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AFS announces film grants
The Austin Film Society has announced the people who will receive grants from the 2010 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund and Travel Grant programs.
Austinite Patrick Bresnan received the largest grant this year, $9,000 for post-production of his documentary feature ‘Vietnam Appreciation Day.’ It deals with Vietnam War re-enactors in a Pennsylvania suburb.
Three Austin filmmakers received $7,000 grants to help complete their second films.
Bob Byington, director of ‘Harmony and Me,’ will get funds to help film ‘Seven Chinese Brothers.’ Kyle Henry received a grant to complete the final segment of ‘Fourplay.’ And Chris Eska, director of ‘August Evening,’ will get a grant for ‘September Morning,’ a Civil War-set drama.
Two feature documentaries also received $7,000 grants: Ruth Villatoro’s ‘The Cantinera,’ about women at bars who are hired to drink with clients, and Susanne Mason’s ‘Return to Sender,’ which deals with prisoners after they’re released.
Other filmmakers receiving grants include: Roberta Minervinik, for the narrative feature ‘Marfa Red’; Jenalia Moreno and Nancy Sarnoff for the documentary ‘Stitched’; Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand, for the experimental short ‘Four Place Setting’; Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, for the narrative feature ‘Ochoa’; Mikey Reyes and Carlos Corral for the narrative short ‘Red Sands’; Will Shipley for the narrative short ‘Mentiroso’; and Marcela Moran for the documentary short ‘Jornaleros.’
Grant decisions were made by Sam Green, the Oscar-nominated director of the documentary ‘The Weather Underground’; Emily Hubley, director of ‘The Toe Tactic’; and Alex Rivera, director of ‘Sleep Dealer.’
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