{"id":3312,"date":"2014-12-01T13:59:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T19:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2014-12-02T10:54:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T16:54:50","slug":"part-one-worlds-austin-film-festival-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2014\/12\/01\/part-one-worlds-austin-film-festival-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Part one of my Other Worlds Austin film festival preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Poster\u00a0by David Poe<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The inaugural Other Worlds Austin<\/a> scifi film festival starts this Thursday, December 4 at the Galaxy Highland Theater. The 3 day event features 11 full length films and a variety of shorts. Not terribly surprising to anyone who regularly follows my writings, I’m\u00a0covering\u00a0the festival.<\/p>\n

Over the next three days, I will preview the 11 features.<\/p>\n

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The Well<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

Tom Hammock | USA | 95 min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writers: <\/strong>Jacob Forman, Tom Hammock
\nProducers: <\/strong>Seth Caplan, Billy Federighi, Dante Federighi, Jacob Forman, Chris Harding
\nCast: <\/strong>Haley Lu Richardson, Booboo Stewart, Max Charles, Nicole Fox, Michael Welch, and Jon Gries<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a decade since the last rainfall, and society at large has dried up and blown away. When a greedy water baron lays claim to what little of the precious resource remains underground, seventeen-year-old Kendal must decide whether to run and hide or bravely fight for the few cherished people and things she has left. A full-throttle action film, The Well <\/em>features an ass-kicking female heroine in Haley Lu Richardson, and Napoleon Dynamite<\/em>\u2019s Jon Gries as her nemesis.<\/p>\n

(Thursday, 7:45)<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GnPrAMDLCl4<\/p>\n

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Time Lapse<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n

Bradley King | USA | 103 min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writers: <\/strong>BP Cooper, Bradley King
\nProducers: <\/strong>BP Cooper, Rick Montgomery
\nCast: <\/strong>Danielle Panabaker, Matt O\u2019Leary, George Finn, Amin Joseph, Jason Spisak<\/p>\n

In a sleepy apartment building, three roommates discover their scientist neighbor dead. In his apartment, a giant experimental camera aimed at their apartment takes pictures 24 hours into the future. Exploiting the machine, they enjoy being one step ahead in life, until the machine starts spitting out disturbing images. A Hitchcockian thriller, Time Lapse<\/em> is part indie love triangle comedy, part SciFi mystery and is sure to make your head hurt.<\/p>\n

(Friday, 7:55, 8:20 filmmakers q&a to follow each screening)<\/strong><\/p>\n