AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY

The goals of the Austin Film Society are to provide internationally relevant film culture to every Austinite; nurture and support filmmakers and creative media artists toward career leaps; encourage Austin's growing creative media community and infrastructure; and achieve financial and operational stability.

We work to achieve these goals by curating thousands of repertory, international, and art-house film screenings annually at the AFS Cinema; delivering financial support to Texas filmmakers through the AFS Grant; operating Austin Studios, a film and television production facility; managing Austin Public, a space for our city's diverse mediamakers to train in classes and workshops and collaborate by producing content for the City of Austin's official public access cable channels; and encouraging media literacy and providing a place for youth of all backgrounds to learn the craft of filmmaking and enjoy access to tools for media production through afterschool classes, intern training, and the LEARN program.

Our 32-year history, partnerships locally and nationally, and expert and dedicated staff and board allow us to carry out these strategies. Our experienced programs staff meticulously curates arthouse films with an eye for the Austin film-loving community and develops an educational program that serves a broad spectrum of creative mediamakers.

We are deeply proud of the talented filmmakers who have gone through our educational programs and launched successful careers; the many productions that have filmed on our lot; and a 32-year strong exhibition history. We've taken up the torch for the longest running public access station in the country, and inspire youth to tell their stories through filmmaking while cultivating media literacy. We've accomplished much, and our organizational capacity continues to expand. However, although we are better positioned today in terms of both facilities and leadership to meet long identified needs, as a nonprofit we still rely on community partners to help make up the funding gap so that we can keep our services affordable and accessible, allowing us to support Austin's current creative class as well as the next generation of filmmakers. Therefore, in order to maintain this forward momentum and to continue to make Austin synonymous with great film, it is vital that AFS seek out enhanced partnerships with funders whose support will play a vital role in ensuring that our artistic and financial goals are met.