Austin Film Festival and MM Editors

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The Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2024

Since its inception in 1994, the Austin Film Festival has been dedicated to honoring the art and skill of screenwriting…

2 weeks ago
  • Festivals

Screenwriters to Watch 2023, With the Austin Film Festival

In any movie or TV show, the screenwriters dream up the worlds we see on our screens, long before they…

1 year ago
  • Annual Lists

Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2019, Presented by MovieMaker

Whether you're grinding it out in a large or small market, the first stage of moviemaking—screenwriting—is unenviably lonesome, full of endless…

5 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2018, Presented by MovieMaker

Screenwriters are the first to step forward when called upon to deliver their often thankless, solitary labor, and they still tend…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Screenwriters to Watch, Class of 2016: Where Are They Now? Checking in With Seven of Last Year’s Picks

Last year, we debuted the 25 Screenwriters to Watch list in partnership with Austin Film Festival, selecting 25 up-and-comers with,…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2017, Presented by MovieMaker

Maybe the idea of “watching a screenwriter” sounds a little like watching a kettle boil: Sit at desk. Clutch pen…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2016

MovieMaker Presents: Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch, 2016

Screenwriters are, of course, the perennially overworked, underappreciated artists whose heart, soul and lifeblood the movie world depends on. Since…

8 years ago