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    • Yesenia Garcia - 4/20/21
    • Roxanne Coyne - 3/30/21
    • Andrew Richey - 11/10/20
    • Twila LaBar - 10/12/20

A Letter Home

Narrative Short – 3:50 min

Director – Joey Lang, Georgetown, Texas

Georgetown Texas hosts the Field Of Honor. A soldier writes home to convey his plans to honor military and first responders with his fellow citizens.
Texas Made Film

Inheritance

Narrative Short – 12 min 

Director: Aaron Schuelke, Fresno, California

Wes is a shy 12 year-old growing up poor during the Great Depression. His response to the bullies in his life is always to turn and run. But when his family’s well-being is at stake, Wes can’t run anymore.

California

Lillian

Narrative Short – 15:49 min

Director: Molly Vernon, Houston, Texas

A teenager cares for her younger sibling and local orphans in the face of danger after her Grandmother is killed surrendering to the Mexican Army toward the end of the Texas Revolution.

Texas Made Short

House of Glass

Narrative Feature – 1hr 28min  

Director: Reyn Del Rio, Austin, Texas

Producer: Phillip Guzman 

Convinced her husband is cheating from his murmurs during sleep, a woman is pushed over the edge.

Texas Made Film 

Bullet Trip

Narrative Film – 1hr 23 min

Director: Nozomu Kasagi, Tokyo, Japan

Former Shinjuku No.1 male host Noboru slams up the hostess lover Noriko and rushes 800 km nonstop on the night highway to the port town Mihonoseki. The trip, called “surprise bullet trip”, has a purpose that only Noboru knew. But unfortunately, the day of “the closest port town to God”, unfamiliar to the two of them, is December 3rd, when the rituals that have been running for 2000 years since ancient times. The path of the sloppy couple involves Goro, the third-generation owner of the local soy sauce shop, and heads in an unexpected direction.

Tokyo, Japan

#STEALTH

Mobile Film – 1hr 30 min

Director: Inga Vosk, St Petersburg, Russia

#STEALTH contains a story about the hidden life of some members of the LGBT community (no more spoilers!). Just watch and enjoy it!!!

St. Petersburg, Russia

Mother's Day

Narrative Short  – 22:13  min 

Director: Elizabeth Tabish, Austin, Texas

California, 1968. Jane has the perfect life. A loving husband, a darling daughter and -hands down- the grooviest home in the neighborhood. But all that is no match for the painful memories of Jane’s childhood as they emerge on the eve of Mother’s Day.

Texas Made Film

Alter

Mobile Short – 4:44 min

Director: Marcos Obregón, Mexico

Ana walks home at night after yoga, on the journey she feels that danger is coming closer.

Mexico

At The End of Eight

Narrative Feature – 1hr 16min

Director: Rankin Dean, Colorado City, Texas

Three contestants sneak inside the home of complete strangers as part of a popular yet highly illegal game. The game requires the three players to stay within the home for eight hours without being discovered. If they succeed, each player stands to win a prize of $10,000. However, this time, this is no ordinary home. Who will make it out at the end of eight?

The first Feature-Length Film made by a small group of young college students at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

Texas Made Film

The Bronze Fly

Narrative Short  – 15 min 

Director: Johel (Karleener) Miteran, Dijon, France

A painter gives three magic pills to his visually impaired girlfriend, then intentionally loses her in the crowd. Thanks to a painting and to the three pills that transform the view into a painting style, she will search for the painter and his secret, without suspecting that, in the shadows, he will observe her during his passionate quest.

France

What Are You Waiting For?

Student Film - 6:47 min 

Director: Ella Jerrier, California

The profound impact a simple act of kindness can have in changing someone’s life.

California

Motivation Monday

Student Film – 6 min  

Director  Kevin Nail, White Settlement, Texas

Following a fatal accident, a motivational podcaster struggles to balance life without his parents, caring for his younger sister, and finding the words to motivate his audience.

Texas Made Film

Perfect Match

Student Film – 4:50 min

Director: Tatyana Keller, Peoria, Arizona

A hopeless romantic girl finds herself at a matchmaker's office to find her Perfect Match. But who she meets might not be who you would expect.

Arizona

Heads-Up: Will We Stop Making Cents?

Documentary Feature – 1hr 7 min 

Director: Zach Edick, Jamie Kovach, Austin, Texas

Should the United States eliminate the penny? “Heads-Up: Will We Stop Making Cents?” is a documentary that explores the different sides of the debate, touching on the role of the penny in today’s economy, predictive economic models of a penniless future, and the cultural importance of the coin. Radio DJ and Actor Laurie Gallardo narrates the penny odyssey as we travel from Texas to Canada, stopping to speak with former Mint Directors, lawmakers, economists, and more than a few unique penny characters, including a coin hunter, a former President*, and one very memorable penny prankster.

Texas Made Film

Tin Can

Narrative Short – 20 min

Director: Pat Battistini, Santa Clarita, California

J.C. came to America as an illegal immigrant when he was just a child. Now, as an adult, he’s still an illegal alien but has managed to persevere and prosper working as a rodeo clown. However, after a series of unfortunate events, J.C. finds himself down on his luck and in search for a new happiness. He eventually finds it near the Mexican border but the price he pays could get him kicked out of the only country he knows.

California

The Drone

Narrative Short – 14 min

Director: Wojciech Lorenc, Houston, Texas

Written by BAFTA Nominee John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan, Hitchcock, Carnivale, and many more), The Drone tells a story of DJ – a small quadcopter who is simply trying to fit in.

Texas Made Film

Hiko in Tonga - A Culture Almost Lost

Documentary Feature – 1hr 1 min

Director – Connie “Paprika” Leaverton, Austin, Texas

A multi-generational film of a unique, vanishing culture of Polynesian women jugglers in The Kingdom of Tonga. Their unique style and approach is only in this tiny country of 150 islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Enjoy empowering insight into the late Queen Salote, the only Queen of Tonga. She influenced the women and the Cultural Dance such as Hiko and became friends with Queen Elizabeth as she put Tonga on the map in 1953 at the British Coronation.

Hiko is life. Hiko gives happiness. Hiko inspires all women and girls, and no Tongan men juggle. These beautiful women can truly call it their own.

This film was made to Keep Hiko Alive!

Texas Made Film

When All That's Left Is Love

Documentary Feature – 1hr 17 min

Director  Eric Gordon, Florida

When All That’s Left is Love is the emotionally gripping story of a wife’s determination to care for her Alzheimer’s-stricken husband in their home. With unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access, the film reveals the toll that the disease takes on families coping with Alzheimer’s, while also showcasing the power of love that sustains both patients and caregivers.

Florida

Promise Me

Narrative Short – 8 min

Director: Kevin Machate, Waco, Texas

“Promise Me” is an emotionally charged social drama in which a once flourishing woman, now at the end of her life, struggles to ensure that her recently reconciled son does not make the same mistakes that she did.

Texas Made Film

The Piano Teacher

Narrative Short – 3:55 min  

Director Biography: Ryan W Daniels, Fort Worth, Texas

This short documentary is a poetic look at life, age and memory. Few people progress enough in any art form to reach such a pinnacle of performance and renown, but with time even the most masterful regress. Skills fade and memories vanish until we return to a childlike state and await that final curtain.

Texas Made Film

AWARDS CEREMONY

The Awards Ceremony will be live-streamed from the Facebook page of Radio Georgetown KGTN 106.7 FM studios. 

Films are appropriate for individuals 18 years of age and older. 


* Viewers of all ages will enjoy the following:


  • The Drone
  • Tin Can
  • Hiko in Tonga-A Culture Almost Lost


THANK YOU!

The 2020 Virtual GTX Film Festival was a huge success!

We would like to thank our wonderful town of Georgetown, Texas, and all of the AMAZING filmmakers who shared their talents with us!

We look forward to seeing you all, 

y'all,

all y'all 

next year!

With much love,

The GTX Film Festival Family

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