AFF09 Slackery News Sources and Tidbits

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AFF Pocket cover guide, by stomptokyo on FlickrThree of us from Slackerwood are at Austin Film Festival this year, watching a lot of movies and attending panels and trying not to stay too late at parties. But we're not your only source for fun stories, photos and reviews during AFF. Here are a few of the online news sites and blogs that we'd recommend you visit. If I missed any good blogs or news sites, please mention them in the comments.

  • Hopefully now that the conference is over, out-of-towners with AFF badges are returning home and it will be easier to see movies in the smaller AFF venues. Passholders have not been able to get into many of these screenings, but things may improve for the rest of the fest. Keep an eye on our Twitter feed for updates.
  • If you haven't been reading Austinist for your AFF news and coverage, you're missing some good stuff. They're all over AFF, and we know because we keep sitting near them at movies. They've got daily previews, and they're also updating the AustinistFilm Twitter feed like mad.
  • Film School Rejects is also covering AFF this year (sometimes we sit by them too). Check out their AFF 2009 category for the latest entries, including Bethany Perryman's entertaining daily festival diary entries.
  • On the Austin Chronicle's Picture in Picture blog, another great source for AFF features and reviews, Kimberley Jones reports on the problems with the Harmony and Me screening and Q&A. I was there -- despite the technical issues, I liked the movie a lot -- but didn't know about the ensuing message sent to AFF. I hope this film will screen again in Austin soon, under better circumstances.
  • Ami Hendrickson at Muse Ink has been collecting useful and memorable quotes from AFF conference panels.
  • Austin Movie Blog is naturally all over AFF as well, with reviews, panel highlights and photos.
  • The Republic of Austin blog has posted a video interview with the Love and Tambourines filmmakers, who are from Austin. Very cute.

[Photo credit: "AFF Pocket Cover Guide" by Chris Holland, via Flickr.]