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Notes from Austin, Volume 2 #33

Austin Film News

Including information on Cinematexas and AFF

C i n e m a t e x a s 5

The fifth annual Cinematexas International Short Film + Video Festival is coming soon to theaters near you! Mark your calendars for October 18-22.

The Cinematexas International Short Film + Video Festival was founded four years ago by a handful of UT film students who took it upon themselves to share their love of experimental cinema with filmmakers and filmgoers of central Texas. In just a few short years, and with increased support from the Department of Radio-Television-Film, the College of Communication, and outside foundations and organizations, the festival has grown from a small UT student showcase to "one of the most promising short film festivals around" (Holly Willis, Filmmaker magazine). The festival is now international in scope, receiving more than 600 entries per year from across the globe, and premieres films that persistently prove the festival's motto: "Short films are the laboratory of cinema."

F E S T I V A L H I G H L I G H T S

BIG DIRECTOR/SMALL FILMS SERIES

Jim Jarmusch: The director of STRANGER THAN PARADISE, DOWN BY LAW, DEAD MAN, and GHOST DOG will be presenting a special screening of his favorite short films of all time, including Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett's rare FILM.

COMPETITION SCREENINGS

International Competition: About 90 of the most compelling, convention-shattering, visionary films from Texas, the United States, and the world.

The University of Texas Competition: Approximately 40 of the best and brightest films from up-and-coming undergraduate and graduate student filmmakers.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Cinemaker Kick-Off: Cinemaker Co-op Super 8 film organization kicks off the festival every year with an outdoor screening featuring a multi-projector film presentation by local legend Aaron Valdez, live music, and a screening of the group's best works of the year. At the Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria.

Jury Screening: A special screening of films by members of our competition juries, with filmmakers in person. This year's jury includes David Gatten, Kelly Reichert, Roddy Bogawa, Peggy Ahwesh, and Craig Wells.

Robert Frank: Retrospective on legendary beat photographer and filmmaker, Robert Frank (THE AMERICAN, PULL MY DAISY).

Kiarostami Collection: American premiere of banned political shorts ('70s to present) by Palm d'or Winner, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, presented by critic Godfrey Cheshire.

The Founder Effect or The Trouble with Asians: A curated screening of diverse works from the Asian American underground.

Kurt Kren Memorial: An outdoor screening celebrating the nomadic life and visionary work of the late Viennese legend.

CINEMAKIDS

Our first program of short films, videos, and computer animations created by youth 18 years of age and younger from various cities in the U.S., El Salvador, and Australia. Bringing together younger and older filmmakers for mutual inspiration and education, Cinemakids is devoted to honoring young filmmakers and their unique perspectives, and to motivating other young people to take control of their voices and to become active participants in the arts community. This program also includes a FREE hands-on production workshop for inexperienced young filmmakers co-sponsored by the Austin Children's Museum.

TERRA COGNITA MOVING IMAGE INSTALLATION SERIES

An answer to the "end of cinema," the decline of free, urban zones and the agoraphobia of the digital age. Reclaiming public space, upsetting the boundaries between inside/outside, body/machine, image/apparatus, synaesthesia/memory, media and the street, Terra Cognita and its site-specific network of moving image installations and video interventions draft a map of liquid streets and cyborg bodies, low-tech interfaces of image-memories, recalling the history of cinema while triggering private histories of the senses.

This series comprises the work of over a dozen artists with diverse backgrounds in film, video, sculpture, welding, painting, performance, design, and architecture.

PARALLAX VIEW: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IMAGES

Local and international culture jammers and media activists examine situationist history, show work, and collaborate on alternatives to the passive reception of information. Screenings, workshops and demonstrations by king maverick Craig Baldwin, the ladies of the Bureau of Inverse Technology, an RTMark apparition, telephone terror Brother Russel, World War III comic book artist Seth Tobocman, Free Radio Austin, and Keith Sanborn, who has restored and translated several Situationist films. All weekend at the Mexican American Cultural Center's beautiful converted warehouse. FREE OF CHARGE.

EYE AND EAR FILM AND MUSIC SERIES

Broken Music: A series of videos on experimental music in which a variety of artists (including Thurston Moore, Christian Marclay, and the Swiss Duo Voice Crack) put familiar instruments and objects to unusual uses, showing that the seen world is alive with sonic possibilities. Presented by curator Astria Superak.

Miranda July/Merzbow Extravaganza

The Swan Tool: A "live movie" staring Miranda July as Lisa Cobb, a technician who is waiting to die or fall in love or win the lottery. Parallel to and below is a second movie, starring a hairy non-human form that was discovered by a picnicking family. DJ and soundtrack artist Zac Love provides the original live score while digital programmer Mitsu Hadeishi manipulates and controls the video elements of the performance with a program of his own design. Presented as a work-in-progress before its premier at Rotterdam.

"Merzbow," a Japanese noise band, begun by Masami Akita over 20 years ago. Inspired by German collage artist Kurt Schwitters, who made art from trash he picked up off the street, Merzbow "makes sound from the scum that surrounds (his) life," producing a music whose complex layers unfold on repeated listenings.

Plus five days of filmmaker and musician workshops, parties, and receptions!

CinemaTexas5 Event Schedule and Pass Information All Dates/Times/Locations Subject to Change

Wednesday, October 18, 2000

3:30-5:00pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

5:30-7:00pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

7:00-10:00pm, Cinemaker Kick-Off, Laguna Gloria Art Museum (after party to follow)

Thursday, October 19, 2000

2:45-4:30pm, International Competition Program 6, Alamo Drafthouse

3:00-5:00pm, UT Competition Program 5, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

4:00-6:00pm, Sponsor's Reception, location TBA

5:00-7:00pm, The Trouble With Asians, Alamo Drafthouse

5:30-7:15pm, International Program 2, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

7:30-9:00pm, Kiarostami Program 1, Alamo Drafthouse

8:00-9:45pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

9:00pm-2:00am, Trouble With Asians Reception, location TBA

9:30-11:30pm, Video Art Dive-By, location TBA

10:00-11:30pm, International Program 1, Alamo Drafthouse

10:00-11:30pm, International Program 3, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

12:00-2:00am, Midnight Show I - SEX, Alamo Drafthouse

Friday, October 20, 2000

2:00-3:30pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

2:00-3:30pm, International Program 5, Dobie Theater

3:50-5:40pm, Paralax 1, Dobie Theater

4:00-5:30pm, International Program 7, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

5:30-7:30pm, Craig Baldwin/Sonic Outlaws, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

6:10-7:40pm, Robert Frank Screening, Dobie Theater

8:00-9:30pm, Parallax 2, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

8:00-9:30pm, Jury Screening 1, Dobie Theater

9:45-11:30, International Program 4, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

10:00pm-???, EYE & EAR: Miranda July & Merzbow Extravaganza, special location TBA

10:30pm-12:15am, International Program 2, Dobie Theater

12:00-1:30am, Midnight Show 2 - ABSURDITY, Alamo Drafthouse

Saturday, October 21, 2000

11:00am-12:30pm, Cinemakids - "By Kids" Show, Dobie Theater

11:00am-1:00pm, Craig Baldwin, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

11:30am-1:00pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

12:45-2:15pm, Cinemakids - "For Kids" Screening, Dobie Theater

1:00-3:00pm, Situationist Screening "Society of the Spectacle", Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

1:30-3:15pm, EYE & EAR: Broken Music, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

2:30-5:30pm, Cinemakids Workshops, location TBA

3:00-4:00pm, BUREAU OF INVERSE TECHNOLOGY, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

3:00-4:30pm, Jury Screening 2, Dobie Theater

3:45-5:15pm, International Program 4, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

4:00-5:00pm, ?Tmark, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

5:00-6:30pm, International Program 9, Dobie Theater

5:00-7:15pm, Craig Baldwin/Spectres of the Spectrum, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

5:30-7:00pm, Kiarostami Program 2, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

7:15-9:00pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Dobie Theater

7:45-9:30pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

8:00-10:00pm, Jim Jarmusch, special location TBA

9:30-11:00pm, UT Competition (program number TBA), Dobie Theater

10:30pm-12:00am, International Program 8, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

11:00pm-12:30am, International Program 1, Dobie Theater

12:00-2:00am, Kurt Kren Memorial Screening 1, location TBA

Sunday, October 22, 2000

11:00am-12:30pm, Cinemakids - "Hurt" & "Bleed the Truth", Dobie Theater

11:30am-1:00pm, International Program 7, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

12:00-1:30pm, International Program 8, Alamo Drafthouse

12:00-1:00pm, Paco Nathan, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

1:00-3:00pm, International Program 9, Dobie Theater

1:00-2:00pm, Brother Russell's Calling, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

1:30-3:30pm, UT Competition 5, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

2:00-3:30pm, Robert Frank Screening, Alamo Drafthouse

2:00-2:30pm, Free Radio Austin, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

2:30-3:30pm, McCollege Tour, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

3:30-5:00pm, International Program 5, Alamo Drafthouse

3:30-4:00pm, Seth Tobocman Show, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

4:00-6:00pm, Kiarostami Program 3, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

4:00-5:00pm, Autonomics Screening and Discussion, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

4:30-6:00pm, International Program 1, Alamo Drafthouse

5:00-6:00pm, PickAxe Productions, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

5:30-7:30pm, International Program 6, Dobie Theater

6:00-6:30pm, Seth Tobocman Show, Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

6:30-8:00pm, International Program 8, Texas Union Theater, University of Texas

6:30-9:00pm, Situationist Screening "La Dialectique", Center for Mexican American Cultural Arts (MACC)

8:00-10:00pm, Kurt Kren Memorial Screening 2, Dobie Theater

9:30pm-???, Awards Party, special location TBA

Passes can be purchased at I Love Video (4631 Airport & 2915 Guadalupe), Vulcan Video (609 W. 29th), Ruta Maya (218 W. 4th), Waterloo Records (600 N. Lamar), Thirty-Three Degrees (4017 Guadalupe), and Gaby and Mo's Coffee House (1809 Manor Rd) or during the festival at the CinemaTexas headquarters at Metro Espresso Bar (2222 Guadalupe). Individual tickets can be purchased at each venue.

Student pass (includes all events except Eye & Ear) $20

Public pass (includes all events except Eye & Ear) $30

Student ticket for an individual event (except Jarmusch & Eye/Ear) $4

Public ticket for an individual event (except Jarmusch & Eye/Ear) $6

Student ticket to Jim Jarmusch special screening $15

Public ticket to Jim Jarmusch special screening $20

Eye & Ear ticket with festival pass (either student or public) $5

Eye & Ear ticket without festival pass $10

Premieres, Retrospectives, Competition Films, Appearances By Legends In Filmmaking All Included In Schedule

During its October 12-19 run, the 7th annual Austin Film Festival is set to screen world premieres, regional premieres, retrospectives and Competition films while playing host to a number of legendary filmmakers as well as dozens of actors, screenwriters and directors and sports stars.

Groups of films -- those by Texas filmmakers and those done in digital -- will be given special emphasis, too, during the Festival's eight days of screenings in six theaters.

The Festival's opening night screening will be Dr. T and The Women, directed by Robert Altman and starring Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern and Liv Tyler. Texas writer Anne Rapp, who wrote this screenplay as well as Altman's Cookie's Fortune, will introduce the film and answer questions at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 12, at the Paramount Theatre.

Also that night, actor Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Twister) will attend the regional premiere of the Cannes-acclaimed Shadow of the Vampire, in which he stars with John Malkovich, Willem Defoe, Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard. Elwes and director E. Elias Merhige will introduce the film and answer questions at 10 p.m. Thursday, October 12, at the Paramount.

Friday the 13th is "Horror Night" with classic horror-film director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergiest) and a 13-hour marathon of screenings that will include American Nightmare, a new horror documentary produced by the Independent Film Channel. The screenings start at 9 p.m. at the Westgate Theater.

The regional premiere of State and Main, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patty Lupone, Sarah Jessica Parker and David Paymer, is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, October 14, at the Paramount.

Also enjoying its regional premiere that night will be director Stephen Daldry's Billy Elliot, a film with Julie Walters and Jamie Bell that earned rave reviews at Cannes, at 10 p.m. Saturday, October 14, at the Arbor Theater.

The Festival's first retrospective is a screening of a reedited, remixed and remastered version of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Nightt from 1964, scheduled for 11:55 p.m. Saturday, at the Dobie Theatre. Also on the bill, director Paul Mazursky's latest, Next Stop Greenwich Village.

Aint-it-cool-news.com copresents the regional premiere of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, directed by Ang Lee and starring Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh, at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, at the Arbor. Among the other films scheduled for a regional premiere is Just Looking, a retro look at teen angst directed by Jason ("Seinfeld") Alexander and starring Patty Lupone.

Hockey greats the Hanson Brothers and actor Ogie Oglethorp will be at a special closing-night screening/retrospective of the 1977 sports cult classic Slap Shot starring Paul Newman at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 19, at the Paramount.

The Festival's "Texas Showcase" will include the documentary Up Syndrome; Cicadas, with Bryan Chafin of The Patriot and his brother Blake; the features Radio Free Steve and Rock Opera; the mockumentary Butcher's 15; and special effects wonder Jet Blast 2000.

During the Festival, one theater at the Arbor will be dedicated to screenings of films make digitally, including the Competition feature The Poor & Hungry, a view of Memphis streetlife shot by a two-man crew for $20,000.

Included in the screening of Competition films in its feature, short and student-short categories will be the world premiere of Along For the Ride by writer/producer Jim Moores.

A week after the Festival, winners of this year's Sundance Channel/Time Warner Cable Audience Award will be announced in the categories of best short, student short, distributed feature and undistributed feature. Director Adam Collis, a 1997 Audience Award winner for his student short, will screen his Sunset Strip at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 13, at the Paramount.

Passes good for all film screenings are already on sale for $41 at all Star Ticket outlets and (charge by phone) at 512-469-SHOW. Individual tickets for Slap Shot and "Horror Night" are $15 and available at the Paramount Theatre. Individual tickets will be sold for $7 at all Festival theaters prior to showtime (space permitting).

For more information, call 800.310.FEST or visit www.austinfilmfestival.com.

Space is limited.

REAL 2 REEL - Documentary Film & Video Festival - Grassroots Media Network

The Grassroots Media Network invites you to submit your video and/or film projects for the Real 2 Reel Documentary Film and Video Festival to be held in Austin, TX. March 9, 10, and 11, 2001. The Real 2 Reel Documentary Film & Video Festival is sponsored by the Grassroots Media Network. The festival is a great place to present your work to the general public, worldwide media groups and independent media producers.

*PURPOSE* The purpose of the Real 2 Reel Documentary Film and Video Festival is to showcase progressive film and video works that focus on issues that are not recognized by mainstream media or that tackle issues in ways not done in mainstream media, with the main focus being on people of color, gays, lesbians, transgendered people, women, the environment, labor issues, poverty, housing issues and homelessness, health, civil disobedience, mass movements and other issues that effect our communities.

*CRITERIA* The work must focus on issues not dealt with by, and relate to communities that are ignored by mainstream media. We are looking for works that use film & video as tools for communication to inform about a current or on-going struggle, to raise questions about what's being done, or to call for actions to help a cause. The emphasis is on content.

*SUBMISSION* Please submit a 1/2" VHS copy of your work for our panel to review. To be considered for the Festival, a 1/2" VHS copy of the film/video work must be completed and postmarked by January 12th 2001. But the sooner we review your work the sooner we can fit it into our schedule.

Here's the information we need along with the video:

(There is a $10 registration fee for each submission. All money received from registration will be used to cover cost involved with organizing the Festival.

Mail the video to: Real 2 Reel Documentary Film & Video Festival C/O Tony Truong 1602 Chatham Austin, TX 78723

HOUSTON, Texas -- The award-winning independent film LAUGHING BOY has just been picked up for worldwide distribution by Bonano Entertainment, Inc. Bonano President Jackie Mastrolonardo recently attended MIPCOM in Cannes.

LAUGHING BOY recently won the "Most Original Feature" award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, and has been receiving fantastic reviews from around the country. LAUGHING BOY has also been selected for screening at the Fort Worth Film Festival in Fort Worth, Texas, Oct 19-22.

Austin Film News: (New 10-9-00) The latest info on Screenings in the Austin area, Austin films, actors,and directors, as well as info about Austin's numerous Film Festivals. Including information on Cinematexas and AFF

Hollywood News : (New 9-29-00) The latest info on Hollywood films, actors, directors, and studios as well as info about Film Festivals and on-line screenings!

2000 AFF Film Festival Schedule: October 12th - 19th.

Things to do this Week - Check the calendar!

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