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.

"...the city a fertile ground from which to draw funding. That said, perhaps more than any other artistic discipline,..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Society Announces 2022 Filmmaker Grant Recipients

Projects from PJ Raval, Don Swaynos to financial support

"...having been changing careers and lives by giving essential funding to projects around Texas. Now the latest list of..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients

Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation

"...difficult times for filmmakers, the society is also helping Texas films that were hit by the cancellation of SXSW...."

Sept. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...glimpse reveals that the skyline, once dominated by the Texas state Capitol dome and the Whitman-haunted UT Tower, has..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TFPF Awards Filmmaker Grants

AFS' funding arm awards $121,000 to Texas filmmakers

"...Wondering what the future of Texas filmmaking looks like?..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFS Grant Emphasizes Diversity

Society offering $130,000 for emerging filmmakers

"...Grant Program. Now it's dedicating $10,000 for the New Texas Voices Grant, a program designed to give cash and..."

April 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Grant Open for Business

Applications due June 1, 2013

"...to the 2013 AFS Grant (formerly known as the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund)...."

April 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Dance, Girl, Dance

It was a good year for women filmmakers at a recharged Sundance Film Festival

"...in Park City by several other alumni of the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund: Ryan Piers Williams, whose feature The..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Mountains, few states have beguiled the silver screen as Texas has. As the backdrop for such epics as Giant..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...projects. The 2014 recipients of AFS Grants (formerly the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund) and Travel Grants have been announced..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting Their Due

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Debuts

"..."Texas has contributed an enormous amount to the film industry..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Getting Their Due

The 2003 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...In its third year, the Austin Film Society's Texas Film Hall of Fame has become the state's premier..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

AFS Announces Filmmaker Grant Panel

Indie filmmakers, Lincoln Center film booker doling out cash

"...manages one of the largest filmmaker grant programs in Texas. This morning, the society announced who will be picking..."

Aug. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Take It to Bank

TFPF announces grant winners

"...Scoring a Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grant is kind of like winning..."

Aug. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TFPF Panelists Announced, Screenings Set

Judges will determine 2011 grant recipients

"...The Texas indie film scene is pretty chummy – a place..."

Aug. 1, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Spencer Parsons

Spencer Parsons on Slacker 2011

"...the directors and actors involved in this uniquely complex production. First up, longtime Austin filmmaker and sometime Austin Chronicle..."

Aug. 25, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

New Director on the Block

Rebecca Campbell and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...$80,000 to 31 emerging film and video artists of Texas during the first two years of the Texas Filmmakers'..."

June 5, 1998 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Sunday Survey: 8/15/10

Obama, the cost of water, and terrorist anchor babies

"...Pilgrim Versus the World stopping by. The big difference? Texas Campaign for the Environment Executive Director Robin Schneider didn't..."

Aug. 15, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Six (Not So) Easy Pieces

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

"...to actually starting the ball rolling, putting together a production timeline and doing the background headwork before we brought..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Screens Feature

winners of the the texas filmmakers production fund

"...Winners of the 2000 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund The Austin Film Society proudly announces..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature

Austin Film Society Announces 2013 Grants

$116,000 awarded to Texas filmmakers

"...Originally launched in 1996 as the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, in total the society's program has..."

Aug. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

A Slacker reunion and a Waking Life sale top Linklater's agenda; entry deadlines announced for Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grants, Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference submissions, and new Cinemaker Co-op fest; and Jon Favreau comes to Austin.

"...news. First, from Cathy Crane over at Detour Film Production, is a call out to anyone who was involved..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

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

"...a leg up in the arena of local film production. The grant arrives with perfect timing, too, as the..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Envelope, Please

"...Just announced are the first-ever grant recipients of the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund (TFPF). Grant money equaling a total..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

The Envelope, Please

"...Just announced are the first-ever grant recipients of the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund (TFPF). Grant money equaling a total..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...dissertation as a graduate student at the University of Texas, Macor was sneaking off in the library stacks to..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

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

"...THE JURY DEPT.: Since its inception in 1996, the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has awarded $180,000 in grant money..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Real Austin Stories

Austin's Exploding Documentary Scene

"...the country, and, yes, large-budget feature films and television productions. But the area that really seems to be causing..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Austin Film Society Announces 2023 AFS Grant for Short Films Recipients

Career-changing grants go to 16 projects from Texas filmmakers

"...Since its formation in 1996 as the Texas Filmmaker Production Fund, the program has given out more..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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