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Austin Film Festival

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    Feature Film Award

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    Dark Matters

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      All Roads to Pearla

      4.9 (282)
      Van Ditthavong(writer/director)

    Short Film Award

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    Best Narrative Short Film

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      Running Naked in the Universe

      6.8 (18)
      Guillaume Levil
      Les NoUS
      Terra Cinema

    Best Short Documentary

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      Cricket Liu

      Julia Cheng

    Best Short Film

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      Sturling

      8.8 (12)
      Inthelfilm

    Student Short Film Award

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    Best Student Film

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      Father by Law

      7.8 (27)
      Maria De Sanctis(director)
      Finalist
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      Nowhere to Nun

      Austin Hsieh
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      Beautiful Youth

      Conor McCormick

    Comedy Screenplay Competition Award

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    Best Screenplay, Original

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      Winner

      Rearranged

      Zarna Garg(Writer)
      Greg Fortier(Writer)

    Comedy Screenplay Competition

    • Fitter Families

      Caitlin Scherer(Writer)

    Semi-Finalist 3 Categories

    • [object Object]

      Alone Girl

      Cris Graves

    Sci-Fi Screenplay Competition Award

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    Semi-finalist

    • LEGACY ONE: LUANA

      Danielle R Erlich

    Audience Award

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    Comedy Vanguard

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Planters

      6.3 (539)
      Alexandra Kotcheff
      Hannah Leder

    Dark Matters

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Noise

      8.6 (24)
      Jeremy Laval(writer/director)
      Frontline Cinema

    Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dead Woman's Pass

      Lali Houghton

    Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cowboys

      8.7 (36)
      John Langmore
      Bud Force
      Felicitas Funke
      Jeffrey Brown
      1922 Films

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

      7.1 (1.9K)
      David Midell
      Enrico Natale
      Redbird Entertainment,
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      Winner

      The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

      7.1 (1.9K)
      David Midell
      Enrico Natale
      Redbird Entertainment,
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      Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk

      6.5 (183)
      Giorgos Georgopoulos

    Narrative Student Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Holy Jail

      6.2 (13)
      Maria Lavelle(Writer/Director)

    Texas Independents

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      Winner

      When We Last Spoke

      7.0 (649)
      Joanne Hock(writer/director)
      Rick Eldridge(writer)

    Marquee Feature

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      Yellow Rose

      6.6 (1.5K)
      Diane Paragas
      Home Away Productions

    Screenplay & Teleplay Competition

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    AMC One Hour Pilot

    • Student Academy Awards
      • Fabrizio Muscia

    • Lonely

      Christian M Franklin

    Drama Feature Screenplay

    • D.J. McPherson
      • D.J. McPherson
      Truth or Dare
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      Boxer

      Toy Lei
      Michael Riedel

    • Soul Survivors

      Mark Rashid

    Rooster Teeth Fellowship

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      Queen's English

      8.2 (11)
      Tyler Dwiggins(Written by)

    Screenplay Drama

    • NY Emmys 2022
      • Courtney Sposato

    Second Rounder

    • Igor and Frankie

      Jim Picariello(writer)
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      Camping

      Maria Valdez

    Second Rounder - Drama Feature

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      Deepa by Design

      Laura Jaques
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      After

      Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris(writer)
      Cobalt Blue Productions
    • [object Object]

      Feeling Unreal

      Mandi Maxwell
    • [object Object]

      Pandora's Voodoo

      Natasha Paris

    Second Rounder - TV pilot

    • Separate Checks

      Maia Henkin(writer)

    Short Script

    • Seth Kozak
      • Seth Kozak
      Second Rounder for "June Block Hero"

    Jury Award

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    Comedy Vanguard

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      Winner

      The Planters

      6.3 (539)
      Alexandra Kotcheff
      Hannah Leder

    Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

      7.1 (1.9K)
      David Midell
      Enrico Natale
      Redbird Entertainment,
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

      7.1 (1.9K)
      David Midell
      Enrico Natale
      Redbird Entertainment,

    Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Twelfth Round

      Neer Shelter(writer/director)
      Bird Eggs Films
    • [object Object]

      Yarne

      8.6 (5)
      Andrew Krakower(director)

    Narrative Feature Award

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    Best Narrative Feature

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      Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk

      6.5 (183)
      Giorgos Georgopoulos(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Illegal

      6.8 (1.6K)
      Danish Renzu

    Student Short Jury Award

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    Best Student Film

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      Winner

      Black Goat

      7.4 (15)
      Kayla Arend(producer)
      Yi Tang(writer/director)
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      Qafas

      Dayna Li(Director)
      Anshuman Mitra(Writer)

    Drama Feature Screenplay Award

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    Semi-finalist

    • LEGACY ONE: LUANA

      Danielle R Erlich

    New Voice Award

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    • Catherine Reitman
      Winner
      • Catherine Reitman

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    • Austin Film Festival (AFF) and Heart of Film Screenwriter's Conference

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    Event location

    Austin, Texas, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/

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