Competitions

NEW JUROR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 2022 COMPETITIONS

08/17/2022 AFF Blog, Announcements, Competitions, Film Competition, Juror Announcements, News, Screenplay Competition

Take a look at the 2022 Jurors for the Film and Script Competitions, below! SCRIPT COMPETITIONS - FINALIST ROUND Devon Greggory Drama & Comedy Spec Born the youngest of nine, in the heart of Dixie,... Read More

First Wave of 2022 Script Competition Semifinalist Judge Announcements!

08/10/2022 AFF Blog, Competitions, Juror Announcements, News, Screenplay Competition

We're excited to announce the first wave of judges for our 2022 Script Competitions! Here's the list: Matt Dy Matt Dy attended the University of Texas at Austin and received a Bachelor of Science in... Read More

Announcing the Austin Movie Gear Award

03/29/2022 AFF Blog, Announcements, Competitions, Conference, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, News

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 Ghetto Film School Fellowship Award

03/22/2022 AFF Blog, Announcements, Competitions, Conference, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, News

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

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL FILM AND SCRIPT COMPETITIONS NOW OPEN

12/16/2021 Announcements, Annual Festival Winners, Competitions, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Press Releases, ubermenu, Winners

Austin, TX (December 16, 2021) – Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers’ contributions to film, television, and new media, is pleased to announce that it is now... Read More

2021 Winners

11/03/2021 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards 2021 Festival Awards 2021 AWARDEES Stephanie Allain 2021 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing Scott Frank 2021 Recipient of the Bill Wittliff Award... Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 JURY AND AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS

11/01/2021 Announcements, Annual Festival Winners, Competitions, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Press Releases, ubermenu, Winners

The 28th annual festival highlights jury selections from the film and script competitions AUSTIN, TX (November 1, 2021) — Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier Festival to recognize the writer’s contribution to film, television, theatre,... Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 SCRIPT COMPETITION FINALISTS

10/13/2021 Competitions, Screenplay Competition

AFF is thrilled to announce the 2021 Script Competition Finalists! 64 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 ANNOUNCES 2021 SCRIPT COMPETITIONS SEMIFINALISTS & SECOND ROUNDERS!

10/06/2021 Competitions, Screenplay Competition

We are pleased to announce the 2021 Script Competitions Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%). They were chosen from a record field of 14,648 scripts entered in our Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and... Read More

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