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Google Analytics collects information anonymously. REGISTRATION AND DATA PROTECTION Austin Film Festival (AFF) and HUMANITAS have joined forces to launch the inaugural HUMANITAS Originals Award. The following films will be available throughout the Festival: The Art of Being Human, Beyond My Steps, Blindside, A Feast in Time of Plague, From Underground to the Corridors of Power, How to Steal a Country, Hutchinson: SHUNTED, Mrs F, The Red Place, Rumba in the Jungle, Sakawa, SanDance!, Tin Soldiers, Women Hold Up the Sky, Waking Stellenbosch. This will include a week-long mentorship in Austin. If you have technical questions please contact: hello@encounters.film. Further prizes include:
26. Each of which receive a £500 cash prize.

20. DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS 15. Encounters Festivals Ltd is a not for profit registered charity that delivers the annual festival and all other yearly activity under the Encounters banner. Austin Film Festival welcomes new ideas and would love to work with any organization that shares interest in the arts and entertainment industry! This joint initiative is a new addition to AFF’s Script Competitions and is open to both feature screenplays and teleplay pilots that reflect the kind of stories HUMANITAS has honored for over four decades. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. Entry fees contribute to the viewing and administration of the submission process, and as such bear no relation to the festival’s selection decisions. Check out our year-round opportunities to attend conversations with industry pros, advance screenings, special retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, parties and more! The Fiction Podcast Script Competition, leverages our legacy of championing storytelling to launch writers into the emerging world of podcasts. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site. You must have JavaScript enabled to fill out this form. £30.

Announcing: Deadline Extension & Virtual Pitch Competition! Discounts cannot be applied retrospectively after the films have been submitted. 11. The primary contact completing the submission process must be authorised to submit the film for consideration including permission from a distributor or sales agent representing the film and must have obtained necessary permissions for the inclusion of copyrighted music and/or images within the films. The Brief Encounters Grand Prix & Animated Encounters Grand Prix winning films will be eligible for consideration for the Live Action Short and Animated Short Film categories at the Academy Awards®. I could not go but it was great to have my movie screened there!