SPECIAL EVENTS

2011 Cinema Arts Festival Houston is a unique, five-day film festival celebrating the visual, literary and performing arts. Works are shown not only in traditional theatrical venues but also via interactive video installations, live music and film performances, and outdoor projections.

Thursday November, 10 
3:45 PM
Texas Filmmakers Showcase
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
$10 General, $8 Student/Senior with ID

The Texas Filmmakers Showcase is a special screening event consisting of the best Texas short films and videos. Each year, the program is presented to executives in the Hollywood film community, with subsequent screenings around Texas throughout the rest of the year. The selection committee is a cross-section of film industry professionals from outside the state of Texas. The Houston Film Commission presents the Showcase with the generous support of additional sponsors.

8 (8:36 minutes)
A daughter spends the anniversary of her father’s death with her mother.
• Julie Gould and Daniel Laabs — Dallas

Fatakra (18:58 minutes)
Naveen left India to chase his dreams in America. Today, three years and a recession later, his wife and son join him.
• Soham Mehta — Katy

LCD Soundsystem — “Home” (pictured, 7:51 minutes)
A lone robot leaves its maker to discover a new life and ultimately return home.
• Mark Armes and Rick Darge — Houston

The Man Who Never Cried (23:00–28:00 minutes)
Rafe Winston has never cried; not when he was a baby, not when his high school sweetheart crushed his heart, not even when he first saw Steven Spielberg’s E.T. So when his father dies, Rafe, at the age of 32, decides to embark on a true emotional journey, with the hope of shedding his first tear before the funeral — and before it’s too late.
• Bradley Jackson — Austin

Noc na Tanecku (Night at the Dance) (13:00 minutes)
A profile of the last days of a Czech dance hall in rural Texas, and the old-timers who come there to polka.
• Annie Silverstein — Austin

Pioneer (15:53 minutes)
A father tells his son the most epic bedtime story ever.
• David Lowery — Dallas

Sasquatch Birth Journal 2 (4:00 minutes)
An unprecedented peek at the mysteries of nature.
• David and Nathan Zellner — Austin

Check the website beginning October 18 to view the festival lineup and buy tickets to screenings (www.cinemartsociety.org).