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TEXAS FILM ROUND-UP KICKS OFF WITH TPR TUESDAYS SCREENING OF NEWLY DISCOVERED AND PRESERVED 1911 SAN ANTONIO FILM
AUSTIN, Texas (April 25, 2012) – The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) and the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission (TFC) will bring their award-winning media preservation program, the Texas Film Round-Up, to San Antonio. The program kicks off with a screening of the newly preserved and repatriated short film Billy and His Pal before the Texas Public Radio Cinema Tuesday Wings screening on May 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the Santikos Bijou Theater (4522 Fredericksburg Rd.). Attendees are encouraged to drop off their Texas film and videos for the Texas Film Round-Up free digitization program before the screening from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Drop off for the free film and video digitization program will continue on Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3 along with exhibits and film screenings at the Westfall (6111 Rosedale Court) and Cortez (2803 Hunter Blvd.) branches of the San Antonio Public Library from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
Only recently rediscovered in New Zealand, Billy and His Pal is one of the oldest existing films made in San Antonio and Texas. The film was shot in 1911 at the Star Film Ranch, the movie studio run by Gaston Méliès (Georges Méliès’ brother). Likely to be the first screening of the film in San Antonio in a century, the event will help to promote the digitization of Texas films through the Texas Film Round-Up program.
“We are excited to bring this recently discovered ‘lost’ Texas film back to the state for its first screening. Of the over 70 films made at the Star Film Ranch, Billy and His Pal is one of only five that have survived. This is a rare opportunity to watch a part of San Antonio’s film history and an important reminder that Texas films are being lost on a daily basis to both neglect and deterioration. We hope the rescue of Billy and His Pal will inspire San Antonians to contribute their films to this important statewide digitization initiative,” said TAMI Director and Founder Caroline Frick.
More information on the Texas Film Round-Up can be found at www.texasfilmroundup.org or by contacting (512) 485-3073 or round-up@texasarchive.org. More information about TPR Cinema Tuesdays is available at www.tpr.org/cinema/index.html. Billy and His Pal was preserved by The Museum of Modern Art with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation as part of the New Zealand Film Archive repatriation project. Accompaniment provided by Barry Brake.
TEXAS ARCHIVE PARTNERS WITH CINE LAS AMERICAS FOR ‘HECHO EN TEJAS’ AWARD
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image will present the award for best “Hecho
en Tejas” film at this year’s Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
in Austin. Running from April 24 – 29th, the festival showcases new films
from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, films made by or about
Latinos, and films by or about indigenous groups of the Americas. The
“Hecho en Tejas” competition features eight films made in Texas. The first
film, All She Had, screens at St. Edwards University, Wednesday, April 25 at
7:00 p.m. On Saturday, April 28, at 11:00 a.m. the films Para Vivir and The
XY Zone open for Cancion del Cuerpo at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar with
Lilia and Hombre y tierra screening later in the day at 1:45 p.m. The last
two films, Open Your Eyes and In the Shadow, screen at 11:00 a.m. at the
Alamo Drafhouse South Lamar. This will be TAMI’s third year to partner with
Cine Las Americas on the award.
To learn more about the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival visit:
http://cinelasamericas.org
FILMS FROM GLEN ROSE ROUND-UP ADDED TO TAMI VIDEO LIBRARY
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) has added eight films contributed during the Glen Rose Texas Film Round-Up to the TAMI Video Library, including interviews with Glen Rose residents about life in the pre-nuclear-power-plant era and a 1970s silent western made by students at Glen Rose Junior High School. The films were digitized as a part of the Texas Film Round-Up, a partnership between TAMI and the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission. In February, the Somervell County Heritage Center hosted a film and video drop-off for the free digitization program. Additional selections from the 278 locally contributed films will be added to the website throughout the year. Films and videos can still be submitted to the program by contacting info@texasarchive.org or (512) 485-3073.
TEXAS ARCHIVE FILMS FEATURED IN AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL AND BOB BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM SCREENING SERIES
Films from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image’s collection will be featured during the preshows for two Austin Film Festival series, Living Record: The Music Docs of DA Pennebaker and the Made in Texas Film Series, a collaboration with the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Living Record screenings are the first Wednesday of March, April and May at 7 pm at the 2nd Street Jo's Coffee in Austin. Admission is free.
The Made in Texas Film Series will be presented in the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum’s Texas Spirit Theater at 7:30 pm on the second Wednesday of each month from April through September. Screenings are free for members of AFF or TSHM and $5 for the general public. Made in Texas is sponsored by the Texas Film Commission.
Living Record:
April 4: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
May 2: Only the Strong Survive
Made in Texas:
April 11: Two Rode Together
May 9: Toy Soldiers
June 13: Logan’s Run
July 11: Talk Radio
August 8: In Cold Blood
For more details on the screenings, visit the Austin Film Festival’s website.
