Announced at the 2025 Austin Film Festival, which—as you might expect—takes place every year in Austin, Texas, this year’s winners include a diverse range of new voices and projects providing insights, inspiration, and plenty of entertainment.Founded in 1994, the 32nd annual festival highlights storytellers in 33 categories and is selected from a pool of more than 17,000 submissions across 112 countries.Let’s take a look at some of the major winners of the script and film competitions from this year’s festival.2025 Austin Film Festival WinnersThe Austin Film Festival reports that this year’s recipients join an illustrious lineage of AFF alumni including Clint Bentley, Zarna Garg, Greg Kwedar, Ashley Lyle, LaToya Morgan, Megan Park, and Oren Uziel, and that films written by past winners have now gone on to earn over $5 billion at the global box office, spent more than 20 weeks at #1, and went on to write and produce for A24, Amazon, Apple TV, FX, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, and other major studios. “For over three decades, our competitions have served to highlight emerging creatives and recognize original storytelling. At a time when the industry is in flux, we're proud to be partnering with so many industry leaders to identify the next generation of screenwriters and create real opportunities.” — Barbara Morgan, Executive Director of Austin Film Festival. Let’s look at some of the big winners from this year’s fest.2025 SCRIPT COMPETITION AWARD & FELLOWSHIP WINNERSThe 2025 Austin Film Festival Script Competition featured 22 categories.Drama Screenplay Award Presented by Writers...
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