2026 Film Jurors
AFF is proud to announce the first wave of confirmed jurors for the 2026 Film Competition! Our esteemed jury consists of industry leaders with various backgrounds across film and television. We’re excited to work with... Read More
Film Festival
2025 AFF Audience Award Winners
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF) today announced the 2025 Audience Award winners across eleven categories, recognizing the stories that resonated most with this year’s festivalgoers. The 32nd annual Festival celebrated storytelling at every level, from... Read More
2025 Advance Individual Tickets Now On-Sale
We're exited to announce our Closing Night Film: The Testament of Ann Lee directed and written by Mona Fastvold and starring Academy Award - nominee Amanda Seyfried. Join us for the thrilling finale screening October... Read More
32nd Annual Austin Film Festival Full Schedule Announcement
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL FILM SCHEDULE, INCLUDING THE OPENING NIGHT SELECTION CHRISTY Texas premieres include A PRIVATE LIFE starring Jodie Foster, CHRISTY starring Sydney Sweeney, DEAD MAN’S WIRE starring Bill Skarsgård and Al Pacino,... Read More
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF FILM PREMIERES
Austin film festival announces second wave of film premieres, including world premieres of Not Without Hope, Sell Out, and Tuesday’s Flu, plus the Texas premieres of Jay Kelly, Hamnet, and No Other Choice. Austin,... Read More
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL DEBUTS FIRST WAVE OF FILMS AND 2025 WRITER’S WRITER AWARD
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
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
2025 Film Jurors
Will Goss Dark Matters Will Goss is the Creative Development Coordinator at Crooked Highway. A filmmaker and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, he previously spent over a decade working as a film critic and... Read More
Armadillo World Headquarters and Austin Film Festival Announce the Winner of the Jim Franklin “The Armadillo Man” Film Fellowship
Armadillo World Headquarters and Austin Film Festival Announce the Winner of the Jim Franklin “The Armadillo Man” Film Fellowship Austin filmmaker Emil Lozada to direct a new documentary short exploring the life, legacy, and cultural... Read More
