AUSTIN UNDER THE STARS 2024
AWARD WINNERS
Celebrate the outstanding talent of our 8th annual showcase! Explore the award-winning films and screenplays alongside the incredible work of all our selected creators. Every project featured this year brought unique stories and perspectives that made the festival unforgettable. Congratulations to the winners, and heartfelt thanks to all our talented participants for sharing your artistry with us.
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AUSTIN UNDER THE STARS 2024
AWARD NOMINEES
Discover the award nominated films & screenplays of our 8th annual showcase. Find out the winners on September 12th at AFS Cinema. Get Tickets here.
AUSTIN UNDER THE STARS 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Discover the top-rated films & screenplays of our 8th annual showcase.
AUSTIN UNDER THE STARS 2024
FILM SELECTIONS
Project Title
catwalk
Darwin the Dreamer
Paper Stars
Thunderbird
Toast
Captain Freckles and Applesauce - Pilot
Escape
Help Is... on the Way?
Reggie & Rainbow
The Arrangement
All in a Day's Work
Guest
Jack-O-Lantern
EcstASY
HOOKY
Joan & Samuel
M0D3RN T1M3Z
She Doesn't Like Pizza
Walk of Generations
Bed By 9
Don't Lie Music Video
Feel My Love
LITTLE BIG - It Happens
OBSOLETE - YOKO GOLD
Reasons
Reclamation
Set Urself Free
Transit Method - Psychometry
What Did I Do
whisk - Turkey
Dove
Foolhardy Love
Goodnight, My Love
Introvert Club
Made
Paint It, Black
Stockholm Syndrome
The Heart of Texas
The Righteous and The Wicked
The Standard of Living
Today I Fell in Love
What Washes Ashore
You Look So Good
First Contact
prObed
Back Issues
Bright Eyes and Steady Hands
Life Coach
MEAT
This Isn't a Requiem, It's a Séance
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Wick
Directors
Brandon Leba
Don Dixon
Natalie Cullen
Aaron Arizpe
Douglas Young Riggs
Brenton Feeser
Emile Denes soubiran
Jason A. White
Aaron G. Hale
Brett Maline
Troy Fortenberry
Lane Fortenberry
Cody Leveski
Josu geo
Anna Samuels
Karissa McKinny
Richard Thompson
Matt McKisson
Delaney Mann
Christian Klein
Chloe White
Zane Oliver Ruttenberg
Alina Pasok, Iliya Prusikin
PAUL SHORT
gloria bueno
Kelly Moneymaker
Noah Reyes, Alyssa Garcia
Justin Wilson
Jenet Kiefer
Jake Stewart
Kevin C. McDermott
Richard Eick
Chyna Robinson
Vered Rodriguez
Bach Tran
David Shen Miller
Saeed Houshyar
Gregory JM Kasunich
Cooper Neidecker
June Shaukat
Jesse Foy
Harold Nieves Fisch
Riley Rudy
Phil Hawkins
Umar Shiraz Jafri
Maddox Stockton
Cane Wilson
Janelle Lee Austin
salem aguilar
Ryan Schwenn, Soufia Ali
Rocky
Kayling Iris Taylor
Submission Categories
Animation Short
Animation Short
Animation Short
Arthouse Short
Arthouse Short
Comedy Short
Comedy Short
Comedy Short
Comedy Short
Comedy Short
Horror Short
Horror Short
Horror Short
Micro-Short
Micro-Short
Micro-Short
Micro-Short
Micro-Short
Micro-Short
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Music Video
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
Sci-Fi Short
Sci-Fi Short
Student Short
Student Short
Student Short
Student Short
Student Short
Student Short
Student Short
Project Title
Fast Cash
Heaven Sent Me
The Life & Times of a Cubicle-Crazy Co-Worker!
Bowling For Love
3 Days in Galveston
IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD SCRIPT
RIP VAN WILSON
The Styrofoam Shaman
That Summer We Stole Our Permanent Records
COMMERCIAL ACTRESS
The Cake
Earth To Alex
The Paranormal Prankster: Casefile 001 - Bigfoot
YOUR AGENT CALLED
Selling Oranges on a Median with Charles Bukowski
Therapy
Echoes of Ecstasy
CLIPPED
Try a Waffle Cone
Nightmarefest
Intrepid
Aberration
The BC Night Train
Concrete Kingdom
Cat Lady, A Psycho-Biddy Horror
Marah From Eilat
FRIGHTEN ME
Öt-Z:
The Cactus Creek Cantina
Fireflies or C.S.H.C.?
Dark Prince
Bad News
Halfturn
The Match
An Unexpected Paradise
White Man Camouflage
Falling Star
BLUE[m]
MAX AND MARIA
The Crossing
Down to the Felt
The Vicar Takes A Wife
Coal Dust Dreams
They Left Nothing For Sancho
Flowergiver
STARS, WON'T YOU HIDE ME?
A Night at Sloppy Scribbles
No Olvidado
Isolation
Dissension
MIGRANTS
Without Roots
Hunted
DPPELGANGER HEIST
Freestyle Panic
Who We Aren't
The Race
The Garden
Perception
Elmwood Park
The Salesman
Prayer Wagon Church
Seeing Stars
Ashes to Dust
Silvermoon
Heaven, Hell, and Me
Baby Mine
ODYSSEY
It's The Same
Phil's Wake
Impermanence
The Kids Are Alright
Kochav Yam
That's Just My Luck
Today While Resting
By the Lake
GUN SHOP
Hombre
The Tower
Constellation Chronicles
Something old and Something new
The Age of the Empath
Civitas: A Tale of Anathema
Dr. Apples: Papercuts
Declaration
im fine thank you how are you
Blue Oasis
Crossroads
I/O (Input-Output)
Writers
Cary Lee Singleton
Jim Norman
Brett Howard Nelson
Charles Dewandeler
Bryan Matthews
Dale A Brandenburg
Phillip E Hardy
Christopher Manydeeds
Kersti Niebruegge
Zoé Mahfouz
Greg Emmerth
Gloria Cole
Sean Whitley
Lynx
Ryan Armstrong
Bryan Whorton
John Kestner
Sara Shelton
Miachel Pruett
Martin Richmond
Mike Langer
Jeff Kimball
Sean O'Neil
John Goode
Suzan Averitt, Jeff G Peters
Leiter S Daniellson
Martin Richmond
CJ Hatch
Stuart Long
Martin Richmond
Adam David Gregory
Lynx
Brian Gregory
Crystal Rivers
Kanani Rose
DC Cummings
Jason Watson
Daisy Weaver
Rosalyn Rosen
Clark Childers
Jon Osbeck, Dino Tripodis, Ralph Scott
Victoria Keffer
Barbara West
Wilson West Bondesen, Jacob Wayne Bondesen
Alex Ramirez
Stuart Creque
Daniel Caroline
d. b. Roderick
Brian Whiteman
Stacey Alan Spivey
Lindsay S Waite
Melanie Hope Lang
Alan Craig Barkley, Linda Holway Barkley
Alan Barkley, Linda Holway Barkley
Lynx
Niels Thomas Hanrath
Carlos Miranda, Michael Corcoran
Matthew C Trub, Kay A Trub
James M. Dolciamore
Gregory Falatek
Adam Seidel
Arwood NMN Garrett
Mia Rose Vergnetti
Clark Childers
Andrew Young
Armand Arekian
Christine Longoria
Fred Perry
BRYAN HUYNH
Gabe Spangler
Taylor Fredricks
Rashad K Simmons
Shaina Rose Slotchiver
Kelsey Unruh
Tommy Britt
Alex Dauphin
Dominic Benson Landes
Chris Martinez
Brandon Ashcom
Vincent James Lowry
Coco london Coloma
Steve Brown
Bob Singleton
Lacye A Brown
Victoria Keffer, Grace Lawrence
Haley Rice
Debra Lynne Pralle
Laura Katherine Winter
Molly J Vernon
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
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Comedy Short
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Feature
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Horror Short
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Feature
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
Screenplay: Narrative Short
TV Pilot Screenplay (Long Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Long Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Long Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Long Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Long Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Short Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Short Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Short Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Short Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Short Form)
TV Pilot Screenplay (Short Form)