Alumni Blog Series: Ivo Raza on REBOOT CAMP
When I set out to write a yet-to-be-named film, I gave myself 3 parameters. First, the story had to be based in a single primary location (so that it can be produced on an indie... Read More
Alumni Updates
Alumni Blog Series: Nancy Duff on her Journey as a writer
Nancy Duff COMPANY MAN: 2020 Winner of the Josephson Entertainment Fellowship, Sci-Fi Finalist, Semi-Finalist Enderby Award and Rooster Teeth Fellowship **** I was a shy kid and never felt like I fit in. I dove... Read More
Alumni Blog Series: Tyler Savage on STALKER
Whether it was ultimately true or not, I told myself that I needed to shoot Stalker in 2019 or I’d lose my nerve and momentum. With mounting commitments and a full-time job in advertising, it... Read More
Alumni Blog: Bud Force
Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait was a project created from the truest sense of passion and a need to tell a story we felt had not been told. My family moved to rural Texas from the... Read More
Alumni Blog: Austin Calling by Indianna Bell
Fresh out of uni, myself and my co-creators all had plenty of ideas and oodles of enthusiasm, ready and rearing to go on as many projects as we could muster. However we quickly realised that... Read More
AFF 2017 Fiction Podcast Finalist, Justin Glanville, releases “The Mystery of Easter Island” on all major podcast platforms!
A new podcast drama, The Mystery of Easter Island, tells the story of real-life British ethnographer Katherine Routledge's journey to Easter Island in 1914. The first five episodes of the six-episode first season are available... Read More
Filmmaker Blog: David Midell & The Killing Kenneth Chamberlain
Before I began making films, I worked as a teacher and therapist for children and adults with autism and other cognitive/mental health challenges. I worked with many different age groups and communities, from elementary school... Read More
AFF Alumni Blog: Talking about politics differently with humour, poetry and humanity…
France loves politics. Mine is country where every citizen has an opinion, a country where dispute is a tradition, resistance is worn as a badge of honour and universal suffrage is sacrosanct. It is little... Read More
‘JUST MERCY’ ANNOUNCED AS CLOSING NIGHT AT AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, MARKING THE RETURN OF AFF SCREENWRITING WINNER ANDREW LANHAM
MEG AND LAWRENCE KASDAN TO RETURN TO AFF CONFERENCE AND WELCOME THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DOCUMENTARY ‘LAST WEEK AT ED’S’ OCTOBER 9, 2019 – AUSTIN, TX – The 26th annual Austin Film Festival (AFF), the... Read More
