TXMPA Central Region Caucus Meeting at Mother Egan’s.

TXMPA CENTRAL REGION CAUCUS
Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:15- 8:00 pm
Deck at Mother Egan’s Pub
715 W 6th St
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 478.7747
Admission: Dues-paying TXMPA members only. No admission charge.
Meeting Agenda:
1) To elect a Central Texas Regional Alternate Representative to the board of the Texas Motion Picture Alliance. (The [...]

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE DURING PECAN STREET FESTIVAL.

SATURDAY, MAY 3
NOON-5:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse/Ritz
320 East 6th Street
The Mobile Film School will host the PowerFlickers Short Film Showcase at the newly renovated Alamo Drafthouse Ritz Theatre. PowerFlickers is a short film showcase of regional filmmakers during Austin’s semiannual Pecan Street Festival. The Showcase is free and open to the public. [...]

The 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival announces the winners.

JURY AWARD WINNERS:
Jury Award for Best First or Second Narrative Feature
NOEL POETA DA VILA (NOEL, THE SAMBA POET)
Ricardo van Steen
Brazil, 2006
Jury Award for Best Narrative Short
MEXICAN DREAM
David Michan
Mexico, 2007
Special Jury Mention for Narrative Short
EN TRÁNSITO (IN TRANSIT)
Isabel Muñoz Cota Callejas
México, 2007
Jury Award for [...]

Austin Filmmaking Industry…Where For Art Thou Today?

Here’s a shocker…”the local film industry ain’t what is used to be.” With 15 film and television projects shot in and around Austin in 2007 compared to 33 in 2004, the local industry has seen a gradual drop each passing year. Of course, if you lived outside [...]

City of Bastrop Courts Villa Muse with Incentives

By Kate Miller Morton
Austin-America Statesman
Backers of the giant proposed Villa Muse entertainment studio and production facility didn’t request direct financial incentives from Austin when they unsuccessfully asked the city to release nearly 2,000 acres from its regulatory and taxing so that the project could save time and money.
But [...]

East Texas Tourism Association Conference Focuses on “Movie Magic” with a variety of Texas filmmaking speakers in attendance.

45th Annual Tourism Conference
East Texas Tourism Association
May 6-8
LaQuinta Conference Center in Marshall, Texas
This year’s conference is titled “Movie Magic,” and speakers will share information about movie-making in the area and the state.
Conference Speakers:
Pam Minick, marketing director for Billy [...]

Registration has begun for the 7th Annual 24-Hour Video Race, a filmmaking competition sponsored by the Video Association of Dallas.

The race will begin Friday, May 16 at 11:59PM at the Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park with a theme, prop, location and line of dialogue assignment for the film and concludes 24 hours later with a [...]