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Armadillo World Headquarters and Austin Film Festival Announce the Winner of the Jim Franklin “The Armadillo Man” Film Fellowship

05/15/2025 AFF Blog, Competitions, Film Competition, Film Festival, News, Success Stories, Winners

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

AFF X The 97th Academy Awards®

02/27/2025 AFF Blog, Conference, Festival & Conference

The 2025 edition of the Academy Awards® are upon us, and as the best and brightest prepare to walk the red carpet, AFF is excited to offer you the opportunity to hear directly from Oscar... Read More

CHRISTINE VACHON TO RECEIVE THE 2025 POLLY PLATT AWARD FOR PRODUCING

02/03/2025 AFF Blog, Awardees, Conference, Festival & Conference, News

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

Announcing AFF’s Career Accelerator Package

01/08/2025 AFF Blog, Conference, Festival & Conference, News, Parties

Career Accelerator Package open now exclusively to Producers Badgeholders Introducing you to AFF’s Career Accelerator Package, open only to Producers Badgeholders. This opportunity grants you exclusive access to our famous Pitch Competition*, invaluable personal feedback... Read More

2024 AFF Audience Award Winners

11/04/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News

The 31st Annual Austin Film Festival (AFF) has come to a close, wrapping up eight days and nights of programming with over 150 films showcased. After each screening, audiences cast their votes for the stories... Read More

2024 Winners

11/04/2024 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

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

STAFF PICK: I HATE MYSELF AND WANT TO DIE

10/15/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Staff Picks

By Cassandra This dark comedy follows Jacob, a depressed man eager to end a life he’s lost control of. In his attempts to leave it all behind, friends and family coincidentally intervene and halt his... Read More

STAFF PICK: Audrey’s Children

10/15/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Staff Picks

By Cassandra Audrey’s Children is painfully beautiful and honest. British physician, Dr. Audrey Evans challenges sexism in the medical field while her patients battle cancer. Between the widespread nature of discrimination in 1969 America and... Read More

2024 Advance Individual Tickets Now On-Sale

10/11/2024 Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News, Screenings

Limited advance individual tickets* are now on-sale for 10 films that will be shown at the Paramount and State Theatre during the 31st annual Austin Film Festival, October 24-31, 2024. The advance individual tickets* are... Read More

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