The third annual Lost River Film Fest is a wrap. The festival, a project of the San Marcos Cinema Club, took place from Oct. 17- 20 and featured 75 submissions through a diverse lineup of international, domestic and local films.
This year’s festivities attracted the biggest attendance in the history of the festival with over 1,000 attendees, according to Jordan Buckley, founder of the San Marcos Cinema Club.
The award winners of the film festival are as follows:
- Best Feature Narrative — “Jackrabbit 29” by Writer, Director and Producer Kyle Klubal
- Feature Documentary: “Minor Injustice” by Directors Jonathan Seaborn and Emily de Santos and Executive Producer Paul Allen Hunton
- Short Narrative: “I am TX” by Writer/Director Ryan Darbonne and Producers Miguel Salazar and Morgan Davis
- Short Documentary: “L’eau est la Vie” (Water is Life): From Standing Rock to the Swamp by Director Sam. Vinal and Producer Melissa Cox
- Best International Film: “Starvation,” Writer/Producer/Director Zahra Rostampour
- TV/Web Content: “The Mismanagement of Edwin Monroe” by Writer/Producer Kevin Garbee and producer Alex Wroten
- Music Video: “Nothing to Say” by Writer/Director/Producer Luis Roberto Alcazar
The Price Center was the primary venue for the festival. Screenings, performances, director Q&As and VIP parties were held around town at the Price Center, Tantra, Devil’s Backbone Tavern, Root Cellar Café, Wonder World Cave, Stonewall Warehouse, The Taproom, San Marcos Public Library, San Marcos Skatepark, The Meadows Center for Water & the Environment, Gil’s Broiler, Texas State University’s Performing Arts Center and Aquabrew.
Sponsors for the Lost River Film Festival were San Marcos Arts Commission, Planet K, Texas State University’s Center for the Study of the Southwest, Texas State University’s College of Fine Arts & Communication, Empire BMX, Kissing Tree, Grande, Tom Copeland, Kevin Huffaker and the Texas Film Commission. AquaBrew provided beer for screenings and Topo Chico provided sparkling mineral water.
The 4th annual Lost River Film Fest is set to take place next year with the Price Center as the primary venue. For more information about the Lost River Film fest, visit their website.
