{"id":5364,"date":"2018-09-28T05:53:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T05:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/how-films-get-into-the-austin-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2018-09-28T05:53:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T05:53:15","slug":"how-films-get-into-the-austin-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/featured\/how-films-get-into-the-austin-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"How Films Get Into the Austin Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wzqqve-mCc8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Austin Film Festival. The annual competition draws crowds from around the world. Founded in 1993, Austin Film Festival was one of the first organizations to focus on screenplays and the writer&#8217;s contribution to film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the first year, we had about a thousand submissions and 20 years later we&#8217;ve grown to receive a record number of entries: over 62 hundred individual screenplay submissions.&#8221; ays AFF&#8217;s Screenplay Competition Director, Matt Dy.<\/p>\n<p>KUT News visited the AFF office for this behind-the-scenes look at this years edition.<\/p>\n<h3>More info on How Films Get Into the Austin Film Festival<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=How+Films+Get+Into+the+Austin+Film+Festival&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">How Films Get Into the Austin Film Festival - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6641545d6e164a27a37a71b3eb6af9bc&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Fculture%2Farticle%2Fhouston-river-oaks-theatre-reopening-19446666.php&amp;c=18098902103525351846&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHouston's River Oaks Theatre is reopening soon (they swear)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>River Oaks Theatre will reopen its doors for a day of festivities, organized by the Friends of River Oaks Theatre nonprofit crew. 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