Bayou City Film News

  Hollywood filmmaker and Houston native returns to Houston for a benefit to save one this city's last arthouse theaters. The Garden Oaks Theater has faced demolition recently, but the community is stepping up to save it. You can be a part of its survival. Reserve your seat using the link in our bio or at arthousehtx.org  

  Apply to our 2027 Annual Grants! Support for Organizations (SO), Support for Artists and Creative Individuals (SACI), and Festival Grants (FG) programs are here! Visit our website to learn more and apply: https://buff.ly/wrj1khb Applications for all three programs will close on July 24 at 11:59 p.m. CST.

  Submissions to the 2027 Houston Latino Film Festival are now open! Submit your project by August 31st, 2026 to beat the Early Bird Deadline and save on entry fees. To submit, visit: filmfreeway.com/houstonlatinofilmfestival All genres are welcome... feature, short, documentary, experimental, animation, etc. If your film amplifies our community’s spirit, we want to see it! Head over to our FilmFreeway page for full guidelines and to submit your project. Submission fees are waived for Houston area filmmakers

After a star turn playing Quincy Jones in the feature film Michael, Houston native Kendrick Sampson costars as Malcom X in the feature film "Killing Castro". The stars Al Pacino. Here's a clip from the film.  https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1316670233/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk  

 

Check out this IG post from filmmaker Courtney Glaude   https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZGhoyKu9Si/?hl=en