Writer/director Amy Talkington and Nick Stahl at the post-screening Q&A for AFF’s 2006 screening of THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE PANTS A writer and director, Amy most recently wrote the remake of VALLEY GIRL for… Read More
AFF News + Blog
How to do the Fest by Registrant Robert Hampton
We asked longtime registrant Rob Hampton to give incoming attendees some advice on how to get the most out of the Austin Film Festival & Conference. Hampton’s first year of attending the Conference was 2009… Read More
Everything You Could Ever Want to Know About Writing for Animation. Everything. Seriously.
Have dreams of writing for Pixar? Curious to know the difference between writing live action and writing for animation? What it’s like to work with the studios, how to break in and what you can… Read More
Funny Strange, or Funny Ha Ha?
You already know that regardless of the genre you write in, the basic elements are the same for a great script: tight structure, interesting, multi-dimensional characters, well-crafted dialogue and, above all, a solid and terrific… Read More
A Letter from Franklin Leonard, VP Creative Affairs at Overbrook Entertainment and Creator & CEO of The Black List
I am frankly embarrassed to have not been more aware of the Austin Film Festival before 2010, my first year attending the Festival. Here I am, the creator of the Black List, the annual list… Read More
2011 Pitch Schedule & Judges
THURSDAY 10/20/11 1:00pm-2:15pm Austin Pitch Prep St. David’s Episcopal Church, Vestry Conference Room Are you ready to give your pitch? Get prepped for selling your script and yourself and ensure that your first pitch isn’t… Read More
An Exclusive Staged Reading of “The Nice Guys”
A NOIR SCRIPT BY SHANE BLACK & ANTHONY BAGAROZZI. READ BY PROFESSIONAL ACTORS WITH BLACK DIRECTING. SUNDAY, OCT. 23RD AT THE ROLLINS THEATER IN AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN, TX (August 30, 2011) – The Austin Film… Read More
How to Rock AFF by Pamela Ribon
Photo credit Thomas Hargis Pamela Ribon is a TV writer and best-selling novelist. She’s been in comedy rooms for both network and cable television, most notably the Emmy award-winning SAMANTHA WHO?. She has developed original… Read More
Update on short film SAND, which screened at AFF 2010
SAND is screening as part of Docuweeks in Los Angeles Aug 19-25, which qualifies it for Academy Award Nomination! http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2011/showtimes/#la081611 and here’s some buzz: http://nevertooearlymoviepredictions.blogspot.com/2011/07/84th-oscar-documentary-short-updates.html Filmmaker Cari Ann Shim Sham credits AFF, saying the success… Read More