2009 TEXAS FILMMAKERS’ PRODUCTION FUND CALL FOR ENTRIES.

From now until June 1, 2009, the Austin Film Society (AFS) will be accepting applications for the 2009 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF). This year, AFS plans to give out at least $95,000 to emerging film and video artists in Texas, in cash grants up to $15,000, as [...]

World Premiere Matthew McConaughey’s “Sufer, Dude” To Benefit Texas Filmmaker’s Production Fund.

SURFER, DUDE – World Premiere
W/ Matthew McConaughey, Director S.R. Bindler and Cast In Attendance
Wednesday, 3 September 7PM
Paramount Theatre (713 Congress Avenue)
Austin, Texas
Tickets start at $15! AFS Members can purchase early & avoid fees!
Film Synopsis:
Longboarding soul-surfer Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) returns to Malibu for the [...]

Free Summer Screenings Presented by Austin Film Society.

Screening Details:
On Aug. 20th & 21st, acclaimed independent filmmakers Sean Baker, Cheryl Dunye and Juan Carlos Zaldivar, the members of AFS’s 2008 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund panel, will present three award-winning films. All screenings are at The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (1120 S. Lamar) and are FREE [...]

The Austin Film Society and the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund have now held nine workshops in Texas and two remain.
For those of you in Austin and McAllen, the TFPF tour will be heading your way within the next week. If you are unfamiliar with the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, here is the deal. [...]

2008 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund Call For Entries Announced by AFS (Austin Film Society.)
From now until June 2, 2008, the Austin Film Society (AFS) will be accepting applications for the 2008 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF). This year, AFS will give out at least $100,000 to emerging film and video artists in Texas, in cash [...]

THE UNFORESEEN, the critically acclaimed, Independent Spirit Award winning documentary from Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund recipient Laura Dunn opens at the Alamo South Lamar Cinema on March 28th. (Win Tickets for screening with Q&A!)

From executive producers Terrence Malick and Robert Redford, THE UNFORESEEN is a tale of personal hopes, victories and failures; [...]

Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund 2008 Informational Workshop in McAllen presented by McAllen Chamber of Commerce.

What: TFPF 2008 Workshop
Where: McAllen, Texas
When: May 15th from 7 – 8 pm.
Cost: FREE
Location:
McAllen Chamber of Commerce
1200 Ash Avenue
McAllen, TX 78505
Co-presented with the Rio Grande Valley Film Commission
AFS Director of Artist Services Bryan Poyser will provide information about [...]

“August Evening” wins 2008 Cassavetes Award at Independent Spirit Awards.

Congratulations to writer/director Chris Eska and the entire filmmaking team of “August Evening” for winning the John Cassavetes Award at the 2008 Indpendent Spirit Awards.
The Cassavetes Award is bestowed upon feature films with a budget of under $500,000.
August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named [...]