2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Andrea Ballard

@Andrea_Ballard_Media

Standing rather than sitting; Pursuing Perpetual Motion (Unrealized as of yet)

Nashville, TN

About me

Actor - Producer - Writer - Work in Progress (Always)

Cubs in the Tub Screenplay and Proof of Concept completed looking for investors, directors for the next steps in production.

12:00pm CDT

Exhibit Hall Omni Austin Downtown Hotel Bridge Ballroom Foyer

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

On Rewriting: Handling Notes & Avoiding the First Draft Trap St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

2:45pm CDT

Anatomy of an Antagonist with Noah Hawley Central Presbyterian Church Indie Film Track: Big Stories in Small Packages Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

4:15pm CDT

Pitch Competition #3 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

6:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 13: Animated Shorts Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

9:10pm CDT

Shorts Program 5: All That Jazz Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

9:00am CDT

Finding Your Voice St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

10:45am CDT

Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Writing at Pixar: Inside Out 2 Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

1:30pm CDT

Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

3:30pm CDT

Dirty Harry - Presented by Shane Black The Paramount Theatre

4:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 12: Documentary Shorts 2 The Hideout Theatre

10:00pm CDT

The Beldham Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

10:45am CDT

Your 2nd Act: How to Parlay the 1st Writing Job into a Career presented by Loyola Marymount University Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

12:30pm CDT

A Conversation with Jennie Snyder Urman St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

2:20pm CDT

Shorts Program 16: Family Shorts Galaxy Theatre 5

3:00pm CDT

Script to Screen: Twisters Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

4:30pm CDT

Wine Reception Presented by Bogle Family Vineyards (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club

4:45pm CDT

Rejection: Saying Yes To All That No St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

6:30pm CDT

Writing a Pixar Limited Series: Dream Productions The State Theatre

9:00pm CDT

UCLA Storybreak Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

11:30am CDT

Get the Greenlight: Financing Your Film The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:00pm CDT

Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Black Dog - RESCHEDULED Galaxy Theatre 9