Every year we have the privilege of putting together an exceptional collection of Texas-made short films and this year is no different. We look forward to sharing this collection all around Texas in the fall of 2014!
UPCOMING SCREENINGS:
• Austin – The Marchesa Hall & Theatre (*benefiting AFS Grant)
Tuesday 11/4, 7:30P. Info/Get Tickets: http://goo.gl/H9aVL7
• Houston – Houston Cinema Arts Festival
Nov. 12th-16th, 2014. Info: http://cinemartsociety.org
Official Showcase link:
http://www.houstonfilmcommission.com/showcase/
More info on 2014 Houston Film Commission’s Texas Filmmaker’s Showcase Trailer
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Tom Copeland, champion of the Texas movie industry, has died at age 74
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Texas drops series to Texas State, shakes up its weekend pitching rotation for Houston
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Film by Six Nations filmmaker to debut in Brantford
A film by award-winning Mohawk filmmaker Shelley Niro will debut this week at Brantford Galaxy Cinemas. “Café Daughter, based on true events, is a story of personal reconciliation for young ...
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Tom Copeland, Behind-the-Scenes Powerhouse of Texas Film, Dies
Texas filmmakers are mourning the loss of Tom Copeland, former executive director of the Texas Film Commission. A pivotal figure in the growth of the state's film industry, Copeland died this weekend.
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Texas AG sues county over Houston-area guaranteed income program giving participants $500 a month no strings attached
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Texas Poised to Get America's First Bullet Train
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Houston crashes involving a bike and car surge in 2023, new data says
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Texas developer ignores multiple violations and builds dozens of homes without a single permit
HOUSTON, Texas -- In a city where putting a new roof on a house or remodeling after a flood would require a homeowner to pull a permit, residents in Shepherd Forest, Texas can't figure out how one ...
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Oklahoma’s Booming Film Industry Has Texas’ Attention
And that is how the Red River Rivalry spilled over from football to film. “They’ve got a good thing going,” the actor Dennis Quaid, a Houston native ... strikes out or Texas strikes out ...
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Researchers around Houston, across Texas to study animal behavior during upcoming solar eclipse
The phenomena that hasn’t passed through Texas since 1878 has been documented ... will react to the eclipse,” Jessica Reyes, a Houston Zoo spokesperson said in a statement to Houston Public ...
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Phoenix Film Festival’s 24th edition to showcase legacy of independent filmmaking
“There wasn’t an established film festival in the area, nothing ever stuck,” Carney said. “A couple of filmmakers lent ... Carney recalls 2014 as a particularly big year, when the festival ...
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Why California and Texas Are Allies in ‘Civil War’
Civil War, the buzzy A24 film that follows a team of journalists as they race to Washington, D.C., to document American citizens fighting each other across the country and rebel forces descending ...