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The Austin Film Society proudly announces the recipients of the 2009 AFS Grant. 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.
AFS GRant 2009 Recipients
David Modigliani
80 min documentary
$10,000 production
Justin Springer
90 min documentary
$5,000 production & post-production
Jonny Mars
100 min documentary
$1,000 production
Emily Pyle
69 min documentary
$5,000 post-production
$1,000 TexFX services
Berndt Mader & Ezra Venetos
100 min narrative
$10,000 post-production
Nick Smith
85 min documentary
$1,000 production & post-production
Kyle Henry
85 min experimental narrative
$7,000 production
Sean Gallagher
100 min narrative
$1,100 production
David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
90 min narrative
$5,750 Kodak film stock
$2,260 Alpha Cine Labs services
Minor Wilson
50 min documentary
$1,000 production
$2,500 Alpha Cine Labs services
Greg Kwedar
24 min documentary
$3,500 post-production & distribution
Jeffrey Radice
90 min documentary
$2,000 production
Daniel Stuyck
47 min experimental documentary
$1,400 post-production & distribution
James Marsh
80 min documentary narrative
$3,000 production
Amy Grappell
20 min experimental documentary
$2,000 post-production & distribution
Erik Mauck & Chelsea Hernandez
56 min documentary
$7,000 post-production
Scott Thurman
52 min documentary
$2,000 production
John Fiege
90 min narrative
$5,000 production & post-production
Steve Acevedo
9 min narrative
$2,000 production
Jason Wehling
80 min animated narrative
$5,000 production
Kim Hall
10 min narrative
$2,000 production & post-production
Sandra Guardado
56 min documentary
$3,000 production
PJ Raval
90 min documentary
$5,000 production
$250 Kodak film stock
$240 Alpha Cine Labs services
Curtis Craven
27 min documentary
$2,000 post-production
Claire Huie
90 min documentary
$4,000 post-production
AFS GRant 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)
afs grant 2009 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