Documentary..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Austin Film Festival Competition winners

Competition winners

"...Award Winner"Ujbaz Izbeneki Has Lost His Soul" (W-D: Neil Jay)Documentary Feature WinnerAbduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (D: Chris Sheridan..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature

Competition Judges

"...DOCUMENTARY FEATURES..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

2012 Austin Film Festival Film Competition Jury Prizes

'Sparrows Dance,' 'Informant' awarded Writer / director and UT alum Todd Berger attends with costars America Ferrera and Julia Stiles

"...Documentary Feature: Informant (director Jamie Meltzer)..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature

Competition Judges

"...Documentary Feature..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: That Takes the Cake! Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition: Caked Crusaders

North Austin Event Center, Saturday, February 26, 2011

"...for the Capital Confectioners' Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition. From 10:30am to 6pm, cake-makers and sugar artists from..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Film Festival Announces Juried Competition Awards

UT alums came up big at Saturday's awards ceremony

"...Best Documentary Feature: Louder Than a Bomb (Directors: Greg Jacobs, Jon..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Audience Award Winners

Patton Oswalt's I Move My Dad takes top honors again

"...Southwest Film Festival 2022 Audience Award for Narrative Feature Competition title, after already taking the grand jury prize...."

March 24, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...released its first programming wave this afternoon, announcing its competition slate and NEXT picks, dedicated to cutting-edge independent films...."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Filmmakers Announced for Sundance

Several local filmmakers chosen to compete at Sundance 2017

"...The annual announcement of the next crop of competition films slated for the Sundance Film Festival held in..."

Dec. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Peace Officer Puts a Face on Police Militarization

Film details a former sheriff's search for answers

"...is such a timely film, it’s almost absurd. The documentary, which won the grand jury prize this week at..."

March 20, 2015 Screens Post by Amy Kamp

SXSW Film Review: Lily Topples the World

Prize-winning doc may be the perfect SXSW film

"...unconventional technological know-how, and against-the-odds business success. That's why Documentary Feature Grand Jury prize-winner Lily Topples the World, about..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Deep Time

Doc looks at the toll an oil boom took on one North Dakota town

"...In this followup to his 2009 documentary, Crude Independence, director Noah Hutton revisits Stanley, North Dakota,..."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Film Review: Peace Officer

Doc about police militarization is based in personal tragedy

"...The documentary Peace Officer has an agenda. It meticulously demonstrates the..."

March 19, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

SXSW Film Review: 'Born to Fly'

Dancers soar, slam, and crash to stunning effect in bio-doc

"...your definition of "action hero" after seeing this adrenaline-pumping documentary about extreme dance choreographer Elizabeth Streb...."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Big news this year: The feature narrative and documentary competition programs, traditionally featuring eight films apiece, have been..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Award Winners

Shithouse takes top narrative honors

"...Innovative new college comedy-drama Shithouse and sensitive grief counselling documentary An Elephant in the Room have taken the top..."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Murderball

This doc about quadriplegic rugby entertains, informs, and inspires.

"..."murderball" before adopting the legitimacy of international recognition and competition at the Paralympics in Athens. Strapped securely into tricked-out..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

This documentary about Americans' love of bowling traces our fascination through the sport's glory decades and eventual decline to its recent revival.

"...Browne. The first 15 to 20 minutes of this documentary are solid gold. Browne encapsulates the history of bowling..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Generation Iron

This doc about bodybuilders vying for the Mr. Olympia title is narrated by Mickey Rourke.

"...This surprisingly engrossing documentary follows bodybuilders as they train and compete to qualify..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...and a young unknown named Lou Pucci, are in competition against films starring complete unknowns, one has to wonder..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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