Texas Filmmakers Showcase

The Houston Film Commission annually presents a collection of recent Texas-made short films that they feel are truly excellent and frankly, want to show off to Texas as well as the rest of the world. Tonight, the commission's most recent collection screens here in Austin, thanks to Austin Film Festival, which selected it for the monthly Austin Film Festival Presents series. 

Three Austin films are included in the lineup: Mnemosyne Rising, the science-fiction short from Miguel Alvarez that played SXSW this year; Love Bug, Kat Candler's film about young love that won an audience award at AFF 2009; and Never Do This, a series of shorts from Scott Rice about, well, things you should never do. You might remember Rice's very funny Script Cops bumpers for AFF 2007. You also can see short films from San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth.

Tickets are available through Alamo Drafthouse at Lake Creek, or at the box office tonight before the screening. Admission is free if you're an AFF member, and a mere $4 for everyone else.