Hi, Friends! was an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival. It was written and directed by Wheaton Sims. It was about a couple, Beth and Brian, who come to visit their friends at a picnic. Trouble is, it’s terribly awkward, uncomfortable, even. I love how the way the film was shot and the accompanying… Read more

Mermaid, Bitch was an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival. Directed by Victoria Negri and co written by Negri and Alexi Pappas. Mermaid, Bitch is a short, live-action comedy about a young woman who wakes up with a mermaid’s tail. Out of necessity, her best friend starts to help her move around given the… Read more

I Could Dom was an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival that was written and directed by Madison Hatfield. It is about a young woman who has very sexually experienced friends who are discussing “domming” and “subbing” and she randomly blurts out “I could dom!” I Could Dom is a really funny and charming short… Read more

Special Delivery was an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival written and directed by Emily Everhard. It’s about a young woman who works on the audio mixing for pornographic movies, and takes her work very seriously. While she works, she seemingly fall for the male star. The short is exceptionally charming. The lead actors… Read more

Artifact War was an Official Selection of the Austin Film Festival.  Directed by Evan Michael Carpenter and Jacob Schwarz, the documentary features Amr Al Azm, Adnan Almohamad and Katie Paul.  This significant film documents the threat to cultural heritage posed by looting during wartime, with a particular focus on Syria. The documentary tastefully recreates pivotal… Read more

Two Cents and a Foot Long was Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival Official that was written and directed by Kanin Guntzelman. It’s about a “Sub Club” worker (played by Saul Trujillo) who makes sandwiches and has a customer (played by George Russon) that starts to vent about his life. The customer is pretty… Read more

Texas Cult House, an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival, serves up a slice of southern horror. Written and directed by Julia Barnett, this genre film weaves horror into a story exploring family dynamics and cults. The camerawork was dynamic and impactful, I really enjoyed the cinematography by Alex Walker. The location and… Read more

Vial is an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival. It is a live-action short film written by Alexandre Jerard Davis, Robert Capron, David Holmes and directed by Alexandre Jerard Davis. It is about a man who is on parole, who has a young son. The man needs to take and pass a scheduled… Read more

For the final day of conference panels during this year’s Austin Film Festival, I had a few options for the 11:30-12:45 block. It was pretty hard to pick which panel to go to.  At first, it was suggested for me to attend “Ins and Outs of Overall Deals” because the other choice “What Managers Want”… Read more