Feb 5, 2010 · Founded in 1985 by Richard Linklater, the Austin Film Society’s mission is to empower our community to make, watch, and love film and creative media.

The AFS Cinema is Austin’s only nonprofit art house theater, with a mission to bring the community together around great film. On one screen, we present new releases from international narratives to documentaries and independent films.

Feb 11, 2016 · Upcoming screenings at the AFS Cinema, Austin's home for new, classic, independent, and international arthouse films. Operated by the Austin Film Society.

Below are online classes plus in-person classes, screenings, and events.

The Austin Film Society empowers the community to MAKE, WATCH, and LOVE film and creative media. Founded in 1985 by filmmaker Richard Linklater, AFS creates life-changing opportunities for filmmakers, catalyzes Austin and Texas as a creative hub, and brings the community together around great film.

Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba.

Jacques Demy’s LOLA pulses with a bittersweet romantic vibe that permeates every frame of the film. A major inspiration to Wong Kar-wai, LOLA is about a young man falling in love again with a woman (Anouk Aimée) he had known years earlier, only to have life interfere in a thousand ways.

October 9, 2024, AUSTIN, TX— The Austin Film Society announces its calendar for November and December of 2024 featuring signature programs, special screenings and events and a new, diverse lineup of films from around the globe that filmgoers can only see at the AFS Cinema.

Photographer Alan Pogue’s documentation of Austin’s cultural and political life over the last 50 years is unmatched. So of course he was there, in the rain, shutter clicking, catching a random moment as it became magic.

“Manages to arrest and intrigue, if only because you truly don’t know what the frenetic narrative’s next move is.” —Natalia Keogan, AV Club “It’s a gloriously original tribute to anyone who truly dares to go their own way, but particularly the amazing women who do it under extreme fire.” —Nick Howells, London Evening Standard From …