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5 Perks To Submitting To AFF From Alyssa

01/23/2023 AFF Blog

Our Script Competition for 2023 is open for entries! Here at the Austin Film Festival, we hope to give storytellers the opportunity to share their voices and have a chance at getting discovered in the... Read More

2022 Winners

11/17/2022 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards 2022 Festival Awards 2022 AWARDEES Dede Gardner 2022 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing Stephen Merchant 2022 Recipient of the Outstanding Television Writer... Read More

STAFF PICK: Checkout

10/28/2022 Staff Picks

Staff Pick: Checkout By: Avery White a Dark Mossad Josh Pais was perfect in this role as a spy who’s cover was a writer having writers block. He skirted the line throughout the movie, giving… Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 SCRIPT COMPETITION FINALISTS

10/17/2022 Competitions, Screenplay Competition

AFF is thrilled to announce the 2022 Script Competition Finalists! 70 scripts were chosen for the Final Round with one winner to be determined in each of the 18 categories. The winners will be announced... Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS GLASS ONION AS ITS CLOSING NIGHT FILM OF THE 29TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL.

10/10/2022 Announcements, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Press Releases, ubermenu

The film will be screened Thursday, November 3, at the Paramount. Limited advance individual tickets for this film, plus three other marquee films, The Whale, Sam & Kate, and Women Talking, will go on-sale Wednesday,... Read More

Austin Film Festival Announces AFF29 Competition Films

10/05/2022 News

Congratulations to the #AFF29 Jury Award Nominees! With projects from all over the world and many by first-time filmmakers, the AFF team has been floored by what these filmmakers shared with us. Narrative Features THE... Read More

Austin Film Festival Announces Schedule Release and Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Awardee

09/29/2022 News

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILM AND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, INCLUDING THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION TO FILMMAKING AWARD RECIPIENT DARREN ARONOFSKY AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DARREN LE GALLO’S SAM & KATE Le Gallo, Dustin Hoffman, Sissy Spacek,... Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 SCRIPT COMPETITIONS SEMIFINALISTS & SECOND ROUNDERS!

09/28/2022 Competitions, Screenplay Competition

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Script Competitions Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%). They were chosen from a field of 10,000+ scripts entered in our Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction... Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS SECOND WAVE OF SCREENINGS SET FOR 29TH LINE-UP

09/09/2022 Announcements, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Press Releases, ubermenu

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE WHALE AND ARMAGEDDON TIME IN SECOND WAVE OF FESTIVAL PROGRAM, JAMES GRAY TO RECEIVE BILL WITTLIFF AWARD FOR SCREENWRITING Additional films include Jonathan Dekel’s Checkout and the world premiere of… Read More

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