Bears Rebecca Fonté Joins aGLIFF as Artistic Director

Festival rebranding as PRISM for new era

"...into the programmer’s seat,” said Fonté. “I’m sure when Scott Dinger founded this festival, he could never have imagined..."

Jan. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: AFS on Slacker at the Dobie

Linklater explains the breakout run of his classic

"...what Linklater himself - as well as Dobie owner/manager Scott Dinger and expert insight from former Chronicle critic Alison..."

July 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Richard Linklater’s indie milestone celebrates 30 years

"...That's when he struck a deal with Dobie owner/manager Scott Dinger: Linklater was already screening films under the still..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Zach Theatre's Heisenberg

In Simon Stephens' play, we observe the unlikely pairing of two people as an experiment in risk and change

"...we reach a definite conclusion (wait ... dammit, that's Schrödinger)...."

July 6, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

aGLIFF's 2017 Lineup Announced

Celebrating 30 years of queer entertainment with films for everyone

"...[that] what started out at the Dobie Theater by Scott Dinger still continues to grow and have an impact..."

Aug. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Iman Shah

Page Two: Lights, Camera, Print Media

October 1985 was the strangest month

"...of shorts at the Dobie Theater. The much beloved Scott Dinger gave them the space. The Chronicle gave them..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Outside of Society

Does Austin have enough room for two queer film festivals?

"...Audience Award for festival founder and longtime program director, Scott Dinger, who launched aGLIFF at the Dobie Theatre in..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

This Kickstarter Wraps Before You Know It

A local queer filmmaker could use a hand to get his work seen

"...It, which premiered at South by Southwest and won the Scott Dinger Audience Award* at the recent Polari festival, could..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The AggreGAYtor: October 18

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...review of the opening film here, and the new Scott Dinger Award here)..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Polari: Unabashedly Queer

Gays descend on Downtown for Polari's opening night

"...film, Austin's queer community, and the film festival founder, Scott Dinger...."

Oct. 17, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Polari’s Audience Award Becomes a Legend

aGLIFF founder Scott Dinger on 25 years of queer cinema

"...Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival. But to Scott Dinger, it was second nature...."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

Deep-Seated Divans and Homo Sectionals

'Don't just sit there!' implores Polari, giving us every reason to

"...The small four-screen movie house was owned by fest-founder Scott Dinger, who carried the aGLIFF mantle for 17 years...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Two Words

Come out! Come out, you adorable queer!

"...2pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 406-6157. Free. scott.dinger@asaustin.org, www.asaustin.org...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Polari Place

Come out! Come out! For Polari!

"...2pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 406-6157. Free. scott.dinger@asaustin.org, www.asaustin.org...."

Oct. 5, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

We are coming down from Pride and amping back up for ESHHH

"...Queer up the Austin International Poetry Festival! Hosted by Scott Wiggerman and Cindy Huyser and featuring Frederick Glaysher, Marcelle..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

What else is happening during the rest of Pride Week?

"...2pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 406-6157. Free. scott.dinger@asaustin.org, www.asaustin.org...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Austin Pride Parade

A look back at the 2009 Pride Parade as we prepare for 2012

"...2pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 406-6157. Free. scott.dinger@asaustin.org, www.asaustin.org...."

Sept. 14, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Proud Wet Decadent Burn

It's the month of big fests and we are trotting to keep up

"...Step-off, 2pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second. Free. scott.dinger@asaustin.org, www.asaustin.org...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Get bent this week: Drag, yoga, and more

"...2pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 406-6157. Free. scott.dinger@asaustin.org, www.asaustin.org...."

July 6, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

More 'Slack'

The Chronicle's 20-year love affair with Slacker

"...In a 1999 piece about Scott Dinger's legacy at the Dobie Theater in which filmmakers..."

Jan. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...and continuing his spastic jitterbug tap dance well after Scott Asheton leaves his drum kit...."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

RIP Dobie Theater

The Austin landmark is set to close on Sunday

"...on a Hard Body, the first QT fests, and Scott Dinger's stewardship in the Nineties. You can read the..."

Aug. 17, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place

Turn day into nighttime and night into daytime

"...exist doesn't make it any less real. ASA honcho Scott Dinger assures us that the chapel's demise was not..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Column by Ash Bell

A Festival in Transition

Twenty-one years on, aGLIFF reinvents itself

"...running the organization for 17 years both departed; when Scott Dinger left in 2004 and Sandra Martinez in 2005,..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Taking On Another Identity

Lisa Kaselak, a straight woman, leads the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival into its 20th year

"...that maybe they never would have seen before," says Scott Dinger, who founded aGLIFF and led the fest for..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

After a Fashion

Stephen flits about town and sends a little love to Micael Priest

"...a moment? We have just returned from seeing Zach Scott's production of Jesus Christ Superstar, repackaged as the bilingual..."

June 15, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesucristo Superestrella

Zachary Scott Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesuchristo Superestrella transcends the usual ascension into the heavens of rock & roll to become an anthem of Mexican tradition

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center Kleberg Stage, through July 15..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

AFS Celebrates Its 20th, and You Can, Too!

"...and Lesbian International Film Festival director and Dobie manager Scott Dinger, cinematographer Lee Daniel, as well as the organization's..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

TCB

Stabbing, stealing, and another weekend in the blazing Texas heat: What the @$%@# is wrong with you people?

"...the ninth on a walk-off homer by light-hitting outfielder Scott Podsednik and Game 3 – the longest game in..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Festival Express

Summer's almost gone, which – with apologies to South by Southwest and Cine Las Americas – means Austin's film-festival season is about to get going

"...competition and workshop. Even without founder and longtime linchpin Scott Dinger, the festival is thriving under new Executive Director..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

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