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 WILD MAN
Writer/Director: Riley Cusick
LITTLE JAR
Writer: Kelsey Gunn,
Dominic López
Director: Dominic López
ABSENCE
Writer/Director: Ali Mosaffa
WELCOME, VIOLETA!
Writer: Fernando Fraiha, Inés Bortagaray
Director: Fernando Fraiha
UNDER WATER
Writers: Simon Weeda, Julia van de Graaff, Kuba Szutkowski, Edgar Kapp
Directors: Kuba Szutkowski, Edgar Kapp
MEDUSA
Writer/Director: Sophie Levy
Documentary Features
SONG OF THE CICADA
Writer: Robert Weiss
Director: Robert Weiss, Aaron Weiss
THE OTHER FELLOW
Writer: Rene van Pannevis
Director: Matthew Bauer
AMERICAN: AN ODYSSEY TO 1947
Director: Danny Wu
FENOM
Director: Kayla Johnson
WITH THIS LIGHT
Directors: Nicole Bernardi-Reis, Laura Bermudez
Comedy Vanguard
THE BYSTANDERS
Writer: Gabriel Foster Prior, Jack Hughes
Director: Gabriel Foster Prior
WAKE UP, LEONARD
Writers: Nigel DeFriez, Kat Mills Martin, Kira Pearson
Director: Kat Mills Martin
CHECKOUT
Writer/Director: Jonathan Itzak Dekel
THE LIBRARY BOYS
Writer/Director: Zane Borg
DANIEL’S GOTTA DIE
Writer: Matthew Dressel
Directors: Jeremy LaLonde
Dark Matters
FIXATION
Directed by: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
Written by: William Day Frank
THE DOMESTIC
Directed/written by: Brad Katzen
FOLLOW HER
Directed by: Sylvia Caminer
Written by: Dani Barker
#BLUE_WHALE
Directed by: Anna Zaytseva
Written by: Evgeniya Bogomyakova, Anna Zaytseva, & Olga Klemesheva
DO NOT DISTURB
Directed/written by: John Ainslie
Narrative Shorts
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Writer/directors: Tom Berkely, Ross White
TEETH
Writer/director: Alma Ganihar
LEAD/FOLLOW
Writer/director: Colby Day
THE ROUND LAKE
Writer: Hira Sheraz
Director: Zayan Agha
CHEMISTRY
Writers: Isaac Garza, Sydney Chandler
Director: Isaac Garza
ONE FOR SORROW, TWO FOR JOY
Writer/director: Ana Yang
ROOTED
Writer/director: Sean Addo
Student Shorts
SAMMY, WITHOUT STRINGS
Writers: Will Henderson, III, Ralph Parker, III
Director: Ralph Parker, III
WUSS
Writer/director: Rubing Zhang
LET MY GRANDPA INTO HEAVEN
Writers: Lana Bolycheva, Eugene Orlov
Director: Svetlana Bolycheva
SNAPSHOT
Writer/director: Becki Bouchier
KISSY AND THE SHARK
Writer/director: Lola Blanche
DUST TO DUST
Writer/director: India Opzoomer
Documentary Shorts
WORLD WAY RYLAN
Director: Dan Winters
LOST ART
Director: Leif Ramsey
WILD MAGNOLIAS
Director: Alexandra Kearn
GINA
Director: Kathryn Prescott
CHARLES UMLAUF:
FLIGHT AND FALL
Writers: Dr. Katie Robinson Edwards, Ian Van Alan
Director: Ian Van Alan
Animated Shorts
ROSEMARY A.D. (AFTER DAD)
Director: Ethan Barrett
THE SPRAYER
Writer/director: Farnoosh Abed
SAMIRA’S CAMERA
Writer/director: Paula Kweskin
KAFKA’S DOLL
Writer/director: Bruno Simões
NEW MOON
Writers: Colman Domingo, Raúl Domingo
Directors: Jeff Le Bars, Jérémie Balais
LA CALESITA
Writer/Director: Augusto Schillaci
Produced Digital Series
IMPOSTERS
Creator: Sadie Cheng
Director: Elizabeth Jaeleigh Davis
DAY JOBS
Writer: Stevie Wain
Directors: Stevie Wain, Auri Jackson
HOMESCHOOLED
Writers: Gwenlyn Cumyn, Karen Knox, Marushka Almeida
Directors: Gwenlyn Cumyn, Karen Knox,
SERJAN BRATAN
Writer: Alisher Utev, Sergei Litovchenko
director: Alisher Utev
THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING
Writer/director: Mike Greaney
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Kristen O’Brien
Austin Film Festival
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