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Treeless Mountain, So Yong Kim's most recent film, will
be screening Aug 12th at the Alamo South Lamar.
(photo courtesy Ocilloscope Pictures)
The Austin Film Society has announced that the panelists who will award this year's Texas Filmmaker's Production Fund have been selected, and will be reviewing the 244 applications during the month of August.
The TFPF has been awarding grants yearly since 1996 to emerging film and video artists in Texas. The money goes to those artists the panelists deem to show "promise, skill, and creativity." If you're a filmmaker in Texas and you're thinking, "hey! That sounds like me!" well, you're way too late for this year's grant award, but never fear: applications for the 2010 award season will be accepted in the spring, and workshops on how to apply will be held in Austin and other cities in Texas come April.
Last year, TFPF awarded grants to 22 out of 208 applicants, anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000, for a whopping total of $103,500 total, with a slight preference for documentary films. The number of applicants this year was far above average, so competition is fierce. Who do these applicants have to impress?
So Yong Kim
A narrative film director from South Korea, Kim's style seems to focus on that hallmark of Asian cinema: quality cinematography. Her films are quiet, contemplative, and a bit artsy-fartsy, but she's garnered lots of attention at Sundance and Berlin. Her most recent feature, "Treeless Mountain," focuses on the theme of family, and is about a six-year old girl and her sister who are forced to live with their aunt.
Sam Green
A documentary filmmaker from San Francisco, Green is definitely drawn to the radical, quirky, and yet oft-overlooked figures in American society. His most recent film, "The Weather Underground," is about a militant group who tried to overthrow the U.S. government in the 60's and 70's, and earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Mike Plante
The associate director of programming for the CineVegas Film Festival, Plante is primarily interested in avant-garde and underground filmmaking. A man who truly knows the marketability of a project, Plante has been involved with several film festivals across the country since 1993 and self publishes Cinemad, an internet filmmaking publication.
You might notice that none of the three panelists are Texans; however, each is an esteemed filmmaker, and by tradition they will each be screening one of their films during the month of August so that we can get a better feel for who they are and what they do. Here's a quick schedule:
Aug 12th, 7pm
"Treeless Mountain" by So Yong Kim
at the Alamo S. Lamar
Aug 12th, 9:25pm
"The Weather Underground" by Sam Green
at the Alamo S. Lamar
Aug 13th, 7pm
"Be Like an Ant", a doc-in-progress by Mike Plante
at the Austin Studios screening room.
Keep an eye out; these three will be announcing the grant award recipients at the end of August.
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