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Oct. 23 - 30, 2025

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AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2025 SCRIPT COMPETITIONS FINALIST

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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

WORLD PREMIERE: RETURN TO CHEYENNE

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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

WORLD PREMIERE: PLAYGROUND

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Austin Film Festival is proud to announce a lineup of WORLD PREMIERES at its 31st season.Today we’ll be looking at the produced digital series Playground directed by Kendra Alesha McGee.   Playground (USA, 16 MIN) Writer/Director: Kendra...  Read More

WORLD PREMIERE: MAL CULO

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Austin Film Festival is proud to announce a lineup of WORLD PREMIERES at its 31st season. Today we’ll be looking at the narrative short Mal Culo written by, directed by and starring Anna Salinas.   Mal Culo...  Read More

WORLD PREMIERE: AFFOGATO

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Austin Film Festival is proud to announce a lineup of WORLD PREMIERES at its 31st season. Today we’ll be looking at the narrative short Affogato written by, directed by and starring Dani Hurtado.   Affogato (USA,...  Read More

A Conversation with Aimee Kuge: The Filmmaker Behind Cannibal Mukbang

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Check out our next interview in our filmmaker interview series, with Aimee Kuge! Aimme Kuge debuted her horror film Cannibal Mukbang at the Austin Film Festival in 2023. She tells us about her experience in...  Read More

Big Indie Fellowship Highlight

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  Here at the AFF, we are excited to announce our partnership with Big Indie Pictures for the Big Indie Pictures Screenplay Fellowship. Big Indie has partnered on some amazing projects over the years and...  Read More

Austin Film Festival Makes MovieMaker’s Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2024

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Austin Film Festival is proud to announce that we are once again included in MovieMaker’s Top 50 Festivals worth the entry fee! “Another entry on our latest list of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in…  Read More

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