FESTIVALS

Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

The Austin Film Festival has been celebrating the work of storytellers and filmmakers since its creation in 1994. The festival features world premieres of exciting new projects, while the writers conference boasts panels by film and TV writers, live script readings, podcast tapings, and opportunities for emerging writers to rub elbows with professionals.

AFF Review: <i>Day of the Fight</i>
AFF Review: Day of the Fight
Boxing drama hits hardest out of the ring

Nov. 6, 2023

AFF Review: <i>The Holdovers</i>
AFF Review: The Holdovers
Nihilist sheen hides a compassionate heart in a Christmas gem

Nov. 1, 2023

AFF Review: <i>The Disappearance of Shere Hite</i>
AFF Review: The Disappearance of Shere Hite
New documentary is a timely reminder of the sexologist's work

Nov. 1, 2023

AFF Review: <i>Grapefruit</i>
AFF Review: Grapefruit
Rosanna Arquette is tenderly flawed in this addiction dramedy

Nov. 1, 2023

AFF Short and Sweet: “Titty Boy”
AFF Short and Sweet: “Titty Boy”
Austin-made funny and compassionate look at body image in boys

Oct. 31, 2023

AFF Review: <i>I'll Be There</i>
AFF Review: I'll Be There
Austin-made cancer dramedy casts a little MJ glitter over the pain

Oct. 30, 2023

AFF Review: <i>The Stars at Night</i>
AFF Review: The Stars at Night
Texas-filmed doc laments the night sky lost to light pollution

Oct. 30, 2023

AFF Review: <i>Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun</i>
AFF Review: Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun
Saddle up for this documentary about a Blackfoot rodeo family

Oct. 30, 2023

AFF Review: <i>American Fiction</i>
AFF Review: American Fiction
Uproarious erudite comedy gives the Black middle class a voice

Oct. 30, 2023

AFF Review: <i>First We Bombed New Mexico</i>
AFF Review: First We Bombed New Mexico
Manhattan Project survivors documentary is a call to action

Oct. 30, 2023

AFF Review: <i>Summer of Violence</i>
AFF Review: Summer of Violence
Poetry as redemption in this historically based tale

Oct. 30, 2023

AFF Review: <i>Egghead & Twinkie</i>
AFF Review: Egghead & Twinkie
Queer coming-of-age story catches the contradictions of youth

Oct. 28, 2023

Austin-Made Comedy <i>Home Free</i>  Is Taking Homelessness Seriously
AFF Interview: Home Free
How a chance encounter in 1997 keeps changing lives

Oct. 27, 2023

How Paul Reiser Created a Non-Cutesy Ireland in <i>The Problem With People</i>
AFF Interview: The Problem With People
The comedy legend talks accents, authenticity, and rooftops

Oct. 27, 2023

A Very Gen Z Road Trip in <i>Egghead & Twinkie</i>
AFF Interview: Egghead & Twinkie
Austinite Sarah Kambe Holland on her heartfelt queer comedy

Oct. 26, 2023

Five Texas Tales at Austin Film Festival
Five Texas Tales at Austin Film Festival
Stories inspired by and made in the Lone Star State

Oct. 26, 2023

Emerald Fennell and the Hideous Allure of <i>Saltburn</i>
Emerald Fennell and the Hideous Allure of Saltburn
Director’s aristocratic follow-up to Promising Young Woman opens Austin Film Festival

Oct. 26, 2023

The Bittersweet Taste of <i>Grapefruit</i> at Austin Film Festival
The Bittersweet Taste of Grapefruit at Austin Film Festival
Chase Joliet’s debut feature shows its Austin roots

Oct. 26, 2023

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
New films from Jeff Nichols, Alexander Payne on the schedule

Sept. 27, 2023

Austin Film Festival to Celebrate <i>Lost</i>'s Damon Lindelof With Outstanding TV Writer Award
Austin Film Festival to Celebrate Lost's Damon Lindelof With Outstanding TV Writer Award
Fall fest also adds All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers

Sept. 14, 2023

Austin Film Festival to Honor <i>Ed Wood</i> Writers
Austin Film Festival to Honor Ed Wood Writers
Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to receive Bill Wittliff Award

May 30, 2023

Previous Austin Film Festival coverage:
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

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