AUSTIN – Typically at SXSW, the Interactive crowd spends time at panels while the filmgoers congregate in the theaters. On Friday night, the two groups got together for a common interest: The Two Bobs. The film is the latest from Austin director Tim McCanlies and focuses on pair of video game developers who design a [...]
AFI Dallas announced today that Robin Wright Penn will join the cavalcade of film stars coming to town for the film festival March 26 – April 2. The actress best known for her roles in The Princess Bride and Forrest Gump will be here to support Haze, a documentary about hazing and binge drinking on [...]
AFI Dallas released its full schedule today, including its centerpiece screenings. All of them, that is, except for the closing night film, which remains a mystery. (I’m pretty sure I know what it is, but I’ve been sworn to secrecy. So I’ll let that information out when it becomes official. Let’s just say it’s not [...]
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Several local bloggers out there are providing behind-the-scene’s glimpses of how their respective productions come together. My favorite of late has been John Wildman’s thoughtful blog. John is the Director of P.R. for AFI Dallas and a film fan at heart. Sometimes those two positions can [...]
AFI Dallas International Film Festival has announced a list of 15 films that will play at the festival during its March 26-April 2 run. So far, documentaries seem to be where it’s at, as the festival will host the world premieres of One Nation, Playground and Rock Prophecies as well as the U.S. premieres of [...]
Mark Birnbaum and I had the privilege of debuting our documentary, Stop the Presses, at the 2nd annual AFI-Dallas International Film Festival last spring. Our inclusion drew an incredible amount of attention to the film from the press and the public and even helped us get into other festivals. Now’s your chance to participate in [...]
The AFI Dallas International Film Festival announced Wednesday night that Steven and Anne Stodghill will serve as co-chairs of the 2009 festival. Mr. Stodghill is a Dallas attorney with Fish & Richardson P.C. and an avid moviegoer (as you might have guessed). And lest you think that he’s just some local power player (which he [...]
Guest blogger James Faust is the Director of Programming for the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival. As the Director of Programming for the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival, my job is to curate an international film program … which means watching lots of movies. I love this. I love movies. This November is going to [...]
Guest blogger Greg Brown is the managing director of AFI Dallas International Film Festival. I’ve had the great opportunity twice in the last several weeks to participate in some fantastic conversations about movies. Coincidentally, both were organized by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. The first was after a screening of Stop the Presses!, [...]
Guest blogger Bart Weiss is Director of the Dallas Video Festival and president of Video Association of Dallas. I just got back from my first trip to the Austin Film Festival. I have been to every South by Southwest fest in Austin but somehow have never been to the AFF. Perhaps because it is a [...]
