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Austin Film Festival Script Competition

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1801 Salina St.
Austin, TX 78702
512-478-4795 (voice)
512-478-6205 (fax)

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http://www.austinfilmfestival.com
Email:
screenplay@austinfilmfestival.com

Contact: Steven DeBose, Director of Script Competitions

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Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
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For thirty years, Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers. With one of the most noteworthy competitions among Hollywood tastemakers, AFF consistently yanks newcomers from the isolation of their desks and ushers them into the bustling world of film and television. Whether your dream is to sign a contract, land an agent, learn from an industry icon, or take home the coveted Bronze Typewriter Award, it’s simple: you can’t win if you don’t enter.

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This opportunity will provide a one-on-one mentorship in Los Angeles for two fellows – one writer or writing team with a feature script and one writer or writing team with a teleplay pilot – selected from the Final Round of this year’s competition. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Earlybird March 25, 2025
107
Feature Screenplay: $60 // Teleplay & Shorts: $50
Regular April 22, 2025
135
Feature Screenplay: $70 // Teleplay & Shorts: $60
Late May 27, 2025
170
Feature Screenplay: $90 // Teleplay & Shorts: $75

Notification: Notifications for all entrants will be sent by mid-September

Awards

Awards range from $1000-$5000 per winner. Winners also receive reimbursement of roundtrip airfare (up to $500, excluding frequent flyer miles); hotel reimbursement at the Film Festival (up to $500); and the AFF Bronze Typewriter Award.

***All entrants will receive complimentary Reader Comments, a brief overall summary of the readers' notes.***

Austin Fest Film

Contact

1801 Salina St.
Austin, TX 78702
512-478-4795 (voice)
512-478-6205 (fax)

Web:
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com
Email:
screenplay@austinfilmfestival.com

Contact: Steven DeBose, Director of Script Competitions

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
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Austin Film Festival Script Competition

Contact

1801 Salina St.
Austin, TX 78702
512-478-4795 (voice)
512-478-6205 (fax)

Web:
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com
Email:
screenplay@austinfilmfestival.com

Contact: Steven DeBose, Director of Script Competitions

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
Report Cards: 98    
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Austin Fest Announces Screenplay & Teleplay Semifinalists

The Austin Film Festival has announced the semifinalists of their 2013 Screenplay & Teleplay Competition:

SCREENPLAY – COMEDY

0 to 5 by Matt Harry
Accordion People by America Palacios
Al Capone’s Curse by Elisabeth Fies & Brenda Fies
Bless Her Heart by Sarah McKee
The Boob Job by Debra Vance
Bubbles by David Bright
A Christmas Break by Keith Justin Strausbaugh
Deadpan by Palmer Holton
Don’t Talk to Irene by Pat Mills
Emily’s Ex Factor by Julie Cross
A Helluva Thing by Kristin Kirby
Heroman by Timucin Leflef
Hooking Up by Jacqueline C. Fitzgerald
Kelley’s Coffin by Jon Hartz
Life Lessons Through Dick Jokes by Clint Fletcher
Mega by Antoinette Mullins
Snuff Film by R. J. Daniel Hanna
Tina Fey is My Friend by Melissa Kong
William, Will You Dance? by Mary Huckstep
Wreck League by Abraham Nseir & Andy Bailey

SCREENPLAY – DRAMA

Acts of God by W. Reed Moran
Between by Tobias Iaconis & Mikki Daughtry
A Complete Unknown by Mark McDevitt
Crossbones by Rosanne Flynn
Cutting Numbers by Morgan von Ancken
Early Plus Infinity by Clark Carroll
Hard Drive by Eric Murphy
The Hitch by Troy A. Miller
Iteration by Jonathan M. Levine
Jump by Patrick Tobin
Last Waltz of Vienna by Brian Lee Weakland
Lost Children by Erin KLG
Memoirs of A Stalker by Alastair Gourlay, Thomas Hodgkinson, and Daisy Aitken
‘mericana by Billy McNabb
Mistress of Marmont by Charmaine DeGrate
Moment of Truth by Yoav Potash
Monster Man by Brian McAuley
Mornings in the Valley by Nicholas Marsillo
Motor City Burning by Sean O’Reilly
Real Time Days by Chai Hecht
Retro by CM Webb
Sadik Goes Viral by Amanda Farmer & Brent W Graham
Satan in Arkansas City by R. J. Daniel Hanna
Subscription by Marc Pollina
The Veil by Andrea Fiest Stein
War Love by Hannah Feller
Welshgate by Stephen Tramontana

ENDERBY ENTERTAINMENT AWARD

For feature scripts in all genres with an original concept and distinctive voice that can be produced for under $5 million. The production company was founded by Rick Dugdale and Daniel Petrie, Jr.

Acts of God by W. Reed Moran
The Hitch by Troy A. Miller
Hooking Up by Jacqueline C. Fitzgerald
Jesus at the Bus Stop by Alan Wood
Mornings in the Valley by Nicholas Marsillo
No Way Out by Laura Durkay
Real Time Days by Chai Hecht
Sabria by Jesse Reffsin
Satan in Arkansas City by R. J. Daniel Hanna
Sweet Life by Ivan Kander

DARK HERO STUDIOS SCI-FI AWARD

Open to Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Surrealism, Myth/Legend and Fantastical Storytelling. The studio was founded by David Hayter and Benedict Carver.

10th of Always by John Constant & WJ Mcdonald
Booster by Kai Crouse
Digital Override by Colburn Tseng
Godless by Tobias Iaconis & Mikki Daughtry
Heroman by Timucin Leflef
Lazarus Rising by David Elver
Life Copy by April Rouveyrol
Lightspeed by Brian Siegele
The Promise by Bob Bowersox
The Shadow of Lost Fortune by Scott Robert Waldvogel & Matt DeMartini

DARKWOODS PRODUCTIONS HORROR AWARD

Open to thrillers, dark suspense, sci-fi, and macabre themes. The production company was founded by Frank Darabont.

The Devil in Reverse by Melissa Anderson Sweazy
Godless by Tobias Iaconis & Mikki Daughtry
The Hitch by Troy A. Miller
Memoirs of A Stalker by Alastair Gourlay, Thomas Hodgkinson, and Daisy Aitken
Monster Man by Brian McAuley
Murderer’s Creek by Nicholas Saraceno
Painless by Michael Hayes, Brian Lubocki, & Nate Noggle
Pushing Dawn by Matthew Breault
Target Audience by Michael Raymond
Welshgate by Stephen Tramontana

TELEPLAY – AMC ONE-HOUR PILOT

At the Foot of the Mountain by Andrea Janakas
Barely Speaking by Cory Marciel
Caught in the Act: "Dirty Laundry" by Matt Demblowski
Company: "Nothing Else Matters" by Kirsa Rein
Granite State by Brian Wilkins & S. Michael Gutierrez
Hooked by Joshua Carlebach
Liberators by Eric Haywood
Mercy Seat by Adam Tinius
Mock Trial: "Negligence" by Jamie King
Samaritan by LaToya Morgan

TELEPLAY – SITCOM PILOT

Ad Game by Greg Wayne
Boys School Ladies by Matt Whitaker
Ed Connors: Life Coach by Rodney Altman & Matt McHugh
Education, Secondary by Richard Lowe
Food Trucks by Alex J. Mann
Good Behavior by Clay Keller
I Love Monsters by Julie Cross
Matt Out of Hell by Kyle Stegina & Josh Lehrman
Mission: Mars by Andrea Schwartz
New York Shitty by Adam Lederer

TELEPLAY – ONE-HOUR SPEC

Castle: "Foil Play" by Claire Newman
Dexter: "Death Becomes Her" by Dusty Mancinelli
Doctor Who: "Ghost Town" by Alyssa Weinberger
The Good Wife: "Guns Don’t Kill People…" by Amy Lambert
Shameless: "Heroines" by Liliana Greenfield-Sanders
The Walking Dead: "Good Intentions" by Chris Rafferty

TELEPLAY – SITCOM SPEC

2 Broke Girls: "And the Lot Lizards" by Dani Hart
Awkward: "High School" by Rachel Reuben & Collin Kittredge Smith
Bob’s Burgers: "Mis-betrayal" by Matthew Shapiro & Tony Vallone
Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The Diagram" by Brett Beelen
Girls: "Golden Birthday, Golden Showers" by Sarah Carbiener & Erica Rosbe
New Girl: "Stop Sucking" by Ariel Karlin

Updated: 09/11/2013

Austin Film Festival Script Competition

Contact

1801 Salina St.
Austin, TX 78702
512-478-4795 (voice)
512-478-6205 (fax)

Web:
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com
Email:
screenplay@austinfilmfestival.com

Contact: Steven DeBose, Director of Script Competitions

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.6/5.0)
Report Cards: 98    
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