2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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Andrea Turner

1:00pm CDT

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

2:45pm CDT

Indie Film Track: Big Stories in Small Packages Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room On YA Drama: A Conversation with Julie Plec Austin Club Second Rounders and Above: A Producer's Perspective from the Inside Out with Lauren Shuler Donner St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

11:00pm CDT

Late Night Welcome Party (Producers or Conference Badge required) Vulcan Gas Company

9:00am CDT

The Screenwriter's Guide to Literary Agents Central Presbyterian Church Women in the Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Your Next Act: Breaking in at 40 and Beyond Austin Club

10:45am CDT

Behind the Scenes at Lit Entertainment Central Presbyterian Church Indie Film Track: Rewriting for Development The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Inside the Development Process with Josephson Entertainment St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall 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

A Conversation with Meg LeFauve The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Finding Your Project's Home St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Semifinalists and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

3:15pm CDT

State of the Industry: Features The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Navigating the Great Contraction St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Second Rounders and Above: Mock Writers Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

10:45am CDT

A Conversation with Kathleen Kennedy The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church Let Me Speak to Your Manager St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Screenwriter's Guide to Adapting IP Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

12:15pm CDT

Awards Luncheon presented by Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Austin Club

2:00pm CDT

Live Script Reading: Got Your Back Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

3:00pm CDT

A Conversation with Robin Swicord Central Presbyterian Church On The Last Of Us: A Conversation with Craig Mazin The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Second Rounder and Above: From Competition to Career St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Semifinalists and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

4:45pm CDT

The Screenwriting Life, Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom