Four Hollywood Veterans Bring Movies To Texas With Official Launch of Wildfire Films.
Wildfire Films, LLC, an Austin-based film production company, officially launches today. Wildfire Films was created from four separate film production companies located in both Austin and Los Angeles that will now provide full-service development and production for feature films, television and new [...]
The 2008 Austin Film Festival Screenplay and Teleplay Competition Winners Have Been Announced!
AFF Screenplay and Teleplay Competition Winners Prizes and Details:
Winners received cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, reimbursements for travel and lodging while at the festival, and access to and recognition by some of the most important writers, agents, producers and filmmakers in [...]
Texas Motion Picture Alliance “Black and White Night” Fundraider in DFW.
TXMPA Black & White Night
The Studios at Las Colinas (Building One)
Irving, Texas
August 23, 2008
7 to 11 p.m.
Event Details:
DFW is a growing producer of Commercials, Video Games, Television Series, Corporate Film, as well as Feature Films! And everybody who’s anybody will head to the Studios [...]
Distinguished Screenwriter Award Goes to Sam Shepard at 15th annual Austin Film Festival.
Distinguished Screenwriter Awardee, Sam Shepard
Austin Film Festival Award Luncheon
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
Austin Club
The Austin Film Festival (AFF) is honored to announce that screenwriter, actor, director and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard will accept a Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 15th annual Austin Film [...]
Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA) President Don Stokes Needs The Support of The Entire Texas Filmmaking Community.
About Don Stokes:
Newly elected TXMPA President Don Stokes has had a long and fruitful career in the Texas film industry, a trend that obviously continues to this day. After graduating in 1973 with a BFA in Radio, Television [...]
Open Call for Films at Rockport Film Festival.
2nd Annual Rockport Film Festival
November 6 - 8, 2008
Rockport, Texas
Festival Details:
The Rockport Film Festival’s mission is to celebrate the power of cinema on the Texas Coast. The festival provides a venue for independent filmmaking to be seen, heard and discussed in one of America’s top 10 coastal art [...]
LET’S GET TOGETHER TO BRING FILM BACK TO TEXAS!
TEXAS MOTION PICTURE ALLIANCE
CENTRAL TEXAS REGION
SUMMER MIXER & MEMBERSHIP RALLY
Tuesday, June 24
6:30 - 8 pm
Scholz Garden, on the Patio
1607 San Jacinto
If you make your living in the moving image industry, or want to, or benefit from the industry, or just love film, please join TXMPA in our [...]
The latest proposal for the Astrodome? Movie studio.
By MAGGIE GALEHOUSE
Houston Chronicle
In the grand theatrical tradition of Hey-I’ve-got-a-barn-let’s-put-on-a-show, the local film community has set it sights on Houston’s biggest barn.
The Astrodome.
Transforming the Astrodome into a huge production studio would preserve the landmark, create jobs and pull revenue from other parts of the country, say Elise Hendrix [...]
2nd Annual McAllen Art & Film Festival Call For Entries.
2008 McAllen Art & Film Festival
October 4-5, 2008
McAllen, Texas
Submission is FREE.
Deadline for festival consideration: August 29, 2008.
Located in the Rio Grande Valley, McAllen is the heart of South Texas. Four hours south of the San Antonio and only 8 miles from the border of [...]
Will City Lose $2.5 Billion Film And Residential Development?
A major snag could be in the picture for Villa Muse, the $2.5 billion development in East Travis County that would include a major film production studio, office buildings and high-end housing.
Villa Muse would lie outside Austin city limits but within its five-mile growth zone, known as [...]
