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Texas Films at the 2018 Austin Film Festival

October 1, 2018 | Austin, TX

The Texas Film Commission is proud to be a Community Partner for made-in-Texas films at the 2018 Austin Film Festival's Texas Independent and Texas Shorts Programs. These projects shot in Texas, included Texas cast and crew, and may have utilized some of our resources and services.

Texas Independent Features Program

Also Starring Austin 
(Documentary, Dir. Mike Blizzard)
Filmed in Austin by Texas-based director.

The Iron Orchard
(Narrative, Dir. Ty Roberts)
Filmed in Austin, Big Spring, Coahoma, Colorado City, Elgin, Forsan, Gail, Midland, Odessa, Snyder by Texas-based writer/director.

Jules of Light and Dark
(Narrative, Dir. Daniel Laabs)
Filmed in Dallas by Texas-based writer/director.

Texas Cotton
(Narrative, Dir. Tyler Russell)
Filmed in Castroville, Hondo, La Coste & San Antonio by Texas-based writer/director.

Waiting for the Miracle to Come
(Narrative, Dir. Lian Lunson)
Filmed in Austin, Bee Cave, Coupland, Granger, Luck, Round Rock, and Spicewood.

View the lineup for the Texas Independent Features.

Shorts Program 10: Everything's Shorter in Texas 1

Atlantic City
(Short, Dir. Miguel Alvarez)
Filmed in Austin, Bastrop, San Antonio & Temple by Texas writer/director.

By Dan Jenkins
(Dir. Kelly Lipscomb, Matt Tisdale)
Filmed in Fort Worth by Texas-based writer/director.

Goodbye Sirena
(Dir. Melissa Dalley, W. Tracee Beebe)
Filmed in Corpus Christi by Texas-based director.

Lovers at Night
(Dir. Alexander M. Rosales)
Filmed by Texas-based director.

Muerte
(Dir. Harold Fisch)
Filmed in Austin by Texas-based filmmaker.

Tightly Wound
(Dir. Shelby Hadden)
Written/directed by Texas-based filmmaker.

Tempestad
(Dir. Daniel E. Garcia)
Filmed by Texas-based writer/director.

The Wilderness
(Dir. Agustin Navarro)
Filmed by Texas-based writer and director.

View the lineup for Shorts Program 10.

Shorts Program 11: Everything's Shorter in Texas 2

Clean Break
(Dir. Isaac Burns)
Filmed in Austin by Texas-based writer/director.

A Lucky Man
(Dir. Jared Moosy, Shaul Shwarz, Christina Clusiau)
Filmed in Austin by Texas-based directors.

My Friend Shokat
(Dir. Bita Ghassemi)
Filmed by Texas-based writer/director.

Nobody Knows
(Dir. Nolan Wilson Goff)
Filmed in Denton by Texas-based filmmaker.

Pepito
(Dir. Eman Esfandi)
Filmed in Austin.

Personal Trainer
(Dir. Alex Shultz)
Filmed by Texas-based filmmaker.

View the lineup for Shorts Program 11.


Congratulations to all of the Texas-based filmmakers and Texas-made projects screening at the 25th anniversary of the Austin Film Festival!

Click here to view the entire AFF 2018 Schedule.
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