Virginia Austin
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
Virginia Austin
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
A recent college graduate tracks down the little girl his father died rescuing 18 years ago. Devastated by finding she’s grown up to become a heroin addict, the revelation still isn’t enough to keep him from falling in love with her.
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In the last three years, Austin's screenplays CAR HEROIN TRAIN, HER SEVENTH DEATH, TAMING HOLDEN CAULFIELD, DINERS & DEVILS, WILLIAM THE II, WHO LET THE WALLFLOWERS OUT?, and MADDIE AND FRANNIE have garnered over 210 nominations and awards in film festivals across five continents and the Middle East. When not writing, Austin is a lead engineer for a one-billion-dollar project turning nuclear power into hydrogen so we can all live a greener tomorrow.
Filmography
  • Writer (9 Credits)
    Car Heroin Train
    Screenplay
    CAR HEROIN TRAIN
    Screenplay
    DINERS & DEVILS
    Screenplay
    Her Seventh Death
    Screenplay
    Taming Holden Caulfield
    Screenplay
    Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
    Screenplay
    William the II
    Screenplay
    WILLIAM THE II
    Screenplay
    No God in Thee Equation2021
    Screenplay
  • Director (1 Credit)
    DINERS & DEVILS
    Screenplay
187 Awards & Selections
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Chicago Screenplay Awards - 2023
2023
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
ColorTape (Australia) - 2023
Queensland, Australia
2023
Quarterfinalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
San Francisco Independent Film Festival - 2023
San Fran, CA
2023
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Massachusetts Ind Film Festival - 2023
2023
Current Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition - 2023
Atlanta. GA
2023
Current Semi Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Sedona International Film Festival - 2023
Sedona, AZ
2023
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Golden State Film Festival - 2023
2023
Current Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Table Read My Screenplay - Spring 2023
2023
Best Screenplay - Silver
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Oz Independent Film Festival (Australia) 2023
Melbourne, Australia
2023
Current Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Outstanding Screenplays - 2023
2023
Semi-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Southern California Screenplay Comp - 2023
California
2023
Current Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Script Summit - 2023
2023
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival - 2023
Brooklyn, NY
2023
Semi-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Los Angeles Int Screenplay Awards Spring - 2023
2023
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Los Angeles Screenplay Awards – Diversity Initiative June 2023
2023
CURRENT Quaterfinalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Emerging Screenwriters Genre - 2022
2022
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
VisionFest 2022
2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Scriptamatix Low Budget 1M to 5M - 2022
2022
Current Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Cynosure -2022
2022
Current Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Emerging Screenwriters Comedy - 2022
2022
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Bigfoot Script Challenge - 2022
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Silver State Film Festival - 2022
Las Vegas, NV
2022
Selected
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Santa Barbara Int Screenplay Awards - 2022
Santa Barbara, Ca
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Austin After Dark Film Festival
Austin, TX
2022
Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - 2022
Los Angeles, CA
2022
Semi-Finalist (Current)
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Flickers' Rhode Island Int Film Festival - 2022
Rhode Island
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Shockfest - 2022
2022
Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards - 2022
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Catalina International Film Festival 2022
Catalina, CA
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Chicago Indie Film Awards 2022
2022
Semi-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards - 2022
2022
Official Selection Hot 100 List
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Capital Fund Screenplay Competition 2022
2022
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Cordillera International Film Festival 2022
Reno, NV
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
New York Lift-Off Film Festival 2022
NYC, New York
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Marina del Rey Film Festival 2022
Marina del Rey Film Festival 2022
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Pasadena International Film Festival 2022
Pasadena, CA
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Sherman Oaks Film Festival - 2022
Sherman Oaks, CA
2022
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Chicago Comedy Film Festival - 2022
Chicago, IL
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Las Vegas International Film Festival - 2022
Las Vegas, NV
2022
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Austin Revolution Film Festival - 2022
Austin, TX
2022
Quarterfinalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
16th Annual StoryPros International - 2023
2022
Quarter-Finalist
DINERS & DEVILS
Reno-Tahoe 2022
Reno
2022
Quarter-Finalist
DINERS & DEVILS
Atlanta Screenplay Awards - 2022
Atlanta, GA
2022
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
LA Indies - 2021
LA
2022
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Chicago Screenplay Awards -2022
Chicago
2022
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
NYC Screenplay Awards - 2022
New York City
2022
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Toronto International Women's Film Festival - 2022
Toronto
2022
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Golden State Film Festival - 2022
California
2022
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay - 2022
Atlanta
2022
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Commffest Global Community Film Festival 2022
Toronto, CA
2022
Official Selection and Creative Award
Her Seventh Death
Voices Rising Film Festival 2022
Patchogue, NY
2022
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Beverly Hills Film Festival - 2022
Beverly Hills, CA
2022
Official Selection
Taming Holden Caulfield
LA Indies - 2021
LA
2022
Semi-Finalist
Taming Holden Caulfield
NYC Screenplay Awards - 2022
2022
Top 10
Taming Holden Caulfield
ISA Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Comp - 2022
2022
Quarter-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Outstanding Screenplays Competition - 2021
2022
Quarter-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition - 2022
Atalanta
2022
Semi-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
12th Annual Fresh Voices Screenplay Comp - 2022
2022
Semi-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
New York International Screenplay Awards - 2022
NY, NY
2022
Semi-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Emerging Screenwriters Family & Holiday Screen Comp - 2022
2022
Gold Winner
DINERS & DEVILS
Depth of Field International Film Festival - 2021
2021
BEST SCREENPLAY
DINERS & DEVILS
LA Neo Noir Film Festival - 2021
Los Angeles
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
World Webfest Mania - 2021
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Blastoff - 2021
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
International Moving Film Festival - 2021
Iran
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
NY Cinematography Awards - 2021
New York
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Golden Earth Film Award - 2021
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Hidden Film Festival - 2021
2021
Juror's Choice
Her Seventh Death
After Hour Film Festival 2021
2021
Semi-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
NY International Screenplay Awards - 2021
New York, NY
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Love Wins Film Festival - 2021
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Open Window International Film Challenge - 2021
2021
Gold Winner
Her Seventh Death
WRPN Women's International Film Festival - 2021
2021
Quarter-Finalist (Ongoing)
Her Seventh Death
The Script Lab Screenplay Contest - 2021
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Kalakari Film Festival - 2021
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Atlanta Screenplay Awards -2021
Atlanta, GA
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Chicago Screenplay Awards - 2021
Chicago, IL
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Toronto Independent Film Festival of CIFT - 2021
Toronto, Canada
2021
Semi-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Portland Screenplay Awards - 2021
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
New Delhi Film Festival 2021
Delhi, India
2021
Best Original Screenplay
Her Seventh Death
London Independent Film Awards - 2021
London, UK
2021
Best Script
Her Seventh Death
Vancouver Independent Film Festival - 2021
Vancouver
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Atlanta International Screenplay Awards - 2021
Atlanta
2021
Top 10 - Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Table Read Genre Screenwriting Competition - 2021
2021
Best Screenplay
Her Seventh Death
European Cinematography Awards - 2021
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021
Award Winner
Her Seventh Death
Kateye International Film Festival 2021
India
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
LA Live Film Fest - 2021
Los Angeles
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Canadian Diversity Film Festival - 2021
Canada
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
British Independent Film Festival - 2021
London, UK
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Like It Film Festival (ASMR Kitten) -2021
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
California Women's Film Festival - 2021
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay, and Music Fest-2021
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards - 2021
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Virgin Spring Cinefest - 2021
Calcutta, India
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Marina del Ray Film Festival - 2021
Los Angeles
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Cinestory Foundation - Quarter-Finalist (On-Going) - 2021
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Festival Angaelica - 2021
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Kurdistan International independent Film Festival 2021
Kurdistan
2021
Best Script Winner
Her Seventh Death
Redwood Shorts and Scripts - 2021
2021
Semi-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Vail Screenplay Contest
Vail, CO
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards - 2021
Santa Barbara, CA
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
LA Independent Women Film Awards
Los Angeles
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
New York Independent Cinema Awards - 2021
NY, NY
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Beyond Earth Film Festival
India
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes - 2021
Cannes, France
2021
Honorable Mention
Her Seventh Death
Los Angeles Movie Awards - 2021
Los Angeles
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Jaipur International Film Festival - 2021
Jaipur, India
2021
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
15th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest - 2022
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Chandler International Film Festival - 2022
Chandler, Arizona
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
New York Independent Cinema Awards - 2022
2021
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
LA Indies - 2022
2021
Semi-Finalist
Taming Holden Caulfield
Portland Screenplay Awards - 2021
2021
Semi-Finalist
Taming Holden Caulfield
Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition - 2021
New York
2021
Platinum Award
Taming Holden Caulfield
International Independent Film Awards - 2021
2021
Best Script
Taming Holden Caulfield
Chicago Indie Film Awards - 2021
2021
Quarterfinalist - Current
Taming Holden Caulfield
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition 2020-2021
2021
Official Selection
Taming Holden Caulfield
New York Independent Cinema Awards - 2021
NY, NY
2021
Official Selection
Taming Holden Caulfield
Portland Comedy Film Festival - 2021
Portland, Oregon
2021
Semi-Finalist
Taming Holden Caulfield
Filmmatic Comedy Scripts - 2022
2021
Current Quarter-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Finish Line Script Competition - 2021
2021
Semi-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - 2021
Los Angeles
2021
Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Atlanta International Screenplay Awards - 2021
Atlanta
2021
Semi-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Portland Screenplay Awards - 2021
2021
Official Selection
WILLIAM THE II
UK Film Festival - London 2021
London
2021
Semi-Finalist
William the II
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - 2021
Los Angeles
2021
Finalist
William the II
Atlanta International Screenplay Awards - 2021
Atlanta
2021
Semi-Finalist
William the II
Portland Screenplay Awards - 2021
2021
Quarter-Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
Portland Screenplay Awards - 2021
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Car Heroin Train
Portland Screenplay Awards - 2021
2021
Award Winner
Her Seventh Death
Indo-Global International Film Festival 2020
Online
2020
Nominee
Her Seventh Death
Montreal Independent Film Festival 2020
Montreal, Canada
2020
Quarter-Finalist (Semis Not Decided Yet)
Her Seventh Death
Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2020
Burbank, CA
2020
Award Winner
Her Seventh Death
Buddha International Film Festival 2020
India
2020
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
UK Film Festival 2020
London
2020
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge 2020
West Bengal, India
2020
Official Selection
Her Seventh Death
Chicago Indie Film Fest 2020
Chicago, IL
2020
Best Feature Screenplay
Her Seventh Death
Tagore International Film Festival 2020
Birbhum, West Bengal
2020
Best Feature Screenplay
Her Seventh Death
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2020
Calcutta, India
2020
Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Screenplay Festival 2020
Sherman Oaks, CA
2020
Best Feature Screenplay
Her Seventh Death
AwarenessFilm Festival 2020
Los Angeles
2020
Gold Winner
Her Seventh Death
International Independent Film Awards 2020
Encino, California
2020
Finalist
Taming Holden Caulfield
Bridge Fest 2020
Vancouver, Canada
2020
Finalist
Taming Holden Caulfield
Five Continents International Film Fest 2020
2020
2nd Round Selection
Taming Holden Caulfield
Austin Film Festival 2020
Austin, TX
2020
Official Selection
Taming Holden Caulfield
2020 Oaxaca Film Festival
Oaxaca, Mexico
2020
Finalist
Taming Holden Caulfield
Screenplay Festival 2020
Sherman Oaks, CA
2020
Quarter-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Chicago Screenplay Awards - Winter 2020
Chicago, IL
2020
Quarter-Finalist
William the II
Chicago Screenplay Awards - Winter 2020
Chicago, IL
2020
Quarter-Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2020 Page International Screenwriting Awards
Online
2020
Semi-Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2020 Chicago Screenwriting Awards
Chicago, IL
2020
Quarter-Finalist
Car Heroin Train
2020 Page International Screenwriting Awards
Online
2020
Semi-Finalist
Car Heroin Train
2020 Chicago Screenplay Awards
Chicago, IL
2020
Semi-Finalist
WILLIAM THE II
Great American Script Contest
Chicago, IL
2019
Semi-Finalist
William the II
Great American Script Contest
Chicago, IL
2019
Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2019 Finish Line Script Competition
Online
2019
Semi-Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2019 Cordillera International Film Festival
Reno, NV
2019
Semi-Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2019 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
Providence, RI
2019
Best Feature Screenplay
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2019 Katra Film Series
Brooklyn, NY
2019
Finalist
Car Heroin Train
2019 Finish Line Script Competition
Online
2019
Semi-Finalist
Car Heroin Train
2019 Cordillera International Film Festival
Reno, NV
2019
Semi-Finalist
Car Heroin Train
2019 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
Providence, RI
2019
Best Feature Screenplay
Car Heroin Train
2019 Katra Film Series
Brooklyn, NY
2019
Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2018 Depth of Field International Film Festival
Online
2018
Award Winner
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2018 London Film Awards
London, UK
2018
Award Winner
Car Heroin Train
2018 Depth of Field International Film Festival
Online
2018
Award Winner
Car Heroin Train
2018 London Film Awards
London, UK
2018
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
NYC International Screenplay Awards - 2022
NY, NY
Semi-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Fade-In Drama Competition 2022
Gold Winner
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
International Independent Film Festival 2022
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Bigfoot Script Challenge - 2022
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Anchorage International Film Festival - 2022
Anchorage, AK
CURRENT Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Mammoth Pictures - 2023
Official Selection
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
International New York Film Festival - 2023
Quarter-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
New York International Screenplay Awards -2023
Honorable Mention
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Big Apple Film Festival - 2023
New York, NY
Semi-Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Los Angeles Screen Awards – Diversity Initiative - 2023
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Richmond International Film Festival - 2023
Richmond, VA
Finalist
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
27th Annual Fade In Awards - 2023
Selected
Who Let the Wallflowers Out?
Stowes Lab Fellowship - 2023
Quarter-Finalist
DINERS & DEVILS
Pitch Now Screenplay Contest Season 4 - 2022
Quarter-Finalist
DINERS & DEVILS
15th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest - 2022
Semi-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Fest 2020
Providence, RI
Quarter-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Richmond International Film Festival - 2021
Richmond, Virginia
Semi-Finalist
Her Seventh Death
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards Season 8 - 2023
Finalist
William the II
Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
Buffalo
Finalist
CAR HEROIN TRAIN
2019 Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
Finalist
Car Heroin Train
2019 Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
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A recent college graduate tracks down the little girl his father died rescuing 18 years ago. Devastated by finding she’s grown up to become a heroin addict, the revelation still isn’t enough to keep him from falling in love with her.
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