Texas Filmmaker Justin Balthrop Talks Candidly About Shooting His First Short Film “Myopia.”

Film Title: Myopia
Director: Justin Balthrop
SHORTFILMTEXAS (SFT): What is your short film “Myopia” about?
JUSTIN BALTHROP (JB): I struggle with this question more than I should. The trailer says it’s a “film about perspective” and I suppose that’s the metaphor – that multiple stories and [...]

Texas Filmmaker Jessica Schoenbaechler’s Documentary “Hooker” Is Unique Look at Women, Art and Pornography.

Film Title: HOOKER
Producer, Director, and Cinematographer: JESSICA SCHOENBAECHLER
Editor: JENNIFER HORST
Starring: WHITNEY LEE, SYDNEY MOON
Original music: MOSTLY CHICO
Additional photography: MIKA FERRIS
Production Assistants: CAIMEE SCHOENBAECHLER, MATTHEW MACCARTHY
SHORTFILMTEXAS (SFT): What is the your film “Hooker” about?
JESSICA SCHOENBAECHLER (JS): Hooker documents a unique relationship [...]

Film Title: The Herd
Director: Jennifer L. Horst
ShortFilmTexas (SFT): What is the your documentary “The Herd” about?
Jennifer Horst (JH): “The Herd” is a short documentary that details how the Fort Worth Herd preserves the city’s treasured past by reenacting the cattle drives of the late 1800s.

SFT: How did you come across the idea for the film?
JH: [...]

Arlington, Texas Director Frank Mosley’s Short Film “Little Boy” Is Haunting Meditation on The Birth of The Bomb.

Film Title: Little Boy
Director: Frank Mosley
ShortFilmTexas (SFT): What is your short film “Little Boy” about?
Frank Mosley (FM): It mainly concerns an everyman named Michael Morse who works for the Manhattan project.  He gets a call from the hospital [...]

Austin, Texas Director Alan Ray Finds Home For His Short Film “Blank Pages” on Dark Matter DVD.

Film Title: Blank Pages
Director: Alan Ray
ShortFilmTexas (SFT): What is your short film “Blank Pages” about?
Alan Ray (AR): “Blank Pages” is a story about a group of characters who exist in an unfinished crime novel. As they realize that the [...]

Austin, Texas Writer / Director Craig Whitney Talks About His Short Film “Harvest Home” and His Journey To the Cannes Film Festival.

Film Title: Harvest Home
Producer: Stephanie Huettner
Director of Photography: Jameson West
Screenwriter: Craig Whitney
Director: Craig Whitney
Cast: Diane Hruska, Scott Bate
ShortFilmTexas (SFT):  What is the Harvest Home about?
Craig Whitney (CW): Harvest Home is about an elderly [...]

Texas Filmmaker Richard Crook Cranks Up The Entertainment While Making His Fast And Furious Short Film “Trigger.”

Film Title: Trigger
Director: Richard Crook
Location: Dallas, Texas
First let me just say thank you, Richard, for being the Short Film Texas guinea pig. Trigger was our first world premiere short film and I like to think we couldn’t have [...]

A small group of soldiers stop to rest in the dense forest just north of a small Ukrainian Transcarpathian village. As Wilson lights another cigarette, a conversation about the “triggers” that automatically cause someone to desire a smoke is brought up. The discussion segways into an urban/military legend about a soldier who is trained [...]