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2021 Winners

11/03/2021 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards 2021 Festival Awards 2021 AWARDEES Stephanie Allain 2021 Recipient of the Polly Platt Award for Producing Scott Frank 2021 Recipient of the Bill Wittliff Award... Read More

2020 Winners

11/03/2020 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Film: Jury Winners Film: Jury Honorable Mention Film: Audience Awards Screenplay & Teleplay 2020 Festival Awards Screenplay & Teleplay Competition Winners Screenplay & Teleplay Competition Winners Drama Feature Screenplay Award Presented by Writers Guild of... Read More

Awardees Archive

05/08/2020 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Recipients of the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting (previously the Distinguished Screenwriter Award) 2021 Scott Frank (writer The Queen's Gambit) 2019 Ron Bass (writer Rain Man) 2018 Tony Gilroy (writer Michael Clayton) 2017 Kenneth Lonergan... Read More

2019 Winners

11/06/2019 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Scripted Digital Series Screenplay:Scripted Digital 2019 Festival Awards 2019 Awardees Heart of Film Award Daniel Petrie, Jr. New Voice Award Catherine Reitman Outstanding... Read More

2018 Winners

10/28/2018 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Scripted Digital Series Screenplay:Scripted Digital 2018 Festival Awards 2018 Awardees Distinguished Screenwriter Tony Gilroy Extraordinary Contribution to Television Larry Wilmore Extraordinary Contribution to Film Roger... Read More

2017 Winners

12/18/2017 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Scripted Digital Series Screenplay:Scripted Digital 2017 Festival Awards 2017 Awardees Distinguished Screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan Extraordinary Contribution to Television Keenen Ivory Wayans Extraordinary Contribution to Film... Read More

Top Reason to Attend: See the Award Season Films First!

08/23/2017 AFF Blog, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, News

Take a look at previous award season contenders: FILM YEAR AWARDS The Young Victoria 2009 Academy Awards® - Won Best Achievement in Costume Design; Nominated for Best Achievement in Makeup and Best Achievement in Art... Read More

2016 Audience Award Winners

10/25/2016 AFF Blog, Announcements, Awardees, Film Festival, News, Press, Press Releases

Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier Festival to recognize the writer’s contribution to film, is pleased to announce its 2016 Jury Award winners, Hiscox Audience and Courage Award Winners, and the Screenplay Competition winners. The... Read More

2016 Winners

10/20/2016 Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Festival & Conference

Film: Jury Winners Film: Audience Awards Awardees Screenplay & Teleplay Film: Scripted Digital Series Screenplay:Scripted Digital 2016 Festival Awards 2016 Awardees Distinguished Screenwriter Nancy Meyers Outstanding Television Writer Marta Kauffman Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Paul... Read More

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