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Austin Indie Fest

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International Independent Entry Level Film Festival

Accepting films ranging from Students to Established Celebrities!

We are a festival focused on ONE thing - you, the Independent Filmmaker !

FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Cult Classics/Worst Films and Horror!

SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT: Short Films, Documentaries and Features from around the globe. Special Focus: Veterans in Film.

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT: A FULL DAY focused on Women in Film! 

AUSTIN INDIE FEST fills a major gap, finding a place for new film makers who want to compete in a high quality Film Festival, but aren't quite ready for large festivals like: SUNDANCE, CANNES, AFI, SXSW or the Austin Film Festival!

NO FAVORITES, NO CLIQUES - JUST GREAT INDIE FILMS!

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Here are few things you'll want to know:
1) SCREENING BLOCKS:  Every Screening Block is INTERACTIVE!  YOU HAVE THE CHANCE to talk with the audience and other filmmakers at the end of your assigned block.

2) TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased for the following:
----- Just your Screening Block (no need for cast/crew/family members to buy a whole festival ticket)
----- One Day (during the Interactive part of the festival)
----- The Entire Weekend (during the interactive part of the festival)
----- One Day (After the fest has wrapped.  No interactivity will be available)

3) "TRAILERS":  Bingewave this week started automatically creating "Trailers" for each film, but they're more of a snapshot into your film, not an actual trailer.  We don't have any control over this.  It's a feature that they added that we have mixed feelings on here at the fest.

4) DAILY SCREENINGS: Each day of the festival has a particular focus:
- Friday (Sci-Fi/Fan Films/Horror and "Worst Films")
- Saturday (Everything under the sun with a focus on Veterans in Film)
- Sunday (Women in Film)
Each film can be watched at any time and in any order with a FESTIVAL PASS or DAY AFTER TICKET

5) AWARDS: We will hold our awards ceremony on Sunday at 7pm Texas time (Central Standard)
Awards and Winning Laurels will be electronically sent out after the fest over the next couple of weeks (we have a holiday this week in the US.)

6) The Virtual site is live and we're experiencing it for the first time with you!  It's a new learning curve for us, so if there are any hangups, please be patient!  We're here to help you!

If you'd like to hear us talk about it all, watch the video on our site!


Start Date

November 20, 2020, 4:00 pm

End Date

November 28, 2020, 11:45 pm

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AFTER THE NIGHT WITH VALERIE (FEATURE) @ Virtual Theater

AFTER THE NIGHT WITH VALERIE (FEATURE) @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 21, 2020, 6:00 pm CST

Genre(s): Drama , Thriller

Online Live Screenings

FEATURE DRAMA - Made in Texas

Multi-Screening:  SALTING THE FLY (SHORT), LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING (SHORT), FINDING MARK WHILE ALSO HAVING TIRED HANDS (SHORT), BROKERZ (WEBISODE), LIZARD BRAIN (SHORT)

Genre(s): Comedy , Crime , Drama , Fantasy , Horror

Online Live Screenings

With a precarious fate approaching, Danny, an autistic teenager, and his older brother David perform a familiar childhood ritual to lighten the gravity of their plight. As time runs out, however, the brothers must leave their childhood behind to confront family demons, challenge futile beliefs, and transcend communication barriers to find solace amidst their crumbling world.

Multi-Screening:  PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED (LGBT DOCUMENTARY), DRY SPOT (SHORT), HEAR NO EVIL (INTERNATIONAL SHORT)

Culture(s): LBGTQ

Genre(s): Crime , Documentaries , Drama , Mystery

Online Live Screenings

Real parents seek advice from leaders in Hawaii’s LGBTQI+ community advice on how to better understand their gay son. To keep their identities anonymous, the parents’ recording will be re-enacted with puppets. This is everything you always wanted to know about your gay child…but were afraid to ask.

Multi-Screening:  GREY STREETS (LONG SHORT), OUTSIDE THE BOX (PILOT EPISODE)

Multi-Screening: GREY STREETS (LONG SHORT), OUTSIDE THE BOX (PILOT EPISODE)

access_time Viewing Times November 21, 2020, 8:00 pm CST

Culture(s): African American

Genre(s): Action , Adventure , Comedy , Crime , Social Justice

Online Live Screenings

Grey Streets follows Gryffin Grey, a widower and grieving Hitman for the cunning and powerful underworld boss Cardinal Ford, as he chases down the man responsible for the attempted assassination of his boss. Loyalty and the ties of family are called into question as Gryffin uncovers the truth of his family's slaughter while hunting his prey.

SLEIGHT (FEATURE)

SLEIGHT (FEATURE)

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 12:00 pm CST

Genre(s): Drama

Online Live Screenings

When a degenerative neurological disorder takes over his life, Dennis Clemens must learn to find happiness amidst the destruction of his mind

Multi-Screening:  BACTERIUM-DELERIUM (STUDENT ANIMATION), SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SHORT), CHUPACABRA UNCOVERED (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SHORT), WHY WE FLY (STUDENT SHORT), FINN (STUDENT SHORT), ANNA AND SLOANE GO TO THE BEACH (STUDENT SHOR

Genre(s): Documentaries , Drama , Social Justice

Online Live Screenings

A comedic tale of two high school lab partners who argue and de-evolve all the way down to bacteria; but will they be able to put their differences aside before their sub-atomic bodies disappear into nothing-ness? (3 MIN)

Multi-Screening:  FRANKIES MONSTER (STUDENT SHORT), THE PRINCESS PLEASURE PRINCIPLE (STUDENT SHORT), HEATED (STUDENT SHORT), THE PUZZLE (STUDENT SHORT), BEYOND CUSTOMS (STUDENT SHORT)

Culture(s): Asian

Online Live Screenings

When a storm of garbage hits Frankie and Elle’s home, Frankie must convince a mute Monster to help him escape the laboratory to save Elle.

Multi-Screening:  RIVENSE (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY), THE ONE AND ONLY JEWISH MISS AMERICA (DOCUMENTARY)

Culture(s): Latinx

Genre(s): Documentaries

Online Live Screenings

Rivense is the story of Régulo, an innovative Costa Rican coffee farmer. Spanning over a decade, the film documents his quest to perfect his craft, while transforming his family’s business and creating new opportunity for his region.

With tremendous courage and perseverance, Régulo and his family launch Café Rivense—creating their own micromill with the goal of selling their coffee to the best coffee shops in the world.

Rivense is about more than coffee. It’s a story about doing what you love, overcoming fear, and taking great risk to pursue a dream—making Rivense a story that will inspire us all.

Multi-Screening:  ANOTHER WONDERFUL DAY IN PARADISE (MUSICAL), BLOOM (SHORT)

Multi-Screening: ANOTHER WONDERFUL DAY IN PARADISE (MUSICAL), BLOOM (SHORT)

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 2:00 pm CST

Genre(s): Comedy , Drama , Romance

Online Live Screenings

The many faces of the immigrant experience, feminism and the American Dream meet in New York as Elly, a Mexican girl striving for Broadway, must confront the realities of survival in the city while working for her strict Chinese boss Mrs. Chen. Where do ambition and practicality collide, and what does it mean to be a dreamer?

THE TRAVELER (INTERNATIONAL FEATURE) @ Virtual Theater

THE TRAVELER (INTERNATIONAL FEATURE) @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 3:00 pm CST

Culture(s): Muslim

Genre(s): Drama , Faith

Online Live Screenings

15 years after leaving home in disgrace, Khosabek returns to his childhood village, fulfilling a family obligation to care for his aging parents. Reminded of the shames from his past, he must win the heart of his father and overcome his own inner struggles to find the right path for his future. (55 min)

A culturally-rich family story, The Traveler is acted by the local Yaghnobi residents of the rugged and beautiful Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan. This heartfelt story offers hope to overcome life’s challenges and forgive the wrongs of the past to embrace new possibilities in the future.

Multi-Screening:  SUNDOWN (SHORT), HEEL (SHORT),  SHE IS ME (SHORT), IT'S COMPLICATED (PILOT - EPISODE)

Genre(s): Action , Comedy , Crime , Drama , Romance

Online Live Screenings

A woman with Alzheimer's and her husband experience an unexpectedly magical day in New York City. (12 min)

FALL BACK DOWN (INTERNATIONAL FEATURE) @ Virtual Theater

FALL BACK DOWN (INTERNATIONAL FEATURE) @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 4:00 pm CST

Genre(s): Comedy , Crime , Romance , Social Justice

Online Live Screenings

A depressed ex-activist takes a job in a sweatshop where he and his coworker make a grim discovery.

Multi-Screening:  AM I SEE YOU (MUSICAL SHORT), PARALYSIS (SHORT)

Multi-Screening: AM I SEE YOU (MUSICAL SHORT), PARALYSIS (SHORT)

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 4:00 pm CST

Genre(s): Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Musical

Online Live Screenings

Whitney Nelson is on a quest to find answers about a mysterious pin left behind by her departed mother. Along with her friend Alana, she gets mixed up with a crazy cult of collectors who will stop at nothing to acquire her special pin.  

Multi-Screening:  LOVE AND BORDER (INTERNATIONAL SHORT), 16 WORDS OR LESS (SHORT), HEEL (SHORT), ALINA (SHORT)

Culture(s): Asian

Genre(s): Action , Crime , Documentaries , Drama , Historical , War

Online Live Screenings

Five women, all Burmese migrants living and working in the western Thai border town of Mae Sot, discuss love, compassion and migration.

02- WOMEN IN FILM PANEL @ Virtual Theater

02- WOMEN IN FILM PANEL @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 6:00 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

Women in Film Panel

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 7:00 pm EST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 7:30 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS - REBROADCAST

AWARDS - REBROADCAST

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 9:00 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 9:30 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 10:00 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 10:45 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 11:00 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 22, 2020, 11:30 pm CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 23, 2020, 12:00 am CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

AWARDS BLOCK - SUNDAY @ Virtual Theater

access_time Viewing Times November 23, 2020, 1:00 am CST
Online Live Screenings

AWARDS BLOCK - REBROADCAST