Inside Movies

• 'The Businessman,' a short action-adventure thriller by University of Texas film student John Piette, won the best foreign film award at the YoungCuts Film Festival in Toronto last month. Beating out 100 other movies, it also earned nominations for best special effects and best original music. A 21-year-old UT junior, Piette says the 39-minute movie looks at 'the victory of love and faith over evil, with some really scary moments and cool special effects.' The YoungCuts Film Festival highlights the work of filmmakers ages 14 to 24 (www.youngcuts.com). You can see 'The Businessman' at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Texas Union Theater at UT. Free. www.BusinessmanMovie.com. — Chris Garcia

• As if her recent Lone Star Emmy wasn't enough, on-fire Austin filmmaker Ellen Spiro is snuggled in Bellagio, Italy, enjoying a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship. During her monthlong residency at the Rockefeller Study Center in Bellagio, Spiro is working on a new film titled 'In Good Faith,' about a Christian former nurse serving 50 years in prison for mercy killings. This is Spiro's third Rockefeller fellowship. — C.G.

• A pair of flicks from this year's South by Southwest Film Festival are two of three films scooped up by Mark Cuban and 2929 Entertainment's Truly Indie distribution program, which gets small films into Landmark Theaters across the country as an alternative to typical theatrical distribution deals. Austinite Mari Marchbanks' 'Fall to Grace' and Ian Gamazon and Neill Llana's knockout thriller 'Cavite,' which wowed SXSW audiences, get the chance to play at Landmark venues. Austin film-industry veteran John Pierson has put his weight behind 'Cavite,' looking to get the nail-biter proper recognition. Donal Logue's comedy 'Tennis Anyone,' which played last month's Austin Film Festival, is the other title picked up by Truly Indie. — C.G.