Film Festival
When the Austin Film Festival & Conference launched in 1993, we were the first Conference to celebrate the importance of narrative storytelling in film and the screenwriters contributions to film & television. Thirteen years later, you can't throw a stick without hitting a film festival or writers conference. So, what makes the AFF & Conference different from all the rest? Unparalleled access to the right people and the tools needed to get your filmmaking/screenwriting career off the ground.
Our Conference offers registrants incredible personal access to professional screenwriters, filmmakers and high-level industry executives. In past years, the Austin Film Festival and Conference has welcomed such notable guests as Owen and Luke Wilson, Joel and Ethan Coen, Wes Anderson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Stone, Russell Crowe, Bryan Singer, Robert Altman, Barry Levinson, Garry Shandling, Buck Henry, Judd Apatow, Harold Ramis, Mike Judge, Robert Duvall, James Franco, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Matthew McConaughey, Jeff Daniels, Ernie Hudson, Mary Stuart Masterson, Donal Logue, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, and Gina Gershon, to name a few. We produce over 80 interactive panels over the course of our 4-day Conference including: Meet & Greets in a casual and intimate setting; Roundtables where you'll meet at least 8 agents, filmmakers, or producers; and the general Panels, some of which we limit to as few as a 30-person audience. And when the panels conclude in the evening, panelists and registrants alike hang out together at the parties and hotel bars. As our regular registrants know, it's not uncommon to strike up a conversation with Bob Fisher and Steve Faber (Wedding Crashers) while standing in line for a premiere screening. To talk about writing and directing with Shane Black or John Lee Hancock over drinks at the Driskill Hotel bar. To discuss industry obstacles to watch out for with Barry Josephson or Harold Ramis at the Texas Film Commission BBQ. Austin is a casual and laid-back city and the AFF and Conference follow suit. No velvet ropes or VIP rooms. Just a bunch of filmmakers and writers - of all levels - gathered to talk about the art and business of storytelling through film.
Whether our panelists are helping you to perfect your pitch, strengthen your scripts' dialogue, advise you on how to break into TV, find an agent, finance your documentary, direct your script, option a magazine article, adapt that same article, learn about new filmmaking and editing technology or advise you on how to make the most out of your 2-minute elevator ride with a CAA agent, they'll be providing you with the necessary tools you'll need to best present your work and yourself to the industry.
So, here's the deal: We'll put you in the same room with the people you need to get your screenwriting/filmmaking career off the ground. And through our panels we'll provide you with the tools you need to make sure your work is top-notch. You take it from there. And don't forget to thank us in your acceptance speech.
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