Alumni Updates
Next up for our Monthly Screening Series: 2026 AFF Audience Award Selection Mark your calendars for Monday, November 30! We’ll be back at the Galaxy with a 2026 Audience Award selection from the upcoming Austin Film... Read More
Next up for our Monthly Screening Series: Texas Short Film Showcase featuring AFF Alumni
Next up for our Monthly Screening Series: Texas Short Film Showcase featuring AFF Alumni Mark your calendars for Monday, September 28 at 7:00 PM CT! Austin Film Festival will be hosting a Texas Short Film... Read More
Announcing the next film in our monthly screening series: SHOTGUN STORIES with Jeff Nichols
ANNOUNCING THE NEXT FILM IN OUR MONTHLY SCREENING SERIES: SHOTGUN STORIES WITH JEFF NICHOLS Monday, August 31 at 7:00PM at Galaxy Theatres Austin As a part of our monthly screening series with Galaxy Theatres, join... Read More
Conversation with Christopher Holt; winner of 2025 AFF Wonder Project/Stand Together Fellowship
Recently, we caught up with Christopher Holt, writer of 27 Cows, the winning script of the 2025 Austin Film Festival Wonder Project | Stand Together Fellowship. Before winning at the 2025 Festival, Christopher workshopped 27 Cows with... Read More
Screenplay Competitions Are Changing. Here’s Where We Stand.
A Letter from the Screenplay Director: It's a strange time for emerging writers where opportunities seem to vanish as quickly as they appear. While the recent wave of shuttered screenplay competitions might make it feel... Read More
Alumni Blog: Alexander Adell
For over thirty years, AFF has played a key role in launching the careers of writers. We recently spoke with Alexander Adell, the winner of our 2022 Fiction Podcast Award, about how AFF helped jumpstart... Read More
Alumni Blog: Gordon Shoemaker Foxwood
AFF has been instrumental in launching the careers of writers for over three decades. We recently spoke with Gordon Shoemaker Foxwood, our 2023 Dark Matters Feature Audience Award winner, about how AFF helped jumpstart the... Read More
Ghost Ranch Blog: Ashley Tindall
Austin Film Festival's mission is to further the journey of all storytellers, and there is no better single example of this than the annual Ghost Ranch Writers Retreat. Nestled amongst the breathtaking mesas of New... Read More
Alumni Blog: Austin Elliott
AFF has been instrumental in launching the careers of writers for over three decades. In this week’s Alumni Blog, our 2023 Drama Teleplay Pilot Award winner, Austin Elliott, shares the process of creating his winning... Read More









