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which area residents were challenged to create one-reel, in-camera edited Super 8 films on a specific theme. Films were required to be "4x4" - no longer than four minutes long, with no more than four edits (splices) allowed. Films were typically submitted as silent, with a separate soundtrack provided on CD or cassette and played simultaneously during screenings.
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Started in a garage as a way to promote and celebrate small gauge filmmaking in Austin, the
Cinemaker Co-op grew to a membership of over 200 with an office located in Austin's Artplex building before becoming the Austin School of Film. The group was best known for its quarterly mini-festivals, in
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Central Texas community. The organization embraced a grassroots,
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Congress Ave. Festivals included the Halloween-themed Attack of the 50-Foot Reel and Texas Super-8 Massacre, the Splice of Life documentary festival, Tiny Prophecies for the turn of the millennium, and the popular, yearly MAFIA - Make a Film in a Weekend. The organization also hosted special
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collaborations such as the Golden Arm
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