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Dispatch from Mission Control: Film Early Deadline Looms - May 31st
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Danger! Look Up! The Early Film Deadline is Upon Us! Like an invasion from a distant galaxy, our first film deadline has arrived. Be sure to get your films submitted by midnight PST on May 31st for the cheapest possible entry fee.
In only its second year, Other Worlds Austin has already established itself as one of the premier SciFi festivals in the country. You can submit your film at OtherWorldsAustin.com, on FilmFreeway or on Withoutabox. Other World Austin brings the best SciFi from all over the world to Austin in a three-day festival, each eligible for a cash prize Audience Award.
This year we are excited to announce that FILM COLOSSUS is sponsoring our Shorts Program. Film Colossus is a totally awesome collective of film critics who also do great in depth film analyses for filmmakers at any stage in the development process. This year the winning OWA short, in addition to a cash prize, will receive an Audience Response Analysis of their short film. A further 5-10 shorts will also receive an Audience Response Analysis of their films, winners randomly selected from all entries. Check out Film Colossus at filmcolossus.com, and look for more information on them in future newsletters.
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Deadlines and Details
Upcoming Screenings
The Quiet Hour May 28th 7:30pm, Texas Premiere SW Lake Creek 7, Tickets only $10
SciFi Film Submissions
Features/Shorts prior to May 31st $40/$30 prior to July 31st $45/$35 August 1st - September 30th $50/$40
Features & Teleplays/Shorts prior to June 15th - $40/$30 prior to August 15th - $50/$35 August 16th - October 15th - $70/$45
Badges On Sale in July 10 Screenings: $42 Limited Quantities Available
Festival 411 Dates: December 3-5, 2015 Venue: Galaxy Highland 10 of I-35 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 204295, Austin TX 78720
The Team Bears Fonté Founder and Director of Programming Don Elfant
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Director of Marketing and Development Jordan Brown Programmer and Dir. of Submissions Debbie Cerda Programmer and Outreach Director Courtney Hazlett Programmer and Director of Operations Reid Lansford Programmer and Screenplay Director Dan Repp Programmer and Events Coordinator Gemmi Galactic and Mark Martinez Social Media Team Kelsey Hockmuller Creative Personnel Coordinator |
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Top 20 Post-Apocalyptic Films (In honor of THE QUIET HOUR Screening) |
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By BEARS FONTE — This week Other Worlds Austin presents the Texas Premiere of post-apocalyptic thriller THE QUIET HOUR, Thursday, May 28th at 7:30 at the Southwest Theatres Lake Creek 7. For those of you in Austin longer than 12 months, this is the old Alamo Lakeline. Tickets are only $10 and available here. We should have the director and producer live via Skype from the UK, where it will be 4 in the morning, and we will have a Post-Screening Happy Hour at COVER 2 around the corner. THE QUIET HOUR is set in the aftermath of an alien invasion in which a feisty teenage girl sets out to protect her farm from human scavengers who will stop at nothing in order to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
I love post-apocalyptic stories because they bring out the best (and worst) aspects of the human character. Our screening has gotten me to think about other great post-apocalyptic films, so I present my own (admittedly biased) list of the top twenty post-apocalyptic films and television series of all time.
20). SOYLENT GREEN – I’m not sure I fully qualify this one as post-apocalyptic so much as Dystopian with the collapse about to happen. But they have certainly developed intriguing solutions to their issues, most notably food supply for over-population, and how to encourage people to self-select to address the over-population. To me, this film defines the whiplash ending, a realization that makes you want to go back and rewatch the entire film (think The Sixth Sense or Fight Club). This 1973 classic featured Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson in his final role. |
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19). WATERWORLD – It may have flopped at the box office, but no one can deny the depth of design and thought put into this world, the result of melting polar ice caps raising ocean levels hundreds of feet. Kevin Costner stars as ‘The Mariner’ who battles Dennis Hopper in search of ‘Dryland.’ The changes this life has foisted on society make this a true post-apocalyptical tale, a future at least 500 years ahead of us, and with possibly the next evolution of man (gills!)
18). BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – Either version of the TV series featured a band of colonists searching for a new home after the destruction of their home planet, but the 2000s version focused on the political and religious implications of a catastrophic event on a population. The season arcs of a television series allowed for elections, coups, and jihads to shape and reshape the world of extended character and world development, giving this post-apocalyptic arena a detail rarely possible in a film.
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Other Worlds Austin: Year One, In Which Other Worlds Austin Gets an Office
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We are coming up on our anniversary (seems crazy that we announced the festival in June of 2014), so thank you for coming on this journey with us. We hit two milestones this month. First, we broke 7,000 twitter followers, which just seems absurd—if you aren’t following us yet, find us @OtherWorldsATX. You can also look to @CthulhuATX for less regular (and sometimes more off-the-wall) updates. Second, we moved into our first official office. It’s up in Round Rock so
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Bears never has to battle Austin traffic, as well as being conveniently located near a Pluckers. What does this mean for you? Pretty much nothing—our mailing address is still the PO Box on our website—but we just wanted to let you know we have had a great year of growth, and that’s all thanks to you. So thank you.
Also, in other OWA news, Gemmi Galactic and Mark Martinez (pictured) have joined us as our Social Media Team. Gemmi and Mark have been covering OWA as the former Austin Horror, now newly branded Heart of Horror, so you’ve probably seen them at events. They will continue producing Heart of Horror (which you can see on Fanboy.TV) in addition to taking over the reins of our social messaging. You can reach them at socialmedia@otherworldsaustin.com. Kelsey Hockmuller, who has been guiding our Social Media since August of last year, will now be our Creative Personnel Director, so if you are an artist, or animator, or photographer, or some such talented person, you can email her at personnel@otherworldsaustin.com.
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Also on OtherWorldsAustin.com
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SYNCING WITH CHARLIZE; OR, A BLOODY MANIFESTO OF FURY ROAD |
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by Jordan Brown — My stomach was in knots while I watched MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. I thought, “Is it the milkshake I’m drinking? Is the pure visceral power of this movie just too much for me?” After the film I realized it was simply my monthly feminine gift’s unexpected arrival.
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THE FIVE MOST SCIFI THINGS TO EVER HAPPEN IN PRO WRESTLING |
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By Reid Lansford — Within the mythology of the sport there have been Undertakers, voodoo priests, vampires, Samoan savages, giants, all next to the likes of The Rock and Hulk Hogan. Wrestling has lifted from all kinds of storytelling over the years including elements of Science Fiction.
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By Bears Fonte — Here at Other Worlds Austin, we have a very broad definition of SciFi, but since you don’t know us, and right now you are asking yourself ‘Is My Film SciFi?’ we’d like to help you make that determination. Let’s take a look at somer definitions of SciFi.
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2nd Annual OTHER WORLDS AUSTIN SciFi Film Festival ---------------December 3-5, 2015----------------- |
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