2009 Audience Award Winners Announced!
2009 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVALAUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
ALSO: AFF ANNOUNCES DATES FOR NEXT YEAR’S FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE:OCTOBER 21 – 28, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas --- November 5, 2009 --- The Austin Film Festival (AFF) is very pleased to announce the 2009 Audience Award winners. Throughout the week of the Festival (Oct. 22-29) audience members were invited to numerically rate films by ballot following each film screening. The winners are as follows:
Out of Competition Audience Award Winner
Up in the Air
Writers: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Director: Jason Reitman
Comedy Vanguard Audience Award Winner
Herpes Boy
Writer: Byron Lane
Director: Nathaniel Atcheson
Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award Winner
Happy Ending
Writer/Director: Atsuhiro Yamada
Documentary Feature Competition Audience Award
Co-Winners:
My Run
Director: Tim VandeSteeg
Torey’s Distraction
Director: Tisha Blood
Narrative Short Audience Award Winner
Love Bug
Writer/Director: Kat Candler
Narrative Student Short Audience Award Winner
Adelaide
Writer/Director: Liliana Greenfield-Sanders
Documentary Short Audience Award Winner
Mr. Okra
Director: T.G. Herrington
Animated Short Audience Award Winner
The Incident at Tower 37
Director: Chris Perry
Jason Reitman last attended the Austin Film Festival in 2007, when he presented the break-out film Juno with writer Diablo Cody. Juno won the 2007 AFF Audience Award, and went on to win the Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay and garner nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. 2008 AFF Audience Award winner Slumdog Millionaire, presented by director Danny Boyle, went on to win 8 Oscars®, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
"The mission of AFF is to seek out new and exciting filmmakers and screenwriters telling compelling stories, as well as to honor those who have made a significant impact on film," says Kelly Williams, Austin Film Festival Film Program Director. "We are very proud of these winners who have obviously made a deep and lasting impact on the audience."
The AFF has announced its dates for the 17th Annual Austin Film Festival and Conference, October 21-28, 2010. For information or to purchase a Badge, please call 1-800-310-FEST (3378) or visit the website at www.austinfilmfestival.com.
About Austin Film Festival
The Austin Film Festival (AFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the art, craft and business of writers and filmmakers and recognizing their contributions to film, television and new media. The AFF champions the work of aspiring and established writers and filmmakers by providing unique cultural events and services, enhancing public awareness and participation and encouraging dynamic and long-lasting community partnerships. www.austinfilmfestival.com. The Austin Film Festival is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Special support is provided to the Austin Film Festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®, Continental Airlines, Clear Channel Radio, KVUE, and Target®.
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