This document provides schedules and information for the Austin Youth Film Festival (AYFF). It lists the film lineups for the first and second film blocks, including 17 short films in various genres like animation, narrative comedy, documentary, experimental, narrative drama, music videos, and short-shorts. It also outlines the schedule of events for the AYFF, including film screenings, workshops, roundtables, and a keynote speech. The AYFF seeks to create opportunities for young filmmakers and foster a love of media arts.

1. Special thanks to our sponsors!
Thank you to all of the amazing professional
filmmakers who volunteer their time to the festival!
Jeff Nichols, Faiza Kracheni, Ya’Ke Smith, Tim
Tsai, B.B. Arya, Jason Harter, Nyla Spooner, Stephanie
Ard, Zack Scott, Steven DeBose, Daniel Trevino, Clete
Donovan, and Alexandra Lopez.
We couldn’t do it without all of you!
Want to see your logo here next year? Email our Development & PR Director @
c.cates@austinyouthfilmfestival.com

2. Film Lineup for Round 1 Film Block
(Animations, Narrative Comedy, Documentary, and
Experimental)
LEGO May the Fourth Special
Ping Pong Police
Maureen And Astrid
Standing up
A World In Motion
Waiting
Benny Leo Huskon Memorial
Daybreak Memories
Leave
The Juice
The Risk for Freedom
No Trespassing
"He Didn't Mean To"
Film Lineup for Round 2 Film Block
(Narrative Drama, Short-Shorts, Music Videos)
Maybe We Should've Voted?
Haunted
Calavera
If
Money.mp3
Missing
PURPLE
Carlotta Fakes Her Own Death
Lady Lazarus
Thorns
Sadolescense
HACKED
About AYFF
The Austin Youth Film Festival is an organization that seeks to
create film opportunities for young, independent filmmakers and
foster a lifelong love of the media arts. Through competitions,
screenings, sponsored film shoots, and mentorships we actively
work toward providing events catered to youth in the media arts.
Created in 2013 by local film teachers who saw the need for there
to be more media arts programming for youth, Alex Thomas
(Headwaters School) and Carrie Cates ( Austin School of Film)
founded the festival and have watched it grow each year with great
success and praise. We have launched both a logo competition for
local youth to design the AYFF logo that is used for all marketing
materials throughout the year (check out the awesome logo this
year designed by the talented Sadie Sweitzer), and host a “No
Talking, No Texting” PSA shoot that allows youth to create a PSA
that screens nation-wide at all Alamo Drafthouse locations.
Ultimately, our goal is to extend the youth-oriented festival to
include more competitions, networking and internship
opportunities, field trips, screenings and events exclusively aimed
to educate and promote young filmmakers.
For more information visit AustinYouthFilmFestival.com

3. AYFF x ASoF
TIME THEATER 1 BARREL O’ FUN BARREL O’ FUN TABLE
10:45 AM
Registration
+ Opening Mixer11:00 AM
11:15 AM Welcome Address
11:15AM
11:30 AM
Youth Film
Exhibition11:45 AM
AYFF Round 1 Films
+ Q&A
11:45AM-12:45PM
12:00 PM
Professional
Filmmaker
Roundtable Convos
16MM Painting on
Film Workshop
12:00PM - 12:30PM
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
12:45 PM
Youth Film
Exhibition1:00 PM
1:15 PM
AYFF Round 2 Films
+ Q&A
1:15PM-2:15PM
Professional
Filmmaker
Roundtable Convos
16MM Painting on
Film Workshop
1:15PM - 1:45PM
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
2:15 PM Keynote + Awards
with Jeff Nichols
2:15PM2:30 PM
2:45 PM
Closing Party!3:00 PM
4:00 PM
AYFF ScheduleMay 19, 2018

4.
LEGO May the Fourth Special
O’Henry Middle School
Created by: Amari Pavati
Animation
Experimental
Daybreak Memories
Austin School of Film
Created by: Dulce Heller
Leave
Creative Action
Created by: Elan Retzlaff, Zion Flores,
Myles Kovalik, Syd Cobbs, Ethan Henry,
Marley Heth, Amelia Bagnaschi, Angel
Saenz
“He Didn’t Mean To”
Youth Cinema Collective
Created by: Amelia Bagnaschi, Juliet
Black, McKala Hansen, Myles Kovalik,
Maya Jackson, Emmett Griffin-Baldwin,
Ellie Hebert, Charlie Dover, Gabe Archer,
Bella Zeddies
Screenplay
Hacked
Stephen F. Austin High School
Created by: Miranda Gershoni, Sam Tagle,
Ben Fremin, St. John Requejo, Roberto
Manco-Stenz, Kailea Fink
Sadolesense
Headwaters School
Created by: Ruby Esposito and Kate
Strelzick
Con’t Narrative Drama
Maureen and Astrid
Westlake High School
Written by: Myles Kovalik
Elephant
Headwaters School
Written by: Tyler Taliaferro
Spare Change
Headwaters School
Written by: Tyler Taliaferro

5.
Ping Pong Police
Austin High School Media Arts
Created by: Sam Tagle, Ben Fremin,
Roberto Manco-Stenz, Miranda Gershoni,
Cole Ratliff, Joey Garvey, Mason Toy
Maureen and Astrid
Westlake High School
Created by: Myles Kovalik, Bailey Gold,
Timo Nelson
Narrative Comedy
Waiting
Westlake High School
Created by: Timo Nelson and Myles
Kovalik, Victoria Benavides, Noah Shelton,
Timo Nelson, Jackson McMahon
The Juice
Headwaters School
Created by: Max Womack, Will Cottrell,
Sadie Sweitzer, Ewan Cox
Narrative Drama
Calavera
Creative Action
Created by: Adele Rankin, Trinity
Gonzalez, Sydney Nielsen, Myles Kovalik,
Ava Gorecki
Missing
Anderson High School
Created by: Ana Dragomir, Christina Nick,
Evan Papadakis, Charles Doyle, Dhruv
Ruttala, Nikki Campbell, Max Weikel, Trevor
Wilson, Terry Melton
Carlotta Fakes Her Own Death
Anderson School
Created by: Kirra Putnam, Zoe Snead,
Trevor Wilson, Ani Naser, Evan Papadakis,
Danny Kamya, Bella Cheng, Christina Nick,
Pauline Belz, Ana Dragomir
Lady Lazarus
Austin School of Film
Created by: Sofia Martinez, Karen
Cramer, Riley Church, Amalia Allen
Haunted
Austin School of Film
Created by:Hayley Geffen, Grace Olson,
Levi Guzman, Mitchell Susswein

6. A World in Motion
Pflugerville High School
Created by: Khue Tran, An Nguyen,
and Makayla Moore
Benny Leo Huskon Memorial
Westlake High School
Created by: Myles Kovalik
The Risk for Freedom
Anderson High School
Created by: Alex Le
No Trespassing
Headwaters School
Created by: Sadie Sweitzer
Documentary Short-Shorts
Thorns
Pflugerville High School
Created by: An Nguyen, Miguel Posadas,
Hudson Marek
Maybe We Should’ve Voted?
Headwaters School
Created by: Louisa Baldwin, Tyler Taliaferro,
Hannah Mejia, David Balvantin, Sadie
Sweitzer, and Katie Foree
Purple
Headwaters School
Created by: Ruby Esposito
Money.mp3
Headwaters School
Created by: Henry Parkman
If
St. Andrew’s School
Created by: Max Burbey and Leo Esquivel
Music Videos
Standing Up
St. Andrew’s School
Created by: Ethan Huie, Kevin Keelan,
Ford Chupik