Flicker Film Fest Accepting Submissions

All of you future Truffauts and Tarantinos, it's time to put down the double espresso and cigarettes and get that creative brain clicking.

The HBMG Foundation has started accepting entries for the latest installment of the Flicker Film Festival. For those of you not in the know, Flicker is Austin's only quarterly film fest. This quarter's fest will be held August 24th at the Alamo.

And if you have never had your work projected onto the big-screen or are making your first foray into film making, fear not, Flicker welcomes auteurs of all ages, experience, and expertise. There is no submission fee and entries can be screened in the following formats: DVD, VHS, 16mm prints, 35mm prints, or mini DV transfers. All films must originate on Super 8, 8mm, 16mm, and 35 mm and be under 15 minutes in length.

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, August 9th. Submissions can be sent via postage mail to the address below.

[From the promoters]

Filmmakers who submit to Flicker have a strong commitment to inventive story telling, stimulating cinematography, and imaginative artistic vision. HBMG Foundation needs your help to make this festival an even greater success than Flicker 26. This past May saw the HBMG Foundation hosting its first ever Flicker Film Festival. Flicker, already a staple in the Austin community for more than 5 years, is a natural fit with the HBMG Foundation, an organization that promotes the creative process and offers programs that develop, nurture, and provide professional benefit to emerging artists and innovators. Matthew Cornelius, the new coordinator of Flicker, noted that "Flicker continues to offer an excellent platform on which gifted filmmakers can be seen and heard on a national level. The HBMG Foundation has laid the groundwork for continued successes, which keeps festivals such as this alive, energized, and groundbreaking." Audiences at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown were regaled with shorts from local filmmakers Nathan Christ, Avram Dodson, and Annie Simpson. As the night drew to a close, the audience selected the coming of age short "The Girls of Elizabeth Street" as their favorite, adding Iowa filmmaker Tad Davis' piece to the 2006 Best of Flicker DVD.

Flicker Film Festival
August 24th @ The Original Alamo

Send submissions to:
Flicker Austin
c/o HBMG Foundation
P.O. Box 15226
Austin, TX 78761