Drink up the scene like a local as Keith & Ben chat up their fellow Austinites (and a few out of town visitors) at the annual Austin Film Society Parking Lot Party at SXSW. This episode is a veritable smorgasbord of festival conversation including appearances by local filmmakers Cassie Hay, Tracy Frazier & Karen Skloss; festival programmers like Bart Weiss and James Faust; SXSW-premiering CREEDE, USA editor Andrew Saunderson; producer Mike Blizzard; and an AFS-appreciation conversation with CEO Rebecca Campbell. All that and a literal Rolls Royce car crash makes this bonus episode a unique peek into Austin’s film community.
00:00 Introduction and Setting the Scene
00:59 Meeting Cassie Hay: A Filmmaking Journey
03:38 Tracy Frazier: From Documentaries to Gaming
06:39 Bart Weiss: The Evolution of Video Fest
11:56 Andrew Saunderson: Editing Creed USA
15:54 James Faust: Festival Highlights
16:16 Introduction to South by Southwest
16:53 Interview with James Faust
17:12 The State of Documentary Films
19:54 Challenges in the Film Industry
24:16 Rebecca Campbell on Austin Film Society
29:45 Mike Blizzard on Austin's Film Community
31:37 Karen Skloss on the Austin Film Society Party
34:22 Conclusion and Future Episodes
