Austin Film Festival is proud to announce that we are once again included in MovieMakers Top 50 Festivals worth the entry fee. Here is the AFF excerpt for from the piece. “It’s a film… Read More
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Audience Awards Series: 2021 Audience Award Winner Comedy Vanguard
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL’S AUDIENCE AWARDS SERIES 2021 Audience Award Winning Comedy Vanguard Feature Film Looking for a night of comedy? Secure a seat for our next Audience Awards Series Feature Film Holiday At All Costs.... Read More
AFF in New York: A Conversation with Jim Taylor & Tamara Jenkins
Conversation: 7:30PM – 9:00PM SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street New York City, NY 10011 Austin Film Festival is making our annual trip to New York City! On Tuesday, April 5th, join AFF and the Writers Guild of... Read More
AFF Champions The Writer
To Our Creative Community, At the conclusion of each Festival, the AFF team evaluates our organization’s programming with our mission – to further the art and craft of storytelling by inspiring and championing the work... Read More
Announcing the Austin Movie Gear Award
We are pleased to announce the Texas Short Filmmaker Award Underwritten by Austin Movie Gear. Opened in 2013, Austin Movie Gear is a locally owned and operated rental house dedicated to providing low prices… Read More
Announcing the Warner Bros. TV Pilot Award
Have you written an AMAZING pilot? Do you want to get it in front of a studio executive? Here’s your chance. Warner Media returns for the second annual Warner Bros. Pilot Award of the 2022... Read More
Announcing the Ghetto Film School Fellowship Award
The Austin Film Festival is pleased to announce the inaugural Ghetto Film School Fellowship Award in association with Ghetto Film School, an award-winning nonprofit founded in 2000 to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation… Read More
TRICKS OF THE TRADE: WRITING FOR ROMANTIC COMEDIES
Relationships and romance have been the inspiration behind an endless number of remarkable moments in cinema. This Valentine’s Day week, we are looking to past AFF panelists for tips on the key to inventing a... Read More
Audience Awards Series: 2021 Audience Award Winning Shorts
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL'S AUDIENCE AWARDS SERIES 2021 Audience Award Winning Shorts We're starting the year by bringing back our Audience Awards Series to the big screen! Missed these winning films at AFF28? Well, this is... Read More