Austin Action Fest & Market
Be where the Action Is!
WELCOME TO THE ACTION!!!!
Welcome to the Austin Action Fest, a film festival, Film Market, live action event and video game tournament all jammed into one! General Action, Kung Fu Flicks, Shooters, Thrillers and Horror Films are all welcome. As long as there is either kickin, stabbin, chasin, shootin, or jabbin, we don’t discriminate! Submit! If you are purchasing tickets, BEWARE that these films are unrated and some of the titles may be rated R. We are an officially listed IMDB Event so winning in one of our categories will be visible there as well.
We ACTIVELY work to put these projects in front of audiences but even more importantly, right in front of DISTRIBUTORS, SALES AGENTS and FINANCIERS. We attend events like the American Film Market and SXSW to directly contact and invite film professionals to our event for you! Our motto is #WhoYouFeedin? So we try to exemplify that in our approach to getting our filmmakers seen and most importantly, paid. We allow industry professionals to peruse catalogs from previous years to ensure your submission has the longest possible shelf life with us!
Join us for Austin Action Fest & Market 2025 August 8th, 9th and 10th
For A Unique Physical and Virtual Experience 8/8/2025!
Friday 8/08/25 – We kick things off opening night with an action demonstration. Hit the red carpet and take some killer photos….we’ll even bring the props. No Retreat 1 and 3 will be screening and will be introduced by none other than Writer/Producer Keith Strandberg and Actor/Karate Champion Keith Vitali. Don’t miss the chance to get a signed poster and the sneak peak of a very special documentary. Later that evening mingle and cut loose during the after party at Zero Latency vr gaming and axe throwing.
Saturday 8/09/25 – Saturday is full of film screenings and a panel on distribution led by one of our distribution sponsors producer/stunt coordinator Janell Vela Smith. One of our selections will be given a streaming distribution deal from Janell’s IDTVFLIX! We will end the night with another networking party event. Also don’t miss the premiere of Maurice Moore’s Texas-made psychological thriller Finding Solace will have its local premiere on Friday, August 9, at 7 p.m. Due to overwhelming demand, a second theater has been added. After the films wrap prepare for another networking mixer party with pool and drinks at the Golden Horn.
The Fairfield Inn & Suites Austin-University Area
2025 Screening Schedule
Schedule Subject to Change
FRIDAY BLOCK 1 6PM – 11PM
| Opening Remarks – 10m | |
| Sponsor Remarks – 5m | |
| BREAK / PHOTOS – 30m | |
| Demo 1 – 5m | |
| BREAK – 5m | |
| The Place She Dwells – 2m | |
| The Killer Ex Trailer – 2m | |
| Sweet Tooth 7m | |
| Keith Strandberg/Keith Vitali 20m | |
| No Retreat, No Surrender 1 – 85m | |
| BREAK – 10m | |
| Demo 2 – 3m | |
| No Retreat, No Surrender 3 -101m | |
| After Party – ??? |
SATURDAY – BLOCK 1 10AM – 2:10PM
| Shivering Demons – 5m |
| #MomLife – 24m |
| Mission 17 – 8m |
| Knight Owls – 34m |
| The Bunker – 7m |
| Night Shade – 5m |
| Welcome To The Party 2m |
| Aggrieved – 26m |
| The Visit – 4m |
| Dante’s Inferno – 29m |
| 1 in the Chamber – 7m |
| BloodHounds – 9m |
| Just the Janitor – 25m |
| Sword And Shield – 5m |
| The Heist Job – 12m |
| The Milk Situation – 5m |
| One – 11m |
| River – 26m |
SATURDAY – BLOCK 2 2PM – 6PM
| Fighting at 12,000ft – 3m | ||
| Dark Legacy – 33m | ||
| Dark Love – 12m | ||
| Dyscalculia – 2m | ||
| Jackal and Hide – 12m | ||
| Takeout -14m | ||
| Le Shift – 8m | ||
| Finally – 8m | ||
| SEEK – 93m | ||
PsychoPass 6m
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SATURDAY – BLOCK 3 6PM – 9:45PM
| Double Impact – 7m |
| 5.7 Seconds – 15m |
| Chapter 1 – 7m |
| The Last Evangelist (Pilot) – 34m |
| Finding Solace (2 Theaters) – 117m |
| Maurice Moore Q&A (2nd Theatre only) – 40m |
SATURDAY – BLOCK 4 9:45PM – 11PM
| Ridin Dirty – 12m |
| Ambivalence – 56m |
Lord Benjamin N. Redic II
Founder & Festival Director
Danyelle Cavaness – Weatherford
Creative Director
She is truly a Jack of All Trades and dynamically close to being a Master of them All. In her younger years, Danyelle was a competitive gymnast, twirler and basketball player and a highly skilled ballerina and jazz dancer who spent many weekends trying to emulate Nadia Comaneci, Lola Falana, Gene Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Bruce Lee as she observed Saturday Kung Fu movies. From Financial Management, Marketing, Breast Cancer Advocacy, CEO/Owner of The Rokk Group Co., Customer Success and Entertainment – Acting, Producing and Directing, Danyelle loves the art of storytelling, a great cinnamon roll, elevating others to their potential, living in the moment and “Saving The World From The Ordinary”.
Ericka Redic
Conference Coordinator & Bookkeeper
Ericka is a Marki Costello trained host, actress and a degreed accountant, working in the finance field for over 20 years. She has helped produce various NPR programs with people such as Paula poundstone. Ericka has been involved with many facets of the entertainment industry including production and will be working primarily with the finances/budget/payroll of Chronicles.
Special thanks to our sponsors.
See what they’re saying.
Austin Action Fest is a great project for the indie artist support and you can feel that they love the action movies. i can´t wait to join my next project in this festival. Thanks guys!
Aridani Del
Rosario (Dani Medina)
I enjoyed attending this festival and was able to meet a few folks and network. Good communication and a nice venue for screening films. Thanks for having LILLIAN at the festival!
Many love to this festival. Thank you for selecting. It was a honor for us.
Kai Erfurt
Great festival that treated us very well! Thank you so much!
Russell Emanuel
Helpful organizers. Great communication. Incredibly friendly group of people.
Cullen Fleetwood
What an absolute honor to be chosen for best short script and best feature script at such a competitive festival! I know with COVID the AAF team worked around the clock non-stop to make sure the 2020 festival still ran flawlessly. Thanks to the entire AAF team.
Travis Davidson
Very warm, friendly group of people.
I was utterly DELIGHTED to be SEMI-FINALIST, it was a dream come true. At this grim time when I am isolated by COVID19, there is fighting in the streets, and I am under siege by tax inspectors, this was a fabulous ray of wonderful sunshine that lit up my whole life. Attentive and kind, their staff are always there to help. A gem of a festival
Robert Thompsett
Austin Action Fest is a great project for the indie artist support and you can feel that they love the action movies. i can´t wait to join my next project in this festival. Thanks guys!
Aridani Del Rosario
