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Austin Film Festival

Oct. 23 - 30, 2025

documentary competition

Announcing the Jim Franklin “The Armadillo Man” Film Fellowship

AFF Blog, Competitions, Submit

In partnership with Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin Film Festival is seeking emerging, Texas-affiliated filmmakers for the Jim Franklin “The Armadillo Man” Film Fellowship. The selected filmmaker will direct a short documentary film about legendary Texas...  Read More

Finding a Voice, Without Dialogue: Behind the AFF Winning Short Film ‘Judas Collar’ by Alison James

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Success Stories

I’d just spent two years riding shotgun to Australia’s toughest truck-drivers, encountering crocodiles, desert storms, bogged vehicles and countless flat tires - directing twenty-six episodes of the Discovery factual series Outback Truckers. And now, a...  Read More

From AFF to Streaming

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Film Festival, News, Success Stories

From AFF to Streaming: These films played at Austin Film Festival and you can now stream them at home! Your film is not on the list? It could be! Submit your film to the Austin...  Read More

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