Austin Critics Announce the Five Best Austin Films of 2022

Linklater and mountain lions, the pandemic, the legacy of slavery, and the fight for abortion rights all part of this year’s AFCA Austin Film Award short list

"...of filmmaking, and 2022 proved no exception as the short list for the Austin Film Critics Association's Austin Film..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2022 Awards Short Lists

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads nominee pack

"...as the Austin Film Critics Association has announced its short lists for its 2023 awards - including the five..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Pick Top Five Austin Films

Oscar winners and indie faves, but which will be the top ATX film of 2019?

"...Austin Film, and the association has just announced its short list of the five finalists in this year's poll...."

Dec. 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Long Stories Short

The Cinematexas INternational Short Film Festival

"...could no longer secure funding for the brilliant animated films that married music and drawing in fantastic, ever-shifting geometric..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Long Stories Short

The Cinematexas INternational Short Film Festival

"...12-hour shifts at industrial dairy farms. Watching the two films together multiplies their effect. The kind husbandry of "Leche"..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Short Cuts

Online resources for Austin's indie film community.

"...on Saturday, May 31, 2-5pm. The exposition features 10 short films by area filmmakers with casts and crews in..."

May 30, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

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

"...106. The program will feature various Texas-made and/or related short films and videos culled from the ranks of the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...The CinemaTexas Festival dedicated to the art of short films begins in a couple of weeks on the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...are getting underway this week. An impressive six-part series, Short Films from Latin America, begins Thursday, May 8 at..."

May 2, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Spiking the Internet

"...local film group in*situ is assembling a compilation of short films about "love" for a public screening on Valentine's..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Screens Column

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...Dystopian films wax and wane in popularity, but they’ve been with..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Best of Atom Films

"...Directed by: Various. The Best of Atom Films is a presentation of award-winning films from around the..."

Feb. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...this version: Wait for international sales agent Third Window Films to find a new home. 2) I'll Take Your..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

"...for the Lone Star Screenplay Competition sponsored by Crescent Films and PB Productions, open to original feature-length scripts of..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Screens Column

Alpha Female Films Tackles Queer Life in a Podunk Town

“Butch Queen”? Yes, please!

"...that the event will be featured in the new short film “Butch Queen,” the latest project from Allie Lane..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Short Cuts

"...from all over. This year, a total of 311 films from 53 countries are scheduled to screen: 244 features..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

End-Of-the-semester Student Films

"...Directed by: Various. End-of-the-Semester Student Films presents the final projects from this semester's Production One..."

May 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short and Sweet: The Rainbow Bridge

Dimitri Simakis on his new short and the state of the industry

"...by Southwest Film & TV Festival, there were two shorts that dealt with vets at the end of a..."

March 20, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...It sounds like a silly concept, but those earlier films have been a warm-up for Vigalondo's most assured and..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...however, so I realized there were scores of extraordinary films – screwball comedies, dramas, and noir (as well as..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Short Cuts

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

"...as we go to press, Horton has posted a short memorial on http://www.ScriptDoctor911.com with details and a brief eulogy..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...Eye. It will use excerpts from classic and contemporary films from Gone With the Wind to GoodFellas to introduce..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

To auteur or not to auteur, a fabulous gay movie awards ceremony, kraut-rock!, and now boarding for Lonesome Dove.

"...event, which called for entrants to make their own short film with queer content. Ten finalist films have since..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...on Sunday to return a cartridge of film. The films have no bounds -- they can be about anything,..."

April 9, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Austin Premiere of Short Film Works by William Wegman

Sept. 6 event at the Design Center benefits EmanciPet

"...in 1975 by the artist William Wegman. And the short, along with dozens of others, is screening as a..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Short Cuts

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

"...film submissions in the categories of independently produced feature, short, and student short. Registration will run you a paltry..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

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

"..."I started out making films the normal way, with a camera," says indie/underground Ithaca..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...by Scott Frank, the same screenwriter who adapted Get Shorty for the screen) and stars George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez,..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Demons on the Set of Cursed Films

New series on Shudder asks why we want to believe in evil

"...filmmaker Jay Cheel wrote and directed "Twisted," a 15-minute short film that first explored (and then gently debunked) the..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Short Cuts

The Austin Film Society asks for your assistance, and SXSW does the summer thing; plus, Mike Judge's garage sale

"...very nice and pleasant-to-work-for Rebecca Campbell. Duties including calling "Short Cuts" at the last minute to give us the..."

July 16, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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