2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

EQ

Elizabeth Quinn

9:00am CDT

Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary 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 Inside the Development Process with Josephson Entertainment St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall The Prestige Miniseries Austin Club Writing the Spec That Will Get You Repped St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

1:30pm CDT

Finding Your Project's Home St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The World of Indie Podcasting: Creating and Producing Your Own Show The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

3:15pm CDT

Indie Film Track: Documentary Storytelling Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room Short Story, Big IP: Selling an Original Idea St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary State of the Industry: Features The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom You're Repped - Now What? The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

4:10pm CDT

Thirteen Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

4:45pm CDT

Film Texas BBQ Supper Presented by Texas Association of Film Commissions (Producers Badge required) Pease Park

7:00pm CDT

Workshop of Horrors Presented by Vertigo Entertainment and Phantom Wines (Producers Badge required) Austin Club

7:15pm CDT

Life's A Bitch The Hideout Theatre

11:00pm CDT

Filmmakers Happy Hour (Producers Badge required) Pour Choices

9:00am CDT

Level Up: How to Break Into Writing for Video Games Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall Navigating the Great Contraction St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Pitching Your Personal Story Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room The Half Hour Drama Central Presbyterian Church

10:45am CDT

Let Me Speak to Your Manager St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room The Screenwriter's Guide to Adapting IP Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Writing for Fiction Podcasts St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

12:30pm CDT

On English Teacher: A Conversation with Brian Jordan Alvarez Central Presbyterian Church Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room What Do You Want? The Key Ingredient for Your Story and Your Writing Life St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

3:00pm CDT

Wearing Multiple Hats: Writing and Producing Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield 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

A Conversation with Ronald D. Moore Central Presbyterian Church Rejection: Saying Yes To All That No St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Screenwriter's Guide to Unreliable Narrators Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

7:30pm CDT

Pitch Finale Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club Writers' Tears Producers Lounge (Producers Badge required) Austin Club Game Room

9:00pm CDT

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror - Double Feature! The State Theatre

11:00pm CDT

Heart of Film Conference Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, or Press Badge required) Vulcan Gas Company

10:00am CDT

"Hair of the Dog" Brunch (Producers Badge required) Ranch 616

11:30am CDT

On Worldbuilding: How to Orient Your Audience for Sonic Storytelling The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room The Ins and Outs of Overall Deals Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room What Managers Want Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

1:15pm CDT

Art of Collaboration: The Writer-Executive Relationship Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room From Stage to Screen The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Script to Screen: Battlestar Galactica Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

3:00pm CDT

Beyond the Badge Austin Club Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom What Now? Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room