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Films Fantastic at the Independent

Jolyn Janis and Jay Galvan had a notion …

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Jolyn Janis and Jay Galvin

To stage a tiny — almost microscopic — movie festival …

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Bears Fonte, Jon Alvord, Richard Ford

They called it Films Fantastic! …

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Rocio Garza, Sophia Hoang

And it played out Friday at the Independent, Mike Henry’s cool, flexible, post-Electric Lounge performance space in the 501 Studios complex on East Fifth Street …

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Kai Salim, Josh Robins

All the movies were short. Some were incomplete, or trailers, or music videos, or behind-the-scenes documentaries.

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Sesar Sandoval, Stephanie Johnson

Here’s the shocker for such a one-off, grassroots Austin event: Despite the low-or-no-budget work, almost all of it was professional to a high degree. Keep an eye out for the filmmakers listed at Artist in Resonance.

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