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The Front Festival

The Front Festival is a four-day end-of-summer music, film and art festival in Austin run by Future Front Texas, a nonprofit arts space that puts Texas women and LGBTQ+ artists at the front of its lineups. Future Front has operated in Austin since 2016. Its Independent Film Showcase screens features, shorts, music videos and experimental work by Texas-based filmmakers, mostly drawn from a free open call. The 2026 edition, the tenth anniversary, used The LINE Hotel Austin, the Contemporary Austin's Laguna Gloria grounds, where the film showcase screened August 29, and Swan Dive on Red River, drawing more than 600 guests. The organizers say the festival returns Labor Day weekend 2027, and the open call reopens in 2027.

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Usually late August–Labor Day weekend
The LINE Hotel Austin; The Contemporary Austin–Laguna Gloria
Future Front Texas (BABES FEST Inc.)
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Independent Film Showcase (features, shorts, music videos, experimental)
Independent Music Showcase

Notable

2026 Film Showcase screened on the Contemporary Austin's Laguna Gloria grounds on August 29, 2026; about 75% of the program comes from Future Front community submissions; no submission fee; Texas-based filmmakers only ↗︎
The 2026 festival (its tenth anniversary) drew 600+ guests over four days and included screenings of Iranian-Texan films such as Bita Ghasemi's Firewall ↗︎
The festival site says it returns Labor Day weekend 2027; the Austin Film Commission lists August 27–30, 2027 ↗︎
Sources
  1. The Front Festival Future Front Texas
  2. The Front Festival 2026: The Official Recap Future Front Texas 2026-09-02
  3. Submit To Our Annual Open Call for Artists Future Front Texas
  4. Future Front Texas Future Front Texas
  5. Film & TV Festivals Austin Film Commission (Visit Austin)

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