The 2026 Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference will feature well over 100 different feature film and short film programs, along with lectures and conversations with a variety of well-known movie and television writers.
Highlights of the film festival include opening night film The Debut starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti and written/directed by Jesse Eisenberg; I Play Rocky; Ray Gunn, written and directed by Brad Bird; Behemoth! starring Pedro Pascal; Club Kid, starring and written/directed by Jordan Firstman; Elsinore starring Andrew Scott; and more.
Films will be premiering alongside AFF’s Annual Writers Conference, featuring awardees and panelists across all sectors of the industry. Among the speakers/panelists will be Brad Bird; Is God Is writer/director Aleshea Harris, producers J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules; Jason Katz, Head of Story at Pixar; and more.
Screenings and other events will take place at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium, Bullock Museum IMAX, Texas Spirit Theatre, and other locations. For a full schedule of events, go to the festival website.
The 2026 Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference will feature well over 100 different feature film and short film programs, along with lectures and conversations with a variety of well-known movie and television writers.
Highlights of the film festival include opening night film The Debut starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti and written/directed by Jesse Eisenberg; I Play Rocky; Ray Gunn, written and directed by Brad Bird; Behemoth! starring Pedro Pascal; Club Kid, starring and written/directed by Jordan Firstman; Elsinore starring Andrew Scott; and more.
Films will be premiering alongside AFF’s Annual Writers Conference, featuring awardees and panelists across all sectors of the industry. Among the speakers/panelists will be Brad Bird; Is God Is writer/director Aleshea Harris, producers J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules; Jason Katz, Head of Story at Pixar; and more.
Screenings and other events will take place at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium, Bullock Museum IMAX, Texas Spirit Theatre, and other locations. For a full schedule of events, go to the festival website.
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