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February 5, 2009

Is Yellin: **CALL FOR ENTRIES** 16th Annual Austin Film Festival

Hands down the best Film Festival I have ever attended. If you have a film, or a script ready I highly recommend that you spend the time and enter it into the Austin Film Festival. You will have an opportunity to have an outdoor BBQ at the Governors mansion, hang with locals on par with Rich Rodriguez and other Austin Celebs. It is really a great time.



The Austin Film Festival is happy to announce…WE ARE READY 2009 FESTIVAL ENTRIES!
 
 
{SCREENPLAY COMPETITION}
 
Screenplay Categories:
 
DRAMA (Historical, Western, Drama, Family, Romance, Horror, Thriller, etc.)
 
COMEDY (Dark, Satirical, Slapstick, yadda, yadda, yadda)
 
This year there are TWO additional categories to enter.  To be considered for either the Latitude Productions Award or the Sci-Fi Award you must have your screenplay entered in either the Drama or Comedy category.
 
 LATITUDE PRODUCTIONS AWARD (must be an adult-themed, character driven script with a budget under $10 million)
 
SCI-FI AWARD (includes Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Surrealism, Myth/Legend and Fantastical Storytelling) 
 
Screenplay Postmarked Deadline:
 
First Deadline MAY 15th
 
Late Deadline JUNE 1st
 
{TELEPLAY COMPETITION}
 
This competition is open to spec scripts for any network or cable television show that is currently in production.
 
Teleplay categories: DRAMA, SITCOM
 
Teleplay Postmarked Deadline:  JUNE 1st  
 
Winners will be announced at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and Screenwriters Conference held October 22-29, 2009.
 
{WHY SHOULD YOU ENTER?}
 
The competition offers benefits to all entrants, from the first round up:
 
AFF puts your script in front of the right people. Semifinalist and Finalist scripts are evaluated directly by representatives from major production companies. From Warner Bros to Nickelodeon Movies to Whitelight Entertainment, AFF has consistently delivered judging at the highest level. These are the people you want reading your script, enter the contest and give them the chance.
~All entrants are eligible for discounts and specialty programs during the Austin Film Festival and Conference, and as your script advances you will receive additional benefits.
 
~All entrants advancing to the Second Round of judging are invited to participate in roundtables throughout the Conference and will receive reader’s notes on their script at no extra charge.
 
~Top Second Round, Semifinalists and Finalists will be further considered for a non-consecutive, two-week program, The Writers Ranch, geared specifically towards screenwriting. The Writers Ranch is composed of a series of intense, one-on-one sessions and offers an invaluable opportunity for professional development. 
 
~Semifinalists and Finalists sit alongside agents, producers and top industry writers in a series of special panels during the 2009 Austin Film Festival and Conference.
 
Click here for a list of Success Stories from our Screenplay Competition.
 
 
For more information contact Alex at 1-800-310-3378 or alex@austinfilmfestival.com.
 
{ARE YOU A FILMMAKER?} 
 
Information about the 2009 Austin Film Festival Film Competition will be coming soon.  You can always visit our website for the most updated information.
 
**NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS**
Austin Film Festival
1801 Salinas Street
Austin , TX 78702
 
phone 512-478-4795 / 1-800-310-FEST (3378)
fax 512-478-6205
 

 


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February 2, 2009

Coming This Fall...

New Marketing Forum For Independent Filmmakers

taken from the article:
http://www.itvs.org/producers/digitalinitiative/fieldreport/hiphop.html

"But before he makes his next feature-length documentary, Hurt is planning to make a stand-alone short film made for the Internet, funded by the National Black Programming Consortium and ITVS. Entitled Barack and Curtis, it compares Barack Obama’s masculinity to the rapper 50 Cent’s. “It’s supposed to be very viral, very YouTube-able,” Hurt says. “The idea is to get people talking online.” He put some of the raw footage up on YouTube, along with two different versions of the trailer, and was embedding some of the new video content in his regular email newsletter."


Indie Filmmakers can leverage a test shoot (often done in the pre-production phase to test technology and/or actor chemistry) and make it into a trailer for their upcoming film that they can then post to community building sites, creating a forum for fans to congregate and discuss their excitement for the upcoming film and overall enthusiasm for the genre. 

If you think about it, this is nothing different than what larger budget films are doing when creating trailers for us when we are consuming popcorn at our local AMC. - This is just the beginnings of a democratization of this captive audience. 

It may feel like a lot of extra work for indie film makers knee deep in organizing their production, but the ROI could far outweigh the initial pains in development. 

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