Austin Film Festival Announces Full Film and Conference Schedule

Austin Film Festival & Screenwriters Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today the full schedule of films and panels for the 23rd annual Festival, October 13-20. AFF's feature film slate includes 20 World Premieres, a retrospective series guest programmed by Jason Segel, Paul Feig, and others, and highly anticipated marquee titles La La Land (starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone) and Trespass Against Us (starring Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson). AFF will also screen the upcoming Wakefield, starring Brian Cranston and Jennifer Garner, with writer/director Robin Swicord in attendance, and the animated feature Nerdland, starring Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt, with writer Andrew Kevin Walker in attendance.

Producer Frank Marshall (Indiana Jones, Back to the Future) joins director Ryan Suffern for the documentary screening of Finding Oscar. Marshall will also take part in a conversation that explores his journey as a producer, his philosophy on storytelling, and his long time collaborations with Steven Spielberg and others.

Additional World Premieres in the 2016 slate are One Night (with Anna Camp and writer/director Minhal Baig in attendance), The Writer's Burrow (Spanish thriller with director and lead actor in attendance), The Big Flip-Stories from the Modern Household (a documentary exploring families with reversed gender roles), and Hot Air (an Austin-based comedy).

Austin Film Festival also revealed today their full Conference schedule, October 13-16. The Conference features a roster of prominent screenwriters in film and television, including Jason Segel, Paul Feig, Marta Kauffman, Nancy Meyers, Scott Alexander, Katie Dippold, Bobby Farrelly, Tony Hale, John Lee Hancock, Paula Pell, Nicole Perlman, Beau Willimon, Alan Yang, and many more.

The full Film and Conference schedule can be found at www.austinfilmfestival.com.

ABOUT AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL: AFF is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. All attendees/events are based on permitting schedules and are subject to change and/or cancellation without notice. Badges and passes are available for purchase online or by calling 1-800-310-FEST.

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