The Slow Fashion Festival strives to cultivate connection, community, and awareness around the slow fashion movement through events, publications, and community building.

Applications are now open for our Spring Fashion Show + Zine Launch, which will take place on April 13, 2024 at Austin Cinemaker Space. Event details will come soon!

Get ready to be entertained as we bring Ellie's heartfelt story to life through a special live reading of the award-winning short screenplay written by Chantelle James, LOVE, FROM ELLIE.

This in-person fundraising event promises to be a memorable experience that will warm your heart. In addition, you can look forward to live music, drinks, an audition competition, silent auction and raffle prizes! Every ticket purchased will receive a raffle ticket. More raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the event.

Come checkout Austin's premier event for meeting and connecting with other passionate members of our community. If you’re open to making new friends and want to find out what others in Austin are up to, this is the event for you.

Join us for an exclusive screening of "We Sprang From the Same Roots," celebrating our hard work & creativity with friends and family.

In collaboration with the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival and Austin School of Film, we are beyond excited to bring you some of the most beautiful, most politically potent, and most transcendent experimental film around today.

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the next installment of our beloved FILM & FRIENDS screening series, highlighting emerging often first-time filmmakers and media installation artists!

Join Austin School of Film for a special showcase featuring a selection of works created in our production classes over the past two years. From narrative films and experimental pieces to documentaries and music videos —we’re curating a robust showcase of amazing short films!

Join us for a special lil local evening at Austin Cinemaker Space as we present a one-night showcase celebrating the diverse talents of our active members through 15 short films & music videos! All local all the time.

Join Sequence 8 x Austin Cinemaker Space for a special industry mixer! Share what we're working on and potentially find others who are interested in working together or forming writers groups. Great for all types of filmmakers and people interested in learning more about the local film communities (there’s lots of us!). 

Experience insights from our special guest, Martin Jones, Director of Austin Film Studios, along with opening remarks by Faiza Kracheni, Founder and Creative Director of Austin Cinemaker Space, joined by Natalie Joy Howard, Education Coordinator at Austin School of Film.

This Valentine's Day, step into a world of surreal beauty and intrigue with "The Mystic's Valentine" event. Experience the spellbinding allure of the cult classic, "The Belladonna of Sadness," alongside an evening filled with thematic treats and extraordinary encounters:

Join us for a delightful meet-and-greet for our 2024 Internship Program over breakfast at our HQ located at  2200 Tillery on Friday, February 2, at 10:30 am. We're excited to introduce also introduce our new Studio Coordinator and delve into discussions about schedules and start times. 

A light breakfast and coffee will be provided as we tour the facility together, talk shop, and get to know each other for a productive & casual meet & greet.

Here us out, new year, new you….sure. But, chances are you’re here because you maybe have already heard of Cinemaker Space but haven’t yet taken a tour or dove into the details. We get it, life, is ….busy. Or maybe you are new and hey, cool. Welcome!

Come enjoy a weekend of dance storytelling at Austin Cinemaker Space on December 2–3, 2023, beginning at 7pm each night! The event features Narratives of the Migrant Body, directed by interdisciplinary Brazilian-Amazonian dance artist Angelica Monteiro. The presentation will include a brief opening dance piece by emerging student choreographer Lauren Jershin, entitled It’s Starting Again.

Come enjoy a weekend of dance storytelling at Austin Cinemaker Space on December 2–3, 2023, beginning at 7pm each night! The event features Narratives of the Migrant Body, directed by interdisciplinary Brazilian-Amazonian dance artist Angelica Monteiro. The presentation will include a brief opening dance piece by emerging student choreographer Lauren Jershin, entitled It’s Starting Again.

Just in time for the holidays, join Austin Cinemaker Space x Art Fund in a pop-up market of all local vendors and sustainable shopping with brands like prior waste, who rework unwanted and damaged clothes, to other vintage/thrift.

The best part? All vendors will be pledging a portion of their proceeds to the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Institute, an indigenous led organization that buys back ancestral lands and restores buffalo populations.

Paper Dragon Small Press Fair is a seasonal marketplace for independent literary creators! At Paper Dragon you can explore the world of Zine-making, independent journalism, comic art and photography from local artists. Come find some inspiration and support your local DIY scene with us!

ALL AGES WELCOME + FREE & OPEN THE PUBLIC

As part of New Manifest Theatre's Manifest Minifest 5th annual short play festival, workshops about writing, directing, and producing are included in our week of programming.

In this writing workshop, participants will dive into the creation of story by exploring who their main character is - his flaws, her strengths, their wants, their obstacles. The workshop will then have participants create story beats so they can further develop their writing beyond the class. The characters discussed in class must be fictional for purposes of this workshop. They can have traits inspired by real people. But to challenge the imagination and deepen the writing, the main character must be fictional.

As part of Big Medium’s annual Austin Studio Tour, Motion Media Arts Center is curating an exclusive experience for the annual city-wide event with a roster of all local artists in visual and cinematic arts— many of them exhibiting work to the public for the first time! Join us for a night celebrating local filmmakers and visual artists with complimentary bite, cocktails, and mocktails!

As part of New Manifest Theatre's Manifest Minifest 5th annual short play festival, workshops about writing, directing, and producing are included in our week of programming. In this workshop, award-winning director Lisa Scheps leads an open discussion around her unique process of directing – from play selection to opening night as well as her philosophies of producing theatre. Lisa will spend the later half of the session as a Q&A about her experience directing in Austin (or anything else you may be interested in).

Each fall, Lilith Fund is excited to make space in the community for celebration, reflection, and joy. That’s why they are hosting a spooktacular night of fun with fellow Lilith Fund supporters to celebrate another year of funding abortion and being here for Texans.

It's going down Friday, November 3 at 7PM. Get your costume ready and prepare for a night of delicious food, photo ops, and dancing! Tickets and sponsorships are available now, and the proceeds of this event support Lilith Fund's hotline for abortion access.

Join us for an October of cinematic delights as we delve into the meta-horror classic "Popcorn," presented in collaboration with ATX VHS Swap and We Luv Video. And no, we're not talking about getting "zucked" here (though that's equally terrifying in its own right).

Join us on October 21st for a thrilling VHS Swap event hosted by Austin VHS Swap, Austin Cinemaker Space, and We Luv Video at the spacious Austin Cinemaker Space venue. Browse a wide collection of VHS tapes, from cult classics to indie gems! 

Celebrate the release of short film by Directed by Olivia Carter, “Life is Like a Play”. This event will include a Q&A with the cast and crew following the screening. Free & open to the public!

Join Texas After Violence Project for an evening celebrating the 2023 Visions After Violence cohort and their work. We will take time together as a community to commemorate and reflect on the interviews and creative projects of fellows, whose projects look at police brutality in Austin, the realities of incarceration at Hays County jail, and the impact on families by mass incarcerating women.

Join EAL for our annual Mentorship Showcase, an opportunity to network with local artists, experience the work of our 2023 artist cohort, and support local talent.

On August 25, Join the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance (THRA) for a fun and inspiring evening, with food, drinks, and dancing! Doors open at 5:30pm, followed by the program at 6pm.

The Texas Harm Reduction Alliance (THRA) is on the front lines of the drug war and overdose crisis, offering life-saving, non-judgmental harm reduction services, training and supplies for people who use drugs. In the last year, our participants kept someone alive 633 times with narcan they received at THRA.

Join us on August 20 for a special screening of Uýra: The Rising Forest presented by Austin’s newest film series HOT TAKES and in partnership with amazing local nonprofits!

While traveling through the Amazon, Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth to promote the significance of identity and place, threatened by Brazil's oppressive political regime. Through dance, poetry, and stunning characterization, Uýra boldly confronts historical racism, transphobia, and environmental destruction, while emphasizing the interdependence of humans and the environment.

Join us in celebrating the incredible creativity of our 2023 Summer Camp! We're thrilled to announce our partnership with Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, where an unforgettable end-of-summer showcase will take place. Witness the remarkable achievements of over 100 talented youth from 8 dynamic media camps.