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  • Cine Las America Film Festival Opens in Austin
    April 16, 2013 - The 16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival runs April 16 - 21, 2013. This year's lineup features more than 100 films by or about Latinos and indigenous groups of the Americas, ranging from independent and big budget features, to documentaries and short films from more than 30 different countries.Pablo Berger's "Blancanieves" will open the fest on Tuesday, April 16 at the Stateside Theatre in Austin, Texas. The film is winner of multiple awards and was chosen to represent Spain at the …  Read More »

  • Five Texas Film Festivals Included in Top Festivals List by Moviemaker Magazine
    April 11, 2013 - Five Texas-based film festivals, Fantastic Fest (Austin), Lone Star Film Festival (Fort Worth), Oak Cliff Film Festival (Dallas), Victoria TX Independent Film Festival (Victoria) and WorldFest Houston (Houston) were included in Moviemaker Magazine's 2013 list of the ‘Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee.' The annual list seeks to feature festivals outside the higher-profile circuit and highlights factors such as distribution opportunities, cash prizes and filmmaker accomodations. Click here to read the complete list.  Read More »

  • Austin Film Society Grant Accepting Applications
    April 05, 2013 - Once a year, the Austin Film Society (AFS) awards grants to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas through the AFS Grant (formerly known as the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, or TFPF). Since 1996 the Austin Film Society has awarded $1.25 million in cash and $141,790 in goods and services to over 370 projects. In addition to grants for production, post-production and distribution, the AFS Travel Grant program cash stipends to Texas filmmakers traveling to prestigious film festivals.  Read More »

  • Southwest Alternate Media Project Offers Houston Short Film Grant
    March 27, 2013 - Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), a 36-year-old nonprofit media arts organization, supports the creation and appreciation of film, video, and new media as art forms of a multicultural community. In support of Houston-area, independent filmmakers, SWAMP is pleased to offer a new funding opportunity, the Houston Short Film Fund, 2013 (The Fund). The Fund will provide production funds of up to $5000 to a limited number of individual, independent filmmakers living in the Houston area to produce a short film of …  Read More »

  • Dallas International Film Festival Announces 2013 Program
    March 25, 2013 - The Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) has released their schedule and lineup for the 2013 festival, to be held April 4 - 14 in Dallas, Texas. The festival will present five films on opening night "that represent the scope of the festival and give Dallas filmgoers a choice in what they want to see." More than 175 films will screen during the festival in genres including narrative features, documentaries, shorts and student films. The festival will also hold several special events …  Read More »

  • Fourth Annual Hill Country Film Festival Announces 2013 Lineup
    March 22, 2013 - Hill Country Film Festival (HCFF), an independent film event held in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, Fredericksburg, Texas, May 2-5, 2013, and presented by the Hill Country Film Society, announced its official program selections for the 2013 festival. HCFF will screen nearly 60 feature films and short films that represent 11 countries. The festival will also feature short screenplays which is new for the 2013 season. "Our 2013 class should be proud as we received a record …  Read More »

  • University of Texas RTF Department to Create 3-D Production Program
    March 06, 2013 - The Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin has received a $2.17 million grant from the Moody Foundation to create "UT3D," the first comprehensive 3-D production curriculum in the country. Don Howard, associate professor and production area head in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, will serve as director of the program, which will offer classes to undergraduates beginning in the fall of 2013. Radio-Television-Film graduate Wayne Miller, executive producer at the leading Los Angeles-based 3-D film, television and new …  Read More »

  • CineSol Announces Annual 24-Hour Film Dash
    February 22, 2013 - The CineSol Film Festival has announced details for the fifth annual 24-Hour Film Dash. Registered teams will have 24 hours to complete a film with five elements given at the kick-off meeting. The elements include genre, prop, dialogue, location and character. Completed films will be judged the following weekend during a screening and awards presentation. Pre-registration is currently open via mail. Day-of registration and check-in opens at 8 a.m. at the STC Cooper Center for Communication Arts in McAllen, Texas. The …  Read More »

  • Submissions Open for 2013 Texas Filmmakers Showcase
    February 18, 2013 - Presented by the Houston Film Commission, the Texas Filmmakers Showcase is a special screening event consisting of the best of Texas short films and videos (less than 40 minutes in length) shown to studio executives, agents and producers in the Hollywood film community. The filmmakers whose projects are selected to participate will travel to Los Angeles to attend the screening. The screening is accompanied by a reception where filmmakers and industry professionals meet to discuss filmmaking, financing, distribution and …  Read More »

  • Houston Filmmaker Grant Accepting Applications
    February 14, 2013 - Applications are now being accepted for Houston Filmmaker Grant 2013, a $30,000 matching grant for the production of a narrative feature-length commercial motion picture produced in Houston by a local filmmaker. First-time filmmakers (with production industry knowledge and experience) and film veterans are eligible for the program. The award will be presented to a recipient whose work shows excellence in the genres of narrative (live action or animation) production. Submissions must be received by March 15, 2013 at 5 p.m. local …  Read More »

  • Denton’s Thin Line Film Fest Announces 2013 Lineup
    January 25, 2013 - Thin Line Film Fest, Texas' only documentary film festival, announced their 6th annual festival lineup. This year more than 75 stellar films from around the globe will be screened in downtown Denton, February 8-18, 2013. Thin Line Film Fest's selection of films showcases a number of award-winning or Oscar nominated documentaries. This year's opening night feature film, "Blood Brother," is coming straight from its debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Additional films of note also playing throughout the 10-day …  Read More »

  • Austin Film Society Announces 2013 Film Hall of Fame Honorees
    January 21, 2013 - The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards is the premier celebration of film artists in the State of Texas. The event brings together legends of cinema, television and music for an unforgettable evening of festivities benefitting the Austin Film Society's programs for emerging filmmakers. All proceeds from the gala support AFS film grants and education, discovering and funding talented Texas artists, often launching their filmmaking careers. The 2013 honorees are Annette O'Toole, Henry Thomas, Stephen Tobolowsky and Robin Wright. "Dazed and …  Read More »

  • 'Slacker,' 'The Kidnappers Foil' Added to National Film Registry
    December 19, 2012 - Two Texas-made projects, "Slacker" and "The Kidnappers Foil" were included in the 2012 Library of Congress National Film Registry. Created by Congress in 1989, nominations are submitted by the public and reviewed by the National Film Registry Board. The Librarian of Congress then names 25 films to the Registry each year that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.Directed by Austin-based Richard Linklater, "Slacker" is widely regarded as a touchstone in the blossoming of American independent cinema during the 1990s. …  Read More »

  • Texas Film Round-Up Adds Dates for 2013
    December 12, 2012 - The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) is hitting the road again in 2013 with the Texas Film Round-Up, the organization's award-winning, free digitization program conducted in partnership with the Texas Film Commission. TAMI will make trips to the Eastern Texas cities of Longview and Marshall, as well as to the Western Texas cities of Abilene, Midland and Odessa, offering members of the public the opportunity to make a permanent imprint on their state's cultural heritage by contributing their films …  Read More »

  • Oak Cliff Film Festival Returns To Dallas June 2013
    November 21, 2012 - Aviation Cinemas, the Oak Cliff Foundation, and the Texas Theatre are proud to announce the 2nd annual Oak Cliff Film Festival (OCFF), recently awarded "Best new festival of 2012" by the Dallas Observer. This year's festival will take place June 6 - June 9, 2013 in Oak Cliff at the Texas Theatre, Kessler Theater, Bishop Arts Theater, Oak Cliff Cultural Arts Center, Dallas Zoo, Ten Bells Tavern, and several new neighborhood venues."The excitement and support we have experienced after …  Read More »

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