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!

More judges are confirmed every day.  Click here to see a complete
list of confirmed judges for the 2009 Screenplay and Teleplay
Competitions.

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
a...@austinfilmfestival.com.

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
programm...@austinfilmfestival.com.