16th Annual Austin Film Festival Screenplay and Teleplay Competitions FINAL
DEADLINE!

As one of the most well respected contests of its kind, AFF's Screenplay and
Teleplay competitions continue to encourage and advocate the work for new,
talented writers.

Screenplay Competition: June 8 – Final Deadline ($50)

Teleplay Competition: June 8 – Final Deadline ($30)

***NEW FOR 2009: This year we will be providing our Readers' notes to all
scripts that reach the Second Round (top 10%) or higher in the competition at no
extra charge!
Semifinalist and finalist scripts are judged by production company
representatives, who have in the past included representatives from The Donners'
Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, Saturn Films, Whitelight Entertainment,
Fortis Films, Liveplanet, Protozoa Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Focus Features,
Fox Broadcasting, and WB.

The judges confirmed for this year include:
-Dark Hero Studios
-Warren Etheredge (The Warren Report)
-Mary John Frank (Mockingbird Films LLC)
-Billy Brown ("The X-Files", "Goosebumps")
-Jeff Graup (Obsessed, Lakeview Terrace)
-and more!

All of these judges will be in attendance at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and
Conference
(October 22-29). For a full list of confirmed panelists click here
<http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/panelists>.

Register early and Save! Click here:
<http://austinfilmfestival.myshopify.com/collections/2009-badges-and-passes> to
get your badge today.



SCREENPLAY CATEGORIES: Drama (Historical, Western, Drama, Family, Romance,
Horror, Thriller, etc.) and/or Comedy (Dark, Satirical, Slapstick, and more).

This year there are TWO additional categories:

*Latitude Production Award (www.latitudeproductions.com) and the SCI-FI Award
(fantasy, horror, science fiction, etc). To be considered for these additional
awards you must have your screenplay entered in either the Drama or Comedy
Category.


The TELEPLAY COMPETITION is open to any spec scripts for currently airing
network or cable programs.

Teleplay categories: Drama, Sitcom

For more information, please visit our website at www.austinfilmfestival.com or
email Alex at alex@....


2009 FILM COMPETITION

Film Categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Student Short, Documentary
Feature, Documentary Short and Animated Short

For more information about the 2009 Film Competition visit
www.austinfilmfestival.com or email them at programming@....