Annual Festival Winners

2022 Winners

11/17/2022 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards 2022 Festival Awards 2022 AWARDEES Dede Gardner 2022 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing Stephen Merchant 2022 Recipient of the Outstanding Television Writer... 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

2020 Winners

11/03/2020 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Film: Jury Winners Film: Jury Honorable Mention Film: Audience Awards Screenplay & Teleplay 2020 Festival Awards Screenplay & Teleplay Competition Winners Screenplay & Teleplay Competition Winners Drama Feature Screenplay Award Presented by Writers Guild of... Read More

2020 SCRIPT COMPETITION WINNERS

10/21/2020 Annual Festival Winners, Competitions, News, Screenplay Competition

Catch the winners’ perspectives on their craft and hear about their journey during our Jury Award Conversation Series. The Series will stream on the Eventive platform and our YouTube channel during this year’s Festival &... 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) 2022 James Grey (writer/director Armageddon Time) 2021 Scott Frank (writer The Queen's Gambit) 2019 Ron Bass (writer Rain Man) 2018 Tony Gilroy (writer... 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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