#aff austin film festival

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As Andrew Haigh's upcoming film All of Us Strangers, begins screening at an ever expanding list of film festivals, beyond the three featured on the official poster, Telluride Film Festival, New York Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival.

I am attempting to maintain an up to date list, in chronological order, (last updated Dec 14th, 2023)

All the details about the festivals, links to where/when to get tickets are under the cut.

Athens International Film Festival Sept 27- Oct 9

Beyond Fest (Los Angeles, its West Coast Premiere) Sept 26-Oct 10

Hamptons International Film Festival Oct 5-12

Festival do Rio (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) Oct 5-15

HIFF: Heartland International Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN) Oct 5-15

FFG (Film Fest Gent, Belgium) Oct 10-21

Chicago International Film Festival Oct 11-22

Seattle Queer Film Festival (opening night gala) Oct 12-22

Newfest (New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Closing Night film) Oct 12-24

FILMEKIMI iKSV Oct 13-22 (Istanbul) Oct 20-22 (Izmir)

BIFF: Bergen International Film Festival Oct 18-26

Adelaide Film Festival (Australia) Oct 18-29

Alice nella Città (independent section of the Rome Film Festival) Oct 18-29

Middleburg Film Festival (VA) Oct 19-22

Cambridge Film Festival Oct 19-26

FFCGN: Film Festival Cologne (Germany) Oct 19-26

Twin Cities Film Festival (Minneapolis/St Paul MN ) Oct 19-28

Film Bath Festival Oct 19-29 (booking now)

Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Ft Lauderdale, FL) Oct 19-29

Viennale (Vienna Film Festival) Oct 19-31

FICM (Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia) Oct 20-29

Montclair Film Festival (NJ) Oct 20-29

SCAD Savannah Film Festival (GA) Oct 21-28

SEMINCI (Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, ES) Oct 21-28

AFI Fest: American Film Institute (Los Angeles, CA) Oct 25-29

VAFF:Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville) Oct 25-29

TIFF-jp (Tokyo International Film Festival) Oct 23 - Nov 1

AFF (Austin Film Festival and screenwriters conference) Oct 26-Nov 2

BIFF: Brisbane International Film Festival Oct 26 - Nov 5

LIFF (Leiden International Film Festival, NL ) Oct 26 - Nov 5

Miami Film Festival GEMS Nov 2 - 5

Belfast Film Festival (opening night gala) Nov 2-11

Inverness Film Festival Nov 3-9

Denver Film Festival Nov 3-12

Leeds International Film Festival Nov 3-19

PÖFF (Pimedate Ööde filmifestival): Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia) Nov 3-19

ZFF: Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia) Nov 6-12

Cornwall Film Festival (opening night) Nov 6-19

LIFFe: Ljubljana International Film Festival (Slovenia) Nov 8-19

Stockholm International Film Festival Nov 8-19

MQFF: Melbourne Queer Film Festival Nov 9-19

SLIFF: St Louis International Film Festival (closing night) Nov 9-19

Cork International Film Festival (Ireland) Nov 9-26

TGHFF: Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival Nov 9-26

CINECITY: Brighton Film Festival (closing night) Nov 10-19

EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival (Toruń, Poland) Nov 11-18

IFFMH: International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg Nov 16-26

QCINEMA International Film Festival (Quezon City, Philippines) Nov 17-26

Chéries-Chéris: Festival du Film LGBTQI & +++ de Paris Nov 18-28

SGIFF: Singapore International Film Festival Nov 30- Dec 10

Around the World in 14 Films: Berlin Independent Film Festival (closing night) Dec 1-9

SIFF: Sonoma Awards Buzz Screening Dec 12

Festival Univerciné, Britannique (Nantes) Dec 12-14

AOUS Fundraiser screening to support HIFF : Love & Anarchy (Finland) Dec 14

Les Arcs Film Festival Dec 16-23

TLVFEST: Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival Dec 21-31

Athens International Film Festival 🇬🇷

Beyondfest (co-presented by Outfest) Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸

HIFF33 Hamptons 🇺🇸 International Film Festival

Festival do Rio: Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 🇧🇷

HIFF33 Heartland International Film Festival Indianapolis 🇺🇸

Film Fest Gent 🇧🇪

Chicago International Film Festival 🇺🇸

All of Us Strangers was added to the recently released lineup for The Chicago International Film Festival (the longest running competitive international film festival in North America), as an entry in their Outlook Competition.

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Seattle Queer Film Festival 🇺🇸

Seattle Queer Film Festival will open on Thursday October 12th at The SIFF Egyptian with the West Coast Premiere of Andrew Haigh’s critically acclaimed new drama, ALL OF US STRANGERS starring Andrew Scott (Fleabag) Claire Foy (The Queen), and Paul Mescal (Aftersun).

Newfest: New York 🇺🇸

FILMEKIMI 🇹🇷

BIFF: Bergen International Film Festival Oct 🇳🇴

The lineup for BIFF 2023 is complete and ticket sales are open! Screening schedule and ticket sales from October 5th!

AFF: Adelaide Film Festival 🇦🇺

Alice nella Città 🇮🇹

The "surprise movie 3" closing Alice nella Città is Andrew Haigh's Estranei (All of Us Strangers), the film's Italian premiere, October 29th.

Middleburg Film Festival, Virginia 🇺🇸

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Cambridge Film Festival 19th - 26th October 🇬🇧

FFCGN: Film Festival Cologne 🇩🇪

Twin Cities Film Festival, Minneapolis/ St Paul Minnesota 🇺🇸

Film Bath Festival 🇬🇧

Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival 🇺🇸

Viennale: Vienna Film Festival 🇦🇹

This year's Viennale will take place from October 19 to October 31. The complete program of this year's festival edition will be published online on October 10, 8 pm. here on this website. Tickets are available from October 14, 10 am.

FICM: Morelia Film Fest 🇲🇽

Montclair Film Festival, New Jersey 🇺🇸

SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Georgia 🇺🇸

The largest university-run film festival in the world, presenting competition film screenings, gala premieres, special screenings, workshops, and panels with lauded industry guests, award-winning professionals, and emerging student filmmakers.

SEMINCI 68: Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 🇪🇸

AFI Fest: American Film Institute (Los Angeles, CA)🇺🇸

VAFF:Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville) 🇺🇸

TIFF-JP: Tokyo 🇯🇵 International Film Festival

AFF: Austin Film Festival🇺🇸

October 26 – November 2 We are proud to announce ALL OF US STRANGERS as one of the premiere films at #AFF30! Join us at the Festival to witness a journey that transcends time, love, and even death! Purchase your badge here

BIFF: Brisbane International Film Festival🇦🇺

LIFF:Leiden International Film Festival, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Miami Film Festival GEMS 🇺🇸 "the jewels of the fall season"

Inverness Film Festival Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Nov 3-9

Denver Film Festival: Denver Colorado 🇺🇸

Andrew Haigh’s new film, All of Us Strangers will screen on Friday, Nov. 10th at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Includes a post-film conversation and award presentation to director Andrew Haigh. Pre-reception included in ticket price. Reception begins at 6pm. Screening begins at 7pm..

Leeds International Film Festival 🇬🇧

PÖFF: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 🇪🇪

Local title:Kõik me võõrad

Title in Russian: Незнакомцы

ZFF: Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia) 🇭🇷

Cornwall Film Festival 🇬🇧

LIFFe: Ljubljana International Film Festival Slovenian 🇸🇮

Stockholm International Film Festival 🇸🇪

MQFF: Melbourne Queer Film Festival🇦🇺

SLIFF: St Louis International Film Festival 🇺🇸

Highlighting the lives of the LGBTQ+ community, SLIFF’s QFest Spotlight Film, “All of Us Strangers,” from Searchlight Pictures, the critically acclaimed romantic drama written and directed by Andrew Haigh, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy, will close the festival on 11/19

Cork International Film Festival 🇮🇪

Scheduled: Sun 19 November Showtime: 20:30

Venue: The Everyman

MacCurtain Street, Cork

Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival 🇹🇼

CINECITY: Brighton Film Festival 🇬🇧

CLOSING NIGHT: Nov 19 Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers, Duke of York's Picturehouse. The full programme will be announced on Friday 20th October - when tickets will also go on sale.

EnergaCAMERIMAGE 31st Edition of The International Film Festival Of the Art of Cinematography, Toruń 🇵🇱

a great international feast of cinema

Excellent movies, outstanding filmmakers, meetings, seminars, workshops

Presentations of modern technologies and film equipment

Remarkable documentary films and terrific music videos

Exceptional atmosphere and unforgettable experience

Unique tribute to the 10th muse

🎟️Passes

IFFMH: International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg 🇩🇪

QCINEMA International Film Festival 🇵🇭

Chéries-Chéris: Festival du Film LGBTQI & +++ de Paris🇫🇷

Ouverture : @CheriesCheris 2023 Sans jamais nous connaître (All Of Us Strangers) de Andrew Haigh Mardi 21 Novembre au MK2 Bibliothèque Translated from French by Opening Film: @CheriesCheris 2023 Without ever knowing us (All Of Us Strangers) by Andrew Haigh Tuesday November 21 at MK2 Library

SGIFF: Singapore International Film Festival 🇸🇬

Around the World in 14 Films, Berlin 🇩🇪

🎟️Tickets available Nov 14

The Berlin premiere of “All of Us Strangers” by British director Andrew Haigh (“45 Years”) marks the celebratory conclusion of the 18th edition of AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS on Saturday, December 9th, 2023. Only at the end of August 2023 Andrew Haigh's “All of Us Strangers” celebrated its world premiere at the American Telluride Film Festival. The 18th World Cinema Festival presents the “surreal romance” (Vogue) in its “Closing Night”. The on-screen appearances of Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, two of Ireland's hottest actors, are likely to provide star power. Lead actor Andrew Scott shone in his role as Moriarty in the BBC cult series “Sherlock” and other appearances in “James Bond 007: Specter” and “Fleabag”. Paul Mescal, star of the British series "Normal People", attracted worldwide attention with his moving performance in the independent hit "Aftersun". Director Andrew Haigh will also have fond memories for Berliners: his masterpiece “45 Years” won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in 2015, which the leading actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay received.

SIFF: Awards Buzz Screening 🇺🇸

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Festival Univerciné Britannique, Nantes 🇫🇷

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Save HIFF Love & Anarchy 🇫🇮

The future of HIFF – Love & Anarchy, one of Finland’s most significant film festivals, is under threat. HIFF is now calling on its audience to help. There are three types of tickets available for the support screenings, and you can support with either 25 €, 40 € or 100 €. The tickets will go on sale on 29.11.2023 at 11.00.

One of the most popular guests in the history of HIFF has been the Irish actor Andrew Scott, who visited Helsinki in 2014. It is only appropriate that we are the first in Finland to screen a film that will be one of the highlights of his career.

All of Us Strangers, directed and written by Andrew Haigh, is one of the highlights of the autumn. The film, which received top reviews at Telluride and the New York Film Festival, is a drama about loneliness, grief and a longing for love that gets under your skin.

🎟️Support screening tickets

Les Arcs Film Festival 🏔️🇫🇷

TLVFEST LGBTQ+ International Film Festival 🇮🇱 tickets 🎟️

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THIS MONTH! Tales from Texas Film Offices panel, presented by TXAFC, at the 30th Austin Film Festival on SAT10/28 #AFF23 #AFF30--> https://austinfilmfestival.com/festival-and-conference-aff/2023-conference-schedule-2/

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Season Two Of Windfall: Sci-Fi Audio Drama

Several podcast networks such as Spotify have crafted expensive 

sci-fi audio dramas with uneven results. No huge hits, but solid download numbers. Therefore, an independently produced sci-fi audio drama seems unlikely, given the financial constraints.

Leave it to an independent podcaster like Rogue Dialogue Productions (it has two podcasts) to innovate a way to produce a high-quality sci-fi audio drama that has the sonic palette of a million-dollar production.

What they've produced is a sci-fi audio opera that crackles with action, conflict, questioning the strength of family bonds, depicting religious oppression, and doing ferocious battle with the status quo.

Windfall is a dystopian science-fiction audio drama with rich sound design and a full score that follows a massive cast of characters as they live out their daily lives on the planet Proxima. Season one comprised ten 25–35-minute episodes with a cast of more than 30 voice actors from Florida, Washington State, the UK, New York City, and Syracuse. Season two will be composed of 12 episodes of the same length. The show is free to all subscribers and supported by listeners on Patreon.

 Windfall tells an epic story on a small scale, focusing on the everyday lives of regular people in a fantastic world. Featuring a massive cast of characters with wildly divergent personalities, the show is at times funny, somber, dramatic, and exhilarating.

Brothers Adam and Bob Raymonda first talked about creating a serialized science-fiction audio drama in 2015 when they were collaborating on the podcast Breadcrumbs. Bob is a writer and editor and crafted the first draft of Windfall’s ten-episode season between August 2016 and January 2017, which Adam would later sound design and score. Realizing the project would only improve by the addition of another voice, Christie Donato was added to the team. Christie and Bob knew each other from their time in the Creative Writing program at SUNY Purchase College. Christie’s deep knowledge of mythology helped in rewriting and reshaping Windfall into what it has become today.

The first three scripts of Windfall were recognized as Second Rounders in the inaugural Austin Film Festival Fiction Podcast Writing competition in 2017. Here, Christie and Bob attended workshops with professionals working in the field, including Lauren Shippen of The Bright Sessions, Kc Wayland of We’re Alive, and Skip Bronkie and Zack Akers of Limetown and 36 Questions.

Using the knowledge gained from their time at AFF, Christie, Bob, and Adam self-produced Windfall in 2018 at Christie’s home in Syracuse, New York. At the same time, they founded Rogue Dialogue, a production company focused on creating richly sound-designed podcasts in multiple genres.

For season two, the team welcomed Jess Clark (who plays Queen Wanda) into the writer’s room. Jess and Christie had previously worked together on various script projects, which brought her onto the team in the first place, but her unending wit and experience in film production helped the creation of the season immeasurably. Season two of Windfall just began with a two-minute royal address by "Queen Wanda" addressing her "loyal" subjects. Episode one was just released and on this 40-minute show residents of Windfall City deal with the aftermath of Contact Day.

You can catch up with season one by checking out the archives. There are ten episodes of about 35 minutes each, so listeners can quickly get up to speed in the Windfall universe.   Here's the plot of the show:Ever since the tyrannical Wanda’s castle appeared in the clouds above Windfall City, its residents have built upwards to meet her. But not everyone is convinced of Her Majesty’s Grace. Our series follows three brothers living on the surface alongside their family (chosen and otherwise), wary of the Queen’s motives, and showcases what they must do to survive in a world that would rather leave them for dead.

Season Two picks up three months after the disastrous events of Contact Day, where massive warships appeared in the sky and destroyed one of the city’s four primary towers. The Wolfpac continues to round up “volunteers” to clear the rubble leftover from the wanton destruction, while the grounders have been forced into the city’s depths in order to find a fragile sense of peace, as even the city’s elite begin to question what place they have in this new and dangerously unpredictable version of Windfall City.

Windfall is perfectfor fans of Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Scavengers Reign, and Silo.

The first episode premiered on Wednesday, December 11. The remaining 11 episodes of the season will be released monthly on every second Wednesday into 2025. 

If you're a sci-fi / fantasy fan, check out Windfall. Let the show transport your ears into a universe that we can all imagine and fear.

[scriptwriters-network]

Austin Film Festival - Early Deadline today!

AFF offers participants the perfect environment to open up the creative senses to more forms of storytelling. Early bird deadline for our script competition is Friday, March 22nd.

Discount Code: AFFWG24.

More Information.

[annerocious]

Austin is great

I wish you were all here. Submit your script next year.

The people are solid gold. It's like coming home. I've met writers, producers, editors and directors and everyone just wants to talk about it.

Also there are SO MANY parties. And panels and screenings, of course.

Check it out, though.

[affpodcastcompetition]

~ATTENTION! ALL FICTION PODCAST WRITERS!~

The REGULAR DEADLINE for the fiction podcast script competition at Austin Film Festival is next Wednesday, MAY 15th! Submission prices go up after May 15th!

~That is all. Happy writing!~

“Fiction Podcasting is in an amazing place right now, and AFF’s new competition is an incredible opportunity for storytellers of all stripes…Having our script for The Amelia Project reach the finals, gave us that extra push we needed to launch our show. We learnt from some of the most innovative audio dramatists out there, workshopped our script and our pitch, and had BBQ and beers with like-minded and inspiring people who have now become good friends. I’m so thrilled Øystein and I submitted The Amelia Project to AFF. It’s opened doors for us, taught us a ton, and made us think big. I loved every minute of it.”

                 – Philip Thorne, 2017 Podcast Finalist for The Amelia Project

[talknerdywithus]

25th Annual Austin Film Festival to Honor Larry Wilmore

25th Annual Austin Film Festival to Honor Larry Wilmore

The Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), which honors writers contributions to film, television, and new media, announced Emmy® Award winner Larry Wilmore as their recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Television Writer Award at the 25th Annual AFF this October 25 – November 1.

“Wilmore has been a television producer, actor, comedian, and writer for more than 25 years. He’s written for In…

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Candid Candace: Blog 2 - Albert Berger (Little Miss Sunshine producer) with Brenda Sexton and Harold Ramis (date unknown)

Buck Henry, Judd Apatow, Harold Ramis, and Barry Josephson at AFF (Austin Film Fest) 2005

Harold Ramis popped by Charlottesville for screenings of Groundhog Day and his new movie, The Ice Harvest (2005) PHOTO BY STARKE JETT/VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL

Just more random finds of Harold with other folks...just because.

[jamesrodayrodriguezpresents]

Roday was at the premiere along with Tom E. Brown. Roday said, "He shared everything about his story, which is fascinating, an uplifting, and heart-breaking and all the things that the film is and I just used it." Tom was his muse and it really is some of Roday's best work and you feel everything that his character is going through.

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ON STORY PROJECT

The Austin Film Festival On Story Project is a series of programs and interviews with today’s leading writers and filmmakers. Informative programs, podcasts, articles, and resources give viewers an inside look at the creative process behind some of the most popular and critically acclaimed films and television shows.

AFF is dedicated to furthering the art, craft, and business of filmmakers and screenwriters, and recognizing their contributions to film, television, and new media. 

Explore resources and programs at: AFF | ON STORY PROJECT

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Austin Film Festival Film and Script Competitions Now Open

Austin Film Festival Film and Script Competitions Now Open

Press Release – Dec 16, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas, December 16, 2021 (Newswire.com) – Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers’ contributions to film, television, and new media, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting submissions for the 2022 Screenplay, Film, and Digital Series Competitions.  Austin Film Festival’s Film Competition…

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Nine Days is slated to open Austin Film Festival October 22. There is a Q & A after. All virtual.

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The Dragon Demands: D&D are FRAUDS with no actual EXPERIENCE and everything they changed is because they wanted to prop up ACTORS and didn’t give a single fuck about MAKING SENSE... Me before the Austin Film Festival interview: That’s riddiculous, there must be more to it than that, and also, you are too harsh on them, they are just bad writers, not actual fraudsters... Me after AFF interview: ...you win this round.

[scriptwriters-network]

AFF In Los Angeles: Launching Your Writing Career, Presented by Austin Film Festival & Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 

On Saturday, April 29th, join us at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood for a day full of seasoned advice from industry professionals – from learning what it takes to secure representation to hearing how successful writers broke into the industry. 

More info.

[lovefromkelly]

hey kelly! i was just wondering if u had any advice about getting a job in comedy writing or abt navigating screenwriting circles. i’m studying screenwriting at the moment and would like any tips if ur comfortable sharing ofc :)

of course! I wish I had better advice for you haha but im at the start of my career too, so we’re kinda just winging it at this point for me. I would say it really helps to be somewhere where movies are being made, like LA or NY or Austin (or I’ve heard Atlanta is like that now). but as a writer, it’s more important to be somewhere where you can write (I really had no creative juice in LA, so I left for Austin, and now i’m writing every day). try to write everything you can: sketch, standup, short films, videos, movies. build a portfolio of jokes, get a package together to submit to jobs. after that, the next step is really to get a manager, but that’s such an easy way to put the hardest part of the journey. without a manager, you can still submit to screenplay competitions though: screencraft, austin film festival, bluecat. they can help you get represented but also you can get good feedback on your work. they can get pricey though, so some aren’t worth it. and put your script on the Black List! who knows what’ll happen on it. as much as I hate saying it, networking helps, too. try to go to film festivals, build a little community, work with your friends on short films. but don’t work with people you dont respect, even if you think they could get you further. a more responsible reply might say use social media but legit fuck social media, so I cant in good conscious tell you to be on it. watch literally everything you can: movies, interviews, panels, shows. read everything you can: articles, interviews, books, essays. and I dont mean on screenwriting, I mean just consume media that you love and that inspires you and tells stories and makes you learn. develop opinions. and if I can be a shill for my town, the austin film festival is the writer’s festival, so if you can only afford one, choose aff over, like, sundance or something.

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On Story 801: A Conversation with Greta Gerwig