Competitions
Austin Film Festival is thrilled to announce its 2024 Script and Film Competition Awardees. We are honored that these superb writers and filmmakers chose to share their work with us. Their stories demonstrated the voice, vision, and... Read More
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2024 SCRIPT COMPETITIONS SEMIFINALISTS & SECOND ROUNDERS
We are pleased to announce the 2024 Script Competitions Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%). They were chosen from a field of 10,500+ scripts entered in our Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction... Read More
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2024 SCRIPT COMPETITIONS SEMIFINALISTS & SECOND ROUNDERS
We are pleased to announce the 2024 Script Competitions Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%). They were chosen from a field of 10,500+ scripts entered in our Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction... Read More
2024 Script Competition Finalist Judge Announcements
We are excited to announce the finalist judges for the 2024 Script Competition! Here is the list: Sarah Beckett Sarah Beckett hails from Canada and has a lengthy background working in true crime documentary TV.... 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
Alum Blog: Richard Dane Scott
There’s no place like the Writer’s Conference at Austin to not only learn about your craft but to build community. Richard Dane Scott, a 2010 Austin Film Festival finalist, dives into how entering the screenplay... Read More







