Inside Movies

• Celeb sightings: This is a fine weekend for stargazing, with the Austin Film Festival wrapping tonight and the Texas Book Festival turning heads and pages Friday through Sunday. Actor Jeff Daniels ('Dumb & Dumber') presents Noah Baumbach's acclaimed drama 'The Squid and the Whale' at 7:30 tonight at the Paramount Theatre during AFF. At the book festival, Chris Elliott and Liz Smith will chat at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Paramount, and Elliot will screen his shameless comedy 'Cabin Boy' with author-funnyman Alan Zweibel at 9:45 p.m. Saturday at the Alamo Downtown. Legendary character actor Eli Wallach, for the book fest, presents one of his best films 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' at 7 p.m. Friday at the Alamo South. Finally, at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Robert Rodriguez and son Racer Max will discuss the creation of the book and movie 'The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl' in the House Chamber at the Capitol. Details at www.drafthouse.com and www.texasbookfestival.org. — Chris Garcia

• Jury winners at the Austin Film Festival were announced over the weekend: 'Runaway' took the narrative feature (it screens at 9 p.m. Thursday night at the Arbor); 'Goodnight Bill,' narrative short; 'Still, Life,' documentary short; and a pair of Austin-made movies, Keun-Pyo Park 'Wake,' student narrative short, and Jeff Bowden's 'Dirt,' documentary feature. Congrats to all. Further competition stuff at www.austinfilmfestival.com. — C.G.

• More congratulations: Austin filmmakers Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein have won the Lone Star Emmy for Outstanding Documentary for their 2004 documentary 'Are the Kids Alright?,' a piercing look at Texas children with disabilities. See more by these wonder women at www.mobilusmedia.com. — C.G.

• Submissions are being accepted for the Texas High School Film Competition put on by the South by Southwest Film Festival. All Texas high school students are eligible and finalists' films will screen at SXSW in March. Deadline is Dec. 12. Details at www.sxsw.com. — C.G.