There were a lot of proud faces on television screens around the world Sunday night, as the Academy Awards presented their annual prizes to a few lucky filmmakers. In fact, anyone who played a part… Read More
Archives for February 2012
These posts were published in February 2012. If you cannot find what you want, try the site search.
Interview with Liz Tigelaar
As we gear up for the 2012 Festival & Conference, we’ll be posting interviews with our incoming panelists here, on our blog. The questions come from our registrants, fellow panelists, facebook fans, etc., so if… Read More
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL 2011 AWARD WINNERS “THE ARTIST” AND “THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE” RECEIVE ACADEMY AWARDS®
Austin, TX- Austin Film Festival (AFF) is proud to announce that two of its award-winning films from 2011 are also now Academy Award® winners. THE ARTIST, which won the 2011 Austin Film Festival Audience Award… Read More
What I Learned From the Oscars
Even with some last minute changes to the predictions I initially posted, I still ended up predicting only 17 out of 24 categories last night. Not my best by any means but alas, there’s always… Read More
Live Blogging: The Oscars!
Taylor here, AFF Marketing Director. Welcome to the Austin Film Festival’s live blogging of the 84th annual Academy Awards. Stick around for updates throughout the evening! 7:25pm CST 5 minutes ’til show time! Is is just… Read More
Final Oscar Predictions
Will The Artist sweep the Oscars? Will Meryl Streep FINALLY win a long overdue second Oscar for lead actress? All will be answered this Sunday night when the awards will be handed out. The real… Read More
Guest Post: An interview with screenwriter Amy Talkington
Eilis Mernagh is a screenwriter whose latest short script, TIGER, is set to be produced this year, directed by award-winning director Cathal Nally. Eilis heard Amy Talkington speak at the 2011 Austin Film Festival and… Read More
Box Office Recovery
A few weeks ago, I wrote that 2012 might be a great year for film marketing. So far, someone is definitely doing something right. Ticket sales have been soaring, breaking records and dragging the industry… Read More
Kids Who Write Good
Proper grammer and speling is important for writers of allages and levels if they want to be more better writers. If you aspire to be a professional writer anddidn’t notice the errors in the previous… Read More