2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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Holly Shupp Salas

7:00pm CDT

Film and Food Fundraiser (Separate ticket required) Fair Market

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

Pitch Competition #1 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

2:45pm CDT

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

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

6:30pm CDT

The Death of James Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:30pm CDT

The Piano Lesson - Opening Night Film The Paramount Theatre

9:10pm CDT

The Stand Up Rollins Theatre at the Long Center The Understudy Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

9:30pm CDT

Crossword Galaxy Theatre 5

11:00pm CDT

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

4:30pm CDT

El Chapulin The Hideout Theatre

4:45pm CDT

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

6:45pm CDT

*smiles and kisses you* Galaxy Theatre 9

7:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 10: Best Lil' Shorts in Texas 2 Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:15pm CDT

Life's A Bitch The Hideout Theatre

10:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 2: Adult Supervision Required Galaxy Theatre 6

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 Pitch Competition #8 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

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 Your 2nd Act: How to Parlay the 1st Writing Job into a Career presented by Loyola Marymount University Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Pitch Competition #9 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

11:00am CDT

Live Script Reading: HAGS (Have A Great Summer!) Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

12:15pm CDT

Awards Luncheon presented by Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Austin Club

12:30pm CDT

On English Teacher: A Conversation with Brian Jordan Alvarez Central Presbyterian Church The Nuts and Bolts of Development Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room What Do You Want? The Key Ingredient for Your Story and Your Writing Life St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Writing Across Mediums: Film, TV, and Video Games The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Pitch Competition #10 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

2:00pm CDT

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

2:20pm CDT

Bird Drone Galaxy Theatre 5

3:00pm CDT

A Conversation with Marissa Jo Cerar St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall A Conversation with Robin Swicord Central Presbyterian Church Script to Screen: Twisters Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room The Art of Research The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Pitch Competition #11 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room