The Texas Film Commission June Newsletter
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A record-breaking premiere for a TV series filmed in North Texas. Not a bad way to kick off the summer!
Dutton Ranch, the latest entry in the Yellowstone franchise, is officially "the biggest original series debut in Paramount+ history, amassing 12.9 million global viewers in its first seven days on the service." It's true what they say, y'all: everything's bigger in Texas.
- Texas Fests Recognized As The Best
- Summer Film Fests Are Just Around The Corner
- Looking For A Location? Look No Further
- Tex Recs: From The TFC To Your TV
- Welcome To The TFC, Sophia Santos
- Events On The Horizon
Texas Fests Recognized As The Best
Not one, not two, but THREE Texas festivals made MovieMaker Magazine's "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" list this year! We want to give a huge, Texas-sized congratulations to Austin Film Festival, Fantastic Fest and the El Paso Film Festival for this impressive accomplishment.
You can find more information on each of these festivals, as well as over 100 more, in our Texas Production Directory right now. Congrats, y'all!
And speaking of film festivals...
Summer Film Fests Are Just Around The Corner
It's getting hotter out there, so take our advice: find yourself a nice theater in which to soak up the A/C and check out what Texas filmmakers have been up to recently. Here's a few coming up soon you'll want to add to your calendar:
- 7/9: CineFestival San Antonio (San Antonio)
- 7/10: PLTX Film Festival (Pearland)
- 7/16: Waco Independent Film Festival (Waco)
- 7/16: Plaza Classic Film Festival (El Paso)
- 7/21: SAFILM - San Antonio Film Festival (San Antonio)
- 7/30: Oak Cliff Film Festival (Dallas)
- 8/6: Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival (Austin)
- 8/7: Houston Horror Film Fest (Houston)
Looking For A Location? Look No Further
The iconic Texas Theatre in Bronte, Texas
Looking for the perfect setting for your next masterpiece? We've got you covered.
Our Texas Locations Database has information on nearly 4,000 different locations across the state, including over 100 different theaters, 182 ranches, 337 bars and so much more.
Filmmakers, you've got some homework to do. Follow the link below and start searching today.
Tex Recs: From The TFC To Your TV
Looking for something to watch but can't quite make a decision? Don't worry, this month the TFC Marketing team has got you covered.
- Marketing Team Lead Steven McCaig recommends you check out Terms of Endearment (and call your mother).
- Senior Marketing Specialist Robert Rodriguez recommends ringing in the summer with Never Goin' Back.
- Production and Markering Program Manager Leigh Davis recommends Friday Night Lights (the television series) for your football fix in these last few months before kickoff.
Make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up with any and all future Tex Recs from the rest of the TFC.
Welcome To The TFC, Sophia Santos
Please join us in welcoming the newest member of the Texas Film Commission, Intake Coordinator Sophia Santos!
An El Paso native and an alum of The University of California, Los Angeles, Sophia was a Graduate Opportunity Fellow, completing her Master of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies while focusing her research interests on Latinx films, filmmakers, and communities. After graduation, she participated in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Gold Rising Program and worked as a Research Fellow with the Academy Film Archive, cataloging underrepresented films and filmmakers into a database that would be used for film research.
Sophia will be attending this year's Plaza Classic Film Festival as a representative of the TFC, so say hello if you see her while attending!
7/6
ATXR - Austin's AR/VR Meetup (Austin)
7/6
AFS Summer Education Series: Directing (Austin)
7/10
CineFestival Cafecito (San Antonio)
7/22
Lights, Camera, Action! (Galveston)
Job Hotline
The Texas Film Commission provides the Job Hotline as a free resource to the public that lists current and upcoming professional film, television (scripted and unscripted), commercial, webisode/web series, animation, VFX, video game, and XR projects being produced in Texas. The Hotline is updated daily when there is new or updated information to share.
Animation, VFX, Video Game & XR Jobs
