The AFS Grant Opens in April. If You're a Texas Filmmaker, You Should Be Ready.
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
Atonement Brought Kenneth Branagh and Boyd Holbrook to Dallas. Here's the Story.
While SXSW was absorbing most of the Texas film oxygen last week, a quiet but significant production fact was sitting in the rearview mirror: Kenneth Branagh and Boyd Holbrook spent part of summer 2025 shooting an Ira...
Charley Crockett's A Cowboy in London Is the Most Texas Film at SXSW — and He Wasn't Even Shooting in Texas
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
DIFF 2026: Dallas's Oscar-Qualifying Film Festival Turns 20 — Here's What to Know
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
How the Duplass Brothers Built a Production Empire Without Leaving Austin's Orbit
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
Filmmaker Profile: Annie Silverstein
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
Filmmaker Profile: Greg Kwedar & Clint Bentley — The Texas Duo Behind Sing Sing and Train Dreams
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
Filmmaker Profile: Macon Blair
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
Every Place Landman Season 2 Shot in Texas
Landman Season 2 is set in the West Texas Permian Basin. It was filmed almost entirely in North Texas, ranging from Fort Worth's downtown towers to a church parking lot in Springtown and a county road between Weatherf...
Texas Film Jobs Roundup — March 22, 2026
The TFC Job Hotline is updated regularly and lists paid and unpaid positions across Texas's film, TV, and industry ecosystem. Here's what's open right now.
The Texas Indie Scene Right Now: What SXSW 2026 Told Us
Published: March 22, 2026 | By texas.film
AFF Script Competition Early Bird Deadline Is March 27 — Don't Miss the $30 Savings
If you've been sitting on a screenplay, you have six days.
Kevin Bacon's Family Movie Premiered at SXSW — Shot Outside Austin, Seeking Distribution
A week ago, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick brought their actual family to SXSW and screened a movie about their actual family making a horror movie. It premiered Friday the 13th. Bacon was in the original Friday the 13...
Filmmaker Profile: Channing Godfrey Peoples
Channing Godfrey Peoples grew up on the south side of Fort Worth. She attended the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant as a girl and wanted badly to be one of those young women in a crown. She wasn't — but she spent the next tw...
Filmmaker Profile: David Lowery, The Quiet Texan Who Keeps Getting It Right
There are Texas filmmakers who talk about Texas a lot. David Lowery is not one of them. He is based in Dallas, makes films on his own terms, and has quietly built one of the most varied and respected directorial caree...
Filmmaker Profile: The Zellner Brothers — Austin's Most Singular Filmmaking Team
David and Nathan Zellner have been making weird movies together out of Austin, Texas since they were kids with a VHS camera and no budget. Two decades later, they're shooting with Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, and Dave ...
Houston's Film Incentive: What HFFIP Actually Offers (And Where It Falls Short)
Houston wants to be a film city. The Houston Feature Film Incentive Program (HFFIP) is its opening bid. But before you pack the grip truck, you should know what you're actually getting.
How to Apply for the Texas Film Incentive (TMIIIP): A Step-by-Step Guide
The Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (TMIIIP) is one of the best-structured film incentive programs in the country. It's a cash grant — not a tax credit — which means you don't need to file a Texas state ...
The Houston Film Fund Nobody's Talking About
While Fort Worth gets the headlines for SGS Studios and San Antonio announces its 45% incentive package, a Houston-based film investment fund has been quietly building a slate of commercial action films — and has two ...
San Antonio Now Has the Most Competitive Film Incentive in Texas. Here's How.
While Fort Worth builds sound stages and Houston launches rebate programs, San Antonio has quietly become the best deal in Texas for filmmakers. Since November 2025, the city offers a combined state + local package of...
Texas Film Festival Deadline Calendar: What's Open Right Now
Timing festival submissions is half the job. Miss a deadline by a day and you're waiting another year. This is your current state of Texas festival submissions — what's open, what's closed, and when the next windows o...
2026 Oscar Season: Texas Connections
The 98th Academy Awards were held on March 15, 2026. One Battle After Another dominated with six wins, including Best Picture. The ceremony crowned Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley as the year's best actors, and i...
Studios Watch: Texas Facility Expansion in 2026
Texas is building studios faster than any state outside of Georgia. In the past 18 months, the state has opened its largest production campus, announced an expansion that could dwarf it, and greenlit two new studio co...
SXSW 2026 Film Wrap-Up: What Texas Filmmakers Need to Know
The 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival wrapped Wednesday night in Austin after a seven-day run (March 12–18) that showcased why this city remains ground zero for independent film discovery. Jury and special awards were anno...
Texas Film Awards 2026 Recap: Schnabel, Spy Kids, and the Real Texas Cinema
On March 5, inside a converted airplane hangar at Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin, the Austin Film Society held its 2026 Texas Film Awards. If you weren't there, here's what happened — and why it mat...
What's Shooting in Texas Right Now
Texas has never had this many productions running simultaneously. The $1.5 billion state incentive expansion, SGS Studios opening in Fort Worth, and a growing crew base have turned the state into a serious production ...