Slackery News Tidbits, September 17
By Jordan Gass-Poore' on September 17, 2012 - 10:00am
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Here's the latest in Austin and Texas film-related news.
- The Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (aGLIFF) has announced this year's 25th anniversary lineup, which includes the festival's opening-night film Cloudburst, about a lesbian couple escaping from their nursing home to get married in Canada. During the five-day festival next month, 104 films and locally-produced Web series will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse, Paramount, Stateside and Violet Crown theaters.
- In honor of aGLIFF's anniversary, the festival introduced its rebrand as Polari. The nonprofit's name change, a historic form of cant slang used in the gay subculture, pays homage to the LGBTQIA community while charting a new course for the future.
- After widespread online reports of a mass DVD theft from the Infusion Room at Texas Children's Cancer Center, The Superficial reported that the Layla Grace Childrens Cancer Research Foundation is collecting new and used G/PG-rated DVDs as donations for the hospital through the end of this month.
- Austin wunderkind Emily Hagins is raising funds on Kickstarter for her fourth feature film: Grow Up, Tony Phillips. The comedy is currently in pre-production, with principal photography scheduled in and around Central Texas in late fall.
- Get your next project funded by applying for the 2013-2014 Harry Ransom Center's Research Fellowships in the Humanities. The Center awards more than 50 fellowships to support projects that require onsite use of its collections.
- The Waco-shot feature Sironia, which played AFF 2011 (review; interview) will screen 7 pm Tuesday at Violet Crown Cinema through TIFN. Austin-based filmmaker Brandon Dickerson's feature film debut features music by Texas singer-songwriter Wes Cunningham, who also co-wrote the script with Dickerson and Thomas Ward. The film stars Dallas-born actress Amy Acker, Jeremy Sisto, Carrie Preston and Ryan Cartwright. Dickerson and Cunningham will be in attendance at this special screening.
- Cinema East has announced it plans to run a fall movie series at the Alamo Drafthouse, which will include Skype Q&As with filmmakers. Stay tuned for more information.