Archives for February 2013

Today’s Guest Blog is from writer and AFF Screenplay Comedy Award Winner (2010), Julie Howe who has traveled through the ups and downs of developing a script. Read on for her account of Development’s good,…  Read More

Next week at the Alamo Drafthouse Village, Austin Film Festival will present AFF’s Best of Fest (Shorts 2012) as part of our monthly Audience Award Series.  This evening of award-winning shorts from last year’s festival…  Read More

 Our Intern to the Executive Director Coleman Tharpe, pictured below, recently took a trip to Houston for his chance to hold an Oscar, here’s his account:   For the first time in the 85 year…  Read More

    For football fans, the Super Bowl may be over but for me, mine hasn’t started yet.  This Sunday is the Academy Awards and the only playbook in sight is the one Hollywood is…  Read More

Academy Award® Winners at Austin Film Festival: Sydney Pollack from AFF on Vimeo. Academy Award® winner Sydney Pollack discusses how one line in a script can inspire the entire direction of a film. Academy Award…  Read More

In preparation and excitement for our upcoming MAKING YOUR FEATURE FILM event, panelists Emily Hagins (MY SUCKY TEEN ROMANCE), Brandon Dickerson (SIRONIA), John Fiege (MISSISSIPPI CHICKEN), and Jeremiah Jones (RESTIVE) reflect on some of their…  Read More

Today our Valentine’s Day Staff Picks series comes to a close.  We’ve heard from our staff members about their favorite and least favorite movies on love and we hope you have found the perfect flick…  Read More

Career Opportunities On Location Week, or COOL Week was established in 1999 by Leander High School. Students choose an organization to work with for a week to get a glimpse at their future career opportunities….  Read More

When choosing their “Staff Pick” films,  Development Director Allison Frady and Assistant to the Executive Director Linzy Beltran both jumped at the chance to bring a cynical look at Nora Ephron’s 1998 movie, YOU’VE GOT…  Read More