Austin Film Fest announces awards
Local Austin filmmaker Jeff Nichols' "Shotgun Stories" won the Austin Film Festival's top narrative prize, while Alexandre Fuchs' "Children of the War" (Hijos de la Guerra) won for best doc, pictured.The complete list:
AFF 2007 Screenplay/Teleplay Competition Winners
Sitcom Teleplay Winner - Scrubs: My Hot Mess written by Ashley Lyele
Drama Teleplay Winner - Grey's Anatomy: Reality Bites written by Scott Richter
Latitude Productions Winner - Flower of Fire written by Patrick Hegarty
Sci-Fi Winner - Keys to the Kingdom written by Geof Miller and Troy Hunter
Comedy Winner - Pocket Protector written by Severiano Canales
Adult/Family Winner - Slugger written by Jimmy Miller
AFF 2007 Film Competition Winners
Narrative Feature Jury Award Winner "Shotgun Stories"
Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols
Special Jury Mention for Dash Mihok's performance in "Superheroes"
Special Jury Mention for Comic Vision in Mike O'Connell and Peter Kline's script for "The Living Wake"
Narrative Short Jury Award Winner "Deface"
Written and Directed by John Arlotto
Special Jury Mention for "Emily Cries"
Special Jury Mention for Samantha Weinstein's performance in "Ninth Street Chronicles"
Narrative Student Short Jury Award Winner
"Salt Kiss"
Written and Directed by Fellipe Barbosa
Animated Short Jury Award Winner
"Over the Hill"
Directed by Peter Baynton
Special Jury Mention for "The Chestnut Tree"
Documentary Feature Winner
"Hijos de la Guerra" (Children of the War)
Directed by Alexandre Fuchs
Special Jury Mention for "First Saturday in May"
Documentary Short Winner "Absolute Zero"
Directed by Alan Woodruff

Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com.













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