Archives for October 2012

(October 30, 2012) Austin Film Festival (AFF) is proud to announce the 2012 Audience Award winners presented by Esurance. Throughout the week of the Festival and Conference (Oct. 18-25) audience members were invited to numerically rate films by ballot following each film’s screening.  Read More

Announcing Austin Film Festival’s 2012 Screenplay, Teleplay, and Film Competition Winners! Film Competition Winners Young Filmmakers – CRUMBS, Director: Nicco Vasquez, Writer: Keith Limon Documentary Short – SEE THE DIRT, Directors: Chelsea Hernandez, Erik Mauck…  Read More

Print them out! Pin them up! Put them in your pocket! Below are PDFs of the 2012 Film Schedule grid and Conference Schedule grid. 2012 AFF Film Schedule 2012 AFF Conference Schedule

(October 10, 2012) – Austin Film Festival (AFF) is excited to announce the recipient of the 2012 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award, Frank Darabont, director of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE, THE MAJESTIC, THE MIST and more. Darabont will accept the award at the Festival’s annual Award Luncheon held on Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 at the Austin Club.   Read More

WRITER/DIRECTOR BILLY BOB THORNTON IN ATTENDANCE NEW FILM ADDITIONS INCLUDE FRANCOPHRENIA WITH JAMES FRANCO IN ATTENDANCE HYDE PARK ON HUDSON, WHOLE LOTTA SOLE, AND DEADFALL We are happy to announce our Closing Night Film JAYNE…  Read More

We now have both the original script and shooting script for CHRONICLE available here! Registrants interested in attending the script-to-screen of CHRONICLE with Max Landis are encouraged to read these over in advance. During the…  Read More

We’re thrilled to announce that this year’s Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Awardee is Frank Darabont, director of film favorites THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE, THE MAJESTIC, THE MIST, and more. Darabont will accept the…  Read More

(October 9, 2012) – Austin Film Festival (AFF) is excited to announce Closing Night Film JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR with writer/director/actor Billy Bob Thornton in attendance on October 25th.   Read More

The 2012 AFF Film Schedule is up! Click here for the Schedule Powered by Festival Genius, you can search the schedule by day, film category, event type (panel, film, party), venue, or use the grid…  Read More