Austin Film Society Event Calendar

Screening: CITIZEN ARCHITECT

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:18:04 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 28 Jul, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

“The late architect Samuel Mockbee started the Rural Studio, a design/build architecture program, in which students create charity architecture for impoverished communities in rural Alabama. Guided by passionate interviews with Mockbee, the film shows how a group of students use their creativity and compassion to craft a home for their charismatic, destitute client, Jimmie Lee Matthews.

“But, the Rural Studio is about more than building. It is also about providing students with an experience that forever inspires them to use their skills to better their communities. Interviews with Mockbee’s peers and scenes with those he’s influenced infuse the film with a larger discussion of architecture’s role in issues of poverty, class, race, education, citizenship and social change.” [SXSW description]

Proceeds from this screening benefit the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund

Location: Alamo Drafthouse Downtown 320 E 6th St.
Fees: $10
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Screening: THE TOE TACTIC (Updated)

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:58:44 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 24 Aug, 2010 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Details:

Director Emily Hubley in person for Q&A

Emily is in Austin serving as one of the panelists for the Austin Film Society's 2010 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, a grant program for Texas filmmakers. More information on TFPF >>

Animator Emily Hubley's first feature length film is an offbeat hybrid that plays on the themes of time, memory, loss and yearning. Blending fantasy and reality, animation and live action, THE TOE TACTIC tells the story of Mona Peek (Lily Rabe), a young woman grieving her father's death and searching for her lost wallet in a world populated by lonely neighbors, animated objects and a songwriting elevator man. The film includes colorful, card-playing cartoon canines (voiced by the likes of Eli Wallach, Marian Seldes and Andrea Martin) who comment on—and meddle in—Mona’s life. Cameos include Jane Lynch, Mary Kay Place and John Sayles.

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Location: The Alamo Drafthouse 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Screening: SLEEP DEALER

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:53:41 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 23 Aug, 2010 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Details:

Director Alex Rivera in attendance for Q&A

Alex is in Austin serving as one of the panelists for the Austin Film Society's 2010 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, a grant program for Texas filmmakers. More information on TFPF >>

In a bleak future where the borders have been sealed, vast computer networks commodify memories, and corporate warriors have been militarized, a tech-savvy "campesino" from a small Santa Ana farm village discovers a mysterious transmission that seems to be a blueprint for the city of the future. Memo Cruz lives with his family in Santa Ana del Rio, a remote farming community that has recently been hijacked by a private company. Having already taken control of the entire area's water supply, the company is now seeking to sell the precious resource back to citizens at criminal prices. As a result, aqua-terrorist cells have recently formed, with the explicit goal of taking back the water supply by force if necessary. Despite the growing tension in Santa Ana, however, all Memo really cares about is technology. Memo longs to find employment as a node worker in the high-tech factories of the northern cities, and has recently constructed a transmitter that allows him to vicariously experience the lives of others.

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Location: The Alamo Drafthouse 112 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Screening: THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:51:52 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 23 Aug, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Co-director Sam Green in attendance for Q&A

Sam is in Austin serving as one of the panelists for the Austin Film Society's 2010 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, a grant program for Texas filmmakers. More information on TFPF >>

Fueled by outrage over racism and the Vietnam War, the Weather Underground waged a low-level war against the government throughout much of the 1970s—bombing the Capitol building, breaking Timothy Leary out of prison, and evading one of the largest FBI manhunts in history. THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND is a feature-length documentary that explores the rise and fall of this radical movement, as former members speak candidly about the idealistic passion that drove them to "bring the war home." Starring Bill Ayers (yes, the Bill Ayers that Barack Obama was accused of "palling around with"), Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, David Gilbert, Brian Flanagan, Laura Whitehorn, Naomi Jaffe Kathleen Cleaver and Todd Gitlin.

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Location: The Alamo Drafthouse 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Kodak Vision3 Demonstration

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:41:15 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 25 Jul, 2010 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Details: Join representatives from Kodak for an exclusive demonstration of the newest member of the standard-setting KODAK VISION3 Color Negative Film family. With unrivaled highlight latitude, reduced grain in shadows, flexibility in post, and of course, proven archival stability, the first-ever universally compatible digital intermediate film has raised the bar for high-definition capture with more options and no compromise.

This event is free and refreshments will be served. RSVP to kodakfilm@kodak.com to attend.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Event is free but seating is limited. RSVP to kodakfilm@kodak.com
Contact: kodakfilm@kodak.com
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Essential Cinema: ARAYA (Updated)

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:45:23 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 24 Jul, 2010 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Details: A lyrical feature documentary in the visual tradition of MAN OF ARAN and LA TERRA TREMA, Benacerraf's stunning ARAYA had been all but forgotten until rescued and restored by Milestone. Choosing a harsh, arid environment for her setting, Benacerraf tells the stories of three families, two of whom are involved in harvesting salt along the Venezuelan coast. Their jobs are arduous, backbreaking, and poorly compensated, but the black & white images of the people and their environment are considered some of the most striking in cinema history. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Script Reading: THE MAN WHO NEVER CRIED

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:03:16 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 14 Jul, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: The filmmaking team behind the short film project THE MAN WHO NEVER CRIED (1 of 5 finalists for the 2010 Doorpost Film Project) will hold a script reading on July 14th at AFS. Attendees will have a chance to give feedback on the project that will be competing for over $160,000 in prizes in November.

The event is free and no registration is necessary to attend.

About the film
THE MAN WHO NEVER CRIED is a modern day fable that will be told with narrative elegance and an even mixture of truthful comedy and poignant drama. Taking visual and tonal cues from films like BIG FISH, AMELIE, LITTLE CHILDREN, 500 DAYS OF SUMMER and the first 15 minutes of MAGNOLIA, this film aims to use a far fetched concept (the inability to cry) to tell a truthful story about human emotion and the need of love and hope in everyone’s life.

About the director
Bradley Jackson is an accomplished writer/director living in Austin, Texas. His comedic shorts THE BIGGEST WEAKNESS, PLAYLAND and I LOVE YOU, WILL SMITH were all finalists in the Doorpost film contest. His comedic short PLAYING CHICKEN won the Audience Award and Best Narrative Short at the SXSW Click Film Festival, Best Student Short at the JumpCut International Film Festival and won the $10,000 grand prize for best film/animation in the Famecast Online Talent Competition. His screenwriting can be seen in the award winning, Sony Produced web series SCRIPT COPS directed by Scott Rice. Bradley also recently optioned his feature length screenplay DRUNK DIAL to LA based TenFour Pictures with Gil Cates Jr., (LUCKY starring Colin Hanks and Jeffrey Tambor) set to direct.

About the Doorpost Film Project
The Doorpost Film Project, a 501c non-profit, has just selected 5 filmmakers (out of 21 semi-finalists and hundreds of entrants) who will receive $40,000 to make a short narrative film and will be provided mentors to advise through the filmmaking process.The final 5 scripts, after two months of mentorship through 4-5 drafts, are now polished, ambitious stories with wonderful parts for actors—and best of all they are all only 20-30 pages long. The film's theatrical premiere will be in Nashville in front of scores of industry folk in November. The film will also be shared online on the Doorpost's website for public viewing and voting by hundreds of thousands of viewers.

In 2009, Bradley Jackson was one of 10 finalists to receive $30,000 for his final round film. With his first round short "I Love You, Will Smith", Jackson has returned as a finalist in 2010. A quick blurb about the team's journey is available on the Texas Film Commission website.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: This event is free and no registration is necessary
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Essential Cinema: THE TRIAL (Updated)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:26:32 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 17 Jul, 2010 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Details: In this powerful adaptation of Kafka’s nightmarish novel, Joseph K., an innocuous, young bank clerk, is inexplicably arrested. Joseph’s neighbors all scorn him for his legal problems, but he has no idea what he is being charged with. No one seems willing or able to help him. Finally the executioners arrive and take the innocent man to a quarry, where they ask him to commit suicide. Just as innovative in story telling and camera technique as CITIZEN KANE, THE TRIAL was actually Orson Welles’ favorite of his many films. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!

NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 1 PM.
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Moviemaker Dialogues: A Discussion with Noah Hawley

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:33:41 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 20 Jul, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Details: Author, screenwriter and producer Noah Hawley is the creator of the TV series “THE UNUSUALS” and “MY GENERATION” (currently shooting in Austin). Join him for an informal discussion of his career in television, feature films, novels and more. Moderated by the AFS Director of Artist Services Bryan Poyser.

About the speaker

Noah Hawley began writing as a release from his job at the Legal Aid Society back in New York where he worked with abused and neglected juveniles. He then moved to San Francisco and met critically acclaimed author Po Bronson who invited him to join "The San Francisco Writers' Grotto" an organization where writers, filmmakers and storytellers practice their craft. In 1998 after penning several short stories and magazine articles, Noah published his first novel A Conspiracy of Tall Men, (Book of the Month Club selection) a thriller about conspiracy theories which put the wheels of his writing career in motion.

After his second published novel Other People's Weddings, Noah began writing films. His first screenplay The Alibi, was sold to Summit Entertainment and eventually renamed LIES & ALIBIES, a feature released in 2006 starring Jerry O'Connell, Sam Elliot and Selma Blair. Prior to that Noah broke into television when he began writing and producing the hit show “BONES” for FOX. He created and executive produced the ABC series “THE UNUSUALS” and his next series “MY GENERATION,” is slated to air on ABC this fall.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Open to AFS Filmmaker members and above only. Click on "More Information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Docs-in-Progress: MASTER QI AND THE MONKEY KING (Updated)

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:36:52 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 30 Jun, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: MASTER QI AND THE MONKEY KING explores the life and work of the preeminent master of Chinese Opera living in the United States. Qi Shu Fang was a household name in China due to her feature role in one of the Cultural Revolution opera films, and traveled the world to show off her mastery of the artform. The film explores the resaons why Ms. Qi, her husband and a whole troupe of Chinese Opera performers have moved to the United States to transplant their art form to a foreign culture.

About the director
Alan Govenar has worked as a writer, folklorist, photographer and filmmaker for more than thirty years. He is the president of Documentary Arts, an organization he founded to present new perspectives on diverse cultures. He is the author of twenty books, including Beyond Skin, Texas Blues and Untold Glory. His films have been broadcast on PBS, Discovery, Channel 4 Films and La Sept/ARTE. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival featured a retrospective of his work.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE for AFS members. Click on "More Information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

World Premiere: PREDATORS (Updated)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:39:46 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 7 Jul, 2010 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Robert Rodriguez presents a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, PREDATORS, shot on location under Rodriguezâ€™s creative auspices at the filmmakerâ€™s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and directed by Nimrod Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize theyâ€™ve been brought together on an alien planetâ€¦ as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers â€“ mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members â€“ human â€œpredatorsâ€ that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators. Also starring Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, and Laurence Fishburne. The film opens nationwide on July 9. Proceeds from this screening benefit the Austin Film Societyâ€™s Texas Filmmakersâ€™ Production Fund and the Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA) Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, June 24 through (866) 9PROTIX, protixonline.com or the Paramount Theatre box office.
Location: Paramount Theatre (713 Congress Ave.)
Fees: See more info page for details
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS - Encore Screening (Updated)

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:21:04 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 27 Jun, 2010 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Details: Co-written by Suso Cecchi Amico and Vasco Pratolini Cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno Original music by Nino Rota Italy, 1960, 35mm, 1.66:1, B&W, 180 min. Cast: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxiou Italian with English subtitles This beautifully restored, uncut, and uncensored print of Viscontiâ€™s masterpiece tells the powerful story of the Parondi family of five boys and their mother, Rosaria. Leaving a hopeless life behind in southern Italy, the matriarch takes four sons to Milan in search of a better life with the fifth son who has already found a tiny bit of financial security. But Vincenzo canâ€™t possibly help the whole family since he is starting his own. At first, through the sheer love and will power of the mother, the four boys seem to settle into life in the big city: one becomes a boxer, another works in a dry cleaners, and the youngest is in school. But Simone, the boxer, is led astray by a prostitute, who turns from his brutal fists to the arms of Rocco, recently returned from military service. Blood is not thicker than water in all cases, and the two brothers begin to struggle over the heart and body of Nadia. Visconti, a gay, communist aristocrat, turned this family drama into a sweeping, all-embracing epic of postwar Italian society. Winner of various international awards, including Venice.
Location: Alamo Downtown (320 E 6th St)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Chad Owen

Essential Cinema: ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:15:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 27 Jun, 2010 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Details: Co-written by Suso Cecchi dâ€™Amico and Vasco Pratolini Cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno Original music by Nino Rota Italy, 1960, 35mm, 1.66:1, B&W, 180 min. Cast: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxiou Italian with English subtitles This beautifully restored, uncut, and uncensored print of Viscontiâ€™s masterpiece tells the powerful story of the Parondi family of five boys and their mother, Rosaria. Leaving a hopeless life behind in southern Italy, the matriarch takes four sons to Milan in search of a better life with the fifth son who has already found a tiny bit of financial security. But Vincenzo canâ€™t possibly help the whole family since he is starting his own. At first, through the sheer love and will power of the mother, the four boys seem to settle into life in the big city: one becomes a boxer, another works in a dry cleaners, and the youngest is in school. But Simone, the boxer, is led astray by a prostitute, who turns from his brutal fists to the arms of Rocco, recently returned from military service. Blood is not thicker than water in all cases, and the two brothers begin to struggle over the heart and body of Nadia. Visconti, a gay, communist aristocrat, turned this family drama into a sweeping, all-embracing epic of postwar Italian society. Winner of various international awards, including Venice.
Location: Alamo South Lamar (1120 S Lamar Blvd)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Chad Owen

Docs-in-Progress: MASTER QI AND THE MONKEY KING

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:21:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 30 Jun, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: MASTER QI AND THE MONKEY KING explores the life and work of the preeminent master of Chinese Opera living in the United States. Qi Shu Fang was a household name in China due to her feature role in one of the Cultural Revolution opera films, and traveled the world to show off her mastery of the artform. The film explores the resaons why Ms. Qi, her husband and a whole troupe of Chinese Opera performers have moved to the United States to transplant their art form to a foreign culture.

About the director
Alan Govenar has worked as a writer, folklorist, photographer and filmmaker for more than thirty years. He is the president of Documentary Arts, an organization he founded to present new perspectives on diverse cultures. He is the author of twenty books, including Beyond Skin, Texas Blues and Untold Glory. His films have been broadcast on PBS, Discovery, Channel 4 Films and La Sept/ARTE. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival featured a retrospective of his work.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE. Open to AFS Filmmaker level members and above only. Click on "More Information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Doc Tour: DOXITA

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:10:35 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 21 Jul, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: “doxita is a traveling festival of documentary films that are under 40 minutes in length. The program represents a wide variety of documentary – domestic and foreign, super-short and longer format, serious and funny. It is designed to profile the great content and artistic vision that non-fiction short films provide, but that people don’t often get a chance to see.” “Life is a progress, and not a station,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Life ebbs and flows with change. There are hurdles that must be scaled and personal character is built through adversity. People adapt their behavior to get through everything from war to displacement to growing up. These four films capture stories of people’s survival and their ways to cope with self-preservation.”
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th St.
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

AFS Avant Cinema 3.9 WORDS OF ADVICE from WILLIAM BURROUGHS (Updated)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:39:12 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 1 Jul, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Iconoclast William Burroughs is doubtlessly best known for his form-shattering novels such as Naked Lunch, The Ticket That Exploded, Nova Express, and The Soft Machine. He is also remembered for his various drug addictions, his friendship with the other two members of the Beat triumvirate, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, and the accidental killing of his wife in Mexico City during a failed William Tell experiment. During the 1960s, with cut-up artist Brion Gysin and filmmaker Anthony Balch, Burroughs explored the medium of film in several experimental works. After moving back to the US in 1974, Burroughs discovered that he really enjoyed reading from his works in public. Thus the shy, courteous gravel-voiced gentleman discovered the inner performance artist and created collaborations with some of the major talents of the 70s, 80s, and 90s: John Giorno, Laurie Anderson, Gus Van Sant, Kurt Cobain, Sonic Youth, and so many others. A new Danish documentary, WORDS OF ADVICE: William S. Burroughs On the Road, provides a fascinating overview of Burroughs’ life and work, with special focus on his appearance and performance in Copenhagen in 1983. Along with the documentary we will show selections from his film collaborations from the 1960s. Click on More Information below to register.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street - Use Gate 2 Under the Water Tower
Fees: $4 for AFS Members & Students / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Moviemaker Dialogues: No-Budget Screenwriting

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:29:07 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 23 Jun, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Join us for discussion, short screenings, and insights into the art and craft of writing the feature-length “no-budget screenplay” with filmmakers DAVID ZELLNER and CHRIS ESKA. Moderated by AFS Education Director, Christian Raymond. Moviemaker Dialogues is a program designed for audience engagement with experienced filmmakers about their work and the business of filmmaking.

Click on More Information to reserve your spot.

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If you would like to upgrade your membership to attend this event, please call 512-322-0145

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street - Use Gate 2 Under Water Tower
Fees: FREE for AFS Filmmaker Level & Higher Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Celebrate Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund!

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:07:35 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 31 Aug, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Help us celebrate the recipients of the 2010 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund! Donate $25 or more to this year's fund drive and receive an invitation to the party. Donate now >>
Location: Mohawk 912 Red River Street
Fees: FREE for Donors, 2010 TFPF Applicants & Recipients
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

ICG’s Emerging Cinematographer Award Winners (Updated)

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:28:33 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 13 Jun, 2010 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Details: The International Cinematographers Guild presents an evening of short films photographed by the “best of the best” from the rising stars within the Guild’s roster. The Directors of Photography on all of the films were recognized for excellence by the Guild in the 2009 Emerging Cinematographer Awards. Nurturing talent and giving promising cinematographers the crucial exposure they need to succeed in the Motion Picture Industry lies at the heart of the International Cinematographers Guild's annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA). Since 1996, all members in good standing (except Directors of Photography) from all Local 600 regions submit their projects for consideration. This event gives these aspiring cinematographers a chance to exhibit their short-form work and get crucial exposure in a high profile venue. Thirteen years later we continue to grow, nurture talent, and enjoy the journey as much as we did the very first show. For more information concerning the International Cinematographers Guild please visit: www.cameraguild.com or www.ecawards.net
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street - Use Gate 2 Under the Water Tower
Fees: FREE for All
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

ICG’s Emerging Cinematographer Award Winners

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:27:40 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 13 Jun, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: The International Cinematographers Guild presents an evening of short films photographed by the “best of the best” from the rising stars within the Guild’s roster. The Directors of Photography on all of the films were recognized for excellence by the Guild in the 2009 Emerging Cinematographer Awards. Nurturing talent and giving promising cinematographers the crucial exposure they need to succeed in the Motion Picture Industry lies at the heart of the International Cinematographers Guild's annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA). Since 1996, all members in good standing (except Directors of Photography) from all Local 600 regions submit their projects for consideration. This event gives these aspiring cinematographers a chance to exhibit their short-form work and get crucial exposure in a high profile venue. Thirteen years later we continue to grow, nurture talent, and enjoy the journey as much as we did the very first show. For more information concerning the International Cinematographers Guild please visit: www.cameraguild.com or www.ecawards.net
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street - Use Gate 2 Under the Water Tower
Fees: FREE for All
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Sneak Peek: CYRUS

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:15:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 22 Jun, 2010 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

With John’s social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life – her son. Written and directed by Jay & Mark Duplass, the iconoclastic filmmaking team behind Sundance Film Festival favorite THE PUFFY CHAIR, CYRUS takes an insightful, funny and sometimes heartbreaking look at love and family in contemporary Los Angeles. Starring Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly and Marisa Tomei.

FREE for AFS members only. Not a member? Join or renew now?

Members, click on More Information below to reserve tickets. You must be logged in to view the registration form. Log in >>

Location: Regal Arbor at Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trail
Fees: FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Benefit Party: NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:45:31 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 12 Jun, 2010 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: 40th ANNIVERSARY OF DOCK ELLIS’S LSD NO-HITTER On June 12th, 1970 major league baseball pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After retiring from professional baseball, and until his death in 2008, Dock maintained he was high on LSD while pitching that day. Now an Austin documentary film, currently in production, will provide the back-story on Dock’s infamous no-hitter, the social context for his exploits, and a forum for his voice. The film, No No: A Dockumentary, uses Dock’s controversial and flamboyant career as a basis to examine America, baseball, civil rights and drug policy over the past 40 years. A celebration of the 40th anniversary of Dock Ellis’s infamous no-hitter will be held at The Highball in Austin from 6-10 PM Saturday June 12th. The event, sponsored by the Austin Film Society, benefits the Center for Independent Documentary, which is the non-profit fiscal sponsor of No No: A Dockumentary, The event will include the premiere of the film’s promotional trailer, and feature music by Le Freak (a side project of Afrofreque) and Flounders Without Eyes. The suggested donation is $15, and the first 50 people through the door get a free commemorative poster.
Location: The Highball 1142 South Lamar
Fees: $15
Contact: bliz@flash.net
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

ICG’s Emerging Cinematographer Awards

Thu, 27 May 2010 16:55:48 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 13 Jun, 2010 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Details: Nurturing talent and giving promising cinematographers the crucial exposure they need to succeed in the Motion Picture Industry lies at the heart of the International Cinematographers Guild's annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA). Since 1996, all members in good standing (except Directors of Photography) from all Local 600 regions submit their projects for consideration. This event gives these aspiring cinematographers a chance to exhibit their short-form work and get crucial exposure in a high profile venue. Thirteen years later we continue to grow, nurture talent, and enjoy the journey as much as we did the very first show. For more information concerning the International Cinematographers Guild please visit: www.cameraguild.com or www.ecawards.net
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: FREE for All
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Benefit Screening: THE HAPPY POET

Fri, 21 May 2010 17:49:25 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 3 Jun, 2010 7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Details: Bill, an out-of-work poet, puts his heart, soul, and last few dollars into starting an all-organic, mostly-vegetarian food stand. New friend Donnie promotes the business and helps Bill pursue Agnes, a poetry-lover who frequents the stand. Curtis, an enigmatic life-philosopher, buoys Bill's spirits with his positive attitude and love of vegetarian food. Complications with the business jeopardize these budding friendships and threaten Bill's dreams for a hot dog-free future. Funds raised will help THE HAPPY POET production team kick-off travel for our festival run which begins with New York City's Rooftop Films Summer Series on Friday, June 25th. Click on More Info for more on the film and to watch the trailer. Click here to purchase tickets now.
Location: The Marchesa Hall & Theater 6406 N IH-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752 (Map)
Fees: $10
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: THE OATH

Wed, 19 May 2010 16:23:33 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 9 Jun, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: What leads a person to turn to terrorism as a means of loudly and murderously expressing a belief? In Laura Poitras’ new documentary, THE OATH, we learn how Abu Jandal came to believe that al-Qaeda and its commitment to terrorism provided the “one true path” in the Islamist war on “the infidel.” Intelligent, philosophical, and religious, Jandal went to Afghanistan in 1996. As a fellow Saudi citizen of Yemeni descent, Jandal soon became Osama bin Laden’s personal bodyguard, keeper of the two bullets that would insure bin Laden would never be taken alive. Jandal was so happy with his job and so convinced of his beliefs that he persuaded his brother-in-law, Salim Hamdan, to come to Afghanistan to work as bin Laden’s driver. The two would thus spend much time with the al-Qaeda leader. Click on More Information to watch the trailer and get tickets. Not an AFS member? Join now for ticket discounts on this show >>
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Steet
Fees: $4 for AFS Members & Students with Valid ID / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Austin Film Meet (Updated)

Mon, 17 May 2010 16:51:48 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 17 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Jeffrey Buras will give a short presentation on various cameras and how they compare called: “My Camera’s Better Thank Yours!” We will start with industry announcements and end with our standard open-mic session. Bring your business cards and stay after for networking!
Location: Austin's Pizza (1817 South Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX 78704)
Fees: FREE / Donations appreciated
Updated by: Chad Owen

Austin Film Meet (Updated)

Mon, 17 May 2010 16:50:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 17 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Fees: FREE / Donations appreciated
Updated by: Chad Owen

Austin Film Meet

Mon, 17 May 2010 16:48:15 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 17 May, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Details:

Jeffrey Buras will give a short presentation on various cameras and how they compare called: “My Camera’s Better Thank Yours!” We will start with industry announcements and end with our standard open-mic session. Bring your business cards and stay after for networking!

Location: Austin's Pizza (1817 South Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX 78704)
Fees: FREE / Donations appreciated
Created by: Chad Owen

Essential Cinema: SOUTH: ERNEST SHACKLETON AND THE ENDURANCE EXPEDITION

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:30:59 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 7 Aug, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton set sail on the Endurance in August 1914. While World War I was beginning in Europe, he and his crew planned to cross the entire continent of Antarctica via the South Pole, which had only recently been reached by Amundsen in 1911. Tragically, the Endurance became stuck in pack ice and drifted with ice floes for months. Finally, as the ship began breaking up, Shackleton left the rest of the expedition behind on an island and with five men made an 850-mile journey in a small boat through hazardous seas to find help. The amazing documentary footage of this heroic journey was gathered by Frank Hurley, a member of the expedition. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: SIDDHARTHA

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:29:44 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 31 Jul, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s illuminating novel Siddhartha was mandatory reading for those on an Eastern spiritual path in the 1960s. Director Conrad Rooks, scion of the Avon Cosmetics family, perhaps saw something of his own quest for meaning in the life of Siddhartha, Hesse’s protagonist who lived in the time of Buddha’s own journey toward enlightenment. Siddhartha and his companion Govinda spend time with ascetics but also immerse themselves in carnal pleasures and business affairs. Only after experiencing so much of life and reflecting upon those experiences does Siddhartha achieve nirvana as a simple ferryman on an endlessly moving river. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ARAYA

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:28:35 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 24 Jul, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: A lyrical feature documentary in the visual tradition of MAN OF ARAN and LA TERRA TREMA, Benacerraf's stunning ARAYA had been all but forgotten until rescued and restored by Milestone. Choosing a harsh, arid environment for her setting, Benacerraf tells the stories of three families, two of whom are involved in harvesting salt along the Venezuelan coast. Their jobs are arduous, backbreaking, and poorly compensated, but the black & white images of the people and their environment are considered some of the most striking in cinema history. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE TRIAL

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:27:20 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 17 Jul, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: In this powerful adaptation of Kafka’s nightmarish novel, Joseph K., an innocuous, young bank clerk, is inexplicably arrested. Joseph’s neighbors all scorn him for his legal problems, but he has no idea what he is being charged with. No one seems willing or able to help him. Finally the executioners arrive and take the innocent man to a quarry, where they ask him to commit suicide. Just as innovative in story telling and camera technique as CITIZEN KANE, THE TRIAL was actually Orson Welles’ favorite of his many films. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: IT HAPPENED HERE (Updated)

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:25:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 10 Jul, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: Future film historian Kevin Brownlow decided to delve into an alternative history and show England under Nazi occupation during World War II. Pauline, a nurse, accepts a job with the British fascist collaborators, but the more she sees of atrocities committed by the fascist groups, she begins to sympathize with the partisans struggling against the occupying army and the British turncoats. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: IT HAPPENED HERE

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:25:25 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 12 Jun, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: Future film historian Kevin Brownlow decided to delve into an alternative history and show England under Nazi occupation during World War II. Pauline, a nurse, accepts a job with the British fascist collaborators, but the more she sees of atrocities committed by the fascist groups, she begins to sympathize with the partisans struggling against the occupying army and the British turncoats. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: KILLER OF SHEEP

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:23:46 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 3 Jul, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: Charles Burnett has given the world powerful stories and images from African-American life that would be ignored by more exploitative directors. In KILLER OF SHEEP Stan is a family man and a sensitive man being destroyed by his dehumanizing work in a slaughterhouse. He finds momentary respite in dancing with his wife in their home or in holding his daughter, but for the most part he is eaten up with money problems and the general unfairness of life in mid-70s Watts. Chosen as one of the first 50 films deemed a “national treasure” for the National Film Registry. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:22:38 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 26 Jun, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: This beautifully restored, uncut, and uncensored print of Visconti’s masterpiece tells the powerful story of the Parondi family of five boys and their mother, Rosaria. Leaving a hopeless life behind in southern Italy, the matriarch takes four sons to Milan in search of a better life with the fifth son who has already found a tiny bit of financial security. At first, through the sheer love and will power of the mother, the four boys seem to settle into life in the big city, but soon urban temptations and fiery passions threaten to split them all apart. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:21:27 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 19 Jun, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: Two families living on a remote island off the coast of Scotland are united by friendship and the budding romance between a young man and woman. However, the brother of the woman believes there is no future for him on the island. His rebellious attitude brings consternation to the two families, and he must participate in an ancient tradition to settle the argument. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: VILLAGE OF DREAMS

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:20:07 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 12 Jun, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: In a postwar Japanese village, identical twin boys lead an idyllic life of fishing, observing nature, and playing pranks on their elders. They are already interested in art, something they will pursue successfully in later life. In what has been called “a hymn to childhood,” this film explores “the rich details of family life, the unintentional cruelty of youth, the mysteriously beautiful nature that envelops them, the strong emotional bond between the twins, and the fierce fights they enter into at the drop of a hat.” Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: I’M GOING HOME

Fri, 14 May 2010 16:18:45 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 5 Jun, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: The life of an elderly but still successful theater actor, Gilbert Valence, is turned upside down when his wife, daughter, and son-in-law are killed in an automobile accident. He suddenly finds himself the guardian of his orphaned grandson. Balancing his passion for acting and his love for his grandson proves to be too difficult, so he has to make a tough decision. Another masterpiece by Portugal’s amazing director who is still busy making films at the age of 101 in 2010. Click on More Information below for additional film info & tickets. Not a member? Join now for free admission to Essential Cinema all year long!
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Make Watch Love Film Party

Fri, 07 May 2010 21:27:27 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Fri, 18 Jun, 2010 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Join honorary hosts Richard Linklater, Mike Judge, Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellán at Austin Studios for an evening honoring Moody Anderson, celebrating CHAINSAWS, SLACKERS AND SPY KIDS: 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, the new book by Alison Macor, and networking with the Austin film community. FREE for Austin Film Society members, Texas film crew and Austin Studios neighbors. $10 all others. Join or renew your membership now!
Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX 78723
Fees: Free for AFS Members, Texas film crew and Austin Studios neighbors. $10 general admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Docs-in-Progress: RAINBOW'S END

Fri, 07 May 2010 01:33:30 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 19 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: When “Country Willie” Edwards receives an invitation to record with The Legendary Stardust Cowboy from Mars (residing in San Jose), he and a handful of East Texas natives set out to fulfill their dreams. This hybrid narrative/documentary chronicles the westward journey of: Peter Guzzino, a high school valedictorian stuck in the seventies searching for his voice; Brian “Birdman” Birdwell, a cock-fighter hell bent on auditioning his roosters for a big time Hollywood feature; and Audrey Dean Leighton, an aging wizard and global twirler obsessed with learning the world wide web. The group soon learns that when you head west chasing a rainbow, you inevitably reach its bittersweet end.

About the filmmaker:
Eric Hueber grew up somewhere behind the Pine Curtain of deep East Texas. He misses his roots but he loves his new home in Austin, TX. His previous work includes lots of TV commercials, shorts, and music video work for artists such as White Denim, Fall Out Boy, Less Than Jake, At All Cost, Total Chaos, and Sleepthief. RAINBOWS END is his first feature length film project
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Open to AFS Filmmaker-level and above members only. Click on "More Information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

TFPF Workshop: Denton

Thu, 06 May 2010 21:05:14 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 15 May, 2010 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step.

This workshop is presented by Texas Filmmakers.
Location: Cafe Du Luxe 3101 Unicorn Lake Blvd, Denton, TX
Fees: FREE and open to the public
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Sneak Peek: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFTSHOP (Updated)

Thu, 06 May 2010 15:34:11 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 10 May, 2010 7:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Details: Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. Hosted by Richard Linklater & Harry Knowles. AFS Members only. Tickets by clicking on More Information... Not a member? Join or renew now >>
Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Sneak Peek: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFTSHOP

Thu, 06 May 2010 15:33:35 GMT

No Essential Cinema Screening This Week!

Wed, 05 May 2010 22:00:13 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 18 May, 2010
Details: Essential Cinema takes a short break - our last series of the 2009 - 2010 season will be held on Saturdays at Noon at The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (320 E 6th Street) from June 5, 2010 - August 7, 2010. Information will be out soon on the line-up.
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Benefit Screening: LOVERS OF HATE

Wed, 05 May 2010 21:55:53 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 10 Jun, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: n this delicious tale of deceit and sibling rivalry, two adult brothers, Rudy (Chris Doubek) and Paul (Alex Karpovsky), represent failure and success. Younger brother Paul is a successful author who writes Harry Potter-like fantasy novels for children, while Rudy, Paul’s childhood collaborator on the stories, moves from job to job, unable to get started on his own novel – the long-gestating “Lovers of Hate.” The one thing they do have in common is their love for Diana (Heather Kafka), Rudy’s soon-to-be ex-wife. When opportunistic Paul whisks Diana away to a romantic mountain retreat (in Park City, Utah, incidentally), the lovers have no idea that Rudy has made it there first. From the shadows of the posh chalet, Rudy tries desperately to sabotage their relationship in director Bryan Poyser’s (DEAR PILLOW) brilliantly executed game of cat and mouse. A testament to three star-making performances and a tightly constructed script, LOVERS OF HATE delicately balances humor and despair while pushing characters to painful and hilarious extremes. There are no clear winners in this savage comedy about curdled love, but it is one enjoyable ride. Additional screenings at The Alamo Downtown, June 14 - 16.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $10
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Workshop: San Antonio

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:42:33 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 12 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step.

This workshop is presented by NALIP - San Antonio.
Location: Radius Cafe 106 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX
Fees: FREE and open to the public
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

TFPF Workshop: Dallas

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:46:57 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 13 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step.

This workshop is presented by the Video Association of Dallas.
Location: KERA Community Room 3000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX
Fees: FREE and open to the public
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Doc Tour: 10 UNDER 10

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:28:45 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 12 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: It’s May and time for our annual roundup of the always delightful/often enlightening ten short documentaries coming out of the University of Texas. The rule is generally that the length of each film should be no more than ten minutes, but we let a few slightly longer ones through because of their excellence. In an hour and a half you have the opportunity to see a wide range of styles in documentary filmmaking – from pure verite documentary to experimental. Subjects will include immigration problems in an unexpected place, Furbies, abortion, domestic reveries, relaxed soldiers, birth of a film organization, tiny horses, transgender, and immigrant adolescence. These films prove that Austin continues to attract really talented, engaged filmmakers. Many of the directors will be in attendance for a rousing discussion of their films following the screening. Click on More Info for complete program and tickets.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Docs-in-Progress: ANDY PARIS: BUBBLE GUM KING

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:44:23 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 5 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Money hungry post World War II America cannibalizes one of her most successful and innovative entrepreneurs of the Mid-20th Century. Watch the rise and fall of international pop icon Andrew J Paris, The Bubble Gum King, as his unprecedented overnight fame and fortune are thrown away by a duplicitous government suspicious of the motivations of international trade in the times of the Cold War era.

About the filmmaker
Dino Reyes is an independent filmmaker from San Antonio, Texas. ANDY PARIS: BUBBLE GUM KING is Dino's first full-length documentary film. Previously, he had been writing, directing and editing various animations, shorts, and music videos as well as directing off-off Broadway theater. A long time Austin resident, he has been living and working in Brooklyn, New York since 2001.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Open to AFS filmmaker-level members and above only. Click on "More Information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Docs-in-Progress: DMT: THE SPIRIT MOLECULE

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:06:08 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 28 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: DMT: THE SPIRIT MOLECULE explores the enigmatic dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found throughout nature, and considered the most potent psychedelic. In 1995, Dr. Strassman completed the first government-sanctioned, psychedelic research on DMT, with results that may answer humanity’s greatest questions.

About the filmmaker

Mitch Schultz started his life journey in Memphis, TN. Since, he has called Texas, Minnesota, Colorado and New York City home. From an early age, his love of film, art, music and storytelling fueled his path and established his extensive background in film, broadcast and interactive. Schultz's experience encompasses work with Ghost Robot, Synthentic Pictures and a variety of television work. His education includes a BS from UT Austin and an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Open to AFS Filmmaker-level members only. Click on "More Info" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

UTFI Reading Series: THE JUMPER OF MAINE

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:33:28 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 26 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Every Spring, the University of Texas Film Institute presents a screenplay-reading series featuring over fifty of Austin’s finest actors, directors and writers in five “work-in-progress” readings of future feature length films. The April 26th reading will be sponsored by the Austin Film Society and will take place at the Austin Studios Screening Room. All readings free & open to the public. Discussions to follow readings. Sponsored by the Michener Center for Writers. *Mon, 4/26, 7pm: THE JUMPER OF MAINE (at Austin Studios Screening Room) by Andrew Lanham (RTF MFA Screenwriting) A paramedic with Tourette's Syndrome becomes involved with a young mother and daughter who have ties to his tragic past. Director: Dana Wheeler-Nicholson Moderator: Andrew Smith
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street - Use Gate 2 under the water tower
Fees: FREE
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Workshop: Houston (at SWAMP)

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:11:14 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 2 May, 2010 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Details:

Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step.

This workshop is presented by SWAMP.

Location: 1519 West Main Houston, TX 77006
Fees: FREE to attend, but you must RSVP to swamp@swamp.org
Contact: tfpf@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

TFPF Workshop: Austin

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:39:34 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 3 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St Austin, TX 78723
Fees: FREE to attend, but due to limited seating, you MUST register.
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Workshop: Corpus Christi

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:38:24 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 1 May, 2010 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step. This workshop is presented by the South Texas Cinematheque.
Location: Art Museum of South Texas HEB Auditorium 1902 Shoreline Dr Corpus Christi, TX
Fees: FREE and open to the public
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Workshop: Houston

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:37:20 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 25 Apr, 2010 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step. This workshop is presented by the Aurora Picture Show.
Location: Aurora Video Library 1524 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006
Fees: FREE and open to the public
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Workshop: Austin

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:36:08 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Fri, 16 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St Austin, TX 78723
Fees: FREE to attend, but due to limited seating, you MUST register.
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Workshop: Fort Worth (Updated)

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:35:02 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 10 Apr, 2010 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step. This workshop is part of the 2010 Fearless Film Festival.
Location: Chappell Meeting Room Fort Worth Central Library 500 W. Third St Fort Worth, TX 76102
Fees: FREE and open to the public
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

TFPF Workshop: Dallas

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:34:48 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 12 Apr, 2010 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers by giving out over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 film and video projects. The deadline for the 2010 cycle is June 1st and if you are a filmmaker who has resided in Texas for at least one year, you are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 in funding for your project. At this free workshop, the Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Services will take you through the application process step-by-step. This workshop is part of the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival.
Location: Festival Lounge Hotel Palomar 5300 East Mockingbird Lane Dallas, TX 75206
Fees: FREE and open to the public
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Sneak Peek: LETTERS TO JULIET

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:20:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 29 Apr, 2010 7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Details: When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for current AFS Memebrs
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Avant Cinema 3.8: Caroline Koebel

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:04:27 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 29 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Perhaps best known to the Austin audience as “Booboo” in Spectres of the Spectrum (1999, Dir: Craig Baldwin, DP: Bill Daniel), Caroline Koebel—a recent transplant from Brooklyn—has been exhibiting her experimental films and video art internationally since the early 1990s. Informed by conceptual art, film theory and feminism, her work provokes new modes of aesthetic and critical engagement with such subjects as early cinema, commodity culture, and the maternal eye. Avant Cinema features Flicker On Off, her current series re-purposing big-budget movies as a platform to engage world affairs, including global warming, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the Haditha Massacre. Flicker On Off has been presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the European Media Art Festival, Scope Art Fair, Video Art Festival of Camagüey, and the Festival of (In)appropriation. Also showing is a survey of titles—in both 16mm and digital projection—selected by the filmmaker for how they interact with Flicker On Off.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

AFS Doc Tour: MINE

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:02:54 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 14 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Truly selfless animal rescuers flocked to New Orleans after Katrina. Their mission was to save thousands of pets left behind by distraught owners who were not allowed to take their animals with them on evacuation buses. MINE looks at what happened to those animals and their owners in the months and even years following the devastating hurricane and floods. Some were reunited, others were not, and therein lie the joy and tragedy of this always fascinating documentary.
Location: Alamo Ritz Downtown 320 E. 6th St
Fees: $4 for AFS members and students $6 for all others
Contact: chale@austinfilm.org
Created by: Chale Nafus

Essential Cinema: A TALKING PICTURE (Updated)

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:07:41 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 11 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A history professor takes her 7-year-old daughter on a Mediterranean cruise as a prelude to their trip to Bombay.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: NOITE ESCURA

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:06:12 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 4 May, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A man has gotten too heavily into debt and is given only one way out: hand one of his daughters over to work as a prostitute for the mob. The girl’s mother and sister would like to prevent her prostitution, but they are helpless in this patriarchal society.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:05:01 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 27 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Both documentary and fictional narrative, Gomes’s energetic and courageous film captures so many vignettes of life in rural Portugal.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: AGUAS MIL

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:03:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 20 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Preparing the family house for sale, Pedro discovers some old papers and photos that send him on a road trip to try to discover reasons for his father’s disappearance during political upheavals in Portugal.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: VOYAGE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:02:42 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 13 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: An elderly filmmaker (Mastrooianni) and his middle-aged leading actor, Afonso, travel to Portugal with friends. They see a world and way of life that are rapidly disappearing elsewhere. Shown with PORTO DA MINHA INFANCIA (Oporto of My Childhood)
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Admission
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Avant Cinema 3.7: Film-Makers' Cooperative Tribute

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:23:53 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 31 Mar, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Avant Cinema: Film-Makers' Cooperative Tribute brings from New York City to Austin the group-curated program "A Moveable Feast," originally presented at the Howl! Arts Festival. Coop board members selected titles from the collection most influential on their own filmmaking. The Tribute is also a celebration of the Coop’s move to its new home at 475 Park Avenue South. The Film-Makers' Cooperative is the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world. Created by artists in 1962, as the distribution branch of the New American Cinema Group, the Coop has more than 5,000 films, videotapes and DVDs in its collection.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Sustainable Filmmaking Panel Discussion

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:22:30 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 15 Mar, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago
Local Time: Mon, 15 Mar, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Austin Film Meet & the Blue Theatre Present
Sustainable Filmmaking Panel Discussion
A FREE Unofficial SXSW panel

Monday, March 15 – 7pm
At the Blue Theatre
916 Springdale Rd, East Austin

Please join us next Monday for a special SXSW edition of AFM's weekly meeting to include a casual panel discussion on sustainable filmmaking and "filming green" with special guests from Los Angeles and New York. If you're involved with film production, own or work at a local green business, or are just curious about filmmaking and its impact on the community and environment, you should attend. Beyond the message a film portrays, Sustainable Filmmaking takes on the behind-the-scenes methods used during production with the goal of making them more environmentally friendly. This is a growing movement throughout the country and the world, and we are excited to have three active, accomplished members of this movement attending as our panelists:
Location: The Blue Theatre 916 Springdale Rd., East Austin
Fees: Free to Attend
Created by: Napoleon Mitchell

AFS/Austin Studios @ SXSW Film & Interactive Tradeshow

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:35:36 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 13 Mar, 2010 - Mon, 15 Mar, 2010
Details: Stop by our booth at the SXSW Film & Interactive tradeshow and meet AFS Staff and Interns, get your Austin Studios questions answered and pick up cool swag!
Location: Austin Convention Center
Fees: FREE for SXSW Badgeholders
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

SXSW Panel: How to Rawk SXSW Film

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:35 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Fri, 12 Mar, 2010 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Details: Learn how to make meaningful connections with all the independent film & new media professionals in town for the event. Panel includes AFS Communications Manager Agnes Varnum and AFS Board Member Rodney Gibbs.
Location: Austin Convention Center Room 16AB
Fees: FREE for SXSW Badgeholders
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

SXSW Panel: Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Workshop

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:57 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 16 Mar, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Details: Since 1996, the Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund has supported Texas filmmakers with over $1 million in cash, goods and services to 272 projects. At this workshop, the AFS’ Director of Artist Services Bryan Poyser will take you through the application process step-by-step.
Location: Austin Convention Center Room 13AB
Fees: FREE for SXSW Badgeholders
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

AFS Member Showcase

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:06 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 14 Mar, 2010 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Details: A compilation of shorts by AFS’s filmmaker-level members. Film lineup… PLATYPUS REX IN: ABC-HOLE by Bob Ray I LOVE YOU, WILL SMITH by Bradley Jackson NEVER DO THIS by Scott Rice TO DO THAT by Jason Brenizer DER VATER by James Moore EL PEZ by Brian Scofield SHADES OF THE BORDER by Patrick Smith THE SHRIMP by Keith Wilson
Location: The Hideout 617 Congress Ave
Fees: FREE for SXSW Badge and Pass holders
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

AFS Member Showcase

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:23:43 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 13 Mar, 2010 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Details: A compilation of shorts by AFS’s filmmaker-level members. Film lineup… MAKE A WISH by David Ward SQUEEZED OUT OF BUSINESS by Chithra Jeyaram THE ALLIGATOR by Jeff Marrow SEEDS OF CHANGE by Kelly West BIG HANDS by Aaron Holloway MANOS DE MADRE by Greg Kwedar
Location: The Hideout 617 Congress Ave
Fees: FREE for SXSW Badge and Pass holders
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored Screening: CITIZEN ARCHITECT

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:57:29 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 17 Mar, 2010 7:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: “The late architect Samuel Mockbee started the Rural Studio, a design/build architecture program, in which students create charity architecture for impoverished communities in rural Alabama. Guided by passionate interviews with Mockbee, the film shows how a group of students use their creativity and compassion to craft a home for their charismatic, destitute client, Jimmie Lee Matthews. “But, the Rural Studio is about more than building. It is also about providing students with an experience that forever inspires them to use their skills to better their communities. Interviews with Mockbee’s peers and scenes with those he’s influenced infuse the film with a larger discussion of architecture’s role in issues of poverty, class, race, education, citizenship and social change.” [SXSW description]
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E. 6th St
Fees: Open to SXSW Film, Gold & Platinum badgeholders and Film Pass holders
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: HARLAN: IN THE SHADOW OF JEW SUSS

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:05:13 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 24 Mar, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Even more than Leni Riefenstahl, film director Veit Harlan was Hitler and Goebbel’s favorite Third Reich filmmaker. He made films in the 1930s which extolled Nazi family values within melodramatic forms. Then in 1939 Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels gave Harlan the most important assignment of his career – to make a gripping, mob-stirring film of Jew Süss. Superficially it was a costume drama set in the 18th century and purporting to be the “true story” of a Jewish financial adviser, Joseph Süss Oppenheimer, who gained influence over the ruler of Stuttgart in the duchy of Württemberg. But the Nazi propaganda minister had a more ominous subtext in mind as he insisted that the film embrace every possible anti-Semitic stereotype about avarice, arrogance, and lust to create the most hate-filled caricature yet in mainstream German cinema. That would have been bad enough, but the timing of the film’s release in 1940 had far-ranging consequences which can barely be fathomed today. Wartime audiences seeing Jew Süss in Germany and the occupied territories of Europe became totally incensed by the title character and yelled out for his death and that of his co-religionists. The film justified hatred, removal, and destruction of an entire people. The camps existed already and tens of thousands of political and ethnic prisoners had already been executed, but within two years of the release of Jew Süss those camps would turn into massive extermination factories. Harlan’s film irrevocably contributed to the evil sweeping over Europe by depicting the Jewish people as threats to the “purity” of Germany and as worthy of complete annihilation.
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th St.
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

SXSW Special Screening: WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE (Updated)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:47:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Fri, 19 Mar, 2010 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Details: Screening is open to SXSW Film, Gold and Platinum badge holders. AFS members may register for free tickets to this screening beginning March 4th at 10 AM at the "More Information" link below. Award-winning writer-director Tom DiCillo's riveting film uncovers historic, previously unseen footage from the illustrious rock quartet and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of their music and legacy. The film is narrated by Johnny Depp. The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists - drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and singer Jim Morrison - made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE is the first feature documentary to tell their story. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas. Taking its title from the cabaret-tinged Doors hit "People Are Strange," the film chronicles the creation of The Doors' six landmark studio albums in just five years, as well as their electrifying live performances. Rare cinèma vèritè footage offers an intimate glimpse into their musical collaboration - and their offstage lives.
Location: The Paramount Theater 713 Congress Ave
Fees: FREE for AFS Members Only
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Special Screening: CONTERGAN: A SINGLE TABLET (Updated)

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:10:38 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 7 Mar, 2010 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Details: In the 1960s the sleeping pill Thalidomide wreaked havoc on fetuses in Europe and led to tens of thousands of stillbirths or multiple birth defects. This TV docudrama is the story of one German lawyer's struggle against the giant pharmaceutical company that caused this tragedy. This health care issue from the past is still very relevant today in our ongoing debate over health care, insurance companies, and giant pharmaceutical corporations.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: FREE
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored: aGLIFF Oscar Party (Updated)

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:09:52 GMT

SXSW SuperMeetup

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:49:52 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 13 Mar, 2010 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Looking to attend a cool Film Party during SXSW© 2010? We've got your Film Party on Saturday, March 13th! Join the FCPUG Network, including BOSFCPUG, LAFCPUG and CUTS Austin and The Austin Film Society and other film-related groups during SXSW© 2010 for a special informal SuperMeetup gathering of FCP, Avid and Adobe editors, HDSLR filmmakers and digital content creators! Featuring

Special Guest D.P., Director and Filmmaker PHILIP BLOOM! Meet Philip and interact with other HDSLR filmmakers - enjoy a few cocktails to light up your evening - "GET SEEN" in our OPEN SCREEN THEATRE - and win one of many cool prizes to use on your next film project in our World Famous Raffle! Proceeds benefit The Austin Film Society.

Who should attend? - Digital Content Creators who work on a Mac and anyone and everyone who wants to learn something and meet people that are smarter than them. Food and Drink? - Food (free) and Cash Bar will be available.
Location: Maggie Mae's 323 E. 6th Street
Fees: $5.00 Includes FREE Complimentary Drink & 2 raffle tickets
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Avant Cinema: Chick Strand Tribute

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:41:01 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 24 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Featuring 16mm projections of Cosas De Mi Vida (1976, 25 min) and Soft Fiction (1979, 55 min) Curated by Caroline Koebel and Scott Stark "Celebrated West Coast filmmaker Chick Strand (1931-2009) passed away this past summer, leaving behind a body of sensual and smart work significant for its exploration of the space between documentary and poetry, truth and fiction, and the politics and pleasure of representation. A key figure in the development of the American independent and avant-garde filmmaking movements, she helped co-found the seminal film exhibition and distribution collective Canyon Cinema in the mid-1960s. She began her own filmmaking career at the age of 34, combining a background in photographic collage and academic training in anthropology into a series of poetic documentaries shot in Mexico while an ethnography student at UCLA. "Ethnographic films" Strand once wrote, "should be works of art, symphonies about the fabric of a people." - Amy Beste, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR LAWRENCE

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:53:37 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 6 Apr, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: David Bowie plays a “silent, ethereal POW” in a Japanese military camp during WW2. He finds his own way to protest the mistreatment rife in the camp and eventually comes to the attention of the commander (played by Ryuichi Sakamoto, a composer/performer). While the Japanese officer and the British prisoner may find their own understanding, another POW (Tom Conti) suffers under the punishment of a sadistic sergeant. Certainly an alternative view of the cultural conflicts brought by war.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: VIOLENCE AT NOON

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:52:27 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 30 Mar, 2010 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Details: An amoral drifter enters a home to terrorize a maid (Shino), whom he has known earlier on a farm, but he ends up raping and killing the mistress of the house. Eisuke continues his serial violations/murders with Shino as witness and accomplice. Strangely, Shino begins writing Eisuke’s wife (a schoolteacher) to let her know what her husband is really doing. Told with flashbacks and reportedly over 2000 edits, VIOLENCE AT NOON proved Oshima to be a master of the creative film form.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

No Essential Cinema Screening: SXSW! (Updated)

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:51:02 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 16 Mar, 2010
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE PLEASURES OF THE FLESH

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:50:00 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 23 Mar, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: After a student is raped, her teacher murders the rapist. Even though he is a hero of sorts, the man doesn’t want his act publicized, so a thief who needs to hide a large cache of money simply blackmails the teacher into holding the loot. Since he has already gone down a questionable path of amorality, the teacher takes the money and descends into enjoying every possible sensual urge. This film highlights Oshima’s exploration of sadism, porn, and obsession.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 112 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: JAPANESE SUMMER: DOUBLE SUICIDE

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:48:43 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 9 Mar, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: In a post-apocalyptic Japan, streets are deserted except for the military and police. A young woman is on the road looking for love, but fate attaches her to a military deserter who is more intent on suicide than sex. The unlikely duo get taken to a gangster hideout where a revolution is being plotted. Meanwhile a “Westerner” is driving around Japan arbitrarily killing people. Inevitably the lone killer and the revolutionaries will intersect.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: EMPIRE OF PASSION (Updated)

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:47:16 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 2 Mar, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Creating a kind of companion to IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES, Oshima was less confrontational and controversial in depicting the love affair of a young man with a much older woman in a small village. She inconveniently has a husband, so they decide to do the logical thing – strangle him and stuff him down a well. Japanese wells are a bad place to stuff dead bodies, because they are a breeding ground for ghosts. Village gossip, the husband’s ghost, and the law finally become too much for the couple.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (Updated)

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:46:49 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 23 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: We will start off with his most controversial work, which explores the fatal limits of sexual passion turning into all-consuming obsession. In Japan in 1936 a married innkeeper and his servant begin an affair – simple and common enough, but together they explore the outer limits of sex until they reach a point of no return. Frank and yet graceful and at times truly beautiful in its depiction of a couple in heat, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES caused Oshima to be charged with obscenity in Japan. He won the case. In the US the film was seized by customs officers and was blocked from British screens until 1991. As with all his work Oshima is intent on exploring aspects of the Japanese psyche, while creating unforgettably beautiful and powerful films.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (1120 S. Lamar)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored: WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Updated)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:49:15 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 14 Feb, 2010 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Details: WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Mujeres al borde de un atque de nervios) Written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodovar Cinematography by Jose Luis Alcaine Spain, 1988, color, DVD distributed by Sony Pictures, 90 min. Cast: Carmen Maura, Julieta Serrano, Maria Barranco, Antonio Banderas Spanish with English subtitles Almodovar’s contribution to the “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” subgenre of romantic comedies is a major statement about desire transformed into an out-of-control obsession. Pepa, a successful TV actress/ad pitchwoman, flies into a rage of destruction of telephones, plate glass windows, and her mattress when she discovers that Ivan is leaving her. Ivan’s former wife, Lucia, driven into a psychiatric hospital by misplaced love, is hell-bent on murdering the man who made her crazy. Ivan’s newest paramour, feminist lawyer Paulina Morales, is the only one who tells Ivan that he is weak. And then there is Candela, Pepa’s friend, who got innocently involved with a Shiite terrorist and is now in hiding. With its trademark use of eye-drenching primary colors and post-modern references to glossy fashion magazines and styles, WOMEN ON THE VERGE announced the arrival of a completely new and delightful filmmaker blasting a new path through the jungle of desire and obsession.
Location: Blanton Auditorium, MLK & Congress
Fees: $3 for Blanton & AFS members, UT students, faculty, and staff; $5 for non-members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored: HAPPY TOGETHER (Updated)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:47:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 28 Feb, 2010 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Details: SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT Written, produced, directed, and edited by Spike Lee Cinematography by Ernest Dickerson USA, 1986, DVD distributed by MGM, black & white and color, 84 min. Cast: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee Nola Darling has three men in her life: Jamie, Greer, and Mars, the latter hilariously played by Spike Lee. Each man wants her to choose him as her sole soulmate, but she thrives on the sexual variety brought by three different bodies to her bed. In a society which still calls a single man with several girl friends or one-nighters a “playboy,” but which brands a woman involved with several men a “slut,” Nola is writing her own rulebook and taking her own pleasurable time before “settling down.” Filmed lovingly in chiaroscuro black & white by Ernest Dickerson, this almost-feminist film marked the international debut of one of America’s most important directors.
Location: Blanton Auditorium, MLK & Congress
Fees: $3 for members, UT students, faculty, and staff; $5 for non-members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored: SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (Updated)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:47:05 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 21 Feb, 2010 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Details: WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Mujeres al borde de un atque de nervios) Written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodovar Cinematography by Jose Luis Alcaine Spain, 1988, color, DVD distributed by Sony Pictures, 90 min. Cast: Carmen Maura, Julieta Serrano, Maria Barranco, Antonio Banderas Spanish with English subtitles Almodovar’s contribution to the “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” subgenre of romantic comedies is a major statement about desire transformed into an out-of-control obsession. Pepa, a successful TV actress/ad pitchwoman, flies into a rage of destruction of telephones, plate glass windows, and her mattress when she discovers that Ivan is leaving her. Ivan’s former wife, Lucia, driven into a psychiatric hospital by misplaced love, is hell-bent on murdering the man who made her crazy. Ivan’s newest paramour, feminist lawyer Paulina Morales, is the only one who tells Ivan that he is weak. And then there is Candela, Pepa’s friend, who got innocently involved with a Shiite terrorist and is now in hiding. With its trademark use of eye-drenching primary colors and post-modern references to glossy fashion magazines and styles, WOMEN ON THE VERGE announced the arrival of a completely new and delightful filmmaker blasting a new path through the jungle of desire and obsession.
Location: Blanton Auditorium, MLK & Congress
Fees: $3 for Blanton & AFS members, UT students, faculty, and staff; $5 for non-members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored: L'AVVENTURA (Updated)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:45:51 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 7 Feb, 2010 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Details: L’AVVENTURA Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, & Tonino Guerra Cinematography by Aldo Scavarda Italy/France, 1960, DVD distributed by Janus Films, black & white, 141 min. Cast: Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar Italian with English subtitles Seven friends enjoy an Aeolian island cruise aboard Patrizia’s yacht. Their leisurely pleasures are interrupted when Anna disappears from the small island they have been exploring. Her best friend Claudia is desperate, while Anna’s fiancé Sandro is rather unmoved since he knows how moody and capricious the young woman can be. The maritime police become involved and Sandro and Claudia set out in separate boats to continue their search, but it is their own desire for each other that causes their paths to intersect. Because of Antonioni’s remarkable mise-en-scene and eloquent compositions, L’AVVENTURA received a special prize at Cannes “for a new movie language and the beauty of its images.”
Location: Blanton Auditorium, MLK & Congress
Fees: $3 for Blanton & AFS members, UT students, faculty, and staff; $5 for non-members
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Silent Bob Speaks!

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:43:56 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 4 Mar, 2010 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Details:

Silent Bob Speaks! For one night only, Kevin Smith, director of "Clerks," "Chasing Amy," and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," breaks his silence in a rare LIVE appearance including an exclusive, no holds barred Q&A session!

Location: The Long Center 701 West Riverside Drive (at the corner of S. 1st Street)
Fees: $25 for AFS Members / $45-$65 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: O AMOR NATURAL

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:30:21 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 10 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: O AMOR NATURAL is a documentary film about the erotic poetry of one of the greatest Latin American poets of the 20th century, the Brazilian Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987). The erotic poems of Carlos Drummond de Andrade, a household name in Brazil, remained unpublished during his lifetime, as he feared they would be deemed pornographic. In this celebration of his poetry and sensual vision, elderly residents of Rio read his poems and comment on their graphic, voluptuous imagery with tremendous candor and enthusiasm. "We're old. We're not dead!" interjects one reader, as memories of stolen pleasures and bittersweet melancholy unfold. Says filmmaker Heddy Honigmann: "The poems sometimes functioned as a kind of corkscrew, sometimes as a glass of water, sometimes as a glass of brandy."
Location: The Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored: aGLIFF Oscar Party (Updated)

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:31:46 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 7 Mar, 2010 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Details: aGLIFF Oscar Party Sunday March 7, 2010; Doors open 6 p.m.; seated dinner begins 7 p.m.; Oscars begin at 8 p.m. The Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos Street, Austin, 78701 Proceeds benefit aGLIFF and The Paul Kirby Emergency Fund at AIDS Services of Austin   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lights! Camera! Austin! –– aGLIFF brings glamour and glitz for the Oscars –– Austin style. AGLIFF (Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival) rolls out the red carpet on Sunday March 7 for an Oscar party like no other benefiting Austin non profits aGLIFF as well as The Paul Kirby Emergency Fund at AIDS Services of Austin. More than a viewing party, Austin will glam the night away at the iconic Driskill Hotel for performance at its best with outrageously funny emcees Rebecca Havemeyer and Mocha Jean Herrup. We’ll be tuning into the 82nd annual Academy Awards hooplah in Los Angeles (screens everywhere!), but it’ll be a BIG night in Austin, too. Expect our emcees to rival any Hollywood production, including a live opening number, spot-on (and irreverently funny!) Oscar observations, games, a well-involved crowd and scathingly brilliant tributes to the Best Picture nominees like you’ve never seen! Interested in the Best Ad Placement in A Film category? You’re probably the only one, but no problem. There will be a room set aside strictly for viewing, so you’ll be able to step away from the frivolity to catch it. NOMINEES Treat yourself like an Oscar nominee and enjoy a three-course meal prepared by The Driskill’s award-winning chefs. The $100 tickets for this seated dinner include a private viewing room. There also is the option to create your own tablescape for a chance to win a special Sandra Lee Honor. Tickets for the seated dinner are available online only. Tables of 10 may also be secured. SUPPORTING CAST General admission tickets –– $30 online/$35 at the door ––include all the fun and entertainment, as well as truffled popcorn and other twists on movie concessions. All guests will have access to the Mezzanine Level party, entrance into an Oscar Pool with a chance to win $500. There also will be opportunities to walk away with special prize packages throughout the evening. FILMMAKERS Have you signed up for your 2010 aGLIFF membership? Memberships of Director Level ($150) and above can receive 50 percent discounts and/or free tickets to the Oscar party. Join now to take advantage of this great opportunity. CREW A spectacular production takes a spectacular crew, and aGLIFF welcomes volunteers to help put on this grand production. Interested? Contact us. Tickets for the aGLIFF Oscar Party are $100 for seated dinner or $30 for general admission ($35 at the door). For tickets, to volunteer or more information, visit www.agliff.org or call (512) 302-9889.   ABOUT: REBECCA HAVEMEYER Rebecca Havemeyer, one of the larger-than-life alter egos of actor Paul Soileau, fled Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and has found her own niche here in Austin, most notably as host of Alamo Drafthouse’s monthly “Hey Homo!” screenings as well as aGLIFF’s Brunch Time Booya series. In fact, read more about Rebecca in the Austin Chronicle. She’s this week’s cover girl! MOCHA JEAN HERRUP Drag King Mocha Jean is a self-described “spiritual humorist” and “genderqueer filmmaker.” Known for her roles like “The Lancebian,” Herrup’s award-winning films have screened in festivals and on the Sundance Channel. She’s also received awards, including a gold Addy for her spot for Celis Brewery. Herrup also is an associate professor in the Radio-TV-Film Department at Austin Community College and a correspondent for the Film Festival Channel. To schedule interviews with Rebecca Havemayer or Mocha Jean Herrup, contact Skot Tulk at (512) 302-9889. AGLIFF The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival cultivates the Central Texas lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) film and arts community by enlightening, educating, and entertaining our community through the exhibition and support of the best in recent LGBTQI international, national, and regional films and art. THE OCTOPUS CLUB The Octopus Club is an all-volunteer group that serves as a fund-raising arm to benefit the Paul Kirby Fund. The Paul Kirby Emergency Fund at AIDS Services of Austin is a bridge fund to assist needy persons living with HIV/AIDS in Central Texas, when other resources and benefits are exhausted or in the process of application. It supplies money for food, rent, utilities, life-giving medications, transportation, eyeglasses and other necessities of life. THE DRISKILL HOTEL The Driskill Hotel, a member of The Historic Hotels of America and Associated Luxury Hotels International, is a landmark of Texas hospitality. Its Driskill Grill has received numerous awards and accolades including the coveted Foder's Choice Award, Zagat's ranking of "Extraordinary to Perfection" and OpenTable's Diners Choice Award. The Driskill Grill also is the only restaurant in Austin city limits to have earned Wine Spectator magazine’s Best of Award of Excellence.
Location: The Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos Street, Austin, 78701
Fees: $100 for seated dinner or $30 for general admission ($35 at the door)
Contact: jake@agliff.org
Updated by: Ben S. Powell

Classics of Black Cinema (Updated)

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:17:01 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 6 Feb, 2010 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Details:
Location: University Hills Branch - Austin Public Library 4721 Loyola Ln.
Updated by: Ben S. Powell

Narratives-in-Progress: THE HAPPY POET

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:21:18 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 27 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details:

THE HAPPY POET follows a one-time poet's attempt to run a successful vegetarian foodstand despite pressure to sell something easier - hot dogs. Complications with the foodstand jeopardize budding friendships as well as Bill's sense of self-worth and faith in humanity.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Free. Open to filmmaker-level AFS members and above only. Click on "More information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Avant Cinema: SYZYGY

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:15:09 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 28 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A program of shorts presented by Jennifer Lane. Lane was born in August of 1968 in Dallas and currently lives and works in Marfa. She studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Her films, videos, and drawings have been exhibited at the Castillo Di Rivoli in Turin, the ZKM Center for Experimental Media and Technology in Karlsruhe, the Royal College of Art in London, the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Miami International Film Festival, and on Japanese television. She is currently finishing work on her new film, “Clouds”, an experimental nature film about the water cycles of our planet.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street, Gate 2
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Docs-in-Progress: TOTAL BADASS

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:31:46 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 18 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: TOTAL BADASS is the Texas tale of a hilarious, crazy-ass writer/publisher/singer/weed-dealer/sex addict/Guinea pig enthusiast/dad/pirate radio host/raconteur and general man-about-town as he rides out the last six months of felony probation and, ultimately, must change his ways when a financial crisis befalls his estranged family.

Viewer discretion recommended - film includes graphic drug use and sexuality
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Open to AFS Filmmaker-level and above members ONLY. Click on "More Information" to register.
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Co-sponsored Screening: HARMONY AND ME (Updated)

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:01:16 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 11 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

The only American film to have its world premiere at MoMA's New Directors/New Films Festival in April, Bob Byington's HARMONY AND ME takes the low-budget techniques associated with the much-maligned "mumblecore" cycle and puts them to the service of a raucous, highly musical comedy about the agony of introducing a broken heart into everyday life.

The hilariously deadpan comedy for the cell phone generation takes place in Austin, Texas, where a voluble young lyricist named Harmony refuses to let go of the heartbreak caused when Jessica, his girlfriend, breaks up with him. In a series of loosely improvised and very funny episodes, Harmony riffs on life and love with his friends, colleagues, and family, while fighting to win back his girl. Starring musician Justin Rice (MUTUAL APPRECIATION, lead singer of Bishop Allen) as the motor-mouthed Harmony and Kevin Corrigan (PINEAPPLE EXPRESS) as his sidekick Carlos, Byington's film presents a heartfelt portrait of a bright guy and his unsympathetic buddies dealing with heartache.

Director Bob Byington will be present at all screenings for Q & A. Head to the Highball for $3 Stella Artois after the Jan. 10th screening.

Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar, Austin, TX
Fees: $8.75/$5 for AFS members for Jan. 11 screening only (must present member card at door)
Contact: webmaster@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

Doc Tour: TATTOOED UNDER FIRE (Updated)

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:45:01 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 20 Jan, 2010 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Details:

Through an exploration of the tattoos on the bodies of American soldiers, Nancy Schiesari looks into the psyches of young men and women before they leave for Iraq and/or Afghanistan and after they return from deployment. The tattoos they get after their return are often quite different from the ones they got before going into battle. The images on their bodies tell us so much about their states of mind and the changes in their views, both positive and negative. It is a brilliant film which takes us beyond the evening news, the statistics, and the talking heads. Unfortunately TATTOOED UNDER FIRE has achieved a different kind of relevance from being set at Ft. Hood before a terrorist’s attack made even that refuge not so safe as before.

Location: The Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Rock 'n Reel

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:47:21 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 14 Jan, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Details:
Location: Spring Condominiums
Fees: FREE
Contact: RSVP to RSVP@SpringAustin.com
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

THE BLACK CANDLE

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:19:25 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 31 Dec, 2009 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Details: The Carver Museum and Cultural Center will have a FREE screening of THE BLACK CANDLE - A Kwanzaa film Thursday, December 31. Screening times are 10-noon and 2-4 p.m. with Kiswahili lessons by Carver Instructor Jane Muturi from noon-1 p.m. Seating is limited; to RSVP call 974-4926.

Location: George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center 1165 Angelina St.
Fees: FREE
Contact: 974-4926
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Production Accounting Clerk Workshop

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:50:38 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 23 Jan, 2010 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Details: The Production Accounting Clerk Workshop is a one-day course, taught by industry professionals, that gives you the skills needed to hit the ground running to find work as an accounting clerk. Participants are taught details of the responsibilities of each member of the accounting staff. In all, participants learn the skills needed for these positions including production terminology, how to read a budget, and how to handle various types of expenses including accounts payable, petty cash and purchase orders.
Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX 78723 (Map)
Fees: $50
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

New Member Mixer (Updated)

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:49:02 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 13 Jan, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Details: Save the Date for our first 2010 New Member Mixer. All new and renewing members are invited to visit Austin Studios, meet AFS staff and interns, take a tour and hear more about our programs and services.
Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX 78723 (Map)
Fees: FREE
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

CAIRO STATION (Bab el hadid)

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:08:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 12 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Written by Abdel Hay Adib and Mohamed Abu Youssef
Egypt, 1959, distributed by Typecast Films, 35mm, B&W, 76 min.
Cast: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi
Arabic with English subtitles

The bustling Cairo train station is the setting for a dramatic love triangle involving Kenaoui, a handicapped newspaper vendor (played by the director himself), Hanouma, a voluptuous lemonade seller, and her fiancé Abou Serib, a muscular train porter involved in union organizing. Complicating the situation is the presence of a murderer on the loose in Cairo. Into this steamy Egyptian noir are thrown stylish set pieces, such as a rock ‘n’ roll musical number. Banned in Egypt for twenty years after its controversial premiere, CAIRO STATION was finally recognized for the masterpiece it is.

Accompanied by the documentary, CAIRO AS SEEN BY CHAHINE (1991, 35mm, 24 min).

Location: Alamo S. Lamar (1120 S. Lamar)
Fees: AFS Members: free All others: $4
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Chale Nafus

Essential Cinema: THREE MONKEYS

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:27:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 16 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

“Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, THREE MONKEYS tells a twisty, noirish tale that opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Eyüp to take the rap. The film concerns the effects of this devil’s bargain on Eyüp’s family as simmering tensions and sexual intrigue wreak havoc in a household already haunted by hidden ghosts. In the spirit of Buñuel’s THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE and Haneke’s CACHE, THREE MONKEYS mounts a caustic critique of the bourgeois family, riddled with hypocrisy, yet stubbornly resilient in its seemingly boundless capacity to sidestep guilt and accountability.” – Zeitgeist Films

REGISTRATION OPENS 12/28/09

Location: The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $6 / FREE For AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: AJAMI

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:26:39 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 9 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Ajami is a neighborhood in Jaffa, Israel, one in which Jews, Muslims, and Christians live and work. It becomes a microcosm of the Arab/Israeli conflict in which tensions, anger, and fear run at such a fever pitch that emotions always trump rationality and people suffer unnecessarily. Various “chapters” interweave the stories of young men and boys involved in seeing friends and relatives killed, making blood money payments, naively dealing drugs, working illegally, crossing religious barriers for love, and trying to maintain honor while surviving in a cauldron. AJAMI provides a sobering look at conflicts within a far more complex Israel than generally shown. Winner of “Best Feature Film” at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 2009) and Israel’s submission for Oscar consideration (2010).

REGISTRATION OPENS 12/28/09

Location: The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $6 / FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: SON OF A LION

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:25:22 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 2 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Eleven-year-old Niaz desperately wants to go to school, but his father refuses and makes him assist in making and repairing guns in his shop in a small town in the Northwestern province of Pakistan, home to Afghan and Pakistani Pashtun and the problematic Taliban refugees. The young boy finds allies in his uncle Baktiyar and a poetry-loving older friend Agha Jaan, but the father’s mind is set against education, since he received none himself. Even though he is very proud of his valiant struggles against the Russian invaders of Afghanistan and certainly wants his only child to grow up to be a brave man, it becomes questionable if he really wants his son to become a warrior back in Afghanistan? His anti-education motives may be more complicated than what they appear. This rare look into the complex politics and alliances of northwestern Pakistan was accomplished with the assistance (writing and acting) of residents of the region.

REGISTRATION OPENS 12/28/09

Location: The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $6 / FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: LAILA’S BIRTHDAY

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:24:01 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 26 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

A Palestinian taxi driver (and former judge) in Ramallah wants to make his daughter’s 7th birthday a very special one, but first he must spend his day making money picking up passengers. But he has rules which limit the number of clients: no weapons or cigarettes, no trips to Israeli checkpoints, and mandatory use of seatbelt. Each person who gets in and out of his cab reveals a bit of their lives: young lovers simply wanting a place to be together, a man recently freed from prison, a woman unable to decide whether to go to a hospital or cemetery first, and a man who leaves his cell phone in the cab and creates chaos for the cab driver. In the course of the day we see a Palestinian city often in the news but never observed in such objective, but loving detail.

REGISTRATION OPENS 12/28/09

Location: The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $6 / FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE LAND

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:22:36 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 19 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

In THE LAND Chahine focuses his lens on the plight of the peasants in a small village exploited by a powerful local landowner, at a time that Britain and the corrupt Egyptian monarchy still run the country. As sympathetic as his portrayal might be of the poor, Chahine is not an idealistic dreamer, and, much like Kurosawa and Bunuel, shows there are also negative characters and selfish motives among the oppressed. THE LAND is considered by many critics to be Chahine’s finest film, certainly one which mirrors many of his views of his native country.

REGISTRATION OPENS 12/28/09

Location: The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $6 / FREE For AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: CAIRO STATION

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:09 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 12 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Accompanied by the documentary, CAIRO AS SEEN BY CHAHINE (1991, 35mm, 24 min). REGISTRATION OPENS 12/28/09.

Location: The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $6 / FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: THE BEACHES OF AGNES

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:45:49 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 9 Dec, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Much like her earlier work, THE BEACHES OF AGNES is at once an illustration of the fine art of foraging and an autobiographical portrait, narrated by its self-described “little old lady, pleasantly plump” Agnes Varda.
Location: The Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

New Member Mixer (Updated)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:41:20 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 7 Jan, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Details: Save the Date for our first 2010 New Member Mixer. All new and renewing members are invited to visit Austin Studios, meet AFS staff and interns, take a tour and hear more about our programs and services.
Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX 78723 (Map)
Fees: FREE
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Sneak Peek: THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:46:41 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 3 Dec, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: 1837. VICTORIA (17) (Emily Blunt) is the object of a royal power struggle. Her uncle, KING WILLIAM (Jim Broadbent), is dying and Victoria is in line for the throne. Everyone is vying to win her favor. However Victoria is kept from the court by her overbearing mother, THE DUCHESS OF KENT (Miranda Richardson), and her ambitious advisor, CONROY (Mark Strong). Victoria hates them both. Victoria’s handsome cousin, ALBERT (Rupert Friend) is invited to visit by her mother, and it's obvious that Albert has been coached to win her hand but their courtship is put aside for politics. Victoria is crowned Queen, and her first decree is to banish her mother and Conroy to a remote palace apartment. She embraces LORD MELBOURNE (Paul Bettany), the charming Prime Minister, as her sole advisor. The public loves their new Queen, at first. After a public relations disaster, Victoria understands how much she needs Albert’s support. Against Melbourne’s wishes, she summons the young Prince back to England. This time Albert is determined not to be kept waiting in the wings any longer. Not a member? Join here >>
Location: The Regal Metropolitan 14 901 Little Texas Ln
Fees: FREE for AFS Members Only
Contact: afs@austinfiilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Avant Cinema 3.4: DIONYSUS IN '69 with Richard Schechner

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:44 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 6 Dec, 2009 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Details: When Richard Schechner's The Performance Group put on a notoriously uninhibited update of the Euripedes play "The Bacchae" in a Greenwich Village garage, it became the talk of New York and solidified the group's reputation at the forefront of avant garde theater. Brian De Palma was floored when he saw a performance and immediately set out to devise a way to present the fourth-wall-obliterating play in cinematic form. He presents it in split-screen, with cameras recording both the cast and the audience as they intermingle in a writhing, orgiastic expression of Dionysian abandon.

Back in January, AFS presented DIONYSUS IN '69 as part of the Essential Cinema series "First Blood: The Early Films of Brian De Palma. Now, coincide with the re-staging of DIONYSUS IN '69 from Dec. 3-20 at the Off Center by renowned Austin theater group Rude Mechanicals, we're thrilled to present the film again, this time with the director of the original performance, Richard Schechner, in attendance.
Location: Alamo Downtown at the Ritz 320 E. 6th St, Austin, TX
Fees: $6, $4 for AFS Members. Click on "More information" to buy tickets
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Benefit Screening: ONE PEACE AT A TIME (Updated)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:15:18 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Fri, 4 Dec, 2009 5:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Details:

Filmed in 20 countries on 5 continents, ONE PEACE AT A TIME looks at the possibility of providing basic rights to every child: food, water, shelter, opportunity and peace. The film features the insights of Nobel laureates Muhammad Yunus and Steve Chu (U.S. Secretary of Energy), Willie Nelson and many others. With a killer soundtrack by Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Cat Stevens, Eric Johnson, Bob Schneider, Exposions in the Sky and more! Turk Pipkin's journey shows how we can each take the steps towards a brighter future, ONE PEACE AT A TIME.

Proceeds from the screening benefit construction of Mahiga Hope High School in Kenya.

Location: Regal Arbor at Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trail
Fees: $50 Includes Screening & Party
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Docs-in-Progress: BLAZE FOLEY: IF I COULD ONLY FLY

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:55:40 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 2 Dec, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Born in a tree house, killed in a friend's living room, 86'ed from his own funeral, Blaze Foley is now a bona fide country music legend. His heartfelt songs are covered by Merle Haggard, John Prine, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett. Incorporating rare recordings, original artwork and archival material, BLAZE FOLEY weaves a tale of caution and inspiration for all artists, demonstrating how easily an everyday man can fail in the business world and yet succeed as a legend.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE. Open to AFS Filmmaker level and above members only. Click on "More information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

10th Annniversary Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:02 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 11 Mar, 2010 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Save the Date!

Location: Austin Studios Stage 5 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: Tables start at $5,000
Contact: shannon@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:52:41 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 15 Dec, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Iris works in a brain-dead job to support her mother and her do-nothing stepfather. The young woman goes out to clubs but isn’t ever asked to dance. A bright new dress gains her a one-night stand and a pregnancy by a business executive, who eventually sends her money and a note telling her to “get rid of the brat” and leave him alone.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ARIEL

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:51:31 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 8 Dec, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: After a mine closes down, Taisto’s father gives him the keys to his inheritance – a white Cadillac convertible. The young man makes his way south to Helsinki and after some extreme ups and downs moves in with Irmeli, who has three jobs and a young self-sufficient son.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: SHADOWS IN PARADISE

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:50:32 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 1 Dec, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Nikander, a reticent garbageman, has few dreams and little to enjoy in life, but when he meets Ilona, a grocery clerk, he begins to hope that his life can be more enjoyable. However, choosing a bingo parlor for his first date with Ilona really doesn’t make a good impression.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:24 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 24 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Beaten and left for dead, a man awakens in a hospital with no idea of his identity, profession, or origins. When his true identity is discovered and revealed to him, he faces a real existential dilemma. Three awards at Cannes and an Oscar nomination, which Kaurismaki asked to be withdrawn because of the war in Iraq.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: LIGHTS IN THE DARK

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:06 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 17 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: When an attractive blonde inexplicably befriends him in a café, Koistinen is initially confused but then intrigued. He finally begins hoping for a relationship, before realizing that Mirja has something else in mind.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Narratives-in-Progress: FIVE TIME CHAMPION

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:49 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 19 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: A film about love, hope, petty theft, adultery and the boundless opportunities presented by science, starring Dana Wheeler Nicholson (FLETCH, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS), Jon Gries (NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE, REAL GENIUS), Betty Buckley (CARRIE, TENDER MERCIES) and newcomer Ryan Akin.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE. Open to AFS Filmmaker level and above members only. Click on "More Information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Co-Sponsored Screening: PERSEPOLIS In the Park

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:36 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 14 Nov, 2009 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Special outdoor screening presented by Austin Asian American Film Festival with Austin Film Society

This acclaimed Oscar-nominated animated film is back for a FREE one-time only outdoor screening on Town Lake! Marjane is a young girl coming of age during the Iranian revolution along with her idealistic family who yearns for a brighter future for their country. From young punk rebel to alienated Austrian expatriate to outspoken political dissident, we follow Marjane’s extraordinary life through the stunning and inventive animation of Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi (on whose life PERSEPOLIS is based). This winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival captures the optimism of a young girl who refuses to let even the most adverse of circumstances dampen her rebellious spirit. Accompanied by the delicious global cuisine of three Austin food vendors (Sushi-A-Go-Go, Satay Thai and Get Sum Dim Sum) and preceded by the phenomenal Iranian band Tehranosaurus, this is an event not to be missed!

The 4-day film and culture festival will run Nov. 12-15 with a wonderful selection of films, including feature narratives, documentaries, and shorts, along with panel discussions and parties.

Location: Mexican American Cultural Center 600 River Street - Continuation of Holly St west of I-35
Fees: FREE
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Narratives-in-Progress: ROSS MACKENZIE'S REDEMPTION ON THE WEST TEXAS BBQ TRAIL (Updated)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:33:40 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 12 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Ross Mackenzie loves barbecue. The growing restaurant chain he works for has offered him a promotion, but he needs to take a break before his new start, and come to terms with his drinking problem and his absent father's death, among other exciting things. His newly purchased car gives out on his way to Runner, Texas, and the only person willing to help him is Hayden, his ex-girlfriend with her own set of grievances worth airing. Something happens in the deserts of West Texas that helps them on their paths...
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE. Open to AFS Filmmaker level and above members only. Click on "More Information" to register
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

Narratives-in-Progress: ROSS MACKENZIE'S REDEMPTION ON THE WEST TEXAS BBQ TRAIL

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:31:53 GMT

Austin Premiere of ME AND ORSON WELLES

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:51:14 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 30 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

The Austin Film Society is excited to announce the Austin Premiere of ME AND ORSON WELLES with Zac Efron, Christian McKay and Richard Linklater in attendance.

Based in real theatrical history, ME AND ORSON WELLES is a romantic, coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937.

The rollercoaster week leading up to opening night has the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Welles (impressive newcomer Christian McKay) staking his career on this risky production while Richard (Zac Efron) mixes with everyone from starlets to stagehands in behind-the-scenes adventures bound to change him. Oscar®-nominated director Richard Linklater is at the helm of the CinemaNX and Detour Filmproduction, opening nationally in select cities November 25, 2009, and in Austin on December 4, 2009.

This screening is a benefit for the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, which was started in 1996 by Richard Linklater to assist emerging Texas filmmakers and has awarded over $1 million.

Location: The Paramount Theater 713 Congress Ave.
Fees: Tickets start at $15
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

The Austin Cinematheque Presents: Roman Polanski's REPULSION

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:42:30 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 2 Nov, 2009 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Details:

The Austin Cinematheque is a film collective based upon the glory days of Cinematexas. Before Cinematexas resurfaced in the early 90's as a short film festival, it thrived for decades as a repertory film series showcasing the best of classic and independent cinema. Many of Austin's leading filmmakers and film writers throughout the 70's and 80's spent their days watching these screenings free of charge on the University of Texas campus. Programmed in the vein of the Cinematheque Francais in Paris, Cinematexas represented a chance for feature films by artists, mavericks, and enfant terribles from all walks of life to share the same screen throughout the semester.

All screenings are held at 7:30 PM at Texas Union Theatre

Location: UT Texas Union Theatre 2247 Guadalupe St Austin TX, 78705
Fees: FREE
Created by: Samaya Brown

Co-Sponsored Screening: PRESERVE (Rezerwat) (Updated)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:15 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 7 Nov, 2009 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Details: Preserve / Rezerwat (Poland, 2007, color, 100 min) Directed and co-written by Lukasz Palkowski “After a stormy breakup with his girlfriend, freelance photographer Marcin moves into a dilapidated apartment in the Praga district of Warsaw. His new landlord hires him to document the disastrous condition of the building. While taking pictures of the neighborhood, Marcin discovers an unknown world which starts to fascinate him. In this world, specific rules and code of honor have been preserved. A series of events change his life, bringing him new friends and enemies. "Preserve" is a bitter-sweet story about the inhabitants of Praga - the district of Warsaw with an unforgettable atmosphere.” (Austin Polish Society)
Location: Texas Spirit Theater Bob Bullock Texas History Museum 1800 N. Congress Austin, Texas (Map)
Fees: $10 admission for one screening or $50 for festival pass
Contact: 512-233-0068
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Moviemaker Dialogue: Navigating the Festival Circuit

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:31:23 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 4 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Details: The explosion of independent film in the last two decades has paralleled a similar explosion in film festivals the world over. Navigating the field can be a confusing, expensive and nerve-wracking experience. Join three Austin filmmakers in the midst of their phenomenal festival runs – John Bryant (THE OVERBROOK BROTHERS), Bob Byington (HARMONY AND ME) and Michel Scott (THE HORSE BOY) – for a discussion of the ups and downs, ins and outs and pros and cons of today’s film festival circuit. Moderated by AFS Director of Artist Services Bryan Poyser.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE. Open to AFS Filmmaker Level and above members only. Click on "More Info" to reserve seats
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Avant Cinema: FILM IS STUPID

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:25:27 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 18 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: In this presentation / performance / screening / and Q&A, Mocha will show films from her collection of short works, perform her one woman show, "Letters of Compliment & Complaint."
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: $4 for AFS Members and students / $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: INTIMATE STRANGER

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:41:11 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 11 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Alan Berliner examines the life and legacy of his maternal grandfather, Joseph Cassuto, a Palestinian Jew who brokered cotton purchases for the Japanese in Egypt before the outbreak of World War II. Director Alan Berliner in person for Q&A and selected shorts.
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: $4 for AFS Members & Students / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

New Member Mixer

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:01:23 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 5 Nov, 2009 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Details: Are you new to the Austin Film Society? Have you been a member for a while, but want to find out more about your membership benefits? Want to meet other AFS members? Join Austin Film Society staff and interns for our next new member orientation and mixer! We welcome new and renewing members to stop by AFS, located on the lot of Austin Studios (1901 E. 51st Street), to meet our staff and interns, take a tour of the Studios, learn about your membership benefits, have a drink or two and maybe watch some films.
Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX 78723 (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Sneak Peek: (UNTITLED)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:22:39 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 29 Oct, 2009 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: In this smart, satirical comedy, a brooding avant-garde composer falls for the gorgeous owner of a trendy New York art gallery and the quirky worlds of contemporary art and music are set on a hilarious collision course. Set in the artsy Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, (UNTITLED) tells the story of Adrian Jacobs (Adam Goldberg), a difficult composer of equally difficult music whose sparsely attended performances involve musicians breaking glass and kicking metal buckets. But, Adrian’s luck appears set to change when his brother (Eion Bailey) brings the stunning Madeleine (Marley Shelton) to one of his concerts.
Location: Regal Arbor at Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trail, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Co-Sponsored Screening: LA VIE DE BOHEME (Updated)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:36:52 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 26 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: The Austin Lyric Opera, the Austin Film Society and The Original Alamo Drafhouse Cinemas are proud to co-sponsor a screening of Aki Kaurismaki's modern retelling of the 19th-century story on which the opera La Boheme is based. This co-presentation of a rare 35mm print will serve as a delightful complement to Austin Lyric Opera's production of La Boheme (Nov 7-15). It will also serve as an introduction to the Austin Film Society Essential Cinema series of selected works by Aki Kaurismaki, Nov 17 - Dec 15.
Location: Alamo S Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $10 / $8 for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

WINNEBAGO MAN Sneak Preview Fundraiser

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:15:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 27 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Screen Door Films, in association with the Monarch Events Center and the Austin Film Society, presents a special sneak preview fundraising screening of the award-winning documentary comedy WINNEBAGO MAN, directed by Austin-based filmmaker Ben Steinbauer. Doors will open at 7 PM, with a reception before and after the screening (cash bar). Director Ben Steinbauer and Producer Joel Heller will host a Q&A session following the screening.

The proceeds from this sliding scale fundraiser will be used to prepare the film for a public release.

About the film

Jack Rebney, a.k.a. "the angriest man in the world", has delighted and fascinated millions of viewers with the hilariously foul-mouthed and ill-tempered outtakes from a Winnebago sales video he made in 1989--one of the first and best underground videos to be passed hand-to-hand, before the internet turned him into a full-blown phenomenon. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer takes on the seemingly impossible task of tracking down Rebney, and his journey turns into a fascinating exploration of viral video culture, and what it means on a personal level to its sometimes unwilling subjects. When he finally tracks down Rebney, the real man is more savvy, irascible, deep, weird, and cool than you could have possibly imagined, and turns out to be more than able to hold his own in the modern media culture. In short, he is a star. The film explores issues of privacy, internet bullying, aging, and illuminates how even the most rambunctious individuals have a human side. Winnebago Man is an intelligent, hilarious and unexpectedly poignant look at one man's response to Internet notoriety, and is ultimately a meditation on how a so-called "humiliation" can become a beacon of light to many.

Acclaim for WINNEBAGO MAN:

"WINNEBAGO MAN is the funniest documentary I've seen this year!" -- Michael Moore

"...A generational tale of a man coming to grips with a new type of celebrity while confronting his own mortality. It is quite emotional, absolutely hilarious and very poignant. I cannot recommend WINNEBAGO MAN strongly enough." -- HARRY KNOWLES, AIN'T IT COOL NEWS

"An uplifting meditation on redemption, privacy, aging, self-expression and humanity. All that, and it's motherf--king funny as shit, too." -- LAS VEGAS WEEKLY

"...Log onto YouTube, search for "winnebago man" and proceed to forward a link to this invective-filled video of the angriest man in the world to everyone you've ever known. It's that good...Filmmaker-fan Ben Steinbauer took it on as his mission to find the elusive character. Rebney's is a story with shades of sadness, hilarity and, of course, spectacular anger." -- WASHINGTON POST

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Location: Monarch Events Center Lincoln Village Shopping Center 6406 IH 35 N Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: $10 minimum donation. Tickets available at the door or in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86493
Contact: www.winnebagoman.com
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Narratives-in-Progress: EARTHLING

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:16:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 21 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: After a mysterious atmospheric event aboard the international space station, a small group of people wake up to realize that their entire lives have been a lie. Now they have to make a choice. Live amongst men, or try to find a way back home.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE, but open to AFS Filmmaker-level and above members only. Due to limited seating, you must register.
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Special Screening: BEESWAX (Updated)

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:54:27 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Fri, 9 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Come out for a special screening of BEESWAX with a Q&A featuring director Andrew Bujalski.
Set and filmed in Austin, TX, BEESWAX centers around twin sisters Jeannie and Lauren, who are struggling with decisions that will shape the rest of their lives.
Jeannie runs a vintage clothing store with an increasingly estranged partner, and the brewing confrontation between them sets the story in motion as Jeannie turns to an ex-boyfriend, Merrill (Alex Karpovsky), who is recently graduated from law school and all too eager to try to fix her problems as a way of ignoring his own.
Click here to get your tickets >>>

Location: Alamo Drafthouse South 1120 S. Lamar
Fees: $5 AFS members/ $9 all others.
Updated by: Samaya Brown

Doc Tour: HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:11:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 14 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Filmmaker Kevin Rafferty in attendance for Q&A!

Kevin Rafferty’s “football documentary” is like a great detective story, in which we know the identity of the perpetrator, but the fascination lies in watching how the detective uncovers that identity. In this case, the film’s title tells us what the final score was, but we wonder how Harvard came out from way behind (29-13) in the final 42 seconds of the game to catch up with Yale.

Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street
Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: CORRECTION (Updated)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:09:31 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 3 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Yorgos Simeoforidis is paroled from prison after serving four years for an undisclosed crime. Like a modern-day Ulysses, he is adrift on the streets of Athens, surrounded by a multitude of people from the far-flung regions of the Mediterranean.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: STILL LOOKING FOR MORPHINE

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:08:09 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 10 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Ricky steals motorcycles and sells them. Ricky claims to be 20 but looks younger. Ricky is a girl but looks like a boy and relentlessly exercises the freedom of action and lifestyle she sees young guys enjoying. Although she encounters people willing to help her, her need for independence usually forces her back out on her own.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: SMALL CRIME

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:05:07 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 27 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: This delightful romantic comedy focuses on an eager young cop professionally suffering in a beautiful but remote Greek island. Instead of getting to solve major crimes in a big city, Leonidas deals with roadway scofflaws and naked beach tourists. When the local wino – a former soccer star -- is found dead, the cop treats it as a homicide, much to the chagrin of his lazy boss.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: TALE 52

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:03:54 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 20 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: With mythologically resonant Greek names, Jason falls in love with dinner guest Penelope and a seemingly mutual love affair begins. But something begins to bother Jason – headaches and then the disappearance of Penelope. TALE 52 is a stylish, psychological thriller which questions the perception of “reality.”
Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE HOMECOMING

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:02:40 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 13 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A successful middle-aged Greek emigrant returns from Germany and sets up a roadside business with his younger wife. Douvlis’s debut film successfully weds classic Greek tragedy with the very American story of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE while simultaneously focusing on an immigrant’s loneliness and conflicts.

Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

AFS Avant Cinema 3.2: Films for One to Eight Projectors

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:49:29 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sun, 4 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Roger Beebe, University of Florida professor of Film and Media Studies, comes to the Austin Film Society with his multi-projector film event.

Location: Austin Studios 1901 E. 51st St (Gate 2)
Fees: AFS Members & Students: $4 All others: $6
Contact: Chale Nafus chale@austinfilm.org
Created by: Chale Nafus

Essential Cinema: THE FORTUNE COOKIE #2 (Updated)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:53:06 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 30 Sep, 2009 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Details:

TIME CHANGED TO 7:30 PM! A CBS sports cameraman gets injured while covering a football game and his shyster brother-in-law smells big money with a lawsuit against the network, stadium, and football team.

Additional screening added because we had to move to a smaller theater.

Location: Alamo Ritz 320 E 6th Street Austin TX
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Avant Cinema 3.1: GUATEMALAN RESIDUE

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:44:19 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 30 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Todd Rohal, director of the Slamdance-winning THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE, presents this collection of short films, music videos and public access clips by himself and other members of the GUATEMALAN team. Included are two films starring Danny McBride (TROPIC THUNDER, EASTBOUND AND DOWN), a live muiscal interlude and only one film that doesn't mention doo-doo.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: $6/$4 for AFS Members. Must be logged in for member discount.
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Idea Fund Workshop (Updated)

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:30:39 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 19 Sep, 2009 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Details:

The Idea Fund announces its second round of grants, now open statewide. The Idea Fund provides cash awards of $4,000 to 10 Texas-based, artist-generated or artist-centered projects that exemplify the unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices that occur outside the traditional framework of support. Through the Warhol Foundation Initiative, Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks and Project Row Houses have come together to support art at its source by providing direct grants to artists.

At this informational session Mary Magsamen from the Aurora Picture Show will review the application process and answer questions for prospective applicants.

To review the application for the Idea Fund, please click here.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE to all AFS members and non-members, but due to limited seating, you MUST register
Contact: magsamen@aurorapictureshow.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

TFPF Party

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:52:13 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 17 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: The Austin Film Society celebrates Texas filmmakers at this year's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund celebration. This party is limited to current and past applicants and recipients, and donors who gave $25 or more to this year's TFPF fund. Invites have been sent.

Location: Six Lounge 117 W 4th St, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: Invite only.
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

THE HORSE BOY (Updated)

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:45:21 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 14 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Winner of the Audience Award at SXSW 2009! This intensely personal documentary chronicles parents Rupert Isaacson and Kristin Neff's struggle to make sense of their child's autism and find healing for him and themselves with the shamans of Mongolia. But it is also the story of the special bond between father and son, one of the greatest gifts life can offer, as society enters an era of direct, hands-on parenting by fathers. This odyssey gives insight into how, in life's darkest moments, a gateway to joy and wonder can be found. Part travel adventure, part insight into shamanic tradition and part intimate look at the autistic mind, THE HORSE BOY tells one family's extraordinary story, giving voice to the thousands who display amazing courage and creativity every day in the battle against the mysterious and heartbreaking epidemic.

Also opening at the Regal:

Regal’s Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trail Suite 800 http://www.regmovies.com or (512) 231 9742 Showtimes: 12:00; 2:20; 4:40; 7:10; 9:50 WITH A Q&A BY RUPERT ISAACSON AND MICHEL ORION SCOTT ON FRI 9/18 AFTER THE 7:10 SHOW AND SAT 9/19 AFTER THE 4:40 AND 7:10 SHOWS

Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: $9
Contact: 512.476.1320
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Sneak Preview: BIG FAN (Updated)

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:08:12 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 17 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Paul Aufiero (PATTON OSWALT), a 35-year-old parking garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan." One night, Paul and his best friend Sal (KEVIN CORRIGAN) spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop (JONATHAN HAMM) at a gas station in their neighborhood. They impulsively follow his limo into Manhattan, to a strip club, where they hang in the background, agog at their hero. Paul cautiously decides to approach him, stepping into the rarefied air of football stardom -- and things do not go as planned.
Location: Regal Arbor at Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trl, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE for AFS Members only
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ONE, TWO, THREE (Updated)

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:53:43 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 8 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: James Cagney is hoping to launch Coca Cola into the Soviet Union while simultaneously trying to stop the romance of his boss's daughter with an East Berlin Communist firebrand.
Location: VENUE CHANGE: Alamo Ritz 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE FORTUNE COOKIE (Updated)

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:51:03 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 29 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A CBS sports cameraman gets injured while covering a football game and his shyster brother-in-law smells big money with a lawsuit against the network, stadium, and football team.
Location: VENUE CHAGE: Alamo Ritz 320 E 6th Street
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Docs-in-Progress: WORLD'S LARGEST

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:35:25 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 21 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Desperate for tourism, hundreds of small towns across the U.S.A. claim the "world's largest" something from 15-foot fiberglass strawberries to 40-foot concrete pheasants. WORLD'S LARGEST, a feature documentary, visits 58 such sites and profiles Soap Lake, Washington’s four-year struggle to build the World’s Largest Lava Lamp. By documenting these roadside attractions, WORLD'S LARGEST captures the changing landscape of small-town America.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: This special Docs-in-Progress is open to ALL AFS MEMBERS
Contact: bryan@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Essential Cinema: AVANTI!

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:13:46 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 6 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: An uptight captain of industry travels to Italy to pick up his father's body, but he picks up a lot more than he bargained for.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: KISS ME, STUPID

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:11:27 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 22 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A small-town songwriter tries to interest a famous Hollywood-Las Vegas singer in his songs by hiring a hooker to pose as his wife and seduce the performer. It's even more complicated than that.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: IRMA LA DOUCE

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:10:05 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 15 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A priggish cop loses his job and his heart to a Parisian prostitute with a heart of ... copper alloy flecked with gold.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar
Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Austin Bat Cave Benefit: BE HERE TO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT (Updated)

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:04:13 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 10 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Director Margaret Brown’s haunting and lyrical film examines the life and art of the ultimate songwriter’s songwriter, Townes Van Zandt, who had a profound impact on generations of musicians from Bob Dylan to Nora Jones. Her film combines interviews with friends and family with never seen footage of Townes Van Zandt, from rare performance and interview footage to intimate portraits shot in Van Zandt’s home throughout the years.

Post-screening Party, TBA, 9:00–10:30pm — A Conversation with Filmmaker Margaret Brown.

“A great American film. Magical and Original.” —Jonathan Demme, Academy Award–winning director

“An extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary man whose life was as creative as it was ultimately destructive.” —Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Where to Buy Tickets:
$20, advanced tickets available online at www.austinbatcave.org via PayPal; $25 at theater on day of screening (cash or check)
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Ritz 320 East Sixth Street
Fees: $20 in advance / $25 at the door
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: Co-Sponsored Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: THE WINDMILL MOVIE (Updated)

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:13:36 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 16 Sep, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Written, directed, and edited by Alexander Olch.

Produced by Susan Meiselas.

Cinematography by Richard P. Rogers

USA, 2008, distributed by The Film Desk, color and B&W, 35mm, 82 min.

All too often the mass media glue the lives of the rich to a pendulum swinging only between glamorous parties and horrifying scandals. Rarely do we get such an intimate look at the deep uncertainties of a child of old money as has been achieved by THE WINDMILL MOVIE. It is a uniquely fascinating and ultimately tragic picture of a man who never really found himself. Money and privilege certainly cannot guarantee a lifetime of happiness and satisfaction.

Location: Alamo Ritz Downtown 320 E. 6th St
Fees: $4 AFS Members / $6 Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Kyle Hamley

Special Screening: THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:42:54 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 12 Aug, 2009 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Details: In the confusion following a massive power outage in small-town America, Donald Turnupseed (actor-musician Will Oldham) suddenly vanishes, setting in motion a surreal series of events affecting his hapless father, his pregnant girlfriend, a pack of wild boy scouts, a lactose-intolerant roller rink employee, an elderly woman in search of her lost poodle, and his best friend: a ten-year-old girl named Turkeylegs.

Director Todd Rohal will be in attendance.

Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar, Austin, TX
Fees: Admission is free for AFS members and non-members but due to limited seating, registration is required.
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

TFC Location Scout Workshop (Updated)

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:51:18 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 29 Aug, 2009
Details: Do you enjoy exploring geography or cityscapes? Would you like to put your imagination to use in seeing the shooting potential of buildings and properties? Do you enjoy meeting and working with all kinds of people? Perhaps you are a Locations professional at heart! The Texas Film Commission is offering a Locations Workshop designed for those interested in working in the film/video industry as a Locations Scout. The Workshop is a one-day course, taught by experienced Locations department professionals, that gives you the skills you need to hit the ground running to find shooting locations for productions shot in Texas.

Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: $35 for AFS Members / $45 all others
Contact: christian@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Docs-in-Progress: BE LIKE AN ANT (Updated)

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:55:35 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 13 Aug, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: "Life is evolution" - Paul Plante
After returning to Troy, NY from Vietnam in 1970, Paul bought a trailer for his family. Realizing how inhumane trailers are, he decided to build a house around the trailer. But he never made any blueprints. It's 38 years, 4 floors and 100 windows later and Paul is getting close to finishing.
Director Mike Plante is in Austin serving as one of the panelists for the Austin Film Society's 2009 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, a grant program for Texas filmmakers.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51 St, Austin, TX
Fees: This special Docs-in-Progress screening is open to ALL AFS MEMBERS
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

Sneak Preview: THE COVE

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:15:33 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 4 Aug, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: With the local Chief of Police hot on their trail and strong-arm fishermen keeping tabs on them, a group of filmmakers recruit an “Ocean's Eleven”-style team of underwater sound and camera experts, special effects artists from Industrial Light and Magic, marine explorers, adrenaline junkies and world-class free divers who will carry out an undercover operation to photograph the off-limits cove, while playing a cloak-and-dagger game with those who would have them jailed. The result is a provocative mix of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery that adds up to an urgent plea for hope. FREE sneak preview open to AFS Members only.
Location: The Alamo South Lamar 1120 South Lamar, Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:13:41 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Sat, 15 Aug, 2009 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Details: The Austin Film Society and Fantastic Fest are excited to present a special Austin screening of Quentin Tarantino's newest film INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. The screening will be held at The Alamo Downtown in both theaters. In the larger theater, the screening will kick off Cinemapocalyse, a dusk-til dawn movie marathon. AFS Members can buy tickets to Cinemapocalyse through the Fantastic Fest website on Friday, July 30th at Noon. Alternately, AFS Members can also purchase tickets on the AFS website beginning Wednesday, July 29 at 10 AM for the screening, a special 3-course dinner including drinks and gratuity, and simulcast of the Q&A in the smaller Ritz theater. Either way, it's a night not to be missed! Proceeds benefit the Texas Filmmakers' Productin Fund.
Location: The Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: $100
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ELECTRIC SHADOWS (MENG YING TONG NIAN) (Updated)

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:16:28 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 28 Jul, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A mutual love of cinema transcends childhood and reunites two friends through a bizarre accident.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

Narratives-in-Progress: ULTIMATE'S GUIDE TO FLIGHT

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:34:54 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 10 Aug, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: A park is life. Life is a game. Today the game is disc-golf. In a society which takes nature and does what it needs with it, what is fated for this day? This satirical feature chronicles the life of a Texas Hill Country park over one hectic and hysterical day, with an all-Austin cast of comedians, improv actors and philosophers.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Only AFS Filmmaker level and above members may attend.
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

World Premiere of Mike Judge's EXTRACT

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:48:11 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 18 Aug, 2009 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: The Austin Film Society, Original Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, Ain't It Cool News and SXSW are excited to present the World Premiere of Miramax Films' EXTRACT, the latest comedy from writer/director and Austinite Mike Judge (OFFICE SPACE, KING OF THE HILL, IDIOCRACY).
Location: The Paramount Theater 713 Congress Aven (Map)
Fees: $100 VIP Tix / $30 Mezz and $17 Balcony
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Special Screening: THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:08:48 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 12 Aug, 2009 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Details:

The Weather Underground is a feature-length documentary that explores the rise and fall of the radical movement that waged a low-level war against the government throughout much of the 1970s - bombing the Capitol building, breaking Timothy Leary out of prison, and evading one of the largest FBI manhunts in history.

Co-director Sam Green will be in attendance.

Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar, Austin, TX
Fees: Admission is free for AFS members and non-members, but due to limited seating you must register for a ticket.
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Special Screening: TREELESS MOUNTAIN (Updated)

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:12:16 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 12 Aug, 2009 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Details:

In this beautiful, meditative, and thought-provoking second feature from So Yong Kim, two sisters in Seoul, Korea must adapt to drastic changes in their lives as their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.

Director So Yong Kim will be in attendance.

Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar, Austin, TX
Fees: Admission is FREE to AFS members and non-members but due to limited seating, you must register for a ticket.
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

Docs-in-Progress: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:41:17 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 6 Aug, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: For The Sake Of The Song is a film about one of Texas’ and America’s unsung cultural treasures and the significant role it has played in preserving an American musical tradition. For forty years, Houston’s legendary folk and acoustic music venue, Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant, has fostered and nurtured some of the most important musical performers and writers in the country including Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and Lucinda Williams. This film tells the compelling saga of how a devoted community of artists, volunteers and patrons transformed a politically subversive little neighborhood coffee house and restaurant into a unique music institution.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Open to AFS Filmmaker-level and above members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Docs-in-Progress: SNAKEBIT

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:03:16 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 29 Jul, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Interviews with the late MacArthur “genius” Samuel Mockbee guide us through the Rural Studio, a design/build program he founded to provide “charity” architecture deep in the unseen pockets of poverty in western Alabama.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Free admission. Open to AFS Filmmaker level and above members only
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Bryan Poyser

Advanced Youth Film Camp

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:48:14 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 3 Aug, 2009 - Fri, 7 Aug, 2009
Details: Come make films with the pros at Austin Studios! AFS youth filmmaking camps teach hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video. In a fun project-based environment, students work in teams to craft short digital films and animations, from developing the kernel of a project idea to final edit and exhibition of their films. AFS camps at Austin Studios include select film screenings, a guest filmmaker visit, and a behind-the-scenes studios tour. Finished films are screened for family and friends at a culminating Friday night showcase in the AFS screening room. AFS Film Camps are co-sponsored by the Texas Film Commission.
Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: $225 AFS Members / $250 Nonmembers
Contact: christian@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Youth Filmmaking Camp #3

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:46:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 20 Jul, 2009 - Fri, 24 Jul, 2009
Details: Come make films with the pros at Austin Studios! AFS youth filmmaking camps teach hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video. In a fun project-based environment, students work in teams to craft short digital films and animations, from developing the kernel of a project idea to final edit and exhibition of their films. AFS camps at Austin Studios include select film screenings, a guest filmmaker visit, and a behind-the-scenes studios tour. Finished films are screened for family and friends at a culminating Friday night showcase in the AFS screening room. AFS Film Camps are co-sponsored by the Texas Film Commission.
Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51st Street
Fees: $225 AFS Members / $250 Nonmembers
Contact: christian@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Narratives-in-Progress: PECOS FALLS (Updated)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:08:58 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 9 Jul, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: In this cat-and-mouse chase through the surreal terrain of the Northern Pecos River, a modern-day cowboy and his girlfriend must elude the predations of a deranged and manipulative hunting guide.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E. 51st St, Austin, TX
Fees: Free for AFS Filmmaker level & above members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Bryan Poyser

Digital Production Institute: It's all in the Post! (Updated)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:16:50 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 27 Jul, 2009 8:00 AM - Wed, 29 Jul, 2009 8:00 PM
Details:

AFS is partnering with Digital Media Council and Skillpoint Alliance to put on a post production teacher training workshop for high school teachers.

Three-day Workshop for High School Teachers

Key Audiences: Media Tech, Broadcast/ Journalism, Tech Apps

Designed for teachers who use visual and audio equipment in the classroom, this workshop focuses on using sound and visual editing tools in media creation with techniques to create sound and visual special effects.

Location: Austin Film Society Break Room
Fees: FULL
Updated by: Samantha Lopez

Nueva Onda Movie Nights

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:45:57 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 9 Jul, 2009 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Austin's free showcase for independent film, continues with an hour-long set of shorts we're calling CONNECTIONS! And we'll have post-show Q&A with filmmakers Keith Wilson, Ben Slamka, and Allison Cook!

Program includes THE BICKERSONS, WHEN THE LIGHT'S RED, COLOR BY NUMBER, JUNIOR, and VITULA ARCUS.

Location: Nueva Onda restaurant 2218 College
Fees: FREE
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Doc Tour: AFGHAN STAR

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:15:06 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 1 Jul, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV’s wildly popular American Idol-style series Afghan Star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to everyone across the country despite gender, ethnicity or age. Two thousand people audition, including three extremely brave women. And when viewers vote for their favorites via cell phone, it is, for many, their first encounter with the democratic process.
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street, Austin, TX
Fees: $4 AFS Members / $6 Public
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Austin Studios Forum (Updated)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:48:36 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 25 Jun, 2009 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Details: An open forum to discuss upcoming changes at Austin Studios. ** Note date change.

Location: Austin Studios 1901 E 51 St Street (Map)
Fees: FREE
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: THE MASSEURS AND A WOMAN, ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (Updated)

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:45:40 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 23 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Double Feature

A blind masseur falls in love with a mysterious woman at a mountain spa.

A young soldier on leave at a remote resort falls in love with the owner of an ornamental hairpin.

Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: FORBIDDEN LIE$ (Updated)

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:27:08 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 10 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Weaving murder, deceit, politics, greed and an international literary scandal into an engrossing labyrinth, Forbidden Lie$ is a real life thriller for our time. Did author Norma Khouri con more than half a million readers, publishers and journalists across fifteen countries or is she a truly radical artist? Somewhere within this brilliantly crafted film lies the truth.
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street, Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: $4 for AFS Members / $6 for Nonmembers
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

FORBIDDEN LIE$

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:26:03 GMT

Essential Cinema: ELECTRIC SHADOWS (MENG YING TONG NIAN)

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:14:00 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 28 Jul, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Details: A mutual love of cinema transcends childhood and reunites two friends through a bizarre accident.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: LUXURY CAR (JIAN CHEN XIA RI)

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:12:28 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 21 Jul, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: An elderly father goes to a large city in search of his son but finds his daughter instead and is not pleased.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: STOLEN LIFE (SHENG SI JIE)

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:07:53 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 14 Jul, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A young college student finds herself in love and pregnant, but her boyfriend sees an opportunity for making money.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: IN LOVE WE TRUST (ZOU YOU)

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:06:14 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 7 Jul, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: The only way Mei Zhu and Xiao Lu can help their ill child is to have a second child who can facilitate a bone marrow transplant, but they are divorced and remarried.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: TRAVELLERS AND MAGICIANS

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:04:30 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 30 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A young government official plans to leave Bhutan for "greener grass" in America but hears a cautionary tale from a Buddhist monk.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: THE MASSEURS AND A WOMAN, ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:03:04 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 23 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

Double Feature

A blind masseur falls in love with a mysterious woman at a mountain spa.

A young soldier on leave at a remote resort falls in love with the owner of an ornamental hairpin.

Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: MONGOLIAN PING PONG (LU CAO DI)

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:38 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 16 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Young boys set out to return "the national ball of China" to its "rightful owner" in Beijing.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: A PECK ON THE CHEEK (KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL)

Tue, 26 May 2009 18:59:04 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 9 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: A young girl drags her adopted parents into war-torn Sri Lanka in search of her biological mother.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S. Lamar Austin, TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS members, $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Created by: Kyle Hamley

Essential Cinema: TULPAN

Tue, 26 May 2009 18:43:24 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 2 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Asa wants to settle down with a wife, a spacious yurt, lots of sheep, and a TV, but Tulpan isn't interested.

Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members; $6 for all others.
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Narratives-In-Progress: MOJO TANGO (Updated)

Thu, 21 May 2009 18:11:35 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 28 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago
Local Time: Thu, 28 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Chilita pees on a stick. Janine follows her heart. Mikey manages a menage a trois and Donny Deals with a damsel in distress. Welcome to the MOJO TANGO, a coming of middle age film. It is set in Austin, but it was filmed in Michigan. Not really.

Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: Free for AFS Filmmaker level and higher members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards Broadcast

Wed, 20 May 2009 20:29:12 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 3 Jun, 2009 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Details: Check out highlights from this year's awards on the first ever broadcast of the event.

Location: TV - KLRU 2
Fees: FREE
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Special Screening: FOOD, INC. (Updated)

Wed, 20 May 2009 20:21:19 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 1 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago
Local Time: Mon, 1 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?

In FOOD, INC. filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.

Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: $15 Screening Only (SOLD OUT) $60 Screening and 4-course Organic Meal with Wine
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Avant Cinema 2.7: Inside Out: Solo and Collaborative Videos of Darrin Martin

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:50:33 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 6 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Darrin Martin’s videotapes, sculptures and installations metaphorically explore the distance between common and scientific knowledge and investigate the intersection between speculative fiction and autobiography. His latest trilogy of experimental short videos examines the relationship between interiority and exteriority through subjects of hearing loss and tinnitus, a constant ringing in one’s head.
Location: Austin Studios Screening Room 1901 E 51st Street, Austin TX
Fees: $4 for AFS Members; $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Doc Tour: UT's 10 UNDER 10

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:46:47 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 13 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Following a long tradition of showcasing outstanding UT student documentaries every May, we will be presenting 10 fascinating and diverse films, all under 10 minutes long.
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street, Austin, TX
Fees: $4 for AFS Members and Students with valid ID; $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Special Screening: FOOD, INC. (Updated)

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:40:44 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 1 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago
Local Time: Mon, 1 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details:

How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?

2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards Broadcast

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:39:03 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Thu, 28 May, 2009 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Event highlights from the 2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honoring Larry Hagman, Catherine Hardwicke, Billy Bob Thornton, Powers Boothe and RUSHMORE with Luke Wilson.

Location: on KLRU
Fees: FREE
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Special Screening: FOOD, INC. (Updated)

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:34:39 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 1 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago
Local Time: Mon, 1 Jun, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
Location: Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: $15 Screening Only (SOLD OUT) $60 Screening and 4-course Organic Meal with Wine
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: MI FAMILIA (MY FAMILY)

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:31:55 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 5 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Sweeping chronicle of three generations of a Mexican/Mexican American family in East Los Angeles.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar, Austin TX
Fees: FREE for AFS Members; $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ON EACH SIDE (Updated)

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:29:21 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 19 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago
Local Time: Tue, 19 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: Sometimes borders are internal, either geographically or emotionally. An unpredictable river in Argentina has prevented easy access between two towns, but a huge bridge project is about to change all that.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar, Austin TX (Map)
Fees: FREE for AFS Members ; $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Updated by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: IN BETWEEN DAYS

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:28:11 GMT

Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 12 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago
Local Time: Tue, 12 May, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Details: The teenage years are difficult anyway, but having to go through all the complex emotions of that period in a new country is even more confusing and troubling for a young Korean girl trying to get by in Canada.
Location: Alamo South Lamar 1120 S Lamar, Austin, TX
Fees: FREE for AFS Members ; $6 for all others
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
Category: AFS Events
Created by: Agnes Varnum

Essential Cinema: ON EACH SIDE

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:25:59 GMT

Docs-In-Progress: MOJO TANGO

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:19:10 GMT

FOOD, INC.

Tue, 19 May 2009 21:11:10 GMT