For inquiries, contact Lauren Kelcher Stevenson aff@sunshinesachs.com 512.646.0149 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference makes plans to continue newly added Diversity Program for the next year’s landmark 25th anniversary Austin,… Read More
Archives for 2017
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Festival Spotlight: AFF’s Diversity Program
We have been working year-round to develop our Diversity Focus program, with the goal of bringing greater recognition to underrepresented storytellers in the industry. Though statistics point to inadequate opportunities for women and minorities, AFF set out… Read More
2017 Winners
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2017 HISCOX AUDIENCE & COURAGE AWARDS
For inquiries, contact Lauren Kelcher Stevenson aff@sunshinesachs.com o 512.646.0149 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2017 HISCOX INSURANCE AUDIENCE AND COURAGE AWARDS, FILM COMPETITION, AND SCRIPT COMPETITION AWARDS AUSTIN, Texas—… Read More
HISCOX FILMMAKER Q&A: IN BLUE
Writer/Director Jaap van Heusden What inspired you to come up with the idea for the film? Screenwriter Jan Willem den Bok, who is also one of my oldest friends, was working on a short documentary… Read More
HISCOX Filmmaker Q&A: BODIES
What inspired you to come up with the idea for the film? On the surface Bodies is a tense thriller, however, the inception of the idea came from our desire to explore the concept of… Read More
HISCOX Filmmaker Q&A: AUGIE
What inspired you come up with the idea for the film? A narrative script was written about this incredible real-life man named Augie Nieto, and I felt that his true life story was just as cinematic as… Read More
HISCOX Filmmaker Q&A: DR. BRINKS & DR. BRINKS
HISCOX Filmmaker Q&A: TOUCHED
What inspired you come up with the idea for the film? Why did you want to tell this story? In part the idea of this relationship that couldn’t really exist, between two very isolated people who… Read More