I waded through the heat in downtown Austin, unfamiliar with where I was going.  I was lost. My shirt felt like a wet towel, my windpipe grew sore, and my guide was a GPS set for driving instead of walking. Despite it all, I was determined to make it on time to a panel for… Read more

Ba is an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival.  This feature length live action movie was written and directed by Benjamin Wong. It is about a single father who unwittingly becomes the grim reaper to make ends meet for his daughter. The premise and world building are both incredibly intriguing, and it’s executed really… Read more

Lady Parts is an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival. It is a feature length live action dramedy written by Bonnie Gross and directed by Nancy Boyd. Lady Parts follows Paige, a young woman whose family helps her recover after surgery on her vagina, which will improve her quality of life. In the film,… Read more

Taco Baby is an Official Section of the 2024 Austin Film Festival. This live action short film was directed by Jacob Daniels and co-written by Jacob & Liz Daniels. Taco Baby is a charming, humorous piece about a man whose wife is pregnant and develops a craving for tacos. He begins to suspect that something may… Read more

Upholstergeist is an official selection at the 2024 Austin Film Festival. It is a live action short film written and directed by Michael Patrick Clarkson. It’s about a furniture repairer on a furniture restoration television show who is tasked with fixing a chair for two siblings. Seems simple enough, but there’s something off about the siblings and… Read more

The Beldham is an official selection at the 2024 Austin Film Festival. It is a feature length live action horror film written and directed by Angela Gulner. It’s about a young single mother visiting her mother at a house that may or may not be haunted by the Beldham, a scary crow witch that eats babies’… Read more

Anxious to make it to the Austin Film Festival on time, I rushed downtown in my school-approved scrubs. The panel I selected to attend was barely an hour after my clinical rotation ended on Friday, October 25.  I had no time to change my clothes and had to rush to the Omni’s Pennybacker Room, where it… Read more

To Kill a Wolf is an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival. It is a feature length live action drama written and directed by Kelsey Taylor, who was a guest of the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast. The movie is about a woodsman who comes across a runaway teenaged girl and helps her find her way back home. Both… Read more

Silent Notes is an Official Selection of the 2024 Austin Film Festival. The feature length drama is written by Jason Furlani and directed by Toni Comas. Silent Notes stars Daniel Durant as Bruce, whose hearing was impaired by a childhood illness. Bruce decides to get surgery in order to regain his hearing. However, the surgery is… Read more

I Hate Myself and Want to Die is an official selection at the 2024 Austin Film Festival. It is a feature-length live action dramedy written and directed by J. Davis. It is about a single depressed man in his early 30’s with a failed art career, who, you guessed it, hates himself and wants to die.… Read more