2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Georgia Sampson

11:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

On the Making of They Cloned Tyrone Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room The Screenwriter's Guide to Literary Agents Central Presbyterian Church Script Library St. David's Episcopal Church Crail A

10:45am CDT

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

1:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 11: Documentary Shorts 1 Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

3:15pm CDT

Pitch Competition #7 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

4:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 12: Documentary Shorts 2 The Hideout Theatre

7:00pm CDT

Shaman Galaxy Theatre 6

9:00pm CDT

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

10:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 2: Adult Supervision Required Galaxy Theatre 6

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Pitch Competition #8 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Second Rounders and Above: Forging a Career as a Writer and Filmmaker St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Second Rounders and Above: Mock Writers Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

10:45am CDT

Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room The Screenwriter's Guide to Adapting IP Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Pitch Competition #9 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

12:30pm CDT

On Adapting The Piano Lesson: A Conversation with Virgil Williams Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room On Challengers: A Conversation with Justin Kuritzkes The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Pitch Competition #10 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

2:00pm CDT

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

3:00pm CDT

The Art of Research The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Second Rounder and Above: From Competition to Career St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

4:30pm CDT

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

6:00pm CDT

Screenwriter’s Happy Hour Presented by Nickelodeon Writing Program (Invitation only) Cooper's BBQ

7:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 6: You Get What You Give Galaxy Theatre 6

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

11:30am CDT

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

1:00pm CDT

Black Dog - RESCHEDULED Galaxy Theatre 9