Recapping Austin Under the Stars Film Fest 2023
Over 100 short films & screenplays, a bellydancing performance, engaging Q&A's, and an unforgettable award ceremony
We're still buzzing with excitement from the incredible journey that was the 7th annual Austin Under the Stars Film Festival! 🌟✨ It was a whirlwind of emotion, cinematic brilliance, and unforgettable moments that left our hearts full of gratitude.
Heartfelt Gratitude
To all the brilliant filmmakers, masterful screenwriters, and passionate film enthusiasts who joined us, we extend our deepest thanks. Your submissions, presence, and unwavering support turned this event into a smashing success. Together, we celebrated storytelling at its finest.
Making a Difference
Through your incredible support and influence among family, friends, cast, and crew, we raised over $3,000 for the Autism Society of Texas. Your impact on our mission to make a difference in the world is truly remarkable.
Relive the Magic
If you're yearning to relive those magical moments or catch up on what you missed, you're in for a treat. You can now access the awards ceremony from our Awards posted below. Additionally, we've got stunning event photos to share, courtesy of the incredibly talented photographers here
Don't forget to share the love and tag @austinunderthestars when you spread the festival magic.
A Dazzling Performance
A massive shoutout to Cheyney Teagen for her electrifying belly dancing performance at our after-party! She set the bar high for all our future events.
2024 Awaits!
As we bid farewell to Austin Under the Stars 2023, we're excited to announce that submissions are now open for our 2024 edition. We can't wait to welcome back our talented alumni with open arms. To show our appreciation, we're offering a 40% discount on any future submission when you use the code: AUTSALUMNI.
Explore New Horizons
For those looking to expand their horizons, submissions are also open for our partner festival, LA Under the Stars. Discover new opportunities and dive into the action at LA Under the Stars Film Festival.
Your Shining Talent
Having you as part of our showcase this year was an absolute delight, and we can't wait to see the incredible projects you'll bring to the table in the future. Your talent and creativity are a guiding star in our festival universe, and we eagerly anticipate where your journey will take you.
Thank you to everyone for being a stellar part of Austin Under the Stars 2023! ⭐
2023 AUTS Award Winners
2023 Austin Under the Stars Film Festival
Official Selections
Project Title
Ghost on the Dance Floor
God, Golf & Glory
HIT
I'm New
Mary Lou's Cat
Nature's Bounty
Only So An Hour
Out of Season
Pizza & Civil Civic Conversations
Together, Alone
We're All Gonna Die
First You, Then I
Háldi
Signal
Tenuto
The Bridge
A Haunting Across The Galaxy
Foreign Planetary
Let's Go Action Squadron!
The Cocoon
The Space Between Us
Yellow Dove Aftermath
Acquired Taste
Afterimage
All My Friends Are Dead
BLONSH
Hot Mess!
Jitters
Lunch Tattoo
Men Grieving
Men in Cars
Mission Pinche Gabacho
No Other Gods But Me
Oh My Guinness
Somewhere In Between
The 44th Chamber of Shaolin
The Film Café
Threesome
Wicked Image
Yes, Andrea
A Touch of Kindness
Darcelle: On Life, Love and Dying
The Place She Dwells
Understanding Autism
A Bitter Murmur
Fetch!
Gummies
HIMS
Lichemoth
Pete & Re-Pete
Fire Animals
Safely Feel The Real World
The Bloom
Therapy
Almost Home
Baker Hotel
Bloodlines
Broken Bones
BROKEN SIDE by Charlie Edward
Delores Galore: Drop
Drug Bleed
I'm Not Fine
I've Become
Jeff Hilliard - Consensual
Make It Work
Me and Somebody
MY MEISIE
Nicotine Hallelujah
OUT
Recreating Eden - "Veins"
Sinful Betty's Band "Forgotten"
Snap
Someone - I Guess I'm Changing
The Hacky Turtles - "The Low Before"
The Rebellion
TRAGOS AMARGOS - PINATA PROTEST
Us In Octaves
When I Take My Eyelashes Off
Zimata Svurshi | POST
A Letter to Amelia
A Thousand Times A Day
Attest
Back To Us
Break
Cabaret Sauvignon
Cielo
Deep Down
Doubles
Dream Carriers
Finding Serenity
GoodNight
Home
LA PIETRA (The Stone)
Niece Day
No Air for Angels
See You Soon
Strings
Subsurface
Sugar Crash
Sunrise Hill
The Outskirts of Time
TogetHER
Trail Boss
Twenty
Vimukth
Directors
Edwin Raul Oliva
Colin Pham
Hayden Rhodes
Marlon Rubio Smith
Liam Larriviere
Chloe Linscomb
Elizabeth Winters
Harrison Chiu
Adam Zheng
Fumiya Hayakawa
Brittney Hutchison
Ashleigh Coffelt
Ann Holmgren
Joey Mathews
Meg Halski
Liesa Cole
Edwin Raul Oliva
Tiffany Lin
Paris Brown
David Shen Miller
Julianne Martin
Rony A. Abovitz
Emily Mary Phillips
Evelyn Williams
Lorena Chiles
James Werner
Andrew Kallimani, Olivia Benedict
Elisabeth LeDoux
Nicholas Luciano
Adam Peltier
Molly Vernon
James Kimberling
Alex Spott
Andy Dossett, Kyle Scott Travis
Kyle Vorbach
Jon Truei
Josh Pulido
Brandon DeLany
Caitlin Scherer
Mary Tilden
Justin Rowe Tolliver
Christena Carol Dowsett
Maurice Moore
Scott Steindorff
Manuel Baeza
Carlos Garcia, Jr.
Renetta G. Amador
Krsy Fox
Carla Nichamin
Martha Van Garza
Jane Gillman
Jody Xiong
Jody Xiong
Chase Alexander Moye
Connor Rapp
Billy Cano
Travis Gallagher
Ron David Longo
Scott Baker
Jeremey Lavoi
Trevor Chase
Madison Olandt, Taylor Olandt
Lynette Aleman, JoJo Dancer
Jeff Hilliard, Joey Danger
Karla Odette Armendariz, Ben Root
Kaylin Rose Smida
Pedro Henrique Mosca Marques
Päter
Sean Maddox
Trevor Miguel Najera
Damian Wi≈õniewski, Beata Wi≈õniewska
Aramayis Hayrapetyan
David Spearing
Andy Miller
Gabriel Hostetler
James A Rodriguez
Alex Mastoon
Jackie Pardue Scripps
Hugo Keijzer
Jacob Spooner
Chantelle James
Andi Behring
Clytze Sun
Katie Moorehead
Alexandria Bond
Justin Betancourt
Zack Scott, Skylar Schanen
Tim Yager, Alyssa Udovitsch
Esmeralda Hernandez
Kim Richards
Lain Ewing
Stephen Robinson, Eric Pham
Nikita Hattangady
Jordan Wilson
Erin Elizabeth
Nicolas McKee
Rodrigo Moreno
Daniel John Harris
Jon Huggins
Lola Victoria
Alejandro Emmanuel Hendricks
Paul Kolker
Stephen Robinson
Jason Hogan
Riyan Shetty
Submission Categories
Student Short
Student Short
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Student Short
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Student Short
Experimental Short
Experimental Short
Experimental Short
Experimental Short
Experimental Short
Sci-Fi Short
Sci-Fi Short
Sci-Fi Short
Animation Short
Animation Short
Animation Short
Comedy Short
Comedy Short
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Documentary Short
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Feature
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Horror Short
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Horror Short
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Horror Short
Horror Short
Micro-Short
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Narrative Short
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Project Title
Dracula, My Love
Flight Risk
Jointly Juvenile
Love Me X 3
Off His Meds
Recognition
Steve's Law
The Incredible Carney Jones
The Loser's Club
Wabi Sabi Love
Deep in the Barrio
Even Sadder This Time
Louie Luis
Ms. Roni
Pluto Boy vs. Earth Kid
REMOTE
SANCHOS & PONCHOS - A comedy
As Scared As You
BLOOD OF ANGELS
Blue Honey
BOX OF GLASS
David
DEMONCODE
Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself
Family
High Stakes
Home of the Dead
Mali
Morituriosis
Patches
Robot Asteroid
Scryer: Episode 1 -- Something in the Eyes
SVEN
The Drowned People
The Four Of Us Are Dying
The Guy
US Space Force - Strange Case of Dr. Briton
Whitewater Nightmare
Drinkwater
The Darkest Hour
The Otherside
As Scared As You
Big Whiskey
Black Sunday
Brave Rider
Canajoharie - "The Boiling Pot"
Daywake
Decrescendo
Fade In, Fade Out
Fragments
Fuchsia Fox
Gabe
Gender Perfect
Infallible Proof
Kaha Akua
Life's a Witch
Love You Better When You're Wild
Morituriosis
Motor City Steel.
Never Stop Running
Non Local: The "SALIVA" Rework
Our Echo-Lives
Seven Sisters
She's Never Coming Back
Ten Miracles
The Angels of Anguish
The Cameo
The Family Secret
The Highwayman
THE LOST LION
The Milky Way
The Muscle
The Queen's Jewels Script
The Quilt: A Living History of African American Music
THS Theatre Club
TIME HAS COME TODAY
Unison Kismet: The Twin Samaritan
'tis the damn season
"Enter the Room" Screenplay
A Bridge of Faith
American Nostalgia
Applause
Blood Splattered Pearls
Eat Surf Love
Elevator Pitch
Enter The Genesis
Grab and Go
I DRUM TO A DIFFERENT PUZZLE
Inner Child
Io
Moments to Midnight
Please Stand By
Reign
Seeing Things Differently
Solipsism
South for Winter
The Railroad Tracks
When it Pours
A Lost Lady - Pilot: "A Spark"
FORGERY
Love and War in the Eternal City
Outskirts
Part 1. Hit & Run - Script
PortHole - Pilot
S√£o Paulo Lipstick Boys
Sly
Solicitors
The GOAT
The Wicked Tongue
Basil King
Writers
James Sutherland Russell
J.D. Brookshire
Brian Du, Anne Mirrop Boyd
Erin Elizabeth Keefer
Luis Ortiz, Tsunami Ortiz, Tsunami Ortiz
Suzanne McDaniel VanDeMark
Paul May
David M. Robinette
Jonathan Turner Smith
Nelson Beltran
Henry Kana
Mia King
Eric Gonzales
Fran Harris
Veronica Park Anderson
Meik V. Fischer
Sara Gaston
Jesse Dorian
Kevin J. Howard
SherLann D. Moore
Kevin J. Howard
Samantha Jean Talley
Corey Jason Trahan
Jesse Dorian
Victor David Caballero
Stuart Creque
Rod Tipton
Rob Thorp
Jesse Dorian
Jecca Bitner
Paul May
Jac Kessler
Jesse Dorian
Thomas O'Malley
Jesse Dorian
John Goode
Stuart Long
Steven M. Nevills
Shaun J O'Loughlin
Jahz A. Branch
Brent Minderler
Jesse Dorian
Lisa VanNatta
Katreana Bellew
Harvey Goodman
D C Cummings
Hannah Scofield
Jon Reneé
Rob Levinson
Lyra Reign
Nilgoon Askari, James Leon
Victor Webb Quinton, Wilbur William Witt
Brian Wapole
Matthew A. Makowski
Roselani U'i Duvauchelle Maddox
Madison Faye Walters
Brian Wapole
Jesse Dorian
Nelson Santiago Beltran, Albert Emery
Dr. Melissa Caudle
K. L. Jenkins
Brian Wapole
David Congalton
Jesse Dorian
Harry Tyler Kleinman
Kevin Nowakowski, Felicia Gruenwald
David LeBlanc
Alix Lindbergh
Patrick Norman
Laura Koons
Alexa Salimpour
Jonathan Gonzales
Josh Curtis Friedman
Cynthia Freeman Gibbs
Shannon Yocum
Craig Sultan
Francesco Capussela
Amelia Bartlett
Harry Waldman
Josh Rabalais
Isaac Ballesteros Barba
Kat Sparks
Shanna Riker
Nada Djordjevich
Charles Williams
Jerry Lawrence III
Janna Jones
BRYAN HUYNH
Victoria Tamez
Jeff Rubino
Paulina Manseau
David Michael Sutera
Fran Harris
Jim Norman
Duncan B Putney
Jill Ferrari
Rosie Maddox
Erin Elizabeth Rider
Holly Swenson
Amy Hutchins, Christiane Erwin
Leonardo Amedeo Pappano
Peggy Green
Rosie Maddox
Steven Nevills, CJ Baker (co-creator)
John-Mark Davidson
Jesse Dorian
Evan Morton
Maggie Scudder
Aavi Haas
Taylor Fredricks, Ryan Castro, Isaac Scego
Submission Categories
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
Screenplay: Comedy Feature
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Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
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Screenplay: Horror Feature
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Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
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Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Short
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