The HandgunThe Austin Film Society will present two programs of exciting, funny, eye-opening new short films from some of our 500-plus Filmmaker-Level Members at The Hideout during the SXSW Film Festival. Many of the filmmakers will be in attendance, so come on out, see the films and buy a filmmaker an Espresso Rocket Shake or two.
Films in this Program:
RECENTLY DECEASED
Written and directed by Chris McInroy
Jim doesn’t know how he died or why he’s back from the dead. He does know that he needs to water the plants, take out the trash, and figure out what the missing piece of his to-do-list says before he rots away or his killer kills him gain.
THE HELPERS: MIDNIGHT STARE
Directed by Avram Dodson
When The Helpers play a midnight show in the woods, they get an unexpected surprise. It’s alternative country meets A Midsummer Night’s Dream, so grab a beer and join the jamboree.
BY STARLITE
Directed by Antony Cherian
J.R. Lal, the manager of the Starlite Motel, must temper his desire to help the needy with his responsibility to keep the business afloat. Now with Christmas around the corner, J.R. and Melissa, a guest at the motel, talk about family, the holidays and the struggle to make ends meet.
THE HANDGUN
Directed by David Hartstein
If Rick can find a job or shoot a dog, perhaps he can save his marriage.
WE HEAR SIRENS
Directed and edited by Alex Harder
This short is culled from little but rare footage Chris Peterson was able to capture on the day he escaped the WTC with his life. It is not necessarily a political statement but images and sounds in memory.
A MUSIC ROOM
Directed by Nicole Elmer
Every afternoon, John, a shy piano student, sees a girl at the bus stop. He plays a song about the girl for his piano professor who suspicions that her favorite student has grown tired of her and pressures him to reveal the source of his inspiration.
THORR, SEX DETECTIVE
Written and directed by Gordon L. Jones
Co-directed by Brian Satterwhite
Where there is sex, there is crime. Where there is crime, you’ll find THORR: SEXX DETECTIVE who, with his mighty hammer, protects the women of the night from the evil Techno Pimp who secretly murders prostitutes and replaces them with an army of loyal hobots.
THE NEXT TIM DAY
Directed by Ben Steinbauer
Tim Day is an entrepreneur extraordinaire who produces a one-man television network called “Hood News”. The Next Tim Day chronicles his rise from the housing projects of Galveston, TX and federal prison to the shimmering lights of the Sundance Film Festival.
