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ERCATX Local Filmmakers' Showcase

The ERCATX Local Filmmakers' Showcase is an annual one-night program of experimental, avant-garde and non-narrative short films by Central Texas makers, organized by Experimental Response Cinema, an Austin film programmers collective founded in 2012. Recent editions have screened at Hyperreal Film Club each September; the eighth was September 17, 2026, with sliding-scale admission and a post-screening conversation with the artists. Makers submit recent work of 15 minutes or less through FilmFreeway for a $5 fee, and selected artists are paid, with 2026 fees supported in part by a City of Austin Nexus Grant.

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Usually mid-September
Hyperreal Film Club
Experimental Response Cinema (ERC), Austin film programmers collective
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Categories
Short experimental, avant-garde, weird or non-narrative films and videos (15 minutes or less, by Central Texas makers)
Prizes
Selected artists are paid (2026 artist fees supported by a City of Austin Nexus Grant).

Notable

Eighth annual showcase: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at Hyperreal Film Club; $8–$15 sliding admission, free day-of with student ID; supported by a Nexus Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment ↗︎
Seventh edition was Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at Hyperreal Film Club, free admission ↗︎
ERC was founded by Caroline Koebel, Ekrem Serdar and Scott Stark and held its first events in February 2012; it ran a 2017 Local Filmmakers Showcase ↗︎
Listed as running 8 years; $5 FilmFreeway submission fee; open to Central Texas makers ↗︎
Sources
  1. ERCATX Local Filmmakers' Showcase 2026 Experimental Response Cinema
  2. ERCATX Local Filmmakers' Showcase 2025 Experimental Response Cinema
  3. About Us Experimental Response Cinema
  4. ERC's Local Filmmaker's Showcase FilmFreeway

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