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The Spindletop/Lamar University Film Festival will be this weekend, Friday, January 30 through Sunday, February 1. Three
Oscar-nominated films will be screened, including the 2003 documentary
"Spellbound," with producer Sean Welch and Texas spelling
champion Angela Arenivar attending the event. The documentary "Sing" and animated
short, "Stubble Trouble," also former Oscar nominees, will be
shown during the festival. Calabash Animation, which created “Stubble
Trouble” will screen their new animated short “Tryst Watch” at
Spindletop. Screenings with Texas ties include "Horns and
Halos," "BachelorMan," "George Wallace: Setting the
Woods on Fire;" the vintage horror film "Tourist Trap"
and select films from CinemaTexas. The Houston Film Commission will
screen its Texas Filmmakers Showcase and Stephen Mims will showcase
short films highlighting the first 10 years of Austin FilmWorks. J.D. Feigelson, a 1963 graduate of Lamar, who got his start as a production assistant on Shock Theater, a local Saturday night TV horror show on KJAC Channel 4 in Port Arthur, will be inducted into the Southeast Texas Filmmaker Hall of Fame during the festival's awards ceremony at 4:30 p.m on Sunday at the University Theatre on the Lamar campus. "This
is a filmmaker who is talented and humble, and eager to
share his knowledge with others," said Chris Castillo,
festival director and founder. "J.D. is one of
the first Southeast Texas Feigelson wrote the original script for "Red Water," which aired on TBS in August. He also recently appeared on an episode of "Conquest," a History Channel series. For
information about the festival call (409) 880-8490 or visit
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