Just one night left to see great movies at the 13th Annual Austin Film Festival! Here's the complete lineup, or check out the schedule with trailers and more.
American Scary (91 min)
USA
Director: John E. Hudgens
TerrorVision
Thursday, October 26
7:00 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek
Regional Premiere: American Scary is a look at the nation's tradition of horror hosting, from Zacherley to A. Ghastlee Ghoul. With interviews from major hosts from the 1950s to the present day, along with memories from celebrities and fans who were influenced by these hosts, you'll follow this American folk art form from its glamorous beginnings, through repeated waves of popularity, to its scrappy resurgence and survival in the age of cable access and the Internet. American Scary looks to remind people how much fun local TV could be - and maybe could be again. Featuring Joe Bob Briggs, Tim Conway, Neil Gaiman, Tom Savini and more! With horror host and Austinite Professor Anton Griffin and Frank Della Stritto from Cult Movies Press in attendance!
Journey from the Fall (135 min)
USA/Vietnam
Director: Ham Tran
Special Presentations
Thursday, October 26
7:00 PM
IMAX Theater
Regional Premiere: "The movie begins on the last day of the war and follows the life of Long Nguyen and his family through prison 're-education' camps, dramatic sea escapes on dilapidated boats and finally to Little Saigon. Many of the scenes shot by cinematographer Guillermo Rosas (Master and Commander, Before Night Falls, Titanic, Man on Fire) are breathtaking backdrops to a brutal tale that’s been compared to Schindler’s List." - Orange County Weekly. Inspired by actual events, Journey from the Fall follows one family's fight for freedom in the wake of war-torn Vietnam. In 1975, against his wife's wishes, Long Nguyen chooses to stay in Vietnam and fight for his beloved country. Knowing that his decision may separate him from his family forever, he asks his wife, Mai, to leave their homeland for safer shores. Together with her son and mother-in-law, Mai reluctantly boards a tiny fishing boat bound for America and they begin a perilous journey across the sea. Journey from the Fall is dedicated to the millions of boat people and survivors of the communist re-education camps.
Prison Pups (58 min)
USA
Director: Alice Bouvrie
Documentary Feature Competition
Thursday, October 26
7:00 PM
Regal Arbor Theater
World Premiere: Prison Pups follows four prison inmates as they train puppies for the handicapped and hearing impaired on a minimum-security facility nestled in the rolling farmland northwest of Boston. The peacefulness of this landscape belies a controlled and regimented environment where these inmates live with and train puppies over a 10 to 14 month period. The benefits of taking responsibility and knowing unconditional love can be profound as inmates gain confidence and are empowered by their role as trainers.
The Houston Film Commission presents the Texas Filmmakers' Showcase (102 min)
USA
Shorts Programs
Thursday, October 26
7:15 PM
The Hideout Theater
Short films screening in this program include: Bubblecraft, JO FM, North to Ojinaga, Redemptitude, Room 314, Roslyn, Soul Mates, and Vincent Valdez.
Note: filmmakers in attendance
Walking to Werner (93 min.)
USA
Director: Linas Phillips
Documentary Feature Competition
Thursday, October 26
7:15 PM
Landmark Dobie Theater
Regional Premiere: In the winter of 1974, German director Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris to see his dying friend, film critic Lotte Eisner, hoping that by making the journey on foot he would somehow keep her alive. In summer 2005, hoping simply to meet the man who had inspired him to make movies, filmmaker Linas Phillips made his own pilgrimage, walking 1,200 miles from Seattle to Herzog’s Los Angeles home. Braving freeway traffic, weather, the California Highway Patrol, and his own self-doubt, Linas fulfills a dream that parallels the filmic dreams accomplished by his hero, and as one marginal roadside character after another shares a story with him – redemptive, tragic, funny – Linas’ dream becomes much bigger than he originally intended.
Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny' (100 min.)
USA
DIRECTOR: Liam Lynch
WRITERS: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch
CAST: Amy Poehler, Ben Stiller, Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Tim Robbins
Marquee Screenings
Thursday, October 26
7:45 PM
Paramount Theatre
Regional Premiere The legend of the fabled "Pick of Destiny" infuses every page of rock history. This is no ordinary pick, my friends, its sheer power could shake the pillars of Algernon. It is a thing of lore . . . a thing of magic.
Since the dark ages, this supernatural pick has been passed down through many hands. The world's most awesome composers. The hardest of hard rockers. Many of the great masterpieces in music were due to this pick's powerful spell.
Now, the time draws nigh when the pick will be passed to the next generation of rock - the ones they call Tenacious D.
This is their tale of a friendship that would last through the ages and a musical and spiritual synergy so strong that it would reshape our very understanding of the concept of rock
Beyond the Call (82 min.)
USA
Director: Adrian Belic
Special Presentations
Thursday, October 26
8:45 PM
Regal Arbor Theater
Regional Premiere: Made in the cinema verite style of the director's previous and Academy Award nominated film, Genghis Blues, Beyond the Call tells the story of three middle aged men whose idea of adventure is taking desperately needed food and medicine into some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth: the front lines of war. Ed Artis, Jim Laws and Walt Ratterman are former soldiers and self-styled Knights of Malta. In 1995, they formed Knightsbridge International, a unique humanitarian aid organization with the motto "High Adventure and Service to Humanity." Their specialty is going where death from landmines, bullets, or bombs is as frequent as death from hunger, disease, or the elements. They are a fusion of Mother Theresa and Indiana Jones. Their personal convictions and courage drive them to places like Afghanistan, Albania, Chechnya, Cambodia, Rwanda and the southern Philippines, often before other aid organizations arrive. The three are still on the ground when other aid organizations deem things too dangerous and pull out. Artis explains: "We're not there to change anybody's politics, we're not in the God business, and we pay our own way."
Truth Be Tolled (105 min.)
USA
Special Presentations
Thursday, October 26
9:15 PM
Landmark Dobie Theater
Director: William H. Molina
Government has figured out a way to make money on public infrastructure. The plan is to convert existing Texas roadways into tollways and hand them over to foreign interests without a public vote. Many citizens are crying highway robbery.
Elected officials have passed laws unnoticed to simply pave the way. The political establishment is not listening to the people, but their voices will be heard.
This powerful documentary follows the process as citizens utilize their most important power as members of a democracy: freedom of speech.
From mayors of small cities, political candidates and grass roots groups to working-class Texans, all unite to state their loud opposition. The strongest voices rise from small rural communities whose farms, homes, schools, businesses and churches face the largest forcible eminent domain acquisition in U.S. history.
The Trans-Texas Corridor, a giant scar through the center of the state, will not only rip the heart out of Texas-- it will kill a way of life that has been in the state forever.
Note: filmmakers in attendance
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (80 min.)
USA
DIRECTOR: Stacy Title
WRITERS: Chris Kobin, Jacob Hair, Jonathan McHugh, Tim Sullivan
CAST: Billy Dee Williams, Danny Trejo, Ernie Hudson, Jason Alexander, Method Man, Snoop Dogg
TerrorVision
Thursday, October 26
9:20 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek
Regional Premiere: Welcome to the Hood of Horror, a place where revenge is a dish served cold in a 40 oz. The Hound of Hell is your guide through three terrifying tales from this nefarious neighborhood and its depraved denizens, including a tagger who finds out that not all gangstas die hard, a spoiled heir to a Texas oil dynasty who murders for money but can’t pay to stay alive, and a major rap star who discovers he’s got a few skeletons in his dressing room - and they’re kicking down the door. This bone-chilling, gut-bursting (literally) anthology proves once and for all, “It AIN’T all good in da Hood!”
Matando Cabos (94 min.)
Mexico
International Showcase: Mexico
Thursday, October 26
9:50 PM
Paramount Theatre
DIRECTOR: Alejandro Lozano
WRITERS: Alejandro Lozano, Kryztof Raczynski, Tony Dalton
CAST: Ana Claudia Talancon, Tony Dalton
Regional Premiere: Matando Cabos tells two sides of a kidnapping gone wrong. The victim is one of the most powerful men in Mexico, Oscar Cabos. Three kidnappers take a man they believe to be Cabos who is really someone else. The real Oscar Cabos has already been accidentally kidnapped by two of his employees. We follow the first group of kidnappers as they learn they have the wrong man and the other group as they try to return the real Oscar Cabos safely back home without endangering their own lives. A retired Mexican wrestler, a noisy parrot, and an Audi crashing into the largest stadium in the world create a world of situations that will impact all the characters in a single night.
Nightmare Detective (106 min.)
Japan/USA
Marquee Screenings, TerrorVision
(Sneak Preview TBA #3)
Director: Tsukamoto Shinya
The Austin Film Festival (AFF) & Conference is pleased to announce the US Premiere of Movie Eye Entertainment's "Nightmare Detective" as part of its 135-film line-up.
The film was directed by veteran Japanese director Tsukamoto Shinya ("Tetsuo: The Iron Man") and combines elements of horror and detective genres with social commentary. Variety notes, ”[Shinya’s] talent for creating and more importantly, maintaining, a frightening mood never falters… His idiosyncratic style, recalling David Lynch at his most perverse, is visceral.”
The film investigates an internet predator who enters victims’ minds while they sleep, an idea that came from the real life Japanese suicide websites which incite readers to commit suicide. The concept also sprung out of the director’s childhood nightmares which he says, “"frightened me, but at the same time they gave me a certain joy as if I were on a roller coaster at a leisure park."
In Japanese with English subtitles.
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