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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

STAFF PICK: I HATE MYSELF AND WANT TO DIE

10/15/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Staff Picks

By Cassandra This dark comedy follows Jacob, a depressed man eager to end a life he’s lost control of. In his attempts to leave it all behind, friends and family coincidentally intervene and halt his... Read More

STAFF PICK: Audrey’s Children

10/15/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Staff Picks

By Cassandra Audrey’s Children is painfully beautiful and honest. British physician, Dr. Audrey Evans challenges sexism in the medical field while her patients battle cancer. Between the widespread nature of discrimination in 1969 America and... Read More

Staff Pick: Shaman

10/08/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News, Staff Picks

STAFF PICK: Shaman By Yasmin Al-Omain-Nuncio - Screenplay Assistant As someone who grew up with family members who had studied healing techniques with Shamans and Curanderos alike, the film Shaman was delightfully frustrating. The film... Read More

Staff Pick: Tummy Monster

10/08/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News, Staff Picks

STAFF PICK: Tummy Monster By Colin Hyer - Operations Manager Tummy Monster, the debut feature from Scottish director Ciaran Lyons, co-written with Lorn Macdonald and Orlando Norman (who also star in the film), is a... Read More

Staff Pick: Raging Midlife

10/08/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News, Staff Picks

STAFF PICK: Raging Midlife By Leah Rosenberger - Conference Coordinator I will never be a middle-aged man, but my staff pick from this year’s Austin Film Festival lineup is Raging Midlife. I am merely a... Read More

Staff Pick: Silent Notes

10/08/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News, Staff Picks

STAFF PICK: Silent Notes By: Andrew Fisher - Young Filmmakers Director Whoever said ‘love is blind’ only got it half right. It’s also deaf. I’m a sucker for love stories. Tell me two people fall... Read More

STAFF PICK: CROSSWORD

10/08/2024 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Staff Picks

STAFF PICK: Crossword By Emily Lock - Conference Director Over the course of one week, CROSSWORD tracks an unraveling couple’s fragile emotional state as they grapple with the death of their daughter. Anchoring by powerful,... Read More

STAFF PICK: AITAMAAKO’TAMISSKAPI NATOSI: BEFORE THE SUN

10/22/2023 30th Anniversary Blog, AFF Blog, Staff Picks

STAFF PICK: AITAMAAKO’TAMISSKAPI NATOSI: BEFORE THE SUN By Ally Garcia Before the Sun is a beautiful story about the competitive nature of horse racing in the foreground of connection to family, culture, history, and womanhood…. Read More

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