On Saturday, October 1, filmmakers from across the region and the world will gather at the Doug Smith Performing Arts Center in Georgetown, TX for the 4th annual GTX Film Festival.
“We have [films submitted from] 14 foreign countries this year,” Beth Baker, Executive Director for GTX Film, Inc., told Hello Georgetown. “We have seven to 10 categories, generally speaking, in any given year, and that includes youth categories.”
Of the submitted films, 21 have been selected as finalists and will be shown at the festival:
- Documentary Feature: My Stupid Tribute Band (Dallas, TX)
- Foreign Feature: The Ugly Truth (Germany)
- Foreign Short: A Roll In The Hay (France)
- Narrative Feature: Ranch Water (Smithvillle, TX)
- Narrative Short: Ms. Rossi 2 : Ms. Rossi Takes The Cake (California and Italy)
- Narrative Short: The Sound (Austin, TX)
- Narrative Short: Lifecell (Arlington and Dallas, TX)
- Narrative Short: Bumblebee (Georgia)
- Narrative Short: Is It My Fault? (Georgetown, TX)
- Narrative Short: Soledad (Edinburg, TX)
- Narrative Short: Derelict (Huntsville, TX)
- Narrative Short: The FOUR STOPS (Fort Worth, TX)
- Narrative Short: Operation Zeugung (Cat Spring, TX)
- Student Short: Tejano Night (Austin, TX)
- Student Short: Huneebee (Wesleyan University)
- Student Short: Big Iron (DePaul University & Lipscomb University)
- Youth Short: Gone (Pflugerville, TX)
- Youth Short: Shelter (California)
- Youth Short: Hunter (New Jersey)
- Youth Short: A conversation with E (Canada)
- Youth Short: The Hole (Poland)
INTERACTIVE: Click and zoom in on the map below to view information about the different finalist films and where they are from
While this is the 4th festival, this will be the first year the GTX Film Festival will be held in the Doug Smith Performing Arts Center.
“Georgetown is a great destination for a film festival, especially now that we’re at the Doug Smith center,” Cindy Weigand, President of GTX Film, Inc., told Hello Georgetown. “It’s exciting that we are now in the cultural district…we’ll get recognized more as an art…writing the story, putting the story together, the editing, making it all coherent, I think is very much an art.”
The festival begins at 10 AM and will run until approximately 8 PM, and Baker explained the festival is more than watching films, but encompasses an entire experience on the Square.
“People have a list of films that they may want to see,” Baker said. “They are not going to sit here for 10 hours and watch films…they’re going to go through the list and check off what they want to see, and then they’re going to go out and have the Georgetown square where there will be dining and shopping, and all that the Georgetown square has to offer. So, that brings a whole demographic that Georgetown has not had before into this cultural district.”
Tickets are $30 each and are available at www.gtxfilm.org. The ticket price includes a taco bar and beer, and an after party following the festival. Attendees must be wearing their wristband. For more information, visit the GTX Film website or follow them on Facebook or Instagram.
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