Editor Noralil Fores interviews the AUFF festival founder for the film magazine Short End. Read it HERE.

The 2007 Austin Underground Film Festival took place on June 9th, 2007 and played to a packed house at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown.

The winner of the festival as voted by the audience was Bruce Parsons’ Drawing Between the Lines.

View the festival lineup at B-side.
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Austin, laid back and somewhat indulgent as it is, might be a terrible place for a New Yorker or anyone who wants to move and shake culture or corporations but it’s an undeniably great place to start a band, as I recently learned. No paranoia, no career hang-ups, no star trips (well, not usually), no heroin, no your drummer informing you at Thursday’s rehearsal that he’s just gotta play with this “Smoke On The Water� copy band Friday night instead of with you at CBGB’s because he says he desperately needs the money even though he lives with his parents in Westchester.

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Coming Sat. June 9th, 3:00 pm to the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown: AUFF 2007

Ever wanted to know how to get a Big Mac for a dollar, see comics Denis Leary and Bill Hicks square off, or learn how to get the most from your neighborhood bodega? The Austin Underground Film Fest is back with more revolutionary programming from local and international fringe artists - three solid hours of the best in subterranean cinema. Where else can you see a hacky sack music video, educational church PSA’s, lost celebrity rarities, and an inside look at the private lives of comic book artists? AUFF ‘07: The cure for the common film fest. Advance tickets are on sale HERE. Last year’s sold out, get ‘em while they’re hot.

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Tarantino and Rodriguez need no introduction. The former is almost single-handedly responsible for revitalizing the fledgling crime genre, and for nearly ruining it (inadvertently) by spawning so many inferior imitators; it’s virtually impossible to watch a crime film these days without spotting some QT influence. Rodriguez is more prolific, if less consistent: for every DESPERADO he makes a ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, in a maddening pattern of transcending and then reverting to the worst indulgences of his B-movie pedigree.

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In this time of oil dependence, global warming, and volatile Middle Eastern politics, the simple act of riding a bicycle can be elevated from an enjoyable, health-conscious pastime to a revolutionary act. This concept is reflected in countercultural movements such as Critical Mass bike rides, which take on traffic snarls and reclaim public streets for joyous mobs of cyclists; in music, through bands with names like This Bike is a Pipe Bomb; and in film, such as Reg Harkema’s MONKEY WARFARE, which claimed a Special Jury Prize for Best Canadian Feature at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and recently screened at South By Southwest 2007.
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South By Southwest attracted thousands of artists and fans to Austin this week for a celebration of song and cinema unrivaled anywhere across Texas, and amidst the Bacchanalia of promo parties, prizes and prestige, they even got around to playing a few movies.

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It was a good week for film in San Antonio, especially for those interested in world cinema. No less than three festivals graced silver screens across the city, from the multiplex to the museum to the converted chapel.

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Director David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks) presented his latest film, INLAND EMPIRE (written in all caps), to a wildly appreciative audience last Wednesday at Austin’s sold-out Paramount theater.

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Is it possible to deliver a short film in 2 days? That was the question for 8 teams of independent filmmakers during San Antonio’s new 48 Hour Film Experience, where they all rose to the challenge and presented their finished products to the public at Thursday night’s awards ceremony and wrap party.
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