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Closing Night Film and Party for Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

April 24, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Austin, Film Festivals No Comments »

After 9 days of screenings and parties…the 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival’s Closing Night Film and Party!
COCHOCHI
From producers Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal
Mexico, Drama, 2007
87 min, 35mm, Color
Rarámuri (Tarahumara) with English subtitles
Thursday April 24, 7 PM
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Evaristo and Tony, indigenous brothers from northwest Mexico, have just graduated from elementary school. [...]

Pedal-In Film Festival at Monkeywrench Books to Benefit Skillshare Austin

April 23, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Austin, Film Festivals No Comments »

Pedal-in Film Festival at Monkeywrench Books.

WHEN: Friday Apr 25th, 8:00pm
WHERE: Monkeywrench Books, 110 e. North Loop Blvd
COST: Free (but donations accepted for food and drink!)
There will be a pedal-in film festival in Monkey Wrench’s backyard. This is a benefit for Skillshare Austin, a new organization raising money to throw a weekend skillsharing event. The [...]

Films with a Texas Connection at the 2008 Cine Las Americas Film Festival

April 12, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Austin, Film Festivals No Comments »

Cine Las Americas Films with a Texas Connection.

The Cine Las Americas Film Festival runs from April 16 - 24th in Austin, Texas. With an outstanding line up of feature films, documentaries and short films, here are just a few of this years entries with a Texas connection.
THE OTHER SIDE
Bill Brown
USA, Documentary, 2006
43 min, [...]

Texas Short Film Schedule at 2008 CineFestival SA

April 09, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Film Festivals, San Antonio No Comments »

2008 CineFestival Taste of Texas Shorts.

Taste of Texas Shorts
GCAC Gallery
Saturday, April 12
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Rio Grande Odyssey, Dir. Chad Green, 3 min.
Dia de los Locos, Dir. Erik Bosse, 15 min.
DreaMachine Lullaby, Tonzi Canestaro-Garcia, 7 min.
Requiem for Sweep, Vincent Moreno, 11 min.
Time for Work, Cid Salcedo, 8 min.
The Great Wall [...]

Cine Las Americas Film Festival Opening and Closing Night Films, “Septiembres” and “Cochochi”

April 08, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Austin, Film Festivals No Comments »

Opening and Closing Night Films for Cine Las Americas Film Festival
Opening Night
Wednesday, April 16, 8:00 pm

Septiembres
Carles Bosch
Spain, Documentary, 2007
120 min, 35mm, Color
Spanish with English subtitles
For the incarcerated participants of the 2005 Festival of Song, singing love songs is not merely entertainment. It is also a poignant reminder of the people they left behind. What begins [...]

Houston 48 Hour Film Projects Screening Tonight at First Monday Film Mixer

April 07, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Film Festivals, Houston No Comments »

First Monday Film Mixer Spotlights Houston 48 Hour Film Project!

Monday April 7, 2008 @ 7pm
The GRAB (809 Pierce St, Houston, TX)
Please join us for The First Monday Film Mixer to watch films and network with local filmmakers. The FMFM spotlights the Houston 48HFP this month and will screen a selection of Houston entries from [...]

Marfa Film Festival Welcomes Dennis Hopper for Closing Night Film “THE LAST MOVIE”

April 03, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Film Festivals, News 1 Comment »

Marfa Film Festival Welcomes Dennis Hopper back to Marfa for Closing Night Film “THE LAST MOVIE.”

What: Marfa Film Festival
Where: Marfa, Texas (of course!)
When: May 1-5, 2008
BIG NEWS!
Monday, May 5th, Closing Night, Dennis Hopper marks his first return to Marfa since filming “Giant” over fifty years ago! Come out and enjoy a screening, from [...]

2nd Annual Texas Shorts Fest Call For Entries - Submission Deadline Approaching!

March 22, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Film Festivals, News No Comments »

The Second Annual Texas Shorts Fest brought to you by Ghost Town Ventures is currently seeking entries.
What: Second Annual Texas Shorts Fest
Where: Lambert’s (Downtown Austin, Texas)
When: April 21, 2008
Cost: FREE
Late Deadline is Friday April 11th.
This festival was designed by and for Texas Filmmakers as an outlet for their work and their name which will lead [...]

Sundance Winners Included Among Star-Studded Lineup at San Antonio’s 30th Annual CineFestival

March 17, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Film Festivals, News No Comments »

30th Annual CineFestival Announces Star-Studded Lineup
Sundance Winners, New Alex Cox Film and World Premieres Head Roster

SAN ANTONIO, TX – CineFestival en San Antonio, the nation’s longest running Latino film festival will celebrate its star-studded 30th anniversary from April 10-13 at the historic Guadalupe Theater. The theme for this year’s festival, which includes two [...]

Two Full Time Positions Left at Houston’s Worldfest International Film Festival

March 15, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Film Festivals, Houston No Comments »

Worldfest International Film Festival has two(2) full time positions left.

This full-time temporary assignment begins immediately and wraps May 15, 2008. This is a volunteer position, but also an outstanding opportunity to gain tremendous experience, contacts, job opportunities, mentoring and meeting film directors and international filmmakers.
Position Description:
These are office jobs that involve computers, Website and data [...]