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March 14, 2010

First Look SXSW Footage of Robert Rodriguez Produced “PREDATORS”

Posted By: Chris Weidner
Filed Under: Austin, News
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Well, if you didn’t get a chance to watch the footage of PREDATORS at SXSW here it is! Check out this highly anticipated look at producer Robert Rodriguez’s new take on the PREDATOR series.
Shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and directed by Nimród Antal, “Predators” stars Adrien [...]

March 08, 2010

Worth Watching – Up Composer’s Oscar Acceptance Speech

Posted By: Shawn Hunter
Filed Under: News
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Here at Short Film Texas we do not typically post personal posts, but this is actually a video for anyone who is creative. Michael Giacchino, composer for the film Up and Oscar winner for Original Score for the same movie, is a very fortunate man; his family, his whole support team throughout his life [...]

January 29, 2010

Ft. Worth, Texas Native Tom Huckabee’s Film “Carried Away” Screens 20 Years After Writing Script

Posted By: Chris Weidner
Filed Under: Dallas/Fort Worth, News
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If you want a primer on the frustrations of Hollywood filmmaking, just ask Tom Huckabee, who didn’t see his dream film, Carried Away, come to fruition until he returned to North Texas. The film will premiere Feb. 6, 2010 in Mississippi at the Oxford Film Festival, about 20 years after Huckabee wrote the original script.
Huckabee’s [...]

January 24, 2010

East Texas Filmmakers Society (ETSFS) Gathers East Texas Talent in Longview.

Posted By: Chris Weidner
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East Texas Filmmakers Society (ETSFS) Gathers East Texas Talent in Longview.

Hollywood may be making a move towards the lone star state, courtesy of a group in East Texas. With grand film ideas already in their heads, it was the first meeting of the East Texas Filmmakers Society (ETSFS) at Longview’s Maude Cobb Activity Center.
“What we’re [...]

January 21, 2010

El Paso, Texas Native Ryan Piers Williams’ Feature Film “The Dry Land” Screens At Sundance Film Festival

Posted By: Chris Weidner
Filed Under: El Paso, Film Festivals, News
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This coming Sunday, El Paso, Texas native Director Ryan Piers Williams’ will debut his feature film, “The Dry Land,” at the Sundance Film Festival. Congratulations to Ryan Piers Williams and the entire cast and crew of “The Dry Land.”
Having worked on several films previously, including “Tape,” “Ocean’s Twelve,” and “Ocean’s Thirteen,” “The Dry Land” is [...]

January 14, 2010

The Rise And Return Of The Independent Film

Posted By: Chris Weidner
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The Rise And Return Of The Independent Film.

The month of January takes its name from the Roman god Janus, the “god of the doorway,” and every year, for a whole new crop of independent films and filmmakers looking for an opening, this couldn’t ring more true. It’s a time when Hollywood’s movers, shakers and soon-to-be [...]

January 05, 2010

Dallas Film Society Under New Management

Posted By: Chris Weidner
Filed Under: Dallas/Fort Worth, News
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Dallas Film Society Under New Management.

The Dallas Film Society (DFS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tanya Foster to the position of CEO/President of the Dallas Film Society and to the newly-created position of Executive Director of the DALLAS International Film Festival (previously the AFI DALLAS Film Festival). In her role, Foster will be [...]

December 09, 2009

Film Company Breaks Ground on San Antonio Studios and Filmmaking Center

Posted By: Chris Weidner
Filed Under: News, San Antonio
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Film Company Breaks Ground on San Antonio Studios and Filmmaking Center.

A San Antonio film company broke ground Tuesday on a development that’s planned as a San Antonio filmmaking center and tourist attraction. Executives for SAF Studios say they are ready to begin construction on a 20,000-square-foot soundstage, the first phase in a studio complex [...]

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