Community Calendar

Join us for this year’s Native American Film Series: The Modern Era.

The Briscoe Western Art Museum’s Native Film Series showcases a selection of unique films that feature original and diverse indigenous stories. All films were directed, written, produced by, and/or star Native Americans. Local community activist Matthew Davila (Standing Rock Dakota) curated the series and will lead a short presentation before each film.

Sunday, September 20 | 1:30-4:00 pm

Free With Online Registration

Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
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Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

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Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

Sign up now!

Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

Sign up now!

Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

Sign up now!

What can San Antonio learn from Chicago’s mass school closures in 2013—the largest in U.S. history?
Join us for the first San Antonio screening of Beyond Closure (2024, 55 min), followed by a panel with community members and local leaders on possible pathways to repurpose closed schools in San Antonio.

About the Film:
An original production by Borderless Studio and On The Real Film, Beyond Closure revisits the 2013 shutdown of 50 Chicago public schools, the largest mass closure in U.S. history. It explores how inequity, racism, and injustice shaped the process, while highlighting community-led efforts to reclaim and transform these spaces. Through the stories of Emmet, Woods, and Overton schools (located in West and Southside), the documentary reflects on the struggles, setbacks, and triumphs of residents pursuing redevelopment through self-determination. This film is presented through the story of Creative Grounds, a community-led initiative by Borderless Studio that reimagines the role of school buildings and grounds in the wake of Chicago’s unprecedented closures.

Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

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URBAN-15’s proud tradition of presenting the Manhattan Short Film Festival continues this October! Join us on one of our four screening dates on September 26th & 27th OR October 3rd & 4th!

Screening films around the globe, the Manhattan Short has proudly become one of the nation’s first GLOBAL film festivals since its inception in 1998. The festival is one of very few that allows you, the audience, to be the judge by giving the opportunity to fill in voting cards at the end of every screening. In 2024, the Gold Medal for best film went to Irish film “Room Taken”. The best actor award went to Thomas Coumans for his role in the French film “Alarms”.

Join us this fall at URBAN-15 for a new set of high-caliber international films!

Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

Sign up now!