2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Henry S. Kellison

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11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

How to Work the Writers Conference Austin Club On Rewriting: Handling Notes & Avoiding the First Draft Trap St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Script to Screen: American Psycho The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom The Myth of The 3 Act Structure presented by Jacob Krueger Studio Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Pitch Competition #1 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room 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 The State of Filmmaking in Texas: Film Commissions, Incentives and the "Tex-Factor" Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Pitch Competition #2 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Filmmakers Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall Second Rounders and Above: A Producer's Perspective from the Inside Out with Lauren Shuler Donner St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

4:15pm CDT

Pitch Competition #3 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

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

Finding Your Voice St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall On the Making of They Cloned Tyrone Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room The Screenwriter's Guide to Literary Agents Central Presbyterian Church Women in the Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Pitch Competition #4 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

10:45am CDT

The Prestige Miniseries Austin Club Writing the Spec That Will Get You Repped St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Pitch Competition #5 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

1:30pm CDT

A Conversation with Meg LeFauve The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Finding Your Project's Home St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Pitch Competition #6 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry 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 Pitch Competition #7 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

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

12:30pm CDT

On Adapting The Piano Lesson: A Conversation with Virgil Williams Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room What Do You Want? The Key Ingredient for Your Story and Your Writing Life St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

3:00pm CDT

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

4:45pm CDT

Rejection: Saying Yes To All That No St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

5:30pm CDT

The Brutalist - in 35mm! The Paramount 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 On Worldbuilding: How to Orient Your Audience for Sonic Storytelling The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly 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