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Other Worlds Film Festival

Other Worlds Film Festival, originally Other Worlds Austin, was an Austin science fiction film festival founded by Bears Rebecca Fonte, a former director of programming at Austin Film Festival. It debuted December 4–6, 2014 at the Galaxy Highland theater and ran each December, showing sci-fi features and shorts, world and North American premieres, anniversary screenings with guests, and screenwriting programs. It went virtual in 2020 and later added hybrid editions. The nonprofit festival announced that it closed on December 4, 2022, after nine years, and keeps its website as an archive of the films it showed.

Festival · Austin · Since 2014 · Ended 2022

When it ran

Held in early December
Galaxy Highland
Other Worlds Film Fest (501(c)(3) nonprofit; founder Bears Rebecca Fonte)
Old website ↗︎

Notable


'Closed-up shop December 4, 2022, in Austin TX' after nine years; the website is kept as a record; supported in part by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division	↗︎
Debuted December 4–6, 2014 at the Galaxy Highland, founded by Bears Rebecca Fonte, a former Austin Film Festival director of programming; renamed from Other Worlds Austin to Other Worlds Film Festival in 2019; virtual edition December 1–6, 2020	↗︎
Described in 2018 as 'the area's only dedicated science-fiction festival, with premieres and retrospectives' (December 6–9, 2018)	↗︎
Founded by Bears Rebecca Fonte, AFF's director of programming 2012–14; inaugural festival December 4–6, 2014 at the Galaxy Highland	↗︎
Closed December 4, 2022 after nine years; the site is kept as an archive	↗︎
Organizers count 22+ world and North American premieres	↗︎

Sources

Other Worlds Film Festival Other Worlds Film Fest
History Other Worlds Film Fest
The Austin Film Festival Calendar The Austin Chronicle 2018-01-26
Fall Festival Crib Sheet The Austin Chronicle 2014-08-29