The Front Festival 2025: Independent Film Showcase
Join us for an evening at Laguna Gloria as The Front Festival 2025 returns with its Independent Film Showcase, celebrating bold, independent filmmaking by Texas women and LGBTQ+ artists. Curated by Future Front Texas, this special showcase is part of the citywide Front Festival—an end-of-summer celebration of music, film, and art across Austin.
Tickets available. All proceeds and donations directly support Future Front’s creative programs uplifting local artists.
Everyone’s invited. Come as you are.
For accommodation requests, please contact [email protected]
Ticketing Info
Cost & Ticketing Information (General / Future Front Members)
Weekend passes: $50 ($70 value) for the entire festival with access to both the Music and Film Showcases, as well as opening and closing pool parties.
One-day passes: $20 to $25 for the Music and Film Showcases.
This event is 18+. Admission is free for attendees under 18, but must be accompanied by an adult.
Individual pool party passes: $10
Passes are free for Future Front members.
All donations throughout the festival will support Future Front’s local arts and culture programs.
2025 Film Schedule & Lineup
7P Austin Creative Community Panel
Ahead of the film screenings, join us for a candid community conversation and dynamic panel co-presented by The Contemporary Austin and Future Front around the museum's upcoming exhibition Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art, featuring:
• award-winning artist Xavier Schipani
• curator and sociology scholar Dr. Shania Montufar
• educator and curator Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr.
8P Sunset Performance
As the sun sets and you wait for the films to roll, plan your picnic spot and catch an acoustic set from Austin-based Son Jarocho collective Fandanguerxs de Austin (curated by Texas traditional music advocates Full Gallop Arts) by the lake.
8:40–11:00P Short Film Showcase
• IN TOW, written and directed by Sharon Arteaga
• The Decades, written & directed by Adam Madge, ft. Marléne Feliz Nina
• Play Thing, written and directed by Sarah Joy Byington
• Pizza My Heart, written by Christine Hoang & directed by Elizabeth V. Newman
• PRINCESS, written & directed by Beverly “Bev” Chukwu
• Neches, written & directed by Katy McCarthy
• Tiger, written by Abbey Weber & directed by Katie Mack
• Vestal Virgin Vengeance, written & directed by Virginia L. Montgomery
• Our First Haunted Home, written by Mase Kerwick & directed by Elizabeth Mims
• Behind The Strings: Amplifying Black Feminism in Guitar Culture, written by Jess Garland & directed by Judah Agbonhinka
• SOMBRAS, written and directed by Sofia Alejandro Barrios
• Circle of Return, written and directed by Circle of Friends in collaboration with Fabiana Munoz and Julio Martinez
Behind The Front Festival
THE FRONT FESTIVAL IS AN END-OF-SUMMER FESTIVAL, FEATURING PERFORMANCES, FILMS AND CREATIVE EXPERIENCES CURATED BY FUTURE FRONT.
Hosted annually in Austin, The Front Festival puts Texas women and LGBTQ+ artists of all kinds at the front of the lineups.
Over the course of a weekend, the citywide festival celebrates the power of community and fundraises for Future Front’s Creative Future of Texas Fund. Formerly known as BABES FEST, the festival has seen more than 5,000 guests and showcased more than 500 women and LGBTQ+ artists since 2016. Learn more at thefrontfest.com/why.
If you are interested in becoming a partner this year, please email Future Front at [email protected].
Meet the Producers
Future Front is a 501c3 nonprofit, homegrown in Austin, Texas. They nurture spaces where women and LGBTQ+ creatives, founders and leaders can grow together. Currently, Future Front produces The Front Market and Festival, hosts year-round workshops and meet-ups, as well as creates resources for resilience in creative industries.