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Austin Youth Film Festival

The Austin Youth Film Festival (AYFF) was a nonprofit festival for short films by Central Texas middle and high school students, meant to give young filmmakers a place to show work and to build a lifelong interest in media arts. Its website archives festivals from 2016 through 2019, and it also ran the Housebound Film Competition. The 2021 festival was hosted at the Blue Starlite Drive-In, with films from Austin-area schools and youth programs. The website was not reachable in October 2026, and no edition after 2021 was found.

Festival · Austin · Ended 2021

When it ran

Held in May
Blue Starlite Drive-In (2021)
Austin Youth Film Festival (501(c)(3) nonprofit)
Old website ↗︎

Notable


Nonprofit that creates opportunities for young independent filmmakers; 'Home of Housebound Film Competition'; archive pages for 2016–2019 festivals; 2021 program hosted at the Blue Starlite Drive-In with films from Austin-area schools including Dripping Springs High School	↗︎
May 19, 2018 edition focused on short films by Central Texas middle- and high-schoolers	↗︎

Sources

Austin Youth Film Festival (archived site) Austin Youth Film Festival via Wayback Machine 2023-06-02
The Austin Film Festival Calendar The Austin Chronicle 2018-01-26
Your 2019 Guide to Film Festivals in Austin The Austin Chronicle 2019-01-03