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Oct. 23 - 30, 2025

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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 AWARDEES AND FELLOWSHIPS

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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOR NINA JACOBSON AND ERIC KRIPKE AT THE 2026 AWARDS LUNCHEON; ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY FELLOWSHIPS INCLUDING THE DONNERS’ COMPANY, AMC, VALHALLA ENTERTAINMENT, YMH STUDIOS, AND STARBURNS INDUSTRIES  Austin, TX (April 1, 2026) – AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF), which hosts the world’s largest screenwriters conference and leads in championing the art...  Read More

2025 Winners

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Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards 2025 Festival Awards 2025 AWARDEES Rian Johnson 2025 Recipients of the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting Christine Vachon 2025 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award...  Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL DEBUTS FIRST WAVE OF FILMS AND 2025 WRITER’S WRITER AWARD

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Announcing First Wave of World Premieres and Texas Premieres featuring ETERNITY, HEDDA, TRAIN DREAMS, and WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY and 2025 Writer's Writer Award Honorees Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Austin, TX...  Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE AS AWARD HONOREE, UNVEILS FIRST WAVE OF WRITERS CONFERENCE PANELS WITH VISIONARIES BEHIND WICKED, THE STUDIO, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY AND MORE

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Austin, TX (AUGUST 13, 2025) – AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF), which hosts the world’s largest screenwriters conference and leads in championing the art and craft of storytelling for more than three decades, announced today that...  Read More

AFF announces 2025 Bill Wittliff Awardee: Rian Johnson

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Austin, TX (July 31, 2025) – AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF) announced today the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting will be given to celebrated writer-director Rian Johnson, during the 2025 Writers Conference happening October 23 –...  Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2025 AWARDEES AND FELLOWSHIPS

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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CHRISTINE VACHON, YVETTE LEE BOWSER TO RECEIVE TOP HONORS; INDUSTRY FELLOWSHIPS TO INCLUDE ENDERBY ENTERTAINMENT, AMC, BIG INDIE PICTURES, YMH STUDIOS, AND NICKELODEON WRITING PROGRAM  At AFF’s renowned Writers Conference, Vachon...  Read More

CHRISTINE VACHON TO RECEIVE THE 2025 POLLY PLATT AWARD FOR PRODUCING

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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CHRISTINE VACHON TO RECEIVE THE 2025 POLLY PLATT AWARD FOR PRODUCING Vachon’s groundbreaking filmography will be honored at Austin Film Festival’s Awards Luncheon, where she will speak about her body of...  Read More

2024 Winners

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Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards 2024 Festival Awards 2024 AWARDEES Kathleen Kennedy 2024 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing Ronald D. Moore 2024 Recipient of the Outstanding Television...  Read More

Alumni Blog: Alexander Adell

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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

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