Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the 2020 Film Competition Jury and Audience Award winners alongside the Script Competition winners. Following each screening, audience members cast their votes for the Audience Award, recognizing the audience’s Festival favorites among the 2020 film slate.
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
Marquee Feature: Dave Not Coming Back, written and directed by Jonah Malak
Narrative Feature: Paper Tiger, written and directed by Paul Kowalski
Documentary Feature: The Book Keepers, written and directed by Phil Wall
Dark Matters Feature: Blinders, written by Tyler D. Savage and Dash Hawkins, directed by Tyler D. Savage
Comedy Vanguard Feature: Reboot Camp, written and directed by Ivo Raza
Texas Independent Feature: Horton Foote: The Road to Home, directed by Anne Rapp
Narrative Short: The Yellow Dress, written and directed by Alex Ko
Documentary Short: Little Rink, written and directed by Lisa Melmed
Animated Short: To: Gerard, written and directed by Taylor Meacham
Narrative Student Short: Molly Robber, written and directed by Austin Hall and Zach Visviks
Produced Digital Series Presented by Stage 13: Break In, created by Justin Gallaher and Samuel Roseme
JURY AWARD WINNERS
Narrative Feature: The Badger, written and directed by Kazem Mollaie
Documentary Feature: The Book Keepers, written and directed by Phil Wall
Comedy Vanguard Feature: Standard, written and directed by Fernando González Gómez
Dark Matters Feature: The Blue Orchid, written by Carl Marott and Hans Frederik Jacobsen, directed by Carl Marott
Narrative Short: The Recordist, written by Indianna Bell, directed by Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen
Narrative Student Short: Home, written and directed by Adewale Olukayode
Documentary Short: Blood on our Side, written by Rodrigo Hernandez, Elpida Nikou and Gino Moreno, directed by Rodrigo Hernandez and Elpida Nikou
Animated Short: To The Dusty Sea, written and directed by Héloïse Ferlay
Produced Digital Series Presented by Stage 13: #martyisdead, created by Pavel Soukup
Enderby Entertainment Fellowship Award: 1,2,3, All Eyes On Me, written by Emil Gallardo and Derek Ho, directed by Emil Gallardo
SCRIPT COMPETITION WINNERS
Drama Feature Screenplay Award presented by Writers Guild of America, East: The Young Woman by Edward Drake
Comedy Feature Screenplay Award presented by Sony Pictures Animation: Harold Doesn’t Die by Stephen Sloot
Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay Award: Chupacabra by Mark Ellis
Horror Feature Screenplay Award: Open House by Sean J.S. Jourdan and John Ingle
Drama Teleplay Pilot Award: Richmond Underground by Melissa Turkington and Ben Samuels
Comedy Teleplay Pilot Award: Lemonlight by M. Rowan Meyer
Drama Teleplay Spec Award: Pose: Different Dances by Casey Bischel
Comedy Teleplay Spec Award: What We Do In The Shadows: The Lamp by Ethan Von Zamft
Enderby Entertainment Award: King Of Rio Barro by Jonathan Easley
Scholastic Entertainment Fellowship For Kids And Family Content Award: Space Kids by Joshua Losben and Scott Gabriel
Rooster Teeth Fellowship Award: The Mclean Ladies’ Foundation For Modern Literary Appreciation by Alexis Perkins
Rooster Teeth Development Deal Award: Please Don’t Hate Me by Nina Kim
Josephson Entertainment Fellowship Teleplay Pilot Award: The World Famous Maxine Is Arriving Now by Joseph McMahon
Josephson Entertainment Fellowship Feature Screenplay Award: Company Man by Nancy Duff
AMC One-Hour Pilot Award: IRIS by Natasha M. Hall
HUMANITAS ORIGINALS Award: The Bridge to Ossabaw Island by Kieran A. Gallagher
Scripted Digital Series Award Presented by Stage 13: Lady Mozart by Michelle Sarkany
Short Screenplay Award: Like You Think You Know Me by Stephen Schuyler
Playwriting Award: Wake The Body by Matt Ackels
Fiction Podcast Award: Curtains by Kareem Badr and Mike D’Alonzo