Austin Film Festival announced the 2020 Film Competition Jury and Audience Award winners alongside the Script Competition winners.
Austin Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Austin Film Festival
SINCE: 1994
WHERE: Austin, Texas, USA
WEBSITE: www.austinfilmfestival.com
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: Austin Film Festival provides many local arts organizations and businesses with a creative platform to showcase their services through programming collaborations and social events, all of which serve to show off Austin and what the city has to offer.
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NINE DAYS Opens, STARDUST and BROTHERS OF DESTRUCTION Set for Closing Night of 27th Austin Film Festival
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Hannah Dweck’s GUEST HOUSE Documentary Profiles Women Reintegrating from Prison
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26th Austin Film Festival Announces Film Lineup HONEY BOY, YELLOW ROSE and more
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JUST MERCY Starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx will Close 26th Austin Film Festival
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Austin Film Festival 2019 Adds More Films + WAVES as Centerpiece
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Austin Film Festival 2019 Reveals First Wave of Films
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25th Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup, BEN IS BACK, WIDOWS, GREEN BOOK
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Natalie Portman’s VOX LUX to Open 25th Austin Film Festival [Trailer]
Natalie Portman’s drama Vox Lux will bow as the Opening Night Film of the Austin Film Festival’s 25th Anniversary, running October 25 through November 1.
Boy Erased, Shoplifters, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Among First Wave of Films for 2018 Austin Film Festival
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Filmmaker Roger Corman to Receive “Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking” Award at Austin Film Festival
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Austin Film Festival Announces 2017 Audience Award Winners . COMING TO MY SENSES Wins Courage Award
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2017 Austin Film Festival Awards – IN BLUE and TRANSFORMER Win Film Jury Awards
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I, TONYA is Second Closing Night Film of Austin Film Festival | Trailer
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‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ and ‘Mudbound’ Added as Centerpiece Selections of Austin Film Festival
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LADY BIRD to Open and THE CURRENT WAR is Centerpiece Film of 2017 Austin Film Festival
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Permanent with Rainn Wilson and Patricia Arquette, Please Stand By with Dakota Fanning and Toni Collete, and 24 Hours to Live with Ethan Hawke and Liam Cunningham are among the first wave of films revealed for the 2017 Austin Film Festival