News from Slackerwood: Let the Fall Fests Begin
Filed under: Documentary, Gay & Lesbian, Fantastic Fest, News From Slackerwood, Austin, Other Festivals
In other parts of the world, people are gearing up for Toronto's big clambake, or those film festivals in Rome and Venice. Here in Austin, the fall film schedules are slowly being released and we couldn't be more excited. We don't even have to leave town! The next couple of months will bring a variety of festivals to central Texas:
- Cinematexas, the renowned short film festival, runs from Sept. 20-24. This year's schedule hasn't yet been posted online.
- Fantastic Fest runs from Sept. 21-28 and the full schedule went public this week.
- Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (aGLIFF) runs from Sept. 28-Oct. 8 and the schedule went live this week. If you want more details, you can attend the free aGLIFF Launch Party on Sunday at noon at Cafe Caffeine. The festival is also looking for volunteers.
- The first Austin Polish Film Festival will run over four Thursdays in October. The festival's theme is "50 Years of Polish Films from the Lodz School."
- Austin Film Festival runs Oct. 19-26. A schedule of films isn't available yet, but you can view a list of panelists who tentatively are set to attend the screenwriting conference. Sydney Pollack, Shane Black, and David Milch will receive awards this year during the festival.
- Best free movie deal in town: On Saturday night, you can see The Muppet Movie at Republic Square Park ... with songwriter Paul Williams in attendance. Wow.
- Ain't It Cool News can't wait for Fantastic Fest to satisfy its horror needs: the site is sponsoring the French-language horror film Calvaire (The Ordeal), as shown in the above photo, playing Monday through Thursday nights at Alamo Downtown.
- The Austin Film Society series "Surviving the Blacklist: Joseph Losey in Europe" continues this week with director Losey's 1956 film The Finger of Guilt, also known as The Intimate Stranger. The film screens on Tuesday night at Alamo Downtown.
- This month's Texas Documentary Tour offering is The Trials of Darryl Hunt, a 2005 film about a wrongfully imprisoned man. Director/producer Annie Sundberg will be in attendance at the Wednesday night screening at Alamo Downtown.
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