AUSTINACTORS.NET

www.austinactors.net
E-mail: actors@austinactors.net

AustinActors.net is a no-dues, no-fee cooperative organization of local film and theatre actors, filmmakers, acting coaches, casting directors and agents. Real-time audition notices for independent film, UT student films and shorts are updated in real-time through public submission by filmmakers and local producers. The AustinActors.net group meets monthly for an open happy hour with guest speaker.


AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
1604 Nueces St., Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 478-4795
Toll Free: 1-800-310-FEST
Fax: (512) 478-6205
www.austinfilmfestival.com

The Austin Film Festival is dedicated to furthering the art, craft and business of writers and filmmakers and recognizing their contributions to film, television and new media. The AFF holds a Screenplay and Teleplay Competition, as well as a Narrative and Documentary Film Competition. Each October, the AFF hosts a four-day screenwriter's conference as well as an eight-day film festival.

AUSTIN ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (CinemaAsia)
www.cinemaasiaaustin.org
E-mail: info@cinemaasiaaustin.org

As the need for cross-cultural understanding and global awareness increases, CinemaAsia aims to cultivate a better understanding and appreciation of Asian cinema as art and culture. Each year CinemaAsia organizes the Austin Asian Film Festival, a cutting edge festival that reflects the talents of established and emerging filmmakers while exploring the social/cultural issues of the diverse regions of Asia. Through its humanistic, independent and thought-provoking films, the festival celebrate the strength, humanity and spirit of Asians and Asian Americans.

AUSTIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
7300 Hart Lane, Austin, TX, 78731
Phone: (512) 735-8426
www.austinjff.org
E-mail: howard@austinjff.org

The Austin Jewish Film Festival uses the power of film and video to entertain and educate and challenge conventional perspectives on complex and dynamic issues facing the Jewish people and the world community. The Austin Jewish Film Festival provides a forum for the Austin community to dialogue with filmmakers, actors, creators and expert panelists, providing a cinematic examination of Jewish life and culture as well as universal themes including human rights, global peace, religious freedom, and tolerance. It also serves to be an open and inviting opportunity for student and independent filmmakers to present their work.

AUSTIN POLISH FILM FESTIVAL
www.austinpff.org

The Austin Polish Film Festival is a volunteer-driven event that is part of a larger goal: to cement a long-term business and cultural relationship in film and other areas between the cities of Austin and Lodz (the National Film School of Poland), Poland (Poland's second largest city, where the National Film School is located) - Austin and Lodz are currently working on a sister city relationship. The theme of the 2006 film festival was "50 Years of Polish Film from the Lodz School," screening a selection of films from well-known graduates of the Lodge School as well as works by recent graduates and students at the UT School of Communications.

AUSTIN FILMWORKS
701 Tillery St. Studio A-7
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4480, Austin, TX 78765
Phone: (512) 467-9088
www.austinfilmworks.com
E-mail: stevemims@earthlink.net

Since fall of 1993, Austin FilmWorks has offered college level filmmaking courses with the aim of providing solid information and experience that students may use to create their own film and video projects. The students here are diverse in background, practical experience, and age. They come largely from the city's universities, corporations, and arts communities.

Austin FilmWorks has earned a reputation for challenging students to innovate in the independent tradition. That independence is based on a bedrock knowledge of film stocks, lenses, cameras and formats. Austin FilmWorks believe that technical and aesthetic grounding leads to individual control of the creative process and also that filmmaking is both the hardest and most fulfilling of work and the process should always be fun.

AUSTIN FILM GUERILLA
www.austinfilmguerilla.com
E-mail: info@austinfilmguerilla.com

The Austin Film Guerilla is committed to bringing news and events concerning the Austin film scene, information you need to shoot your own film, and cast/crew postings straight to you, the guerilla filmmaker! AFG helps you help yourself.

AUSTIN SCHOOL OF FILM
906 E. 5th Street, Suite 106 Austin, TX 78702
Phone: (512) 236-8877 Fax: (512) 377-9395
www.austinfilmschool.org

The Austin School of Film & Media Arts Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing adults and youth with the educational and practical resources needed to make production happen. The Austin School of Film is not just a facility, but a facilitator of filmmaking and media arts in central Texas.

The Austin School of Film (formerly Motion Media Arts Center) was formed in May 2003 by combining two organizations in Austin dedicated to bringing access to, and training in, small-gauge filmmaking—Austin Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema (CYC). The combined histories of these two award-winning organizations have formed an indelible foundation for a media center dedicated to educating the public about media arts production.

AUSTIN SCREENWRITERS GROUP (ASG)
www.austinscreenwriters.org
Contact: Nancy Smith, nancy1001@sbcglobal.net

The Austin Screenwriters Group is a resource to serve local screenwriters, providing guidance and support in all areas of the field. They offer networking and marketing opportunities, critical feedback on works-in-progress, and a sense of community for the members. The Austin Screenwriters Group is open to screenwriters of all levels of experience. Script readings are specifically designed to help the members hone their screenwriting talent.


aGLIFF
1216 E. 51st Austin, TX 78723
Phone: (512) 302-9889
Fax: (512) 302-1088
www.agliff.org

The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) is the oldest and largest festival of its kind in the Southwest. Now in its 17th year, the festival has developed into a major multi-cultural community event. Mission statement: to create positive and visible images relevant to gay and lesbian lives, educate the community about gay and lesbian issues and support the production and promotion of the best in gay and lesbian films and videos.

ME TELEVISION
2140 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78704
Phone: (512) 804-2400
www.metelevision.com
E-mail: info@metelevision.com

ME, “Music and Entertainment” Television, is a 24- hour regional network dedicated to showcasing and providing television exposure for regional artists as well as the hundreds of touring groups that make up the vibrant live music scene in and around Austin. Supporting established artists and promoting and discovering new talent is a priority. ME is the entertainment resource, with venue schedules, artist information, interviews and local live music shows every night at 7pm on ME Live! ME represents different musical genres and areas of the arts community with numerous original programs highlighting everything from filmmakers to art galleries, and musicians to the ballet. In addition, ME ‘s mostly music line-up, spotlights live performance footage, concept music videos as well as biographies, reviews, restaurant tours, and much more.

ME Television launched October 1, 2005 and is currently broadcast to Austin and the 40 surrounding cities. ME Television is a national prototype for a series of regional music and entertainment networks around the country. Expansion to other markets will be initiated in late 2006.

PUBLIC ACCESS COMMUNITY TELEVISION (PACT)
1143 Northwestern, Austin, TX 78702
Phone: (512) 478-8600
Fax: (512) 478-9438
www.pactaustin.org

PACT is the manager for the Public Access cable channels in Austin. They program three channels (10, 11, & 16) on Time Warner Cable and Grande Cable and promote community dialog and freedom of artistic expression. PACT has digital cameras and other equipment available to produce your project at very low cost, and channel space to show your work to viewers on cable.

SCREEN DOOR FILM (SDF)
15308 Interlachen Dr, Austin, TX 78717
Phone: (512) 762-2792
www.screendoorfilm.com
E-mail: info@screendoorfilm.com

Screen Door Film is Austin’s premiere micro-cinema, providing a theatrical release for award winning short and feature-length films. Film fans get to see great movies, in awesome venues, at an astonishing price. Its mission is to provide a theatrical release for short-form and selected long-form DV, film and video projects that otherwise might never be widely seen by the public. Through these screenings, Screen Door Film highlights the talents of local and national filmmakers in a low-pressure, interactive environment.


CINE LAS AMERICAS
P.O. Box 1626 Austin, TX 78767
Phone/Fax: (512) 535-0765
www.cinelasamericas.org
E-mail: cine@cinelasamericas.org

Cine Las Americas Media Arts Center presents the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, showcasing contemporary films from North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. Categories include Narrative Feature, Documentary, Short Film, Animation, and Youth Films. The festival is held traditionally at the end of April of every year.

FANTASTIC FEST
All screenings at the Alamo Drafthous Cinema, South Lamar:
1120 South Lamar, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78704
Phone: (512) 476-1320
www.fantasticfest.com
E-mail: info@fantasticfest.com

The Fantastic Fest is an eight-day festival of the best new Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy and genre films, as well as choice classic and obscure cult titles from all over the world. Fantastic Fest was created to offer exposure to genre films, which are often overlooked by the traditional festival circuit. It strives to offer acquisition, media and exhibition opportunities for undistributed films as well as to spotlight upcoming genre theatrical releases and give audiences a chance to see 35mm prints of repertory genre classics.


REEL WOMEN
P.O. Box 50573, Austin, Texas 78763-0573
Phone: (512) 480-9291
www.reelwomen.org
E-mail: reelwmen@texas.net

Reel Women offers a network of support for women at all levels of experience in the film and video industries through education, exhibitions, and mentoring, and provides a supportive atmosphere for the exchange of information and ideas. The weekly email bulletins provide audition and production notices and referrals, as well as information about community events. The Reel Women Crew Book and the Reel Women Casting Book are comprised of hundreds of resumes and headshots of local talent (both men & women) and are available at no cost to all productions to assist them in fulfilling their production needs. The all-women production group provides an opportunity to receive hands-on training in the making of a short film or video. They also offer their members low-cost monthly workshops focusing on aspects of production such as digital camera, script supervision, and directing. General meetings, held the third Wednesday of each month, are free and open to the public.

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
Box 4999, Austin, TX 78765
Phone: (512) 467-7979
Fax: (512) 451-0754
www.sxsw.com

The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival is annual event held every March in Austin, and itemphasizes on all aspects of the art and business of independent filmmaking. The Festival has gained international acclaim for the quality of its programming with a special focus on emerging talents who bask in being included in the company of the cinematic greats whose work is regularly presented.

 

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