ColdTowne Theater is excited to continue our partnership with Austin Film Festival at this year’s Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference!
The 25th annual Austin Film Festival kicks off on October 24th with our Film & Food Fundraising Party. Come enjoy cocktails and cuisine with filmmakers, producers, celebrities and foodies from Austin and beyond at the historic Driskill Hotel! The live auction will be hosted by Will Cleveland and all proceeds benefit Austin Film Festival’s Young Filmmakers Program, which aims to improve creativity, literacy, and communication skills through the arts of screenwriting and filmmaking.
On Thursday, head to the Driskill’s Victorian Balcony for First Three Pages, Live! featuring Will and Erica Lies. Join host Dave Buckman and AFF for an afternoon of live readings featuring the first three pages of works-in-progress, forgotten screenplays, and a few other surprises.
Back by popular demand, we’re offering morning improv workshops during Friday and Saturday of the Conference to help you “rise and shine” throughout the day. Join hosts Dave Buckman and Rachel Madorsky to learn techniques that you can utilize at the Conference to pitch your script or approach your screenwriting idol with confidence.
Dave Buckman will host this year’s Awards Luncheon (tickets are sold out – call to get on the waitlist 512-478-4795)! Dine with panelists, awardees (Roger Corman, Tony Gilroy, Daniel Petrie, Jr., and Larry Wilmore), and hear inspiring speeches from this year’s honorees and winners.
You won’t want to miss these incredible events. Check out the promo codes below and get your tickets for the fest today!
coldtowne25 – $25 off all badges – you will need at least a Conference Badge to participate in First Three Pages, Live! And the Friday session of Morning Improv if you are interested in Morning Improv on Saturday and checking out films you can purchase a Lone Star Badge
coldtownefp – $15 off a Film Pass – for access to all 8 days of film and the Film Pass Party in partnership with Do512
Here is some information about some of the comedies we are screening this year!
Travel back to 1989 for a special retrospective screening of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure presented by Ed Solomon on Sunday, October 28 at 7:00PM at the Galaxy Highland – screen 9!
Check out this year’s Comedy Vanguard Films:
Simple Wedding
Nousha might have finally found the one in Alex, an eccentric bisexual artist. But when her parents find out about the blossoming relationship, she’s pressured into tying the knot before either of them are ready. The thrust-upon wedding becomes a runaway train as cultures clash and families collide.
Thursday, October 25 | 7:10 PM | Alamo Drafthouse Village
Tuesday, October 30 | 8:30 PM | Galaxy Highland screen 8
Original Sin (Pecado Original)
In partnership with Cine Las Americas
A sexually-frustrated woman, her uptight husband, and a freewheeling artist form an unlikely love triangle.
Thursday, October 25 | 9:45 PM | Bethell Hall-St. David’s Episcopal Church
Tuesday, October 30 | 5:30 PM | Galaxy Highland screen 9
Antiquities
Walt moves back to his hometown in hopes of learning more about his recently deceased father. After accepting a job in a local antique shop, he ends up not only finding out who his father really was but learns more about himself than he ever thought possible.
Friday, October 26 | 4:00 PM | State Theatre
Tuesday, October 30 | 2:30 PM | Galaxy Highland screen 7
In Reality
In partnership with Something More
In order to reclaim her bearing on reality, newly heartbroken Ann confronts her overgrown fantasies by making a film about the experience.
Saturday, October 27 | 8:30 PM | Galaxy Highland screen 8
Wednesday, October 31 | 1:00 PM | Alamo Drafthouse Village
The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova
Estranged siblings Sarah and Aaron arrive in Dombrova, Poland with a singular mission: to fulfill their dying grandmother’s wish to find, dig up, and bring home the bones of her favorite childhood dog.
Saturday, October 27 | 9:30 PM | Bethell Hall-St. David’s Episcopal Church
Wednesday, October 31 | 9:30 PM | Hideout Theatre
Lost & Found
Seven different stories interconnect around a lost-and-found office at an Irish train station. Even though they each have their own journey, they all stumble upon something they weren’t expecting.
Sunday, October 28 | 1:00 PM | Alamo Drafthouse Village
Monday, October 29 | 4:00 PM | Hideout Theatre
Friends From College Season 2 Premiere–FREE and open to the public!
Creators Francesca Delbanco & Nicholas Stoller in attendance
Season 2 of Friends From College follows six Harvard alums in their 40s living in New York City and the complicated relationships they have with each other. It’s been a year since Ethan & Sam’s affair was exposed to the 4 other friends – including Lisa, Ethan’s wife – and the friend group is still fractured. No one has heard from Lisa, Ethan has been living a repentant year of writing a YA novel, and Sam has been trying to repair her marriage with her husband Jon. But with Max’s wedding coming up, the friends won’t be able to avoid each other much longer. Between the engagement party, bachelor party, and wedding, the six will have to overcome the destruction in their past and figure out how to function as a friend group again. Will they be able to move forward or will they regress back to their old destructive patterns once again?
Friday, October 26 | 7:00PM | State Theatre
To purchase a Film Pass or Badge visit austinfilmfestival.com or call 512-478-4795. Film Passes are also available for purchase at The Long Center and The Paramount Theatre box offices.