AFF 2012: Introduction

We pick some favorites from the 2012 lineup

The wide-ranging, screenwriter-centric Austin Film Festival & Conference boasts both famous names and fledgling filmmakers, and in our preview we've chosen to follow suit. A mega-talent who changed our relationship to TV? Check. A homegrown filmmaker keeping the Slacker tradition alive? Got that, too. Spotlights on under-the-radar docs and under-the-couch-cowering slasher films? Done, and done. And this is just the beginning: You can follow the Chronicle's continuing coverage at austinchronicle.com/austin-film-festival and @ACScreens.

The 19th annual Austin Film Festival & Conference runs Oct. 18-25 at various venues around town. Film passes and badges are still on sale (the screenwriting conference is restricted to badge holders); individual tickets for films may be purchased the day of at the theatre box office. See www.austinfilmfestival.com for purchase info and full lineup.

Alamo Drafthouse Ritz 320 E. Sixth

Alamo Drafthouse Village 2700 W. Anderson

Austin Convention Center 500 E. Cesar Chavez

Paramount Theatre 713 Congress

Rollins Theatre at the Long Center 701 W. Riverside

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum 1800 N. Congress

The Hideout Theatre 617 Congress

A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.

Support the Chronicle  

READ MORE
More Austin Film Festival
The Social and Personal Turbulence of <i>Armageddon Time</i>
The Social and Personal Turbulence of Armageddon Time
James Gray explores his own flawed youth in this autobiographical coming-of-age film

Trace Sauveur, Nov. 4, 2022

Five Filmmakers to Learn From at Austin Film Festival 2022
Five Filmmakers to Learn From at Austin Film Festival 2022
The picks of the panels in this year’s conference

Richard Whittaker, Oct. 28, 2022

More by Kimberley Jones
Jumping the Shark in This Weekend’s Recommended Arts & Culture Events
Jumping the Shark in This Weekend’s Recommended Arts & Culture Events
Multiple ways to get high ... on art

June 6, 2025

Keeping Our Eye on the Week’s Recommended Arts Events
Keeping Our Eye on the Week’s Recommended Arts Events
Art and culture abounds, even on the weekdays

June 6, 2025

KEYWORDS FOR THIS STORY

aff2012, Austin Film Festival

MORE IN THE ARCHIVES
One click gets you all the newsletters listed below

Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events

Keep up with happenings around town

Kevin Curtin's bimonthly cannabis musings

Austin's queerest news and events

Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle