November 2009

Event Date(s) / Time: Wed, 9 Dec, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Details: Much like her earlier work, THE BEACHES OF AGNES is at once an illustration of the fine art of foraging and an autobiographical portrait, narrated by its self-described “little old lady, pleasantly plump” Agnes Varda. Location: The Alamo Downtown 320 E 6th Street Fees: $4 AFS Members & Students / $6 all others Contact: afs@austinfilm.org Category: AFS Events Created by: Agnes Varnum

KITCHEN DOG THEATER to Host Benefit Night for SAG FoundationFriday, November 20, 20098 PM. Tickets- $25Heldt/Hall TheaterThe McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC), 3120 McKinney Avenue Kitchen Dog Theater‘s 19th season of theater continues with the Southwest premiere of SLASHER by KDT Artistic Company Member Allison Moore. The hilarious hit of the 2009 Human Festival, SLASHER follows the story of Sheena who is cast as the "last girl" in a low-budget slasher flick filming in Austin, TX.

November 14 - 15, 2009 Veteran voice over artist Richard Horvitz will be coming to Dallas the weekend of Nov 14 & 15th to teach an animation workshop! Richard's career as a successful voice over actor includes hit shows such as The Angry Beavers (Daggett), Invader Zim (Zim), the Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Billy), Ben Ten (Grey Matter) and many, many more, including award winning video games such as Psychonaughts, Ratchett & Clank, and Destroy All Humans. For more information, please send an e-mail to RichardHorvitzClasses@gmail.com. Seats are limited.

The Lone Star International Film Festival Fort Worth in Sundance Square and the Texas Film Commission invite you to attend the Production Incentives Panel Saturday, November 14th3:30 - 5:00pmNorris Conference Center in Sundance Square304 Houston StreetFort Worth, TX 76102 About the Incentive PanelOn April 23, 2009, Governor Rick Perry signed into law a new and improved incentive program for film, television, commercial and video game production in Texas. Part of the program's improvement includes a lower minimum budgetary requirement, which allows more local productions, such as commercials, industrials and independent films to apply. Want to learn …

The Production Accounting Clerk Workshop is a one-day course, taught by industry professionals, that gives you the skills needed to hit the ground running to find work as a production clerk. Participants are taught details of the responsibilities of each member of the accounting staff. In all, participants learn the skills needed for these positions including production terminology, how to read a budget, and how to handle various types of expenses including accounts payable, petty cash and purchase orders.

Austin FilmWorks is now accepting student registrations for the FEATURE LAB sequence for Spring 2010. FEATURE LAB is Steve Mims' demanding filmmaking class sequence which requires students to produce two short films and play a key role on a class-produced feature length film.

The 6th annual Austin Asian American Film Festival (AAAFF) is slated to run November 12th through November 15th at the Alamo, South Lamar. The 2009 movie line-up includes 40 outstanding feature films and shorts selections from over 300 submissions from around the world. In addition, we have a wide variety of special events and film-festival related parties to pick from.

7:00pm - 11:00pmMexican American Cultural Center (MACC)600 River St.Austin, TX 78701 Featuring DJ Meland performances by The Sheep Army Sponsored ByTexas Film Commission In Kind DonorsGrey Goose VodkaEl ChileBrown DistributingAmbiente RSVP at www.stratatx.org.

Brazos Progressives Announces the Winners of the 7th Annual Red Wasp Film Festival at StageCenter by Red Wasp on November 9, 2009 BRYAN, TX-On Friday and Saturday, November 6 and 7, 2009, Brazos Progressives presented the 7th Annual Film Festival at StageCenter Theater in downtown Bryan. The following awards were presented on Saturday night. Red Wasp Best Screenplay Award: Hotel School by Robert Kirschten.

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