SXSW 2013 Preview: The Familiar and the Unexpected
In the next few days, the eyes of much of the film world will be on Austin, Texas. Specifically, filmmakers,…
Texas
The Dallas VideoFest Turns 25
The Independent Film Magazine celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Dallas VideoFest.
Taking the Temp of SXSW 2010
The fact that Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker made its US premiere one year ago at SXSW upped the intrigue…
Making Room
I’m the director of the low-budget psychological thriller Room (2005), which premiered at Sundance and had its international debut in…
Keeping it Real Weird
Long gone are the days when Austin, Texas was merely a breeding-ground for progressive types, presidential hopefuls, and music junkies….
Double Vision
The so-called “Film Brat” generation of the middle to late 1970s has been blamed for, or credited with, many things…
Cave Paintings, Churches, and Rooftops
While the Lumiere brothers originally screened their films in a Paris café, the term microcinema was not coined until 1991…
Funder FAQ: Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund
When and how did the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF) emerge? The TFPF was established in 1996 in an effort…