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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL ENDERBY ENTERTAINMENT FILMMAKING FELLOWSHIP AWARD AND JURY ADVISORY PROGRAM

05/18/2020 AFF Blog, Announcements, Competitions, Conference, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, News, Press, Press Releases

For inquiries, contact Nicholas Martin marketing@austinfilmfestival.com 512.478.4795 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Austin, TX - May 18, 2020 - Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers’ contributions to film,... Read More

Filmmaker Blog: David Midell & The Killing Kenneth Chamberlain

05/13/2020 AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Competitions, Guest Blog

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

Awardees Archive

05/08/2020 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Recipients of the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting (previously the Distinguished Screenwriter Award) 2021 Scott Frank (writer The Queen's Gambit) 2019 Ron Bass (writer Rain Man) 2018 Tony Gilroy (writer Michael Clayton) 2017 Kenneth Lonergan... Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 25 SCREENWRITERS TO WATCH IN 2020

05/04/2020 AFF Blog, Announcements, Press, Press Releases, Screenwriters to Watch

For inquiries, contact Kelly Lafargue marketing@austinfilmfestival.com o 512.478.4795 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Austin, TX – May 5, 2020 – Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers’ contributions to… Read More

Announcing: Deadline Extension & Virtual Pitch Competition!

04/28/2020 AFF Blog, Announcements, Competitions, News

The Script Competitions Late Deadline Extended to June 1, 2020! Due to the ongoing pandemic, we want to give you all a little more time to finish and polish off your scripts. We’ll now be... Read More

Second Wave: 2020 Judge Announcement

04/22/2020 Competitions, Juror Announcements, News

Finalist Judge Announcements Mike Vanderhei Manager - Rain Management Group Mike Vanderhei is originally from Chicago where his pursuit of a career in sports journalism ended his senior year of college when he landed in... Read More

AFF Alumni Blog: Talking about politics differently with humour, poetry and humanity…

04/01/2020 AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Competitions

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

Celebrating our Pitch Finalists with Roadmap Writers!

12/24/2019 AFF Blog, Annual Festival Winners, Conference, Festival & Conference, News, Sponsors

This year we were lucky to have Roadmap Writers as the exclusive sponsor of the Pitch Competition and Finale Party! The judging panel consisted of Emmy-Winning writer Craig Mazin (Chernobyl), Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and... Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2019 AUDIENCE AWARDS AND HIGHLIGHTS JURY SELECTIONS FROM THE FILM AND SCRIPT COMPETITIONS

11/07/2019 Announcements, Annual Festival Winners, News, Press, Press Releases, Winners

AUSTIN, Texas— November 7, 2019— Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier Festival to recognize the writer’s contribution to film, television, theatre and new media, is thrilled to announce the 2019 Audience Award winners. Following each… Read More

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