'Lovers of Hate' Benefit for TFPF

Austin filmmaker Bryan Poyser kicks off a local theatrical run of his latest feature, Lovers of Hate, with a benefit screening for the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund (TFPF). This is especially fitting because Poyser works for Austin Film Society as Director of Artist Services, and part of his job is promoting and administering the TFPF, which awards grants of money and services to Texas independent filmmakers.

Admission is $10 -- very affordable for a benefit screening. Poyser and other as-yet-unspecified cast and crew will be there for a Q&A.

Lovers of Hate is a comedy about an aspiring novelist whose wife kicks him out and whose brother is a J.K. Rowling-esque successful children's book author. Chris Doubek, Heather Kafka and Alex Karpovsky star in the film, which was shot in Austin and in Park City, Utah. The movie debuted at Sundance this year and also played SXSW. You can read my review for the details.

This is normally the part of the article where I'd tell you how much I enjoyed the film and how I plan to drag my husband to the benefit screening and hope to see you all there. It's true, I did like Lovers of Hate even though the main character is terribly unsympathetic, which is ordinarily difficult for me to watch. But June 10 is our wedding anniversary, and to be honest, Lovers of Hate is the last film you would possibly want to see with your husband on your anniversary. It would be Wrong. Even more wrong than taking your date early in a relationship to a double feature of Taxi Driver and Midnight Cowboy. I won't tell you why, you'll just have to buy a ticket to the benefit screening and find out -- unless it's your anniversary, too. In that case, perhaps we'll see you when we catch the film after it moves to Alamo Ritz for a run June 14-16.