ZVS Media Archive for September, 2009
2009 Fantastic Fest Award Winners Announced
September 24-October 1, 2009www.fantasticfest.com Fantastic Fest is proud to announce the winning films from the 2009 festival. Taking top prize in the Next Wave competition is the darkly comedic drama from Britain, DOWN TERRACE. The audience award goes to A TOWN CALLED PANIC, the best horror film goes to HUMAN CENTIPEDE while Chilean action thriller MANDRILL takes the Fantastic Feature award.
Game Career Guide Article: UT Dallas Professor Designs Game to Improve Student Retention
University of Texas at Dallas professor Michael J. Savoie has secured a $250,000 grant toward the development of an interactive online game designed to introduce incoming UT Dallas students to college life and increase student retention
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Game Career Guide Article: UT Dallas Professor Designs Game to Improve Student Retention
Austin Film Festival Announces the 2009 Film Schedule
Opening NightSerious Moonlight, with director Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) in attendance! Centerpiece Film The Messenger with director Oren Moverman and actor Ben Foster in attendance! Closing NightUp in the Air, with writer/director Jason Reitman in attendance! Alabama Moon with director Tim McCanlies and actor Clint Howard in attendance! Plus advance screenings of Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, Calvin Marshall, John Woo’s Red Cliff, The Young Victoria and Eric Bana’s Love the Beast.
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Doc Tour: HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29
Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 14 Oct, 2009 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Details: Filmmaker Kevin Rafferty in attendance for Q&A! Kevin Rafferty’s “football documentary” is like a great detective story, in which we know the identity of the perpetrator, but the fascination lies in watching how the detective uncovers that identity.
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Essential Cinema: CORRECTION (Updated)
Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 3 Nov, 2009 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Details: Yorgos Simeoforidis is paroled from prison after serving four years for an undisclosed crime. Like a modern-day Ulysses, he is adrift on the streets of Athens, surrounded by a multitude of people from the far-flung regions of the Mediterranean. Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar 1120 S Lamar Fees: FREE for AFS Members / $6 General Public Contact: afs@austinfilm.org Category: AFS Events Updated by: Agnes Varnum
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Essential Cinema: CORRECTION (Updated)
