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Audio Fiction: 'Hellhound Country' Pilot Selected by the Austin Film Festival

Austin Film Festival

Oct 2, 2023

After finding a murder in her kitchen and her husband missing, Isabel and her daughter embark on a treacherous journey to find him.

Thirteen-year-old KAYA LOBOSCO and her mother, ISABEL, are forced to flee their home in Alaska after Kaya’s father is killed by a mysterious creature. They embark on a perilous 2,200-mile journey to Washington at the height of winter to fulfill a promise Isabel made to her late husband.

- HELLHOUND COUNTRY, 2023


Austin Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the art, craft and business of writers and filmmakers and recognizing their contributions to film, television and new media. The Screenplay & Teleplay Competition is one of the most recognized contests within the industry.


Placing in roughly the top 2% of 11,000+ entries in this year’s contest and Top Ten in the Fiction Podcast category, 'Hellhound Country' advanced to the Semifinals. More information on ‘Hellhound Country,’ can be found in the 2023 AFF Producer’s Handbook or by reaching out to Alexandra Segel here.


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