2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Joe Bleadon

Writer/Director/Script Supervisor

Chicago Illinois

9:00am CDT

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

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 Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room

12:00pm CDT

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

12:30pm CDT

On Challengers: A Conversation with Justin Kuritzkes The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Writing Across Mediums: Film, TV, and Video Games The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

3:00pm CDT

Six Square Industry Roundtables: The Art, Craft, and Business of Writing as a Career Huston-Tillotson University The Art of Research The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room 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

Rejection: Saying Yes To All That No St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary State of the Comedy Industry presented by YMH Studios St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall The Game Writers' Toolkit Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room 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

11:00pm CDT

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

11:30am CDT

Anatomy of a Crime Austin Club Get the Greenlight: Financing Your Film The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom On Worldbuilding: How to Orient Your Audience for Sonic Storytelling The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly 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 Indie Film Track: The Filmmaker's Team Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room On The Simpsons: A Conversation with Matt Selman The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:00pm CDT

Beyond the Badge Austin Club Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom