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Oct. 23 - 30, 2025

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Alumni Blog: Alexander Adell

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Annual Festival Winners, Audience Award Series, Awardees, Competitions, Conference, Contests, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, Film Festival, Finalists, Get Involved, Interviews, News, Q&A, Submit, Success Stories, Winners

For over thirty years, AFF has played a key role in launching the careers of writers. We recently spoke with Alexander Adell, the winner of our 2022 Fiction Podcast Award, about how AFF helped jumpstart...  Read More

Alumni Blog: Gordon Shoemaker Foxwood

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Annual Festival Winners, Audience Award Series, Awardees, Competitions, Conference, Contests, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, Film Festival, Get Involved, Interviews, News, Q&A, Screenings, Screenwriters to Watch, Submit, Success Stories, Winners

AFF has been instrumental in launching the careers of writers for over three decades. We recently spoke with Gordon Shoemaker Foxwood, our 2023 Dark Matters Feature Audience Award winner, about how AFF helped jumpstart the...  Read More

Ghost Ranch Blog: Ashley Tindall

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Events, Guest Blog, News, Parties, Retreats, Texas Focus, Writing Wisdom

Austin Film Festival's mission is to further the journey of all storytellers, and there is no better single example of this than the annual Ghost Ranch Writers Retreat. Nestled amongst the breathtaking mesas of New...  Read More

Alumni Blog: Austin Elliott

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Annual Festival Winners, Awardees, Competitions, Conference, Festival & Conference, Finalists, News, Screenplay Competition, Success Stories, Winners

AFF has been instrumental in launching the careers of writers for over three decades. In this week’s Alumni Blog, our 2023 Drama Teleplay Pilot Award winner, Austin Elliott, shares the process of creating his winning...  Read More

Alum Blog: Richard Dane Scott

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Awardees, Competitions, Daily, Festival & Conference, Film Festival, Finalists, Panelists, Screenplay Competition, Success Stories, Winners, Writing Wisdom

There’s no place like the Writer’s Conference at Austin to not only learn about your craft but to build community. Richard Dane Scott, a 2010 Austin Film Festival finalist, dives into how entering the screenplay...  Read More

Alumni Blog: Mac Kammerer

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Conference, Events, Festival & Conference, Film Competition, Film Festival, Retreats, Roundtables

There's no place like the Writer's Conference at Austin to not only learn about your craft, but to build community. AFF has been instrumental in launching the careers of writers for over three decades. Mac...  Read More

Ghost Ranch Blog: Meg Swertlow

AFF Blog, Alumni Updates, Events, Guest Blog, News, Parties, Retreats, Texas Focus, Writing Wisdom

Austin Film Festival's mission is to further the journey of all storytellers, and there is no better single example of this than the annual Ghost Ranch Writers Retreat. Amongst the amazing high desert landscape, you...  Read More

Staff Pick (Intern Edition): Film Intern Kolby Davis reviews Da 5 Bloods

30th Anniversary Blog, AFF Blog

Staff Pick (Intern Edition): Film Intern Kolby Davis reviews Da 5 Bloods Normally, I need a dimly lit room with an array of Mastrotto Leather recliner seats, tens of other people with hands slicked with...  Read More

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