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31st Annual Austin Film Festival Full Schedule Announcement
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL FILM AND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, INCLUDING THE 2024 BILL WITTLIFF AWARD FOR SCREENWRITING RECIPIENT ROBIN SWICORD AND CENTERPIECE FILM THE ORDER
AFF is set to premiere THE ORDER, THE BRUTALIST and SEPTEMBER 5
Austin, TX (September 24, 2024) – Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writer’s and filmmaker’s contributions to film, television, and new media, has announced its entire 2024 program, taking place Thursday, October 24 – Thursday, October 31.
AFF is thrilled to present a diverse lineup of films for the 31st Festival. Exciting new World Premieres include the paranoia-thriller Crossword; folk-horror The Fetch starring Robert Longstreet; and ensemble conspiracy-comedy Operation Taco Gary’s starring Simon Rex, Dustin Milligan, Jason Biggs, and Brenda Song. North American and US premieres include the documentary *smiles and kisses you*, about a man and his AI-sex doll girlfriend; In Vitro, an Australian sci-fi thriller investigating the ethics of animal breeding; and Phantoms of the Sierra Madre, an inquisitive documentary questioning the nature of the form as it follows a Norwegian writer retracing the footsteps of his childhood hero.
Additional programming includes Centerpiece Film The Order with writer Zach Baylin and star Tye Sheridan in attendance; the Texas premiere of A24’s historical epic The Brutalist; a 25 Anniversary screening of Go presented by John August and The Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman; Paramount Pictures’ buzzy awards title September 5, starring Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro; and a specialty screening of Pixar’s brand new series Dream Productions, a spin-off of the Inside Out franchise of films.
Films will be premiering alongside AFF’s Annual Writers Conference, featuring awardees and panelists across all sectors of the industry. Robin Swicord will receive the 2024 Bil All awards & juries The members of the 2025 International Jury, Todd Haynes (President), Nabil Ayouch, Fan Bingbing, Bina Daigeler, Rodrigo Moreno, Amy Nicholson, and Maria Schrader, award the following prizes: Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) Andrew Scott in: For the creative ensemble of: Over nearly 40 years, Todd Haynes has been one of the most bold and distinctive filmmaking voices in US-American cinema, beloved for his great sensitivity in exploring the interior worlds of outsiders and women, and his fascinating investigations into gender and identity. His skill at creating complex characters has attracted many of the world’s finest actors. Stars such as Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Christian Bale and Ewan McGregor have played the multi-layered characters in his films. Todd Haynes' films and their actors have won awards at numerous international film festivals. Emerging into international prominence in the early 1990s as part of a thrilling new generation of US-American directors (dubbed “New Queer Cinema” by critic B. Ruby Rich), by the time of his four-time Oscar nominated film, Far from Heaven (2002), Haynes was fully established as a major force in US filmmaking. His feature film debut Poison received the TEDDY AWARD, the queer film prize at the Berlinale, in 1991, and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Other 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 The Prizes of the International Jury
Golden Bear for Best Film (awarded to the film’s producers)
by Dag Johan Haugerud
Produced by: Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff HvattumSilver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
Blue Moon
by Richard LinklaterSilver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower)
by Lucile Hadžihalilović Todd Haynes (USA) - Jury President