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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Austin Film Festival Audience Award Winners
Out of Competition Feature
“Slumdog Millionaire”
Writer: Simon Beaufoy
Director: Danny Boyle
Narrative Feature Competition
“A Quiet Little Marriage”
Writer/Director: Mo Perkins
Documentary Feature Competition
“Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman”
Director: Eric Bricker
Narrative Short
“Pop Art”
Writer/Director: Amanda Boyle
Narrative Student Short
“The Miracle Investigators”
Writer/Director: Jeremy Dehn
Documentary Short
“The Road To Tlacotepec”
Director: Berndt Mader
Animated Short
“The Inquisitive Snail”
Director: Flemish Beauty
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Bruce Conner retrospective
As part of the Avant Cinema series, the Austin Film Society will present a special screening of several titles from the late experimental director Bruce Conner.
Conner, who died in July, was known for his short films that featured what The New York Times called ‘shocking juxtapositions’ and visual riffs on annihilation.
Among the titles to the be screened: ‘A Movie’ (1958); ‘Marilyn Times Five’ (1968-73); and ‘Mongoloid’ (1978). A Q&A with filmmaker Michelle Silva, representing the Bruce Conner estate, will follow.
Wednesday, 7:55 p.m., Alamo Ritz, 320 E. Sixth St. $6 for film society members and students with ID. $8 for nonmembers.
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South by Southwest gears up
The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival has announced the first round of speakers for the 2009 event, scheduled for March 13-21.
The lineup so far: Writer/directors Todd Haynes (‘I’m Not There’) and Richard Linklater (‘Me and Orson Welles’) are scheduled for a joint appearance/conversation.
Also on hand will be Col Needham, founder and vice president of IMDB Service Limited, and longtime Stanley Kubrick producer Jan Harlan.
The festival’s call for entries is open, with an early deadline of Nov. 14 and final deadline of Dec. 12. For more information, visit www.sxsw.com/film.
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