Austin Fest Names Semifinalists & Second Rounders
The Austin Film Festival has announced their 2025 Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%) from a field of more than 11,500 submissions. Finalists will be announced by mid-October and the winners will be announced during this year's Awards Luncheon during AFF's Writers Conference.
https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/2025-semifinalists-second-rounders/
Updated: 09/30/2025
Additional Contest Info: Austin Film Festival Script Competition
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A dysfunctional couple heads to a remote cabin to fix their relationship-just in time for the end of the world to begin.
Xanadu Shore II:
Four friends form the "The Xanadu Team" offering security and transportation, land, sea and air when they become deceptively involved with a nefarious jeweler and his charming assistant during an island gem heist, eventually escalating to international espionage in Xanadu Shores III - "Rescuing Atlas".
Xanadu Shores I:
Four friends unknowingly become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
The Rulers Of The Islands
World-shaping for the fourth time, they sight Hawaii, a crown jewel in the Pacific: a prize to fight for? or to bring peace to our world from, instead.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an AI Bot to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of 'Fake'.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an amazing magician at securing compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
Jeb
In the wake of Stonewall, Yale professor John Boswell races against time and his own mortality to uncover hidden truths in history, sparking a battle between erasure and acceptance and inspiring a cultural revolution.
Traverse Envizib. Invisible crossings. Episode 6: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
Howell and friends enter the tunnels that lead to the central kiva.
Look Into My Eyes! EPISODE 4: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
After Howell completes a series of challenges, he returns to his friends in the desert questing for Apache Tears.
Only You Can Help Her. EPISODE ONE/PILOT: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
When a boy's mother vanishes after a car crash, he's thrust into a perilous quest.
