Me and Timothy Caswell, Festival Director, Outer Film Festival Austin TX
Me and Jody Wheeler of doorQ.com at the Outer Film Festival Austin TX
PRAXIS at the Outer Film Festival Re-Cap
This past weekend, myself and producer Paul travelled from DC to Austin Texas to attend the screening of PRAXIS at the Outer Film Festival, the Gay Sci-Fi, Fatasy, Horror Film Festival. The fest was held at the Austin Film Studios, and the clear wide open blue skies of texas seemed to invoke a sense that a UFO siting was about to happen (that, and also we were also in the flight path of the Austin/Bergstrom Airport.)
Having never been to Austin before, the town definitely had an alternative/hipster feel with the majority of the venues in downtown catering to music. Ironically, a Gay Sci-Fi Film Festival didn’t seem so out of place here. It definitely was a fun place to hang out, and me and paul drank too much on friday night, cause the beer was so cheap compared to DC.
Saturday was the screening of the film and it was really cool to meet up with Timothy Caswell, the festival director, as well with finally meeting Jody Wheeler of doorQ.com, along with his assistant ‘Son of Lars’. both Timothy and Jody have been incredibly supportive of the film over the past few months, and it was really cool to finally meet them in person. Me and Jody definitely talked for quite a while about a lot of things, and it seems like some sort of film collaboration definitely seems like it’s in the works. We talked about DC, ’cause Jody was from there before moving to LA, and he also told me a surreal story about finding an entire jet engine lying on the beach near LAX.
The trip and overall fest was very cool. During the Q n A i think i definitely got the most questions about the Astronomy in the film moreso than any other Q n A session so far. Jody and Son of Lars interviewed me for the the doorQ.com vlog, which was very cool (tho, i have to say, we had to do several takes of the ‘you’re watching doorQ.com’ plug, since my tongue seemed to get very twisted saying that line for some reason.)
All and all, it was a really fun trip and fest, and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s a head: to boldly go where no other gay sci-fi art experimental film has gone before.
-xoxo,
alex
xoxo,
