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15th Annual Film Festival
Austin Screens

Presented by Austin Film Festival

October 16-November 2, 2008

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In addition to hosting its annual screenwriters’ conference, the AFF will screen approximately 190 feature and short films including World, U.S. and Regional premieres.Festival Films are listed according to categories. Following are the Austin Screens screenings. Other categories are Marquee Screenings; AFF Presents…; Narrative Feature Competition; Documentary Feature; Dark Matters; Comedy Vanguard; Target Family Film Series and Austin Screens. The Festival will also host 14 short film programs.  All films are listed with writer, director and cast information as well as a short synopsis. (Pictured: American Widow Project)

Austin Screens  (Venues and Times noted beside Film Titles)

“American Widow Project” (USA, 73 min.) World Premiere • Sun, Oct 19, 7:00PM • Rollins Theater
Directors: Taryn Davis, Don Swaynos
On May 21, 2007, 21-year-old Taryn Davis lost her husband, Michael, to a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. Feeling lost and alone in the new life she’d been thrown into, she began traveling around the country to hear other stories of love, tragedy and survival.

“Cowboy Smoke” (USA, 92 min.) World Premiere • Sat, Oct 18, 07:30PM • Alamo Drafthouse Lakecreek
Writer/Director: Will Moore
Cast: Chad Mathews, Mike Lutz, James Paul, Estella Perez, Matthew Johnston, Bum Phillips
Joe dreams of becoming a cowboy, so he packs his boots and relocates to South Texas. His ideas are quickly shattered when he finds himself holed up in a town that survives on a human smuggling trade.

“Happiness Is...” (USA, 90 min.) Regional Premiere • Sun, Oct 19, 09:15PM • Rollins Theater
Director: Andrew Shapter
Cast: Willie Nelson, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, John Mellencamp, Pinetop Perkins, Leanne Morgan
A documentary on happiness: what is it and how do we all find it?

“I’ll Come Running” (USA/Denmark, 112 min.) Regional Premiere • Sat, Oct 18, 09:30PM • Rollins Theater
Writers: Line Langebek, Spencer Parsons
Director: Spencer Parsons
Cast: Melonie Diaz, Jon Lange, Christian Tafdrup, Birgitte Raaberg, Hallie Bulleit
A young Danish man traveling through Texas hooks up with a girl, but they don’t plan to see each other again until tragic circumstances lead her to his doorstep in Denmark.

“Six Gun” (USA, 91 min.) World Premiere • Sat, Oct 18, 05:15PM • Alamo Drafthouse Lakecreek
Writer: Luke Hill
Director: Scott Perry
In this indie Western, a group of aging cowboys head out on one last heist only to get tangled up in more trouble than they bargained for.

“Six Man, Texas” (USA, 70 min.) Regional Premiere • Sun, Oct 19, 05:30PM • Alamo Drafthouse Lakecreek
Director: Alan Barber
With too few students for regular 11-man football, some shrinking Texas communities have elected to play a six-man version. At the center of the story are the players from Aquilla, Texas (pop. 136), their coach and their families.

“Webb Wilder’s Amazing B Picture Shorts” (USA, 75 min.) • Fri, Oct 17, 09:30PM • Rollins Theater
Director: Steve Mims
Webb Wilder lumbers through a shadowy southern gothic underworld flush with casino cash, trailer trash and alien invaders in this “hillbilly-noir” comedy compilation.

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