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Austin Film Festival

Oct. 23 - 30, 2025

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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

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SHŌGUN CO-CREATORS JUSTIN MARKS AND RACHEL KONDO TO RECEIVE TOP HONORS AT THE 2024 WRITERS CONFERENCE

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Marks will receive the 2024 Writer’s Writer Award and Kondo will receive the 2024 New Voice Award.  Austin, TX (May 23, 2024) – AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF) announced today two awardees to be honored as...  Read More

2024 Texas Short Film Award

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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ADURO STUDIOS & SHORTHAND CAMERA AS SPONSORS OF THE 2024 TEXAS SHORT FILM AWARD  AUSTIN, TX (April 24, 2024) – Austin Film Festival is proud to be partnering with Aduro Studios...  Read More

2023 Awardees Announcement

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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE 2023 POLLY PLATT AWARD FOR PRODUCING, HEART OF FILM, AND NEW VOICE AWARDEES LAUREN SHULER DONNER, JAMES V. HART, AND SO YOUNG SHELLY YO  Donner, Hart, and Yo will be...  Read More

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOR WALTER HILL AND KEENEN IVORY WAYANS FOR ITS 24TH ANNIVERSARY

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For inquiries, contact Lauren KelcherStevenson aff@sunshinesachs.com o 512.646.0149 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Walter Hill Photo credit Amanda Lopez Austin, TX – September 6, 2017– Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier festival that champions...  Read More

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