Slackery News Tidbits, December 3

Here's the latest in Austin and Texas film news. 

• Native Texan Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom and AFF 2012 Marquee Feature Audience Award winner Silver Linings Playbook top the 28th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, Indiewire reports. Both films were nominated for Best Feature alongside Austinite Richard Linklater's Bernie.
• In more Film Independent Spirit Award news, the former Austinite Mark Duplass-fronted Safety Not Guaranteed received a Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay nod, alongside former Austinite Jonathan Lisecki's (our interview) SXSW 2012 premiere Gayby (Elizabeth's review). Past and present Austinites, including John Hawkes (The Sessions), Jack Black (Bernie) and Matthew McConaughey (Killer Joe) were nominated for Best Male Lead.  McConaughey received a second nomination, Best Supporting Male, for his role in Magic Mike. And former Austinite Elizabeth Mims (Elizabeth's interview) rounds out the awards show with a Truer Than Fiction nomination for Only the Young (Elizabeth's review), presented to an emerging director of non-fiction feature films who hasn't received significant recognition.
• The festival news continues with Austin Film Festival's announcement of being awarded a $25,000 grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The grant funds will go toward its 20th anniversary programming, which includes a Retrospective Screening Series that honors acclaimed screenwriters and filmmakers as well as their work.
• PBS's Arts In Context featured Fantastic Fest and its co-founder/creative director Tim League in last Thursday's episode, titled "All My Friends Are Vampires."