‘The Piano Lesson,’ ‘Ravens’ and More Headline First Wave of Films Unveiled at Austin Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAustin Film Festival (AFF) is set to showcase a remarkable lineup of films at this year’s event, Variety is happy to exclusively announce the first selection of films, including the world premiere of “Ravens,” a magical realist biopic featuring recent Emmy-nominee Tadanobu Asano (“Shogun”).
Also among the highly anticipated premieres is the Texas-made thriller by Chris Beier and Daniel Wolfman centered around a washed-up Youtube star titled “The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia,” “Silent Notes,” a romantic neo-noir starring Daniel Durant (“Coda”) and the film adaptation of the Broadway play “The Piano Lesson” from Netflix starring Samuel L.
Jackson and John David Washington, which just recently released a trailer. These films are part of AFF’s first wave of screenings, highlighting some of the year’s best in independent filmmaking.
Additional programming includes “Black Dog,” which received the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes this year as well as Ecuadorian horror film “Shaman.” These screenings will run parallel to AFF’s Annual Writers Conference, which brings together awardees and panelists from across the entertainment industry.
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