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Shot in Texas
Notes from working in Texas film.


The AFS grant machine keeps paying for the next Texas filmmakers.
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.

Nick Barr
Aug 262 min read


Austin's screens are in flux and the nonprofit is the one expanding.
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.

Nick Barr
Aug 262 min read
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