The Kings Surrender
Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced its 2014 Screenplay & Teleplay Competition winners, Jury and Audience Award Winners in Film. Awards recipients received an array of cash prizes, travel expenses, industry recognition and access. For the Screenplay & Teleplay Competition winners, a record number of 6,764 scripts were received this year and the Finalists were reviewed by an industry jury. For the Jury Award Winners The Kings Surrender written by Philipp Leinemann won the award for Best Narrative Feature and Once Upon a Crime: The Borrelli-Davis Conspiracy directed by Sheldon Wilson won the award for Best Documentary Feature Jury Award.
The following winners were selected by category:
Drama Screenplay Award presented by the Writers Guild of America, East: Dead River Girl by Morris Long
Comedy Screenplay Award: Three Months by Jared Frieder
Enderby Entertainment Award: Suicide Boy by Laura Hainke
Fade to Black Award: I Fucked James Bond by Josh Hallman
Darkwoods Productions Horror Award: The 700 Year Itch by Molly Stein & Moon Unit Zappa
Darkwoods Productions Sci-Fi Award: The Incomparable Donald Strange by James Fant & Zach Cannon
AMC One-Hour Teleplay Pilot: Ascension by Wes Brown
Sitcom Teleplay Pilot: Great Points Park by Danny Sullivan
One-Hour Teleplay Spec: The Americans: Barium Meals by Adam Turner
Sitcom Teleplay Spec: Bob’s Burgers: Mr. Whiskers by Damir Konjicija & Dario Konjicija
The following Jury Award winners were selected by category:
Narrative Feature: The Kings Surrender written by Philipp Leinemann
Documentary Feature Jury Award: Once Upon a Crime: The Borrelli-Davis Conspiracy directed by Sheldon Wilson
Dark Matters Feature: One Eyed Girl co-written by Nick Matthews and Craig Behenna,
Comedy Vanguard Feature: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero co-written by Maz Jobrani and Amir Ohebsion
Narrative Short: Skunk written by Annie Silverstein
Documentary Short: The Next Part directed by Erin Sanger
Animated Short: Between Times co-written by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter
Narrative Student Short: Luke written by Conor Hamill
Young Filmmakers Program Competition Grand Prize: Special Is Just a Word written by Abby Thompson
The following Audience Award winners were selected by category:
Narrative Feature: Terrible Love co-written by Luke Helmer and Christopher Thomas,
Documentary Feature: The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young, co-directed by Annika Iltis and Timothy Kane
Dark Matters Feature: The Suicide Theory written by Michael J Kospiah
Comedy Vanguard Feature: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero co-written by Maz Jobrani and Amir Ohebsion
Narrative Short: Mimi & Me written by Marly Reed
Documentary Short: Albert directed by Daniel Jaffe
Animated Short: TIE The Dam Keeper written by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi |The Last Resort written by Gillian Park
Student Short: Luke written by Conor Hamill
Heart of Film: Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West co-written by Mike Thompson, Jerry Thompson, and Gregory
Stories From Abroad: Taking it Back written by Andreas Schmied
Texas Independents: Flutter written by Eric Hueber
Marquee Feature: Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me directed by James Keach