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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
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