<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Goldsmith Production Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[Austin-based production services. We guide you through production — from a script on the page to footage that's organized before it reaches post.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:59:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Who to call about shooting in Texas.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One state office runs the grant. Eleven regional commissions run the ground. 218 certified communities have a local liaison. Who does what, and who to call.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/texas-film-commission-regional-film-offices</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9bb1e3d055a51adf15d19a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_bc0aebb8c6b34743800bcb7617559140~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Indie 100... The hundred top theaters to book your film.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A ranked list of the 100 best U.S. theaters for independent film, and which 72 will actually book yours. Free brief, plus the working file.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/book-independent-film-theaters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9b9f98950c73fdcf7bf2e8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_c7092806e21b49e3a9f4a386d52ea29d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The free field guide to screening your film in Texas.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The seven-part directory, folded into twelve pages you can print: the two booking worlds, the five things a venue checks, the first calls in every region, and what has changed. Free, for an email address, and here is what the address is for.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/texas-screening-field-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9b9880d055a51adf159b7e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:46:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_a5280a1f9a064a4a8501576d9ea066b4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where to screen your independent film in Texas.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Close to eighty independent rooms across seven regions that will program, rent to, or festival a Texas filmmaker, checked against each venue's own site. The three doors in, the five things that decide whether a venue says yes, and the regional editions.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/screen-your-film-in-texas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9b4425950c73fdcf7b207e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:44:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_903402d696a947a2aaa3fa4213861835~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's shooting in Texas: September 2026.]]></title><description><![CDATA[September's ledger of what's actually shooting in Texas, by region, with a named source on every line. Plus two corrections to the August edition.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/shooting-in-texas-september-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9af49540b25387a6f31550</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 02:46:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_07314414e30646a99fd8182085ccca28~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Texas film incentive, in plain English.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What the program actually is, the two thresholds that decide whether you qualify, and the places productions lose money they thought they had.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/texas-film-incentive-plain-english</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f43f86cf0bac68ec23dc8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:52:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_f8fa4ba415a644dfae98de2456c7ff05~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_724,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AFS grant machine keeps paying for the next Texas filmmakers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fifteen short-film grants from 225 applications, a feature cycle worth up to $20,000, and a March gala at Troublemaker Studios. How Austin funds its own.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/afs-texas-film-awards-grants</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f43f86cf0bac68ec23dc6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:52:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_a6b89d08edbe4392a7b53ef66fd8bae2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Texas incentive got real: what SB 22 actually pays in 2026.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three hundred million dollars a biennium for a decade, a rebuilt tier ladder that tops out at 31%, and about a hundred applications already in. The numbers, precisely.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/texas-incentive-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f43f86cf0bac68ec23dc5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:52:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_6f7581af750d4f569c92841dc1a05b22~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Austin's screens are in flux and the nonprofit is the one expanding.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Paramount goes dark for a $65 million restoration while AFS Cinema builds a 179-seat third screen. What that says about who's betting on theatrical here.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/afs-third-screen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f43f86cf0bac68ec23dc7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:52:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_f35bc937b6b941c5818c984f3c06f150~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SXSW at 40: Spielberg, the AI question, and a room that felt alive.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The festival cut two days, lost its convention center, and still premiered ninety world premieres. What we took home from March.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/sxsw-2026-recap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f43f86cf0bac68ec23dc3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:52:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_bc12d026cb404d2fbdf9d79f2a45b3eb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's shooting in Texas right now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four Sheridan productions, the largest studio campus in the state, a final season in Midlothian, and a fund with a hundred applications. 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Three things I'd budget differently, one thing Texas gave me that no other state would have, and no company-level claims.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/odie-texas-feature-budget</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9b0b0dd055a51adf1464cb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_47d77971ebd6476fabf82c543cb44e54~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Texas doubles for somewhere else; foreign and domestic.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Davis Mountains for the Rockies, the Hill Country for Provence, Palo Duro for the Outback, Caddo Lake for the Amazon, and four European villages that shouldn't exist here. 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Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, Midlothian, Bastrop, San Marcos, Mansfield, sorted honestly, no rates.]]></description><link>https://www.goldsmithpictures.com/post/soundstages-texas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9b0aab950c73fdcf7aa9be</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b20e77_33ca112164bd480794187c1beacc703d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick Barr</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Texas producer of record: what an out-of-state show actually needs on the ground.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You already have a line producer. 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