Join us for the Texas Premiere of LEADS at the Austin Film Festival! This new award-winning feature from Austin filmmaker Bryan Poyser will screen at the State Theater in downtown Austin on Sun, 10/26 at 2pm with Bryan, lead actors Heather Kafka & Justin Arnold and many cast & crew members in attendance! https://sched.co/29bRv
"...sharp-eyed and fueled with well-earned optimism."
-Hollywood Reporter
"...a love letter to acting, perseverance, and indie film."
-Indiewire
World Premiere, US Dramatic Competition - 2025 Tribeca Festival
Best Ensemble Cast - 2025 Film Festival at Hollywood Park
About the film:
This heartfelt comedy about sibling rivalry and artistic dreams ia about an acting professor (Heather Kafka, LOVERS OF HATE, THE LEFTOVERS, JOE) whose comfortable life in her small college town is upended when her charming and volatile baby brother (Justin Arnold, SCENES FROM THE SUBURBS, LOVE & AIR SEX) comes knocking at her door. Antsy to start a new chapter in his own life, he joins her acting class, setting off a battle of wills between them for the hearts and minds of her eager students that could bring them all to brink of success or debilitating ruin. Also starring Macon Blair (BLUE RUIN, OPPENHEIMER) and Sara Paxton (AQUAMARINE, THE INNKEEPERS).
ATTENDING THE SCREENING:
Priority admission is given to Austin Film Festival Badgeholders. Film Pass holders will be seated after all Badgeholders have entered the theater.
General Admission (GA) tickets are $20 and will go on sale 20 minutes prior to each screening.
State Theater
719 Congress Ave, Austin, TX
Event Venue
Stateside at the Paramount, 713 Congress Ave,Austin,TX,United States
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