20th Annual Austin Film Festival

Austin Film Festival is back for its 20th year and we couldn’t be more excited for all the films, panels, and parties popping up around Austin over the next week.  There’s so many great folks coming to town and we’ve outlined (in no particular order) films with a female writer and/or director and female panelists who will be attending the festival.  Cheers to all you ladies out there!

FILMS

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Whoopi Goldberg (Director: HBO’S WHOOPI GOLDBERG PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY)

Maggie Kiley (Writer/Director: LIGHT YEARS)

Madellaine Paxson (Director: BLOOD PUNCH)

Tara Anaise (Writer/Director: DARK MOUNTAIN)

Hilary Brougher (Writer/Director: INNOCENCE)

Chelsea Hernandez (Director: THE ROAD TO LIVINGSTON)

Kelly Daniela Norris (Writer/Director: SOMBRAS DE AZUL)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Alexandra Lescaze (Director: ALL OF ME)

Laura Waters Hinson (Director: DOG DAYS)

Maureen Judge (Director: LIVING DOLLS)

SHORTS

Holle Singer (Writer/Director: ABANDONED)

Jenny van den Broeke (Writer/Director: BLINDE LIEFDE)

Erica Harrison (Writer: A CAUTIONARY TAIL)

Wendy Dent (Writer/Director: DECEMBER 25)

Jessica Yu (Director: THE GUIDE)

Paola Morabito (Writer/Director: I’M THE ONE)

Janine Sides (Writer/Director: JODY’S BRA)

Grace Kim (Writer/Director: LUMIN)

Frances Poletti (Writer: MISS TODD)

Kristina Yee (Writer: MISS TODD)

Jing Yang (Writer/Director: MY SUPER VALENTINE)

Bracey Smith (Writer/Director: OUVERTURE)

Becca Friedman (Director: PAST THEIR PRIME)

Kate Marks (Writer/Director: PEARL WAS HERE)

Jennifer Suwak (Director: PULLING TEETH)

Jacqueline Christy (Writer/Director: REHEARSAL)

Sara Zandieh (Writer/Director: REZA HASSANI GOEST TO THE MALL)

Sarah Jean Kruchowski (Writer/Director: SPECIAL MOMENTS BY OKSANA)

Claire Winter (Director: TALENT SHOW)

Renee Felice Smith (Writer/Director: YOUNG(ISH))

PANELISTS

Callie Khouri (Screenwriter: THELMA & LOUISE)

Leslie Dixon (Screenwriter: MRS. DOUBTFIRE, HAIRSPRAY, LIMITLESS)

Jenji Kohan (Screenwriter: GILMORE GIRLS, SEX AND THE CITY, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK)

Elaine May (Screenwriter/Director/Actress: TOOTSIE, THE BIRDCAGE)

Lindsey Doran (Producer: SENSE & SENSIBILITY)

Kelly Marcel (Screenwriter: currently writing FIFTY SHADES OF GREY)

Pamela Ribon (Screenwriter: SAMANTHA WHO?)

Terri Edda Miller (Screenwriter: DYSENCHANTED)

Maggie Malone (Director of Creative Development at Disney)

Diana Alvarez (Creative Executive at Larger than Life Productions)

Mary Coleman (Senior Development Executive at Pixar)

Issa Rae (Webisode creator: MISADVENTURES OF A BLACK GIRL)

Vanessa Taylor (Screenwriter: GAME OF THRONES, ALIAS)

Madellaine Paxson (Screenwriter)

Tara Anaise (Screenwriter)

Robin Swicord (Screenwriter: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)

Rachel Long (Screenwriter: DAWN PATROL)

Anne Rapp (Script Supervisor: ENDER’S GAME)

Carrie Gillogly (Director of Scripted Programming at AMC)

Nicole Yorkin (Executive Producer: THE KILLING)

Dawn Prestwich (Executive Producer: THE KILLING)

Sarah Burns (Screenwriter/Director: CENTRAL PARK FIVE, BIG SUR)

Jill Chamberlain (Screenwriter/Director: LIVING ON BORROWED TIME)

Lisa Kaselak (Media Artist)

Joanne Lammers (Director of the Writers Guild Foundation Archive)

Barbara Morgan (Austin Film Festival Co-Founder)

Kate O’Toole (Actress)

Kay Wolf (WGAW’s Independent Film Executive)

Laura Hinson

Elizabeth Mims

Barbara Twist (Conference Manager for the Art House Convergence)

Deena Kalai (Entertainment Lawyer)

Emily Mollenkopf (Creative Development Associate at Pixar Animation Studios)

Erika Weinstein (Manager of Scripted Programming at AMC)

Lisa Stuardi (Founder of Bright Spot Entertainment)

Melissa Breaux (Washington Square Arts)

Meta Valentic (Producer: URBANIA)

Emily Best (Founder of Seed & Spark)