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The Journal of the Austin Film Society
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Director of this week's Doc Tour on NPR...

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In Afghanistan, a contest similar to American Idol has Afghans voting for the next Afghan Star. But these singers literally risk their lives for a chance at stardom. The film Afghan Star is a documentary about the pop contest.
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Girls Rock chicas have been rockin' out here at the Studios all week. Check out their show 2morrow at The Parish at 2 PM! Go girls!

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Girls Rock Camp Austin is proud to announce its official 2009 camp schedule: Session 1: June 22-26; showcase Saturday, June 27 Session 2: July 27-31; showcase Saturday, August 1
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society New article on indieWIRE about AFGHAN STAR - we are showing it on July 1 - $4 for members and students / $6 for all others

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'The debate it starts is incredible': 'Afghan Star' Director Havana Marking - After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, 'Pop Idol' has come to Afghanistan. Millions are watching the TV series 'Afghan Star' and voting for their favorite singers by mobi...
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Thanks to all who attended the community forum this morning! Lots of good comments.

Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Reminder: Austin Studios community forum, 11 AM at 1901 E 51st Street

Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society FREE screening of EL NORTE tomorrow night for Austin Film Society, Austin Film Festival, AGLIFF, Bob Bullock TSHM, and Cine Las Americas members / $5 for all others

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Written by Gregory Nava and Anna ThomasCinematography by James GlennonEdited by Betsy BlankettUSA/UK, color, 35mm, 141 min.
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Please take a moment to read Richard Linklater's open letter to the film community re: Austin Studios. Thanks

Source: www.persistenceofvision.org
The Journal of the Austin Film Society
Johnathon
Johnathon
Well heck. I never heard no rumors, but I hope my vision can persist (Film VFX work in Austin)!
Austin Film Society
The only way Mei Zhu and Xiao Lu can help their ill child is to have a second child who can facilitate a bone marrow transplant, but they are divorced and remarried.
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, July 7th
Location:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin Film Society
An open forum to discuss upcoming changes at Austin Studios. Please RSVP at https://www.austinfilm.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=814
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:11:00AM Thursday, June 25th
Location:Austin Studios
Austin Film Society
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The Journal of the Austin Film Society
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Some additional seats opened up for tonight's screening - sign up here - https://www.austinfilm.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=795

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Austin Film Society Tomorrow night's Essential Cinema, TULPAN is full! You can try the waitlist at the theater...

Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Have y'all checked out our new website? We're excited! Sign up to receive events by email or bookmark the events calendar feed!

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EL GENERAL @ The ParamountWith live original score by Guy Forsyth, May 28 @ 7 PMAt Home Among Strangers, A Stranger Among His OwnUT Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, June 17 @ 7 PM
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Don't forget to watch the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards on KLRU 2nite!

Rain
Rain
I have my beta VCR set.
Vicki
Vicki
What was with the shadow on the film?
Austin Film Society
Three young Mongolian boys enjoy a relatively carefree life racing over beautiful grassland plains on horses and a motorbike, but then one day a mysterious object floats down ...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, June 16th
Location:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin Film Society
Set in the Tamil-speaking areas of Sri Lanka and southern India, A PECK ON THE CHEEK presents a story of families torn apart by the war raging between the separatist Tamil Tig...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, June 9th
Location:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin Film Society
Now that Asa is out of the Navy, he wants to settle down with a wife, a spacious yurt, lots of sheep, and a TV. The only available girl in his immediate vicinity is Tulpan, bu...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, June 2nd
Location:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Fire up the DVR! KLRU will broadcast highlights from the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards, May 28 @ 8 PM

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KLRU presents the highlights from Austin Film Society’s ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame. 2009 Honorees include Catherine Hardwicke, Billy Bob Thornton, Larry Hagman, Powers Boothe and the film Rushmore.
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Austin Film Society 10 Under 10 - Short Docs by UT's best 2nite! 7 PM at Alamo Downtown

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Magically evocative of KOYAANISQATSI (1982), “Locomotion” presents a montage of images of people on the run – walking, crossing streets, and running on a treadmill (in a style reminiscent of Muybridge’s motion studies of the animal and human figure in the 1870s and 1880s). ...
Jerri
Jerri
Cool. I saw Kyoaanisqatsi and it was an amazing piece of art. Bet this is really neat.
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Austin Film Society RIP Bud Shrake, inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Novelist, screenwriter and journalist Bud Shrake talks about his life and career with Evan Smith, editor of TEXAS MONTHLY.
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Austin Film Society Come on out tonight for Avant Cinema 2.7: Inside Out: Solo and Collaborative Videos of Darrin Martin

Source: www.austinfilm.org
Darrin Martin creates videos, sculptures and installations, which explore how technologies are used to attempt to measure and augment our daily perceptions. His works have exhibited and screened internationally ...
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Hargitay accepted honors on behalf of her late mother Jayne Mansfield at last year's Hall of Fame. New article in Brilliant

Source: www.brilliantmagazine.com
For nearly a decade, fans have watched Mariska Hargitay's gritty, no-nonsense portrayal of Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unity. Off the set, her philanthropic works support victims of sex-based crimes. ...
Wendy
Wendy
Good article.
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Austin Film Society If you are in Toronto this week, check out Austin films at HotDocs - WINNEBAGO MAN, ZOMBIE GIRL and OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

Source: www.hotdocs.ca
The Hot Docs Daily is your source for exclusive video, festival news, programmer picks, filmmaker interviews, photo galleries and more!
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Solo and Collaborative Videos of Darrin Martin
Visiting filmmaker Darrin Martin in attendance for Q&A session Darrin Martin creates videos, sculptures and installations, which explore how technologies are used to attempt ...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, May 6th
Location:Austin Studios Screening Room
Austin Film Society
Two Argentinean towns, 60 kilometers apart, are finally about to be more easily united by a network of bridges crossing an unpredictable river and tying islands together with ...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, May 19th
Location:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin Film Society
“Aimie is a teenager recently transplanted from her native South Korea to a snowbound North American city. Disconnected from her single mother and bored at school, she struggl...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, May 12th
Location:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin Film Society
Still among the best films to chronicle the lives of a Mexican-American family, MI FAMILIA looks at three generations of a California family, beginning with the trek northward...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, May 5th
Location:Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Austin Film Society
As part of the fascinating Galveston exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, co-sponsor Austin Film Society presents THE EXILES, a recently rediscovered narrati...
Host:Austin Film Society
Time:7:00PM Thursday, April 23rd
Location:Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theater
Austin Film Society

Austin Film Society Come on out to watch the bill signing of our new film incentives program! Thursday, April 23 @ 10:30 a.m. - Troublemaker Studios

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Texas Motion Picture Alliance - Bringing business to Texas
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Austin Film Society Our summer internship program application deadline is May 1 - still time!

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Learn the nuts and bolts of non-profit arts administration, the inner-workings of the film industry and help support the Austin film community while interning at the Austin Film Society (AFS).