Archives for March 2012

AFF has chosen its second winning poster in the Film Poster Competition – Mary Streepy has won for her “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” poster! From Mary: “I’m 25 and originally from Wichita,…  Read More

This week’s interview is with TV writer Rebecca Kirsch. In 2005, Rebecca Kirsch won the Austin Film Festival Drama Teleplay competition for her spec episode of “Lost”. That script and a “Deadwood” spec also placed…  Read More

Let me start this post by saying that I am a huge Star Wars fan. As a child, I wore out more than a few VHS copies of the original trilogy, and if I hadn’t…  Read More

Last week, I attended the world premiere screening of TomHanks’ upcoming webisode series “Electric City” at South By Southwest.  The first 10 episodes were presented of this series, which follows a group of resistance fighters…  Read More

We are excited to announce our first of five Film Poster Competition winners! Stefanie Patten won with her macabre design for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. We will sell a limited run of the poster…  Read More

This week’s interview is with writer/producer Marti Noxon. A versatile writer/producer who works fluidly through genres and mediums, Marti Noxon’s feature film credits include I am Number Four, Dreamworks/Disney’s Fright Night, The Defenders with filmmaker…  Read More

The current state of Hollywood could not be more clear this month, with two bright, shining examples of why certain films get made and others get bypassed. JOHN CARTER, a film based on a short…  Read More

As we gear up for the 2012 Festival & Conference, we’re posting interviews with our incoming panelists here, on our blog. The questions come from our registrants, fellow panelists, facebook fans, etc., so if you…  Read More

Summer Film Camp, presented by Austin Film Festival’s Young Filmmakers Program, returns in June for its tenth annual program of screenwriting, filmmaking and claymation workshops for aspiring filmmakers ages 9 – 18. Workshops offer students…  Read More