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Announcing Austin Film Festival’s Second Wave of Programming

09/16/2026 AFF Blog, Events, News

Announcing 2026 Awardee Jim Taylor & Second Wave of Festival & Conference Programming We’re excited to announce Jim Taylor as the recipient of the 2026 Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting, alongside the Second Wave of... Read More

2026 Emmy-Nominated Panelists & Script Finalist Judges

09/09/2026 AFF Blog, Events, News

Meet the masterminds behind your favorite Emmy-nominated hits at the 2026 Writers Conference! The AFF network is out in full force on this year's Emmys ballot! From our brilliant script competition alumni breaking into this... Read More

Announcing Austin Film Festival’s First Wave of Programming

08/26/2026 AFF Blog, Events, News

2026 Awardees, Film Slate and Conference Panel Announcements We’re thrilled to announce Brad Bird, Andrew Haigh, and Aleshea Harris as 2026 Award Honorees, alongside the first wave of film and Conference programming. This year’s lineup... Read More

2026 Film Jurors

03/25/2026 AFF Blog, Competitions, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, Film Festival, Juror Announcements, News

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

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2025 SCRIPT COMPETITIONS FINALIST

10/15/2025 Competitions, Finalists, News, Screenplay Competition

Announcing Austin Film Festival’s 2025 Script Competition Finalists! We are thrilled to recognize the scripts below as the select few contenders to win an esteemed bronze typewriter trophy or fellowship award. The winners for each... Read More

2025 AFF Writers Conference Schedule Announcement

09/24/2025 AFF Blog, Announcements, Conference, Festival & Conference, News, Panelists

The Moment You've All Been Waiting For... The 2025 Writers Conference Schedule Is Here! We’re proud to unveil this year’s Writers Conference panels, featuring the best of the business and creatives at the top... Read More

2025 AFF Script Competition Semifinalists and Second Rounders

09/19/2025 AFF Blog, Competitions, Screenplay Competition

We are thrilled to announce this year's advancing writers in the 2025 AFF Script Competitions! The following Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%) have been selected from a field of 11,500+ scripts entered... Read More

2025 Film Jurors

07/01/2025 AFF Blog, Competitions, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, Film Festival, Juror Announcements, News

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

WORLD PREMIERE: RETURN TO CHEYENNE

10/09/2024 AFF Blog, Conference, Conversations in Film, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, Film Festival, News, Press, World Premiere

Austin Film Festival is proud to announce a lineup of WORLD PREMIERES at its 31st season. Today we’ll be looking at the documentary short Return to Cheyenne directed by Jaime Wilken. Return to Cheyenne (USA, 18... Read More

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