Harrison Glaser | 08.27.2014
We’re nearing September here at AFF and that means the craziest and most exciting time of the year is upon us! We’re finishing up programming what may be AFF’s strongest and most diverse film slate yet. We’ve discovered so many great films that we can’t wait to share with everyone, and we’re counting down the days until we can spread the big news. We’ve already offered a sneak peek into ten of the feature films that will be featured in this year’s program, and we have a lot more coming. We can’t wait until the 12th for the official announcement, so back by popular demand, we will be rolling out early announcements for our stellar shorts program on Twitter!
Every year, AFF’s Short Film program serves as the beating heart of the Festival, offering countless stories and eliciting every emotion on the spectrum from the audience. As a Festival rooted in the art and craft of storytelling, our selected short films represent the purest, most diverse and least filtered version of this art form. Clocking in at less than forty minutes, each short film uses the most of its limited runtime to tell a strong narrative and move the audience. It’s no small feat, and it’s something we at AFF like to celebrate.
Therefore, every Monday and Friday, starting this Friday, August 29, we will be announcing a handful of our confirmed short films through Twitter. Use this opportunity to begin your research and get a head start on planning your must-watch priority list. It’s going to be tough because (spoiler alert) they’re all fantastic, but you might as well prepare for that now. How do you get the news? Follow @austinfilmfest on twitter and look for the hashtags #MovieMonday and #FilmFriday, these hashtags will accompany our short film announcements!
So get ready! Make sure to follow us by Friday, August 29th and every following Monday and Friday, and keep on clicking that refresh button. Good news will be start popping up in no time. We’ll keep a running page on our website as well that will have all of the short films listed here. We can’t wait to share these films with you!