2020 Austin Film Festival Program Book
Want to see what the 2020 Virtual Austin Film Festival is all about? Download a digital copy! 2020 Program Book Please note that from time to time, changes to our schedule can occur and will... Read More
AFF News
The latest news & updates from AFF
2020 SCRIPT COMPETITION WINNERS
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
AFF 2020 Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night Films Announcement
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OPENING, CENTERPIECE, AND CLOSING NIGHT FILMS AMONG ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDING WWE BROTHERS OF DESTRUCTION PREMIERE OCTOBER 15, 2020 – AUSTIN, TX – Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier... Read More
AFF 2020 Full Slate Announcement
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MARQUEE SELECTIONS ALONGSIDE FULL FILM AND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Austin, TX – October 1, 2020 – Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers’ contributions to... Read More
Script Competition Judge Announcement: Kim Bass, Ashley Edward Miller, Eric Haywood, Caitlin Friedman, Jef Kaminsky, and Madison Pierce
Kim Bass is an Emmy-nominated, NAACP Image Award-winning, screenplay and teleplay writer who became a member of the Writers Guild of America West in 1989 after selling sketch comedy material to the HBO news parody... Read More
Script Competition Judge Announcement: Alvaro Rodriguez, Chase Palmer, Sonia Almanza Gambaro, Patrick Wimp
Alvaro Rodriguez is the co-creator and executive producer of the Netflix adult-animated series Seis Manos (2019). He is also the co-screenwriter of Robert Rodriguez’s Machete (2010) and Shorts (2009), and the writer and co-producer of... Read More
Script Competition Judge Announcement: Zack Akers, Skip Bronkie, Brian Yorkey
Zack Akers grew up in the small town of Athens, Tennessee. He graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2008 with a degree in Film & Television and became a documentary producer with... Read More
Script Competition Judge Announcement: Eric Heisserer, Herschel Weingrod, and Dayo Adesokan
Eric Heisserer is a screenwriter and author. Most recently, he wrote the Netflix hit thriller Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock. He is the creator and showrunner for Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, season one based on... Read More
Judge Announcement: Nicholas Austin and Nathan Staudinger from Sony Pictures Television
Nicholas Austin is Director of New Media & Emerging Platforms Development for Sony Pictures Television, generating new scripted and non-fiction programming for podcasts and emerging streaming platforms, in conjunction with television programming and development. He is... Read More
