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Portrait of experimental filmmaker Ana Armengod
Visiting Artist · Oct 13 to 15

Ana Armengod is coming to Austin.

Originally from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and now based in Philadelphia, Ana Armengod is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist working in Super 8, sculpture, illustration, writing and sound. Her work gives weight to the overlooked: nature, death, memory and the details lost in bigger stories.

A 2024 MacDowell Fellow, Ana has shown at the Brooklyn Museum’s Immigrant Artist Biennial, shot Se Prendió Candela on Super 8 in Cuba, and just made Oil Slicked, a new 8mm film shot in Vietnam. We’re flying her in for two nights of her work at Hyperreal and a conversation with Faiza Kracheni. @humanleather

Feminist Horror Week · Oct 12 to 16 · Hyperreal Film Club
  • Mon 10.12
    Jennifer’s BodySealed With a Kiss · + local short Vexed
    Sold out
  • Tue 10.13
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at NightIt’s in the Shadows · + local short Mold
    20 left →
  • Wed 10.14
    Huesera: The Bone Woman With AnaIt’s Taking Root · + Ana’s short films and a conversation with Ana and Faiza
    30 left →
  • Thu 10.15
    If I Die · premiere With AnaDeath Angels · + Meshes of the Afternoon · Se Prendió Candela · Seeds · free Women in Arts mixer after
    50 left →
  • Fri 10.16
    TeethHome Invasion · + short Our First Haunted Home
    50 left →
Full week at Hyperreal → INVASIVE SPECIES 2 at Future Front →

Curated by Faiza Kracheni with support from Cynthia Muñoz and Alexis Hunter, as part of INVASIVE SPECIES 2 at Future Front. Supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.

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Oct 12
Mon
★ Feminist Horror Week opens

Jennifer’s Body + Vexed

Sold Out
Oct 12
Mon
★ Micro open call · 1 week

Cinema Obscura: Open Call

Oct 12 to 19
Oct 13
Tue
★ Feminist Horror Week

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night + Mold

20 Tickets Left
Oct 15
Thu
★ Premiere · Feminist Horror Week

If I Die by Faiza Kracheni

50 Tickets Left

Also happening.

The fall 2026 Artist Access Program cohort, new participants together with returning seniors
Week One

Welcome, new cohort.

Artist Access Program · Oct 1 through Mar 31

Our new earn-and-learn cohort started their first official week on Tuesday, Oct 6, joined by our returning seniors. Six months of time to learn, space to fail, and freedom to make work the industry doesn’t fund. Say hello when you see them around The Canopy.

About the program →
Work on screen in the Black Box Studio at The Canopy
Open Call

Cinema Obscura: one week only.

Opens Mon Oct 12 · Closes Mon Oct 19

A one-week micro open call for family-friendly media arts work. We’ll select three local artists to show in Cinema Obscura, our exhibition during the November Austin Studio Tour.

Opens Monday →
Inside the Cinemaker studio at MMAC. Photo by Chie Endo.
Classes Dropping Late October

2027 classes, opening soon.

January through March 2027

New classes, the favorites you keep asking about, and a few surprises. Applications also reopen for the Narrative and Documentary Intensives.

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★ 2026 Programs Calendar ★

Everything we’re doing, in one place.

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October.

★ Busiest month of the season
Oct 9–31
Fri–Sat
★ Event · Exhibition · Partner program

Invasive Species 2 at Future Front

A multidisciplinary exhibition curated and led by Alexis Hunter, with a network of more than 25 women artists, writers, filmmakers and cultural workers · Future Front, East Austin · Feminist Horror Week at Hyperreal is part of it

Opens Oct 9
Oct 10–11
Sat–Sun
★ Weekend workshop · Beginner friendly

Intro to Super 8 Filmmaking

10am–4pm · Sold out

Join Waitlist
Oct 12
Mon
★ Event · Micro open call opens · Austin Studio Tour

Cinema Obscura: Open Call for Media Arts Projects

One week only · Family-friendly media arts work for our Austin Studio Tour exhibition · We’ll select three local artists · Closes Mon Oct 19

Opens Oct 12
Feminist Horror Week, Oct 12–16 at Hyperreal Film Club, curated by Faiza Kracheni.
Oct 12
Mon
★ Event · Feminist Horror Week · Night one

Sealed With a Kiss

Jennifer’s Body (Karyn Kusama, written by Diablo Cody) + local short Vexed (Cassandra Quintela) · Opening night · Presented by Alexis Hunter & Faiza Kracheni · Hyperreal Film Club · Sold out

Sold Out
Oct 13
Tue
★ Guest speaker · Avant-Garde & Experimental Filmmaking

Guest Speaker: Ana Armengod

We are flying in Mexican multidisciplinary artist and MacDowell Fellow Ana Armengod to close out the fall Avant-Garde class. She works across film, illustration, writing, sculpture, installation and sound, and she will talk process and practice ahead of her Feminist Horror Week shorts program at Hyperreal the next night · For enrolled students

Students Only
Oct 13
Tue
★ Event · Feminist Horror Week · Night two

It’s in the Shadows

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour) + local short Mold (Ramiyah Nevaeh Brooks) · Presented by Cynthia Muñoz · Hyperreal Film Club · 20 tickets left

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Oct 14
Wed
★ 4-week course · Virtual · Beginner friendly

Intro to Production Management

Wednesdays through Nov 4 · 6:30–8:30pm

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Oct 14
Wed
★ Event · Feminist Horror Week · Night three

It’s Taking Root

Huesera: The Bone Woman (Michelle Garza Cervera), in collaboration with Cinema de la Cultura + short films by Ana Armengod and a conversation with Ana and Faiza · All drink proceeds go to the Refugee Collective in Elgin · Presented by Faiza Kracheni & Ana Armengod · Hyperreal Film Club · 30 tickets left

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Oct 15
Thu
★ Event · Feminist Horror Week · Night four

Death Angels

The premiere of If I Die, Faiza Kracheni’s new Super 8 film + Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), Ana Armengod’s Se Prendió Candela and Emily Basma’s Seeds · Followed by a free Women in Arts Community Mixer, 8:45–10pm, RSVP required · Presented by Faiza Kracheni & Emily Basma · Hyperreal Film Club · 50 tickets left

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Oct 16
Fri
★ Event · Feminist Horror Week · Night five

Home Invasion

Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein), filmed in and around Austin + short Our First Haunted Home (Elizabeth Mims) · Closing night · Presented by Alexis Hunter & Faiza Kracheni · Hyperreal Film Club · 50 tickets left

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Oct 17–18
Sat–Sun
★ Weekend workshop · In-person · Beginner friendly

Intro to Production Management

10am–4pm

★ Enrolling
Oct 17–18
Sat–Sun
★ Weekend workshop · Beginner friendly

Intro to 2D Digital Animation

10am–4pm · The Clayton computer lab · Sold out

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Oct 19
Mon
★ Event · Open call closes · Austin Studio Tour

Cinema Obscura: Open Call Closes

Last day to submit family-friendly media arts work for our Austin Studio Tour exhibition · Three local artists will be selected

Deadline
Oct 20
Tue
★ 6-week course · Beginner friendly

Intro to Rotoscope Animation

Tuesdays through Dec 1 (no class Nov 24) · 6:30–9:30pm

★ Enrolling
Oct 24–25
Sat–Sun
★ Weekend workshop · Beginner friendly

Intro to Camera: Cinematography Basics

10am–4pm · Same weekend as Sound Recording · 1 seat left

Limited Spots Left
Oct 24–25
Sat–Sun
★ Weekend workshop · Beginner friendly

Intro to Sound Recording for Film & Video

10am–4pm · Same weekend as Intro to Camera

★ Enrolling
Registration for 2027 opens late October, for classes running January through March.
Halloween weekend, Oct 31 – Nov 1: no classes. Go be scary.

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