“THE WRITERS FESTIVAL” REVEALS CONFIRMED MARQUEE TITLES LA LA LAND, WAKEFIELD, TRESPASS AGAINST US, NERDLAND, AND OTHERS
Frank Marshall, Robin Swicord, Jason Segel slated to attend
Source: AFF
Austin, TX – September 14, 2016 – 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, this October 13-20. AFF’s feature film slate includes 20 World Premieres, a robust Retrospective series guest programmed by Jason Segel, Paul Feig, Phil Rosenthal, 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, chronicling the search for two small children who offer the only living evidence that ties the Guatemalan government with the devastating Dos Erres Massacre. 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 other distinguished writers and directors.
Other films making their World Premiere in the 2016 slate are One Night (indie-romance with Anna Camp and writer/director Minhal Baig in attendance), The Writer’s Burrow (a Spanish thriller with the director and lead actor in attendance), The Big Flip—Stories from the Modern Household (a documentary that explores families with reversed gender roles), and Hot Air (an Austin-based comedy).
Austin Film Festival also revealed today their full Screenwriters Conference schedule, which will take place the first four days of the Festival, 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, Michelle Ashford, Kent Alterman, Carter Bays, Wendy Calhoun, Aaron Covington, Katie Dippold, Stephen Falk, Bobby Farrelly, Will Gluck, Tony Hale, John Hamburg, John Lee Hancock, Tim Herlihy, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, Paula Pell, Nicole Perlman, Phil Rosenthal, Gary Whitta, Beau Willimon, James Wong, Alan Yang, and many more.
The full Film and Conference schedule can be found at www.austinfilmfestival.com.
Austin Film Festival’s 2016 slate:
Marquee Features
- Loving
Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols
- Crunch Time: Episodes 1-6
Writers: Andrew Disney, Bradley Jackson
Director: Andrew Disney
World Premiere
- Gimme Danger
Director: Jim Jarmusch
- Good Fortune
Directors: Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
- La La Land
Writer/Director: Damien Chazelle
- Lion
Writer: Luke Davies
Director: Garth Davis
- My Scientology Movie
Director: John Dower
- Nerdland
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker
Director: Chris Prynoski
- The Salesman
Writer/Director: Asghar Farhadi
- The Thinning
Writers: Michael J. Gallagher, Steve Greene
Director: Michael J. Gallagher
- Trespass Against Us
Writer: Alastair Siddons
Director: Adam Smith
- Wakefield
Writer/Director: Robin Swicord
Retrospective Programming:
- Happy Gilmore (1996), presented by Tim Herlihy
Writers: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler
Director: Dennis Dugan
- The Last Supper (1996), presented by Dan Rosen
Writer: Dan Rosen|
Director: Stacy Title
- A Little Princess (1995), presented by Richard LaGravenese and Mark Johnson
Writers: Elizabeth Chandler, Richard LaGravenese
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
- The Muppets (2011), presented by Jason Segel
Writers: Jason Segel, Nicholas Stroller, Jim Henson
Director: James Bobin
- The Producers (1967), presented by Phil Rosenthal
Writer/Director: Mel Brooks
- What’s Up Doc? (1972), presented by Paul Feig
Writers: Buck Henry, David Newman, Robert Benton, Peter Bogdanovich
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Narrative Features
- Blood Stripe
Writers: Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin
Director: Remy Auberjonois
- Boys in the Trees
Writer/Director: Nicholas Verso
US Premiere
- Chronesthesia
Director/Writer: Hayden Weal
North American Premiere
- Holding Patterns
Writer/Director: Jake Goldberger
World Premiere
- No Retreat
Writers: J.D. Singer Nicholas, Zafonte
Director: Nicholas Zafonte
World Premiere
- Suburban Cowboy
Writer: Ryan Colucci
Directors: Ryan Colucci, Dragan Roganovic
World Premiere
- The Tiger Hunter
Writers: Sameer Gardezi, Lena Khan
Director: Lena Khan
Documentary Features
- Berlin Rebel High School
Writer/Director: Alexander Kleider
World Premiere
- Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?
Writer: Mark Monroe
Director: Eve Marson
- The Harvest Run
Writers/Directors: Steven Balvanz, Aaron McAdams
World Premiere
- Monogamish
Director: Tao Ruspoli
North American Premiere
- My Life as a Film
Writer/Director: Eva Vitija
North American Premiere
- ProGamer
Director: Justin Agnew
World Premiere
- Santoalla
Directors: Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
Dark Matters Features
- The Cliff
Writers: Natxo Lopez, Andres Martorell, Helena Taberna
Director: Helena Taberna
- Electric Nostalgia
Writer/Director: Jacob Leighton Burns
- Found Footage 3D
Writer/Director: Steven DeGennaro
- Middle Man
Writer/Director: Ned Crowley
- The Man Who Was Thursday
Writer/Director: Balazs Juszt
North American Premiere
- The Writer’s Burrow
Writers: Francisco Conde, Kurro González
Director: Kurro González
World Premiere
Comedy Vanguard Features
- 5 Doctors
Writers: Max Azulay, Matt Porter, Phil Primason
Directors: Max Azulay, Matt Porter
World Premiere
- Brave New Jersey
Writers: Michael Dowling, Jody Lambert
Director: Jody Lambert
World Premiere
- Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
Writer/Directors: Etta Devine, Gabriel Diani
World Premiere
- The Golden Rut
Writer/Directors: Nick and Josh Holden
World Premiere
- Hot Air
Writers: Jeremy M. Goldstein and Derek Sieg
Director: Derek Sieg
World Premiere
Heart of Film Features
- 11:55
Writers: Ari Issler, Ben Snyder, Victor Almanzar
Directors: Ari Issler, Ben Snyder
- An Acquired Taste
Writer/ Director: Vanessa Lemaire
- Almost Adults
Writer: Adrianna DiLonardo
Director: Sarah Rotella
- American Wrestler: The Wizard
Writer: Brian Rudnick
Director: Alex Ranarivelo
- The Big Flip—Stories from the Modern Home Front
Writer/Director: Izzy Chan
World Premiere
- Chronically Metropolitan
Writer: Nicholas Schutt
Director: Xavier Manrique
- Delinquent
Writer/Director: Kieran Valla
- Finding Sofia
Writer/Director: Nico Casavecchia
US Premiere
- Finding Oscar
Writers: Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern
Director: Ryan Suffern
- One Night
Writer/Director: Minhal Baig
World Premiere
- Pushing Dead
Writer/Director: Tom E. Brown
- Two Trains Runnin’
Writer: Benjamin Hedin
Director: Sam Pollard
- The Viagra Chronicles
Writer/Director: Chiara Sambuchi
North American Premiere
- Wrestling Alligators
Writers: Udy Epstein, Tchavdar Georgiev, Andrew Shea
Director: Andrew Shea
Texas Independent Features
- The Big Spoon
Writers: Mallory Culbert, Carlyn Hudson
Director: Carlyn Hudson
World Premiere
- Canine Soldiers – The Militarization of Love
Director: Nancy Schiesari
World Premiere
- Funniest
Director: Katie Pengra, Dustin Svehlak
World Premiere
- Homestate
Writers: David Hickey, Blaise Miller
Director: David Hickey
World Premiere
- Quaker Oaths
Writer/Director: Louisiana Kreutz
Cast: Alex Dobrenko, Fede Rangel
World Premiere
Stories from Abroad Features
- The Load
Writers: Alan Jonsson Gavicia, Arturo Ruiz Serrano
Director: Alan Jonsson Gavicia
- Long Live Death
Writer: Erol Yesilkaya
Director: Sebastian Marka
- My Mother’s Wound
Writers: Ozan Aciktan, Ozan Guven, Fethi Kantarci, Uygar Sirin, Mehmet Turgut, Funda Çetin
Director: Ozan Aciktan
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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.