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PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL INVITED AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY KICKOFF Austin Way and Eric Copper hosted the Austin Film Society's kickoff event for the year at The Townsend. Guests enjoyed specialty cocktails provided by mixologist Justin Elliott from The Townsend and a special performance by The Cinders. The evening celebrated events marking the Austin Film Society's 30th anniversary, including February's two-night Artist Spotlight Series with Ethan Hawke and founder Richard Linklater and the Texas Film Awards. . TRUE TEAM AFTER WORKING TOGETHER FOR 20-PLUS YEARS, ETHAN HA AND TER ARE ONE OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA'S LONGEST-RUNNING AND MOST SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATING TEAMS. THE TWO CELEBRATED HAWKE'S WORK DURING AN ARTIST SPOTLIGHT SERIES HOSTED BY THE AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY IN FEBRUARY AND SHARED THEIR ADMIRATION FOR EACH OTHER DURING THE CONVERSATION THAT FOLLOWED A RETROSPEC- TIVE OF HAWKE'S MOVIES. "ONE OF THE FOREMOST FILM DIRECTORS OF OUR GENERA- TION."— HAWKE ON LINKLATER "HE'S THE GREATEST COLLABO- RATOR IN MY LIFE, THE GREATEST COLLABORATOR THAT ANYONE COULD HAVE." — LINKLATER ON HAWKE / soirée spotlight / Justin Elliott, Jason Kosmas, Steven Weisburd, and Mark Kyle Cori Modisett, Armando Zambrano, and Holly Herrick Dee Garcia, Eric Copper, and James Mortensen with Jessica and Dean Mitc Jason Rittenberry and Erin Groseclose Jane Claire Harvery, Stacy Scarcella, and Pepper Pastor Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke Nick Maupin and Rocco Piazza 140 AUSTINWAY.COM Ethan Hawke Ethan Hawke, Charlie Sexton, and Richard Linklater