Austin, TX Indie Feature Films
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- DirectorTobe HooperStarsMarilyn BurnsEdwin NealAllen DanzigerFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsRichard LinklaterRudy BasquezJean CaffeineA day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.
- DirectorMiguel AlvarezBradley BeesleyJohn E. BryantStarsBob RayMarc WiskemannJohn ChisholmA re-imagining of Richard Linklater's SLACKER.
- DirectorHannah FidellStarsLindsay BurdgeWill BrittainJennifer PredigerA high school teacher in Austin, Texas takes sexual advantage over one of her students. Her life begins to unravel as the details of the relationship are exposed.
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsKriss SchludermannTom FletcherWiley WigginsA 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.
- DirectorYen TanStarsBailey BassMarcus DeAndaYesenia GarciaRecovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time visiting a different, comatose, ex-boyfriend, who was in a recent accident. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and was also screened at several other film festivals in the US and Canada, including a variety of both traditional and LGBT themed fests.
- DirectorBryan PoyserStarsAshley BellZach CreggerSara PaxtonIn this raucous, surprisingly romantic comedy, two pairs of exes are torn between rebound sex and getting back together. But can they survive the acts of revenge carried out at the Air Sex World Championships?
- DirectorGeoff MarslettStarsTrieste Kelly DunnFrancisco BarreiroAshley Rae SpillersLoves Her Gun is a romantic tragedy about a young woman who flees violence in New York for the laid back environment in central Texas. Once she settles into Austin she falls into the local gun culture and some of her same worries come back to haunt her.
- DirectorKatie GrahamAndrew MatthewsStarsSam EidsonBrock EnglandGarrett GrahamAn overgrown nerd who serves as Game Master of a fantasy board game finds his role as leader of the misfits put into jeopardy when a new initiate enters the group.
- DirectorDon SwaynosStarsKerri LendoShannon McCormickJohn MerrimanMarie, after being dumped and fired on the same day, takes a job cleaning up after an overworked businessman and the aggressively messy roommate he's forgotten about. A quirky and off-kilter comedy about candy, insult comics, and pretend marriages.
- DirectorMark PottsCole SelixStarsJohn MerrimanBrand RackleyMark PottsHilarity ensues as a trio of friends who "work" at the Stanton Family Cinema must finally face the music of real life: keep their sweet slacker theater jobs or grow up?
- DirectorJonathan LevineStarsAmber HeardAnson MountWhitney AbleA group of high-schoolers invite Mandy Lane, an innocent, desirable girl, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop mysteriously.
- DirectorSpencer ParsonsStarsJonny MarsJosephine DeckerAdam Wyatt TateA dark and bloody parody about a Scooby-Doo-like team of paranormal investigators and their devoted dog. With the crew nearing bankruptcy, they're hired to get to the bottom of a series of spooky events at the remote Kyser mansion, an old religious school plagued by rumors of satanism and ritualistic murder. They're experts at debunking ghost stories, so they get right to work, and despite the ominous signs that this isn't just another greedy land-developer or bitter landlord, they set up to stay the night. When the sun goes down, the truth comes out: this place might actually be haunted...by sadistic spirits or something much, much deadlier.
- DirectorPaul GordonStarsPaul GordonJonny MarsChris DoubekA poet who starts a health-conscious food stand finds support from his friends, as well as a potential love match with one of his customers. But will unexpected complications jeopardize his dreams of a hot dog-free future?
- DirectorHannah FidellStarsTaissa FarmigaBen RosenfieldLindsay BurdgeA young couple, bound by a seemingly ideal love, begin to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.
- DirectorWill AllenStarsWill AllenDimitrius PulidoPhillipe CoquetAn inside look at Buddhafield, a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
- DirectorEagle PennellStarsLou PerrymanSonny Carl DavisDoris HargraveLloyd (Lou Perry) and Frank (Sonny Davis), two lifelong friends and self-styled entrepreneurs in Austin, try to find the get-rich-quick scheme that will actually get them rich. Lloyd has developed a new invention that he's sure will finally lead to the success he and Frank have been chasing their whole lives. Their golden ticket is a combination mop, vacuum cleaner and floor polisher, but before prosperity arrives, reality intrudes on their plans.
- DirectorEagle PennellStarsSonny Carl DavisLou PerrymanSteven MattilaCowboy, and assorted blue collar buddies, inneffectually try to save a true Texas Honky Tonk from closing for good.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsMahlon ForemanRon BarnhartAmy LesterExperimental allegorical story about a group of hippie students in Austin, Texas, who move into an old big house in the woods. However, something else is there and it's influencing them.
- DirectorSimon RumleyStarsAmanda FullerMarc SenterJon Michael DavisA woman attracts the attention of a psychopathic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his depressed mother.
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsTilly HatcherMaggie HatcherAlex KarpovskyA pair of identical twin sisters -- one, who has been paraplegic since youth and gets around in a wheelchair, and the other -- 'same face, different bodies.'
- DirectorJohn E. BryantStarsNathan HarlanMark ReebLaurel WhitsettA road movie where two brothers search for their biological parents.
- DirectorJonny MarsStarsKen BelsonChris BermanCy DitmorePull up a front row seat as two die-hard fans of "America's Team" spend their last season with the Dallas Cowboys at historic Texas Stadium, and scramble to preserve their place in America's parking lot.
- DirectorJason CortlundJulia HalperinStarsAllison TolmanSophie ReidJoBeth WilliamsA strange woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music legacy-one way or another.
- DirectorKaren SklossStarsOlivia Grace ApplegateLouis HunterDora MadisonOn prom night, a group of kids wander deep into the woods and come back changed forever.
- DirectorTravis MathewsStarsJonny MarsAtsuko OkatsukaJoy CunninghamAfter years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive. Armed with this knowledge, the drifter plots his revenge, all the while navigating the perilous land of masculine fragility in modern-day America.
- DirectorDavid ZellnerStarsSydney AguirreNathan ZellnerDavid WingoAnnie is girl with no moral compass, thanks to a complete lack of parental supervision. One day, while playing in the woods, a voice calls out to her from deep within an abandoned well, causing her to consider the right course of action.
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsGuy PearceCobie SmuldersKevin CorriganTwo mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.
- DirectorBob ByingtonStarsJason SchwartzmanOlympia DukakisTunde AdebimpeSharing a small apartment with his sleepy French bulldog, an unmotivated thirty-something slacker lands a job at a Quick Lube to be close to the shop's beautiful manager. Has he found a new purpose in life? Is there still hope?
- DirectorSteve CollinsStarsCourtney DavisJohn MerrimanMacon BlairGretchen has bigger problems than abysmal fashion sense: She's 17, painfully awkward and stuck in the most unforgiving place on earth - high school. When her obsession with school bad boy Ricky gets out of hand, her mother sends her to an emotional treatment center to recover. She has to travel elsewhere, however, to truly begin to understand why she fixates on the wrong kind of guy.
- DirectorMitchell LichtensteinStarsJess WeixlerJohn HensleyJosh PaisStill a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
- DirectorAndrew DisneyStarsJake LacyNikki ReedKate McKinnonWith marriage, graduation, and the real world looming on the horizon, fifth year senior Caleb Fuller reassembles the ol' team of misfits for one last epic run in Intramural football.
- DirectorKim HenkelStarsRenée ZellwegerMatthew McConaugheyRobert JacksA group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface (Robert Jacks) and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
- DirectorDuane GravesJustin MeeksStarsJustin MeeksPaul McCarthy-BoyingtonGregory KellyIn the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a cash stash hidden after a botched railroad heist.
- DirectorClay LifordStarsTishuan ScottLucas NeffCourtney BandekoFreshman Neil's Vanguard stories are all he cares about...until he meets the older Julia, who pushes him to put his own fan fic online. When the website's moderator takes a special interest in Neil's work, it opens up a whole new universe.
- DirectorTheresa BennettStarsNoël WellsRyan DarbonneJon SilbergA childless, single, broke, stoner attempts to salvage her failing business and love life while falling in love for the first time with a married man.
- DirectorOwen EgertonStarsHaley Lu RichardsonDon MostNoah SeganA man who receives an early Christmas present from his girlfriend blacks out only to wake up in a terrifying nightmare.
- DirectorDuane GravesJustin MeeksStarsAli FaulknerJohnny WalterDerek Lee NixonA birthday celebration at a fancy restaurant leads to some friends' encounter with flesh-peddling cannibals.
- DirectorC.M. TalkingtonStarsGil BellowsRenée ZellwegerRory CochraneA small time crook flees to Mexico to evade the authorities, loan sharks, and his murderous ex-partner with only his fiancé and a trusted Colt .45.
- DirectorScott PrendergastStarsScott PrendergastLisa KudrowTeri GarrA loser moves in with his brother's (in Iraq) wife to look after her two evil sons. She gets him a job wearing a Kabluey costume.
- DirectorAlex R. JohnsonStarsBeth BroderickJames Landry HébertSkyy MooreThe lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.
- DirectorAlex HoldridgeStarsScoot McNairySara SimmondsBrian McGuireBroke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with at midnight.
- DirectorBob ByingtonStarsNick OffermanKeith PoulsonJess WeixlerA comedy about a man, his best friend, and the woman they both adore watching their lives fly by.
- DirectorGeoff MarslettStarsMark DuplassZoë Simpson DeanPaul GordonThe discovery of life on Mars places a robotic expedition and a manned mission in a race to the Red Planet. On the way we discover that love - biological, spiritual, and even mechanical - can flourish in all kinds of ways.
- DirectorKeith MaitlandStarsMonty MuirViolett BeaneCole Bee WilsonAnimation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.
- DirectorBob ByingtonStarsGabriel McIverKristen TuckerKevin CorriganThere may be one thing worse than being a sex offender sent to prison: Being a sex offender released from prison. RSO tells the story of one offender's unlikely rehabilitation.
- DirectorSean H.A. GallagherStarsAdriene MishlerJonny MarsSamantha ThomsonLeigh's 29th birthday party takes a sudden turn when she announces that the evening may be the last time her friends see her alive. A night of questions, coping and debauchery immediately follow.
- DirectorCarlyn HudsonStarsMallory CulbertZachary KnightonIsabelle McNallyAn unromantic comedy about the perils of staying together when you should really be apart.
- DirectorKyle HenryStarsCyndi WilliamsKenneth Wayne BradleyAlex KiesterAn overworked, middle-aged Texas woman embezzles from her employer and abandons her family to seek out a mysterious room that has been appearing to her in visions during seizure-like attacks.
- DirectorDavid ZellnerStarsDavid ZellnerNathan ZellnerCaroline O'ConnorA recently divorced man tries to find the one aspect of his marriage that still matters to him: his missing cat, Goliath.
- DirectorAlex HoldridgeStarsAlex HoldridgeBrian McGuireKelly DealynTwo twenty-something couples are entwined in a gut-wrenching and sex-crazed last month in Austin, Texas. Having made plans to leave town, they all seize fleeting opportunities and reexamine their relationships.
- DirectorEmily HaginsStarsElaine HurtPatrick DelgadoSantiago DietcheIn this witty comedy from teen director Emily Hagins, young Kate visits a local comic convention and falls for good-hearted vampire Paul, but her friends are worried when she suddenly starts displaying eerie, undead qualities of her own.
- DirectorMike AkelStarsTroy SchremmerJanelle SchremmerShannon HaraganAn improvisational take on the high school experience, told from the educators' point-of-view.
- DirectorBob ByingtonStarsJustin RiceKevin CorriganPat HealyA physical comedy about yearning
- DirectorCraig ElrodStarsJason NewmanLee EddyAlan MetoskieOrlando, a lifeguard in the summer and gangster in the winter, abandons his life of crime and returns to his hometown of Priddy, Texas. After getting in over his head with his Olympic swimmer ex-girlfriend and a crew of volunteer firefighters, his former lifeguard gang comes after him and the contents of his fanny pack.
- DirectorEmily HaginsStarsTony VespeAJ BowenKatie FolgerGrow Up, Tony Phillips may take place on Halloween, but it has nothing to do with horror movies and everything to do with that crystalline moment in time everyone has when they realize life marches forward and they're the youngest they'll ever be. It's a coming-of-age story, but this isn't an indie drama about a boy becoming a man. It's a comedy about Tony Phillips, a guy who doesn't think childhood passions should have an expiration date. This won't be teenage life as viewed from an adult's nostalgia-tinted rear view mirror. This is in every sense a teen's story told from the perspective of actual teenagers, both behind and in front of the camera. That means no hyper-meta dialogue, no larger-than-life scenarios, and no over-the-top style. This is all straight from Emily's heart.
- DirectorSpencer ParsonsStarsJon LangeKjartan ArngrimMorten HolstA young Danish man traveling through Texas hooks up with an Austin girl, and even though they're not planning to see each other again, tragic circumstances lead her to his doorstep in Denmark.
- DirectorBryan PoyserStarsChris DoubekHeather KafkaAlex KarpovskyA dark comedy which follows two brothers who are in love with the same woman.
- DirectorSteven DeGennaroStarsCarter RoyAlena von StroheimChris O'BrienA group of filmmakers set out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves in a found footage horror movie when the evil entity from their film escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
- DirectorJacob VaughanStarsKadeem HardisonAnne RamsayJudah FriedlanderMurder, memory and Saturday morning television collide in THE CASSIDY KIDS. 25 years ago five suburban kids stumbled on a murder in their sleepy hometown and led police to the killer. Two years later The Cassidy Kids Mysteries, a Saturday morning TV show based on their story, made its premiere. A terrifying real-life story became a brightly-lit colorful world of adventure. A bloodless kidnapping replaced the murder. The kids personalities were reduced to ridiculous stereotypes. And the show was a huge hit. It ran for four years and spawned lunch boxes, a line of childrens underwear and a set of action figures still in demand today. Now, in preparation for the shows DVD release, a documentary team has invited all five of the real Cassidy Kids back home to talk about how it all began. Lewis Gaylord now owns a direct mail business. Norman Peabody struggles to make it in Hollywood as an actor. Max Cassidy, the vicious bully credited for solving the crime, still trades on his pseudo-fame while not doing much of anything. And Rebecca Vanderpool, the only one of the group actually cast in the show, now squanders her writing talent on run-of-the-mill adventure books. However the reunion is not complete without Dennis Peabody - Rebeccas first love, Normans adopted brother and the only black kid in their neighborhood. Dennis pulled away from his family and friends after the murder and virtually disappeared from their lives when the TV show became a cultural phenomenon. His delayed arrival turns a bland special feature on the DVD box set into an exhumation of long-buried trauma and truth. The reunion cracks open the memories of that fateful summer when the kids investigated the disappearance of a no-good teen just to stave off boredom. Innocent curiosity ultimately brought them face-to-face with real death and terror. Rebecca and Dennis saw the worst and it scarred them badly, ending a childhood romance and sending them on a path toward bitterness and alienation. They watched as the truth of what happened was perverted, first by Max Cassidy, then by Hollywood and now by a clueless DVD team. But, there is another layer of truth under it all. A terrible secret that Dennis has kept for 25 years. A secret that threatens to shatter their lives and bring down a pop culture empire. But the truth must come out...