May 22, 2013: AFF Announces First Panels in 2013 Conference Lineup, New On Story Podcast: A Conversation with Damon Lindelof, Austin Youth Film Festival Winners Announced, Screenplay Competition Success Story Update, & AFF 2012 Official Selection I DO gets Theatrical Release!

May 15, 2013: New On Story Podcast: A Conversation with Shane Black, AFF Staff Spotlight: Stacy Brick – Young Filmmakers Program Director, New On Story Season 3 Episode 5: Constructing Comic Book Movies, Upcoming Austin Film Festival Year-Round Events, & AFF 2012 Official Selection FREE SAMPLES gets U.S. Release!

May 8, 2013: AFF Interview: David Magee on Breaking In and Taking Chances, New On Story Episode 4: Elements of Horror, Austin Youth Film Festival, Face Off – Movies vs. Television: AFF & ATX Festival Co-Present Panel, AFF Director of Programming Awarded at Hill Country Film Festival, & AFF 2012 Comedy Vanguard Selection THE EXQUISITE CORPSE PROJECT Returns to Austin!

May 2, 2013: On Story Season 3 Episode: Re-Imagining the Classics, AFF Interview, Joseph Levy Writer/Director of SPINNING PLATES, AFF Guest Blog: Alex Holdridge on the Making of his 2001 film WRONG NUMBERS, New On Story Podcast: A Conversation with Brian Helgeland, & AFF’s Upcoming Events!

April 25, 2013: Announcing Three of This Year’s Award Recipients, Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking: Jonathan Demme, Outstanding Television Writer: Vince Gilligan, & Inaugural Heart of Film Award: Barry Josephson, Confirmed Panelists for 2013 & AFF’s Upcoming Events!

April 17, 2013: On Story Season 3 Premieres Saturday April 20th, Staff Picks: TV Pilots, AFF’s Interview: Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman on Hemlock Grove, AFF 2012 Official Selection IT’S A DISASTER opens Friday, & AFF’s Upcoming Events!

April 11, 2013: AFF Interview: G.J. Echternkamp & VIRTUALLY HEROS, 20 Years of Austin Film Festival: Panelists, Films & Awardee Trivia, AFF’s Conversation in Film Series: Come Be Inspired, AFF 2012 Official Selection THE KITCHEN now on DVD & VOD, & AFF’s Upcoming Events!

April 4, 2013: NEW On Story Podcast: A Conversation with Larry Wilmore, Brian Helgeland Interview & Advanced Screening of 42, Staff Blog: Bears Fonté “My Opening Day Baseball Movie Lineup”, AFF 2012 Doc Feature PLIMPTON, & AFF’s Upcoming Events!

March 27, 2013: AFF Best of Fest interview with JUNK’s Kevin Hamedani, Join us for a conversation with Larry Wilmore, AFF & the Travis County Sheriff’s Office team up for a PSA competition, AFF 2012 Texas Independents Selection SATELLITE OF LOVE now on VOD, and AFF upcoming events.

March 20, 2013: Announcing a Conversation with David Magee, AFF Interview: Greg Beal, Franklin Leonard & Matt Dy, AFF’s Film Programming Director Bears Fonte’s Look at the Start of Austin’s 2013 Film Festivals, AFF Membership Program, JOIN US!

March 13, 2013: AFF Interview: On Writing Horror with Mick Garris and Steve Niles, Frank Darabont’s Darkwoods Productions to Judge AFF Horror Screenplay Category, NEW Staff Picks: On Horror – Matt Dy discusses THE THING, Staff Blog: AFF Film Programming Director Bears Fonte – Festival Season is Upon Us.

March 6, 2013: In Memoriam: Mary Margaret Farabee, NEW On Story Podcast: A Conversation With James Franco, Staff Blog: The First Time I Watched Silence of the Lambs, AFF’s Upcoming Events!

February 14, 2013: Conversations in Film: Making Your Feature Film- March 2nd, Staff Spotlight: Kaetie Turner, Guest Blog Post: Leander High School students play it COOL with AFF, Academy Award winners at Austin Film Festival, Staff Picks Blog: Ryan Darbonne on IN THE SOUP. Click here for this week’s newsletter.

January 30, 2013: Audience Award Series: SATURDAY MORNING MASSACRE, New Film Department Director: Ryan Darbonne, AFF Alumni Update, Guest Blog Post: Richard Dane Scott, AFF’s RSS Feed

January 24, 2013: Sundance 2013 Recap: The Rise of the Female Filmmaker, YFP: A Look Inside Digital Storytelling, AFF Alum & Austin Film News, Featured Artists: John August & Craig Mazin

January 16, 2013: 2013 Audience Award Film Series, Staff Picks: 2012 Film Favorites, AFF Alumni at Sundance, Featured Artist: A Conversation with Lawrence Kasdan

January 9, 2013: First Round of 2013 Panelists!, Texas in Sundance, 2013 Producers Book, From the AFF Blog: The First Time I Ever Watched Star Wars (2 Weeks Ago)

December 19, 2012: Eric Roth’s Acceptance Speech, Buy Your Weekend Badge, Win a Two-Night Hotel Stay, 2013 Festival – Prices Go Up after Dec. 31, The 2012 Black List

December 13, 2012: Holiday Film Favorites – AFF Staff Picks, New AFF Merchandise Now On the Website, AFF’s On Story Podcast: Zombies, Apes, and Vampires!, Reminder: Badge Prices Go Up After December 31st!, From the AFF Blog: IFFS Take-Aways, Alumni News: Screenplay Finalist Chris Cantwell’s Pilot Ordered by AMC

December 5, 2012: AFF Awarded Festival Grant from Academy, Sundance News, Member Discount: Glenn Close at the Paramount, Three AFF Shorts make the Oscars Short List!, AFS Event: Make Love Watch Austin

November 28, 2012: 2013 Screenplay Competition: Opens Friday!, Advance Screening: ANNA KARENINA, Reminder: 2012 Festival Surveys, On Story: Podcasts, Alumni News: EX-GIRLFRIENDS now available On Demand

November 14, 2012: Festival Success Stories, Black Friday Producers Badges Are Back!, Member Exclusive: RISE OF THE GUARDIAN Advance Screening, Video: Behind the Scenes at AFF by “The Credits”, Scriptnotes: Alt-Universe AFF Panels

November 08, 2012: Festival Recap, Audience and Jury Awards, 20th Anniversary Austin Film Festival, October 24 – 31, 2013, Scriptnotes Live at AFF 2012

October 17, 2012: 19th Annual Austin Film Festival is here!, AFF Daily News Website, Film Line-Up: You Saw Them When…, Advance Tickets: To Kill A Memory with Kix Brooks, New On Story website, AFF’s Claymation Tent at Texas Book Festival

October 10, 2012: 2012 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Awardee, Frank Darabont, Script Readings, Conference Updates: A Conversation with David Chase, CHRONICLE Script-to-Screen, and more, Line Policy Video, Party Highlight: Austin Film Commission Opening Night Reception

October 03, 2012: 2012 Film Schedule now online, Conference Additions + The New Movement, Screenplay Competition Finalists, aGLIFF – Polari Film Festival Oct 3 -7, 2012 Esurance Audience Award

September 26, 2012: Conference Additions, Film Update: Filmmakers Spotlight, 10th Annual Film & Food Party, BlueCat Screenplay Competition Deadline

September 12, 2012: New Conference Panels, Film Department Update: Report From Toronto, Cast Your Vote In the Film Poster Competition, Sponsor Highlight: The Hill Country Galleria

September 05, 2012: 2012 Distinguished Screenwriter Award – Eric Roth, Badge & Film Pass Prices Go Up After Friday!, Film Update – Additions to the Line-Up, Robert Rodriguez Chairs 2012 Film & Food Party, Conference Update – Panels Added, Update Your AFF RSS Feed

August 29, 2012: The Early 10 Festival Films & Centerpiece Film, 2012 Outstanding Television Writer Award – “The X-Files” Creator Chris Carter, Weekend Getaway Packages, Badge and Film Pass Prices go up September 7th!, From the AFF Blog: A Note to This Year’s Screenplay & Teleplay Competition Entrants , Alumni News

August 22, 2012: Advance Sign Up: The Hart Chart, August 27th – Advance Screening of ROBOT & FRANK, 2011 Alumni News: LET GO, SEARCHING FOR SONNY, Alamo Drafthouse’s AlamoScope in 70mm – AFF Member Discount, AFF Panelist Pamela Ribon at Book People Aug. 30th

August 15, 2012: Conference Update – New Panels and Panelists, Audience Award Film Series – Shorts, First 10 Films Announcement Coming Next Week!, 10th Annual Film & Food Party, August 21st – SEARCHING FOR SONNY

August 08, 2012: IN COLD BLOOD with Author Joe Lansdale, From the AFF Blog – Is Film Necessary? , AFF is Hiring!, Young Filmmaker’s Competition

August 01, 2012: Tonight! Advance Screening of RUBY SPARKS, IN COLD BLOOD with Author Joe Lansdale, Win a pair of Film Passes – Watch Danny Boyle on On Story, From the AFF Blog: The Power of Film, Fall Internships at Austin Film Festival

Conference Update: New Panels, Advance Screening: RUBY SPARKS, Frank Pierson, Young Filmmaker’s Competition – Deadline Extended, Book Your Hotel Room

Tonight: TALK RADIO with Dale Dudley, Sunday – A Conversation in Film with Elizabeth Avellán, Advance Screening of RUBY SPARKS, PORTRAIT OF WALLY premieres in LA and Seattle, Sundance Institute names Kelly Williams Producing Fellow,From the AFF Blog: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Follow Critics on Twitter

Events next week: RESTIVE and TALK RADIO, Final Film Competition Deadline – July 16th, Young Filmmakers Competition, Advance Sign Up for Pixar Story Rules with Emma Coats, A Conversation in Filim with Elizabeth Avellán, Table Read My Screenplay Contest

AFF’s new Conference Director, Erin Hallagan, July 7th – THE IRON GIANT with Tim McCanlies, The 2012 Awards Luncheon, On Story this week – Sydney Pollack and David Milch, From the AFF Blog – The Grown-Ups Stay in the Picture, Happy 4th of July – AFF office closed tomorrow

Announcing First Round of Conference Panels and New Panelists, Advance Sign Up – The Rewrite with Terry Rossio – FULL, Late Deadline for 2012 Film Competition, An Interview with Damon Lindelof, The Just Effing Entertain Me Screenwriting Competition

Record Entries for the 2012 Screenplay & Teleplay Competition, Conference Highlight: Pitch Competition, Music Monday – ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR, Final Poster Competition Winner – THE IRON GIANT

Audience Award Film Series – ECSTASY OF ORDER: TETRIS MASTERS, Announcing – A Conversation in Film with Elizabeth Avellán: Producing Your Independent Feature Film, Conference Highlight: The Weekend Badge, The 10th Anniversary of AFF’s Film & Food Party, From the AFF Blog: An Interview with Etan Cohen, Date Change: TALK RADIO with Dale Dudley – July 18th

2012 Film Competition, June 13 – THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, Season 2 of On Story – now online, Guest Blog Post – Conference Intern Harrison Glaser

Competition Deadlines – Friday, Badge Prices Go Up Friday, AFF and On Story at the ATX Television Festival, Family Film Series – THE BLACK STALLION, From the AFF Blog – Enderby Entertainment

2012 Conference Update, AFF Weekend Getaway Packages, Competition Deadlines Approach, On Story Season 2 Premieres Saturday, AFF’s Family Film Series – THE BLACK STALLION, AFS Duplass-a-thon – AFF Member Discount

On Story Season 2 Premiere on KLRU-Q, Audience Award Film Series: SIRONIA, Cannes in Austin – Advance Screening of MOONRISE KINGDOM, Announcing Special Consultations for Screenplay Winners, Digital Storytelling Free Teacher Workshop, YOU HURT MY FEELINGS, now on iTunes and Amazon, PitchFest – June 1-3 + AFF Discount

Screenplay Competition Deadline: May 15th, Win a Badge Tonight: TOY SOLDIERS & Daniel Petrie, Jr., On Story Season 2 Premiere on KLRU-Q, Digital Storytelling Free Teacher Workshops, Michael Elliot’s Script to Screen Seminar 2012

First Round of 2012 Conference Panelists Announced, Tonight: ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE, TOY SOLDIERS with Daniel Petrie, Jr., An Evening with Sissy Spacek at the LBJ Library,Writers’ League of Texas 2012 Agents Conference

LA Comedy Shorts Film Fest: AFF Panel with Buck Henry, Living Record: ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE, Teen PSA Contest Winners, 2012 Conference Brouchure, Austin Film Festival Student Group Discounts

Tomorrow – Conversation in Film with Rob Thomas, Advance Screening: DAMSELS IN DISTRESS with Whit Stillman, LA Comedy Shorts Fest: AFF Panel with Buck Henry, Austin Film Festival’s Coverage Program

Tonight – John Ford’s TWO RODE TOGETHER, Conversation in Film with Rob Thomas + Party Down, AFF at Dallas International Film Festival, Women in Cinema: Austin Film Industry Panel, LA Comedy Shorts Fest: AFF Panel with Buck Henry, From the AFF Blog: The Fate of the Aspiring Screenwriter

ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS, AFF Launches a New Website, April 11th – TWO RODE TOGETHER, AFF at Dallas International Film Festival, From the AFF Blog: The Beginning of The End, Upcoming Music Events at Waterloo Records

April 4th: ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS, Women in Cinema: Austin Film Industry Panel, 2012 Tribeca Line-up: PORTRAIT OF WALLY, From the AFF Blog: Interview with Rebecca Kirsch, InkTip’s Pitch and Networking Summit,AFF Website Down for Maintenance This Weekend

Newly Confirmed 2012 Conference Panelists, First AFF Film Poster Competition Winner, Reminder: Conversation with Ted Tally This Sunday, From the AFF Blog: Transmedia and Screenwriting, 2011 AFF Film 6 MONTH RULE Picked Up

AFF Conversations in Film: Ted Tally & THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, From the AFF Blog: The Hollywood Games, Now In Theaters: 2011 AFF Centerpiece JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME, Kyle Killen on his newly acclaimed show, Awake, AFF Film Poster Competition: Deadline Extended, AFF Alumni News: The Good Father by Noah Hawley

AFF Alums at SXSW, AFF Screening: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, Tonight! MONTEREY POP at Jo’s Downtown, Kyle Killen on his new show “Awake,” From the AFF Blog: Interview with Alec Berg

Announcing New Panelists for the 2012 Conference, Win a Signed Screenplay of an Oscar-Nominated Film, AFF Event: MONTEREY POP at Jo’s Downtown, From the AFF Blog: AFF at the Oscars, AFF Panelist Interview: Liz Tigelaar, 12th Annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards, Screenwriting Course by AFF Alum Owen Egerton

Tonight! – AFF Presents… FELON with Ric Roman Waugh, AFF’s PBS show “On Story” Picked Up Nationally, From the AFF Blog – Matt’s Oscar Predictions, Award Season News, AFF’s 2012 Film Poster Competition, 12th Annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

New Confirmed 2012 Panelists, AFF at the Oscars, From the AFF Blog: Box Office Recovery

More Confirmed Panelists for the 2012 Conference, Summer Film Camp, Upcoming Events, Announcing Enderby as New Screenplay Competition Sponsor!

Announcing AFF’s 2012 Year-Round Programming, New Projects from AFF Alumni: David Milch’s Luck, Tim Kring’s Touch, Greg Carter’s DYSFUNCTIONAL FRIENDS, Oscar Nominations Announced

More Confirmed Panelists for the 2012 Austin Film Festival and Conference!, Alec Berg nominated for Best Comedy Series by WGA, Jannise’s Industry Weekly: Golden Globe Awards HandedOut and BAFTA Nominations Announced

Announcing First Round of Confirmed Panelists for the 2012 Austin Film Festival and Conference, From the AFF Blog: Start Off the New Year Right and WRITE!, DGA Award Nominations Announced; Golden Globes to Be Handed Out Sunday

Eleven AFF Alumni Filmmakers at Sundance 2012, Jannise’s Industry Weekly: WGA & PGA Award Nominations Announced, From the AFF Blog: Jim Dauterive on Screenwriting, James Franco to Release Debute Novel, The Producers’ Book is Here!

A Letter from Franklin Leonard, Don’t miss our staged reading of THE NICE GUYS, Recent Film Auditions, The Party Schedule

Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive Present “BOB’S BURGERS”, Kyle Killen Presents “AWAKE”, Hart Hanson Presents “BONES”, Check out our full Conference Schedule!

The Austin Film Festival’s 2011 Full Conference Lineup is here!

Check Out the 2011 Austin Film Festival Lineup!

Top 11 Reasons to Buy Your Ticket to AFF’s 9th Annual Film & Food Party

America Ferrera & Ryan Piers Williams Host Film and Food, Austin Film Festival & Texas Book Festival, Saturday at the Festival, Made in Texas Film Series: PIRANHA (1978), ScreenwritingU Workshop

Feature Film Highlights, New Conference Additions, Last Chance for Advance Sign Up, Announcing Second Rounder and Above Panels

Screenplay & Teleplay Semifinalists and Second Rounders, 2011 Script Reading “The Nice Guys”, Member Screening – DRIVE, Sponsor Highlight

Caroline Thompson to Receive Distinguished Screenwriter Award at 2011 Austin Film Festival and Conference

Early Ten Films, 2011 Panelists, How to Rock AFF, Screenplay Competition Director

Early 10 Films

Announcing the 2011 Where I’m From Competition Semi-Finalists!

The Pitch is Back, Lone Star Badges, THE DEBT – Advance Screening, Meet our Film Program Director

Austin Film Festival Travel & Hotels