Austin Film Festival - Oct 18-25, 2012

Austin may be known for music, but there is at least two annual film festivals held here every year. In April the city hosts the Attic Film Festival and then in October the more prestigious film festival is the Austin Film Festival (AFF). According to their website, AFF provides many local arts organizations and businesses with a creative platform to showcase their services through programming collaborations and social events, all of which serve to show off Austin and what the city has to offer.
Founded in 1993, AFF was the first organization of its kind to focus on the writers’ creative contribution to film. AFF furthers the art and craft of filmmaking by inspiring and championing the work of screenwriters, filmmakers and all artists who use the language of film to tell a story. What AFF is probably best known for around the world is its annual October Austin Film Festival & Conference. The Film Festival & Conference was the first event of its kind to take the lead in bringing professional and amateur screenwriters (and now filmmakers) together to celebrate the role of the screenplay in filmmaking and discuss the considerable creative possibilities of writing for film and television.

The site also mentions that there are a number of different ways to attend at a variety of different price points. Depending on what you want to participate in.  The festival lasts eight days, so there is plenty to do while the fest is going on.  Venues include the Paramount Theatre, Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, Alamo Drafthouse Village, Long Center Rollins Theatre, Hideout Theater, Austin Convention Center, and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Musuem IMAX & Texas Spirit Theaters. (Venues are subject to change each year). In addition, the conference panels take place at the Driskill Hotel & Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin hotel in the heart of downtown Austin.


Accessibility:
Austin Film Festival strives to be accessible to all patrons of the arts. While all of the Conferences and venues are wheelchair accessible, it is important to request accessible seating for a particular screening at least one day prior to the screening.