2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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EMILY EVERHARD

Everhouse Productions

Writer/Director

NY/LA

emilyeverhard.com

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About me

Emily Everhard is a queer filmmaker and actress who tells stories about female underdogs and outsiders. Emily's a Sundance x Sloan Episodic Fellow with her teleplay TEKTITE. She's at AFF with her rom-com short, SPECIAL DELIVERY, which also screened at Palm Springs, Holly Shorts, Nashville, BendFilm and more. Emily received her BA from Dartmouth and MFA from Columbia. She often uses humor to explore body autonomy, identity, and love.

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7:00pm CDT

Film and Food Fundraiser (Separate ticket required) Fair Market

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

Meet Cute, Again: The Rom Com Resurgence St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary On Rewriting: Handling Notes & Avoiding the First Draft Trap St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

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

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

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

10:45am CDT

Indie Film Track: Rewriting for Development The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom The Prestige Miniseries Austin Club Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

1:30pm CDT

A Thin Line Between Love & Hate: Exploring Character Dynamics Austin Club Finding Your Project's Home St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Script to Screen: Bojack Horseman Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room The Screenwriter's Guide to Co-Writers Central Presbyterian Church Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

3:15pm CDT

CANCELLED: Inside the Writers Room: Fallout Central Presbyterian Church On Shōgun: A Conversation with Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Austin Club You're Repped - Now What? The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Filmmakers, Semifinalists and Above: Inside the Warner Brothers Discovery Access Writers Program Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

4:45pm CDT

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

9:00pm CDT

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

11:00pm CDT

Filmmakers Happy Hour (Producers Badge required) Pour Choices

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Pitching Your Personal Story Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room The Half Hour Drama Central Presbyterian Church Filmmakers Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

10:45am CDT

Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church 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 Filmmakers, Semifinalists and Above: What the Guild Does for Writers The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

12:15pm CDT

Awards Luncheon presented by Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Austin Club

12:30pm CDT

A Conversation with Jennie Snyder Urman St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall On Challengers: A Conversation with Justin Kuritzkes The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom The Nuts and Bolts of Development Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

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 Script to Screen: Twisters Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room The Art of Research The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

4:45pm CDT

A Conversation with Ronald D. Moore Central Presbyterian Church The Screenwriter's Guide to Unreliable Narrators Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

5:30pm CDT

The Brutalist - in 35mm! The Paramount Theatre

9:00pm CDT

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

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

Anatomy of a Crime Austin Club

1:15pm CDT

Indie Film Track: The Filmmaker's Team Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room Script to Screen: Battlestar Galactica Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

1:30pm CDT

Live Script Reading: The Return The Hideout Theatre

3:30pm CDT

Bird Galaxy Theatre 5

12:00pm CDT

Filmmaker Lunch (Invitation only) Cooper's BBQ

7:00pm CDT

The Room Next Door - Closing Night Film The Paramount Theatre

10:00pm CDT

Closing Night Party (Producers Badge required) The Creek and The Cave