2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

gabriella kessler

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

7:30pm CDT

The Piano Lesson - Opening Night Film The Paramount Theatre

9:00am CDT

Women in the Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Your Next Act: Breaking in at 40 and Beyond Austin Club

10:45am CDT

Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

I Hate Myself and Want to Die Galaxy Theatre 5

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 Semifinalists and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

3:15pm CDT

Indie Film Track: Documentary Storytelling Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room

3:20pm CDT

I'm Still Here Galaxy Theatre 9

4:45pm CDT

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

7:00pm CDT

Ravens The Paramount Theatre

9:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

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

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

12:00pm CDT

Being There - Presented by Noah Harpster & Micah Fitzerman-Blue The Hideout Theatre

12:30pm CDT

Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room

1:00pm CDT

Deaf Santa Claus Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

1:15pm CDT

Unstoppable Galaxy Theatre 9

3:30pm CDT

The Prison Show The Hideout Theatre

5:30pm CDT

The Brutalist - in 35mm! The Paramount Theatre

7:30pm CDT

Pitch Finale Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club

10:00am CDT

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