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2015 Austin Film Festival Reveals First 10 Films incl. CAROL, I SAW THE LIGHT, YOUTH

Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the first slate of films included in the 2015 lineup of Festival screenings this October 29-November 5. The complete list of programming at the 22nd Austin Film Festival, including short films, competition titles, and Conference panels, will be announced in mid-September. 2015 Austin Film Festival FIRST 10: Carol (pictured in main image above) Texas Premiere Writer: Phyllis Nagy; Director: Todd Haynes Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, […]

Norman Lear to Receive “Outstanding TV Writer” Award at 2015 Austin Film Festival

Austin Film Festival (AFF), will honor Norman Lear with the “Outstanding Television Writer” Award at the 22nd Annual Austin Film Festival, taking place October 29-November 5, 2015. Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film, and as a political and social activist and philanthropist. Mr. Lear began his television writing career in 1950 when he and his partner, Ed Simmons, were signed to write forThe Ford Star Revue, starring Jack Haley. After only four […]

“The Kings Surrender” “Once Upon a Crime: The Borrelli-Davis Conspiracy” Among Austin Film Festival 2014 Screenplay, Teleplay, Film Competition & Audience Award Winners

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 Last 5 Years” and “The Humbling” to Open, and Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater” to Close 2014 Austin Film Festival

The Humbling

The US Premiere of Barry Levinson’s The Humbling will be the Opening Night Film of the 2014 Austin Film Festival on Thursday, October 23rd. Based on the Philip Roth novel, The Humbling follows an aged and addled actor (Al Pacino) and his affair with a much younger woman (Greta Gerwig).

Also kicking off AFF’s 21st anniversary, writer/director Richard LaGravenese will present the Jason Robert Brown musical adaptation of The Last 5 Years starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.

2014 Austin Film Festival Reveals First Slate of Films; Centerpiece Film to feature Kevin Costner’s “Black and White”

Black and White

Austin Film Festival (AFF), announced the first slate of films included in the 2014 lineup of Festival screenings October 23 thru 30, 2014. The complete list of programming at the 21st annual AFF, including short films, competition titles, and Conference panels, will be announced in mid-September. Black and White from Writer/Director Mike Binder has been selected as the Centerpiece Film. Starring Academy Award-winners Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, Black and White is the story of a widowed grandfather (Costner) who is left to raise his bi-racial granddaughter. When the little girl’s paternal grandmother (Spencer) seeks custody, a bitter legal battle ensues that forces the uneasy family members to have an honest conversation about life, death, anger and America’s racial divide. Additional selections include The Sound and the Fury, The Imitation Game, The Homesman, and the World Premieres of 21 Years: Richard Linklater and Dawn Patrol.

GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ Director Jim Sheridan to be Honored by Austin Film Festival

The 21st Austin Film Festival (AFF), taking place from October 23rd to 30th, 2014, announced that accomplished screenwriter and filmmaker Jim Sheridan is the festival’s 2014 recipient of the “Distinguished Screenwriter” Award. Sheridan’s credits include writing and directing MY LEFT FOOT, THE FIELD, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE BOXER, and IN AMERICA. He is known for writing INTO THE WEST and SOME MOTHER’S SON, as well as directing DREAM HOUSE, GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’, and BROTHERS.

Austin Film Festival Announces 2013 Audience Award Winners; Sets 2014 Dates

1982 written and directed by Tommy Oliver won the Marquee Feature Audience Award

The 20th Austin Film Festival (AFF) which ran October 24 to 31, 2013, announced the 2013 Audience Award winners, voted on by festival audience members. 1982 written and directed by Tommy Oliver and starring Hill Harper, Bokeem Woodbine, Quinton Aaron, and Wayne Brady, won the Marquee Feature Audience Award. in the film, a father protects his gifted daughter from the insidious crack cocaine epidemic which has literally come home via her drug-addicted mother. BESIDE STILL WATERS won the Narrative Feature Audience Award and ALL OF ME tied with THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF DORIS PAYNE to win the Documentary Feature Audience Award. AFF also announced its dates for the 21st Annual Austin Film Festival and Conference for October 23 to 30, 2014.

Austin Film Festival 2013 Jury Award Winners incl ‘FILM OXV: THE MANUAL’, ‘BESIDE STILL WATERS’, ‘POLITICAL BODIES’

OXV: THE MANUAL

Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced its 2013 Jury Award Winners as well as Screenplay and Teleplay Competition winners. The Dark Matters Jury Award, awarding the best film from horror, sci-fi, or dark thriller genres, was featured for the first time ever and wen to writer/director Darren Paul Fisher for his film OXV: THE MANUAL. In addition, the Narrative Feature Jury award was given to first time writer/director, Chris Lowell for his film BESIDE STILL WATERS, and the Documentary Feature Jury Award went to director Christopher Englese, for his film POLITICAL BODIES.

Thriller “INNOCENCE” to World Premiere at 2013 Austin Film Festival | TRAILER

“INNOCENCE,” a supernatural thriller set in a New York prep school will have its World Premiere at the 2013 Austin Film Festival. The fim is described as a chilling allegory of the precarious state of the American teenager, and the film explore themes of loss, the human condition and a society torn between purity and narcissism.

2013 Austin Film Festival to Honor Susan Sarandon; Adds WHITEWASH, THE PRETTY ONE to Lineup

WHITEWASH

Austin Film Festival (AFF) taking place this October 24th to 31st, 2013 will honor actress Susan Sarandon with the 2013 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking – Actor. The festival also added WHITEWASH, a comic thriller starring Thomas Haden Church and THE PRETTY ONE, starring Zoe Kazan, Jack Johnson, and Ron Livingston to the 20th Anniversary Film Schedule lineup.

Coen Brother’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS is Centerpiece Film; plus Full Lineup for Austin Film Festival

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS starring Oscar Isaac ,Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, and Justin Timberlake, will be the Centerpiece Film for this year’s Austin Film Festival (AFF) which takes place October 24th to 31st, 2013, in Austin, Texas. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival, the film follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Inside Llewyn Davis features the Coen brothers’ fourth collaboration with Grammy and Academy Award®-winning music producer T Bone Burnett. Additionally, the festival announced the full film lineup of over 70 feature films.

Shane Black, Jonathan Demme Among Lineup for 2013 Austin Film Festival Conference

Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the 2013 lineup of Panelists at this year’s Conference and what the festival describes as ” the strongest brain trust of writers and filmmakers ever assembled in the twenty year history of the Festival.” Attendees include Shane Black, Jonathan Demme, Leslie Dixon, Vince Gilligan, Brian Helgeland, Rian Johnson, Richard Kelly, Jenji Kohan, Chris Lowell, David Lowery, Ray McKinnon, Jeff Nichols, Ron Nyswaner, Roberto Orci, Dan Rather, Robert Rodriguez, David Shore, Norman Steinberg, Jim Taylor, Rob Thomas, Beau Willimon, and more.

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