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SUNDAY OCT 15

Texas State University Theater Building

Screening Room, #206

430 Moon St, the giant red drum inside a moat – follow our balloons

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10:15 AM -  Lone Star Shorts Showcase Bloc 2

  • BROTHERS KEEPER BOOK II (15min, San Anto)

    • A troubled teenage boy is adopted into a dysfunctional family & offered up for drug ransom.

  • WHAT IF THEY KNEW (10min, Lubbock)

    • Five of our Constitutional forefathers take the chance to see America in 2025.  Months later, they are sent back to 1789 to decide about their burden of knowledge from the future.

  • PENULTIMATE EXAM (11min, Houston)

    • On the date of her exam, Frances encounters a series of horrible circumstances that prevent her from completing it. Against all odds, she is determined to pass with flying colors.

  • TABO (10min, Richmond)

    • A young man attempts to get through one night alone in his home as he struggles to avoid grieving over his mother's death.

  • PIT STOP (10min, Hurst)

    • After a difficult kidnapping, two friends stop in the middle of nowhere to refill on gas.

  • MADISONVILLE (10min, Huntsville)

    • An Army veteran from California breaks down in the rural East Texas city Madisonville & finds help from an older stranger. U.S. Premiere!
       

Total runtime: 1hr 6min

Followed by Q&A with MADISONVILLE Director Jared Carver & WHAT IF THEY KNEW Director Thomas Hendrick
 

Noon - Another Day Bloc​

  • THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (Corpus Christi, 1hr 8min)

    • ​The town's richest man is missing, & P.I. John DeWitt has been hired to find him. But as the clues unravel, finding him might prove to be deadly.

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  • A NEW DAY: BROUGHT TO YOU BY HORIZON RESEARCH SYSTEMS (4min, ATX)

    • ​At Horizon Research Systems, we pride ourselves on helping you achieve the life of your dreams - the life you deserve. Also, we may owe you a few apologies...

  • THE CEDARS (10min, Dallas)

    • ​A multimedia artist takes the viewer on a “tour” of Dallas’s marginal suburbs, seeking out hidden treasures amongst the city’s architectural ruins and "trash."

  • NORMAL (8min, Kyle)

    • ​A seemingly ordinary middle-aged man harbors a parasitic relationship with his only friend: his evil split personality.

Total runtime: 1hr 30min


Followed by Q&A with THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Director Pablo Schmitt
 

2 PM - Terrifying Texas Bloc 1​

  • MISTER CREEP (1hr 7min, San Anto)

    • ​Three college students stumble upon a secret television broadcast of a deceased serial killer & search for its location.

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  • THE ART OF DYING (12min, San Anto)

    • ​In 1994, a man follows mysterious coordinates from an automated caller that leads him into the dangerous crosshairs of something much bigger.

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  • THE ART OF DYING (12min, San Anto)

    • ​In 1994, a man follows mysterious coordinates from an automated caller that leads him into the dangerous crosshairs of something much bigger.

  • STATIC (16min, Dallas)

    • ​An emotionally detached man confronts an ancient cosmic presence that changes the past, present & future.

  • CIVIC DUTY (ATX, 14min)

    • ​In the not-so-distant future, “patriotic duty” is taken to extremes when society shifts to draft the masses to keep the elite alive.

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Total runtime: 1hr 49min

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Followed by Q&A with CIVIC DUTY Directors Andrea Furedy & Teri Harwood, as well as THE ART OF DYING Director Justin A. Rodriguez

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4:30PM - Terrifying Texas Bloc 2​

  • CRITIC (Austin, 1hr 20min)

    • ​After savaging a reclusive Director’s new film, a disenchanted Critic finds himself invited to dinner with them, where their match of wits soon turns into something far more sinister. 

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  • BRAN-DON OF THE DEAD (6min, College Station)

    • ​According to Brandon, living alongside zombies actually isn't really all that bad.

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  • NIGHT VISIT (5min, ATX)

    • ​A woman is followed home by a menacing creature that visits her after dark.

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  • SPECTRAL WIND (12min, Taylor)

    • ​To prove a paranormal phenomenon, a parapsychologist must convince his psychic wife, who quit her job due to a traumatic experience, to help him one last time.
       

Followed by Q&A with NIGHT VISIT Director Joseph Santa Cruz & Producer Kate Patterson, as well as BRAN-DON OF THE DEAD Writer/Producer Rhoda Brooks
 

Total Runtime: 1hr 43min

 Price Center 

222 W. San Antonio St

Tickets for Price Center screenings ($10 Day Pass) here.

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10 AM - Lone Star Showcase Bloc 1

  • MY DEAR AUNT SALLY (10min, ATX)

    • ​A grade-schooler with crippling anxiety reluctantly spends time with his free-spirited aunt: arcades, ketchup stains, ax-throwing & powerful lessons of risk-taking.

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10 AM - Lone Star Showcase Bloc 1

  • MY DEAR AUNT SALLY (10min, ATX)

    • ​A grade-schooler with crippling anxiety reluctantly spends time with his free-spirited aunt: arcades, ketchup stains, ax-throwing & powerful lessons of risk-taking.

  • PETE & RE-PETE (12 min, Taylor)

    • ​A zombie attack on three elderly men takes an unexpected turn when the zombie turns out to be an old friend. Again.

  • NEAR MISS (14min, Nacogdoches)

    • ​With an asteroid due to wipe out all life on Earth, aspiring writer Marie finds an unlikely friend in Frank, a local crackpot whose predictions have finally come true.

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  • MILTON (12min, Waco)

    • ​An elderly couple vacations, struggling with physical limitations but sharing memories of a life fully lived.

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  • 12 PINK ROSES (6min, San Marcos)

    • ​A father tries to do something nice for his daughter, but his addiction gets in the way.

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  • KINDRED SPIRITS (22min, Bellville)

    • ​Two women, on opposite sides of the planet, meet online in a heated, misunderstood discussion about one another’s countries, but soon discover they have much in common.
       

Followed by Q&A with MILTON Director Kevin Machate, Actor Gerald Brodin & Actress Gayland Williams; MY DEAR AUNT SALLY Writer & Co-Producer Heather Kennedy; NEAR MISS Director Andrew Hodge as well as 12 PINK ROSES Director Kate Patterson

Total runtime: 1hr 16min
 

12:30 PM - Lone Star Showcase Bloc 3

  • TAKE A CHAIR, LEAVE A CHAIR* (7min, San Marcos/L.A.)

    • ​A performer must find a new chair.

  • SHAME FULL (11min, ATX)

    • ​Traumatized by body shaming during her childhood, a mother struggles to separate her past from her daughter’s present.

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  • FALSE & BASELESS (12min, ATX)

    • ​A college student who survives a sexual assault finds her victim statement to an Austin police detective shifts from empathy to confrontation.

  • I NEVER SAW VENICE* (15min, ATX)

    • ​Having just lost a new job & facing eviction, a depressed millennial drives from Texas to the West Coast.

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  • FALSE & BASELESS (12min, ATX)

    • ​A college student who survives a sexual assault finds her victim statement to an Austin police detective shifts from empathy to confrontation.

  • I NEVER SAW VENICE* (15min, ATX)

    • ​Having just lost a new job & facing eviction, a depressed millennial drives from Texas to the West Coast.
       

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  • A LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR (19min, San Anto)

    • ​A film lover stuck in her apartment during COVID recreates the movies she idolizes as a mysterious force outside threatens to drain her world of life, sound & color.

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  • TWINSIES (10min, ATX)

    • ​A young woman's search for a job forces her into a nonsensical bubble where delusion & eccentricity call the shots.

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  • CLOSE SHAVE (10min, ATX)

    • ​A real estate agent gets more than a shave when he visits his hometown barber.

 

Total runtime: 1hr 33min

 

Followed by Q&A with I NEVER SAW VENICE Director Mike J McAllister & Lead Actor Julien Hemmendinger; TWINSIES DIrector Tiana Stuart; FALSE & BASELESS Director Robert Cantu; SHAME FULL Co-Directors Andee Kinzy & Chiara McCarty & LOOKING BACK Director Michael Charron


 

3 PM - Nominated Texas Shorts

  • IN TOW* (21min, ATX)

    • ​A self-involved teen & her overworked single mom confront their differences as their mobile home is towed away … with them inside of it!

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  • LOOKING BACK (9min, ATX)

    • ​George gets more than he bargained for when he discovers a ghost living in the backup camera of his new car.

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  • TUCO: THE TEXAS WRESTLING MYSTERY SHOW* (21min, Kyle)

    • ​A former World Champion Wrestler, Tuco Guerra, & his motley crew travel throughout Texas solving crimes & mysteries.

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  • POP’S FLIES* (16min, Dallas)

    • ​Ray & his father Bill use fishing & Pop’s notebook – with nearly 100 hand-drawn fly patterns & instructions to tie them – to discover threads of story connecting them to generations past. U.S. Premiere!

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  • MOTHER F—–ER* (8min, ATX)

    • ​A fed up young mother scrambles to surmount a neighborhood rascal.

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  • SMILE NOW, CRY LATER* (39min, San Anto)

    • ​Joey, struggling to cope with his mental health & past trauma, reconnects with childhood friend Lila, unearthing the strength to confront inner demons & take control of his life.

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Followed by Q&A with SMILE NOW, CRY LATER Director Keanu Cordero; TUCO Director Gustavo Aguilar & Writer Emily Aguilar; & POP’S FLIES Director Clay Hervey; MOTHER F—-ER Director Justin Arnold; & IN TOW Director Sharon Arteaga

Total runtime: 1hr 45min


5:30PM - Awards Ceremony
Our 2023 nominees are here.



6 PM - CLOSING NIGHT: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WOLF?* (2hr 11min, Myanmar)

Moe grew up in strict traditions. Way is rebellious & free-spirited, but born with a heart defect: shutting everyone off around her so that she can die anonymously. Their destinies intertwine upon meeting in the hospital; thereafter a shared journey to the fabled “sea of clouds” powerfully beckons.


Programmers’ Note: After the February 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, the military junta violently captured & imprisoned thousands of people who participated in anti-coup & civil disobedience movements, killing at least 6,337 civilians as of September 2022. Many protestors had to flee the country; the Director of WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WOLF?, Na Gyi, is among them. The ruling junta issued arrest warrants under section 505 (A) against him. Na Gyi is still in hiding.  Lost River expresses our deep gratitude & solidarity with filmmakers Na Gyi, Moore Thit Sett Htoon & Myat Noe. Thank you for your enriching contributions to our festival & our best wishes for you to all stay strong in the fight against the unjust, brutal oppression underway.

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