Annual Festival Winners

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) 2019 Ron Bass (writer Rain Man) 2018 Tony Gilroy (writer Michael Clayton) 2017 Kenneth Lonergan (writer Manchester By The Sea) 2016 Nancy... 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

2019 Winners

11/06/2019 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Scripted Digital Series Screenplay:Scripted Digital 2019 Festival Awards 2019 Awardees Heart of Film Award Daniel Petrie, Jr. New Voice Award Catherine Reitman Outstanding... Read More

What to Expect 2019

09/12/2019 AFF Blog, Annual Festival Winners, Conference, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News

Yes - it is already September! Can you believe it?! If you haven't already started planning your trip to Austin, we highly recommend it! The full schedule will be released later this month, but we wanted... Read More

JAMES IVORY AND RON BASS HONORED AT THE 26TH ANNUAL AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL & WRITERS CONFERENCE

09/04/2019 Announcements, Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference, News, Press, Press Releases, ubermenu

For inquiries, contact Lauren Kelcher Stevenson kelcher@sunshinesachs.com 512.646.0149 JAMES IVORY AND RON BASS HONORED AT THE 26TH ANNUAL AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL & WRITERS CONFERENCE First Look at Conference Programming Revealed, Including Conversations on The... Read More

GAME OF THRONES’ DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS TO RECEIVE “OUTSTANDING TELEVISION WRITER” AWARD AT 2019 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL & WRITERS CONFERENCE

05/02/2019 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference, News, Press, Press Releases, ubermenu

For inquiries, contact Lauren Kelcher Stevenson aff@sunshinesachs.com 512.646.0149 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GAME OF THRONES’ DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS TO RECEIVE “OUTSTANDING TELEVISION WRITER” AWARD AT 2019 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL & WRITERS CONFERENCE Austin, TX... Read More

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