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Thursday, March 22, 2007
SXSW doc ‘Fish Kill Flea’ will be back
“Fish Kill Flea,” a little dream of a documentary that we fell in lasting love with during SXSW, is playing the Austin Film Society’s Documentary Tour on April 11.
The doc follows the vendors and customers of a flea market that’s taken up residence at an abandoned mall in Fishkill, N.Y. It’s funny, strange and mesmerizing, and (this is key) it contains the image of dogs riding a horse. Just try getting that from your basic summer blockbuster.
Filmmakers Brian Cassidy, Aaron Hillis and Jennifer Loeber will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening, which starts at 7 p.m. at the Alamo Downtown. Tickets are $4 for AFS members and students, $6 for everyone else. They’re available at the AFS Web site.
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Cine Las Americas is almost here
Passes are on sale for the 10th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, which unfurls with scores of movies April 19 — 26.
Francisco Vargas Quevedo’s multi-award-winning Mexican drama “El Violin” kicks things off April 19 at the Paramount.
Filled with special programs, guest appearances, talks and Q and As, Cine Las Americas boasts new films from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Spain, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the United States with a strong representation of Ibero-American, Afro-Latino and indigenous cultures.
Get passes, locations and the full lineup at Cine Las Americas.
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Join the ‘Pack
Indie moviemakers can submit their work to the Austin-based Wolfpack, which will be holding screenings at Nuno’s and The Oaks six days a week, beginning Wednesday. For details, go here.
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Students hit the celluloid highway
Heads up, young auteurs: Student Films Across America, calling itself the first-ever traveling student-run film festival, is coming to the Dobie on July 15. The nomadic show screens the best high school and college student films in 50 college towns across the States and Canada.
The tour’s film competition is open and submissions are welcome. Go to SFAA for the skinny.
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Austinite’s war doc up for big honors
Austinite Don Craven Jr.’s documentary “World War IV” has been nominated for the Chicago International Documentary Film Festival’s Grand Prix Award. The film about the Iraq war is one of 13 films out of more than 150 nominated for the award. The two-week fest runs through April 12 in Chicago.
Craven tells us he’s a former member of Governor George W. Bush’s Governor’s Circle. He says the film is a right-of-center debate on the Iraq War and the “War on Terror” featuring interviews with prominent military, religious, intelligence, and political leaders.
Congrats, and best of luck, Don.
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Roky rocks movie theaters
Austin rock legend Roky Erickson will get the big screen treatment when last year’s hailed doc about his, er, rocky life, “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” enjoys a national release.
Says The Hollywood Reporter: “Palm Pictures has bought North American rights to the documentary … which chronicles the drug addiction and schizophrenia of (the) ’60s psychedelic rock pioneer. … Palm plans to release Keven McAlester’s feature debut in theaters this summer, and a retail home video release shortly thereafter.”
Austin bound? Surely.
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