Interview:
Caitlin McFarland,
co-founder and co-executive director,
ATX Television Festival
The fifth annual ATX Television Festival will be held June 9-12 at, among other venues, the Alamo Ritz and the Stateside at the Paramount. The festival will include a binge-fest of The Path, previews of the new shows Dead of Summer, Grace, Guilt, Preacher, Queen of the South and Search Party; panels devoted to Fargo, the Austin-based Rooster Teeth, and Amazon Studios; and Rescue Me, The Shield and Ugly Betty reunions. There also will be a tailgate community screening of Friday Night Lights at 5 p.m. June 10. Finally, on June 10 at the Paramount Theatre, there will be a conversation with ATX awardee Norman Lear and a screening of Just Another Version of You, a documentary about the legendarily TV producer Norman Lear. ATX TV Festival founders and co-executive directors Emily Gipson (left) and Caitlin McFarland (right) discuss this year's festival.
Aired: May 26, 2016 Web site: http://www.atxfestival.com/ |
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