Interview:
Colin Hyer,
conference director,
Liz Mims,
senior film programmer,
Harrison Glaser,
film competition director,
Austin Film Festival
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Austin Film Festival will run Oct. 25-Nov. 1 at various local venues, with the screenwriting conference running Oct. 25-28. The Austin Film Festival opens Oct. 25 with Natalie Portman’s Vox-Lux and closes Nov. 1 with director Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner, starring Hugh Jackman as disgraced 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart. Peter Hedge’s Ben is Back, starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges, will screen Oct. 28 as the festival Centerpiece Film. Other prominent films include Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased, starring Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, and Nicole Kidman; Marielle Heller’s Can’t You Ever Forgive Me?, starring Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant; Mike Leigh’s Peterloo; Peter Farrelly’s Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali; Paul Dano’s Wildlife, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan; Steve McQueen’s Widows, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, and Liam Neeson; and Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, starring Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, and Olivia Colman. Retrospective screenings include Rock All Night, presented by director Roger Corman and Robert Rodriguez; Speed, presented by screenwriter Graham Yost; Coco, presented by screenwriter Matthew Aldrich; Dolores Claibourne, presented by screenwriter Tony Gilroy; and Hocus Pocus, presented by screenwriter Mick Garris. Films with Austin ties include Also Starring Austin, Fathers of Football, The Iron Orchard, Little Woods, The Long Dumb Road, Texas Cotton, and Waiting for the Miracle to Come. The Austin Film Festival will honor writer/director/producer Roger Corman with its Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking award, Tony Gilroy with its Distinguished Screenwriter award, Daniel Petrie, Jr. with its Heart of Film award, and Larry Wilmore with its 2018 Outstanding Television Writer Award. The conference will include conversations with Enough Said writer/director Nicole Holofcener, Bad Moms writers/directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, Venom screenwriter Scott Rosenberg, Men in Black screenwriter Ed Solomon, Beauty and the Beast screenwriter Linda Woolverton; and Speed screenwriter Graham Yost. The conference also will include panels devoted to Beverly Hills Cop, The Disaster Artist, Psycho, A Quiet Place, Stranger Than Fiction, and the TV shows Lost in Space and Queen Sugar. There also will be a work-in-progress panel devoted to the Sony Picture Animation’s 2020 release, The Mitchells vs. The Machines. Aired: Oct. 11, 2018 Web site: http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/ |
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