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Existentialist low-budget comedy "about one of life's losers".
Variously labeled as a deadbeat by his ex, a failure by his mother, and a shell of himself by his best friend, Lousy Carter is falling apart, debt-ridden and cast adrift. As he interprets The Great Gatsby for an antipathetic graduate class, one of the students offers Lousy Carter one last chance at living the dream.
A tribute to Richard Linklater's Slacker made by members of the Austin Filmmakers Society.
Dark comedy tracks happy-go-lucky slacker Max across three decades.
Somewhere over the rainbow Arco director on how he managed to follow his dream with help from Natalie Portman
A place to belong Liam O Mochain on anthology filmmaking, hidden stories and making Abode
Bear necessities Jack Weisman and Gabriel Osio Vanden on working together and making naivety work for them in Nuisance Bear
In ascension Isaac 'Drift' Wright and Deon Taylor on climbing, spiritual development and Drift
Looking back Kei Ishikawa on memory, ambiguity and A Pale View Of Hills
Bearing witness Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman on balance and perspectives in Nuisance Bear
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