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The Austin Film Society proudly announces the recipients of the 2009 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund grants. Of the record 244 applications received, 25 projects were granted $102,000 - $90,000 in cash, $6,000 in Kodak film stock, $5,000 in in-kind services from Alpha Cine Labs and $1,000 in in-kind services from TexFX.

AFS’s Texas Filmmakers’ Travel Grant program disbursed another $10,000 in cash in small stipends to 19 Texas filmmakers traveling to major film festivals throughout the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

TFPF 2009 Recipients


61 BULLETS

David Modigliani
80 min documentary
$10,000 production

ALONG RECOVERY

Justin Springer
90 min documentary
$5,000 production & post-production

AMERICA’S PARKING LOT

Jonny Mars
100 min documentary
$1,000 production

BURNED

Emily Pyle
69 min documentary
$5,000 post-production
$1,000 TexFX services

FIVE TIME CHAMPION

Berndt Mader & Ezra Venetos
100 min narrative
$10,000 post-production

FOOTOGRAPHY

Nick Smith
85 min documentary
$1,000 production & post-production

FOURPLAY

Kyle Henry
85 min experimental narrative
$7,000 production

HOME

Sean Gallagher
100 min narrative
$1,100 production

LEAVING THE ARK

Minor Wilson
50 min documentary
$1,000 production  
$2,500 Alpha Cine Labs services

MANOS DE MADRE

Greg Kwedar
24 min documentary
$3,500 post-production & distribution

NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY

Jeffrey Radice
90 min documentary
$2,000 production

PARDON MY DOWNFALL

David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
90 min narrative
$5,750 Kodak film stock
$2,260 Alpha Cine Labs services

THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY

Daniel Stuyck
47 min experimental documentary
$1,400 post-production & distribution

POTLATCH

James Marsh
80 min documentary narrative
$3,000 production

QUADRANGLE

Amy Grappell
20 min experimental documentary
$2,000 post-production & distribution

THE ROAD TO LIVINGSTON

Erik Mauck & Chelsea Hernandez
56 min documentary
$7,000 post-production

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES: THE POLITICS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

Scott Thurman
52 min documentary
$2,000 production

SUNKEN GARDEN

John Fiege
90 min narrative
$5,000 production & post-production

SUPERMEX

Steve Acevedo
9 min narrative
$2,000 production

THE THIRD DAY: FEASTER SUNDAY

Jason Wehling
80 min animated narrative
$5,000 production

THIRD JETTY

Kim Hall
10 min narrative
$2,000 production & post-production

TWO TRINITIES

Sandra Guardado
56 min documentary
$3,000 production

UNTITLED GAY RETIREE DOCUMENTARY

PJ Raval
90 min documentary
$5,000 production
$250 Kodak film stock
$240 Alpha Cine Labs services

VANILLA: THE SACRED ORCHID

Curtis Craven
27 min documentary
$2,000 post-production

THE YOGURT SHOP MURDERS

Claire Huie
90 min documentary
$4,000 post-production

TFPF 2009 Panelists


So Yong Kim, filmmaker
(TREELESS MOUNTAIN, IN BETWEEN DAYS)

Mike Plante, Director of Programming, CineVegas Film Festival

Todd Rohal, filmmaker
(THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE)

TFPF 2008 Staff


Bryan Poyser, Program Officer
Rachel Ecklund, Coordinator
Ben Powell, Coordinator
Tommy Stuart, Coordinator

TFPF 2009 Sponsors


Texas Commission on the Arts
City of Austin Cultural Funding Program
Kodak
Alpha Cine Labs
Four Seasons Hotel
TexFX
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema