2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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1:00pm CDT

Meet Cute, Again: The Rom Com Resurgence St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary On Rewriting: Handling Notes & Avoiding the First Draft Trap St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

11:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

Finding Your Voice St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall The Screenwriter's Guide to Literary Agents Central Presbyterian Church

10:45am CDT

Writing the Spec That Will Get You Repped St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

1:30pm CDT

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

State of the Industry: Features The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom You're Repped - Now What? The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Filmmakers, Semifinalists and Above: Inside the Warner Brothers Discovery Access Writers Program Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

4:45pm CDT

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

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

10:45am CDT

Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church Let Me Speak to Your Manager St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Screenwriter's Guide to Adapting IP Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker 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 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

3:00pm CDT

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

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 The Writer-Manager Relationship Presented by Lit Entertainment Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

6:00pm CDT

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

11:00pm CDT

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

10:00am CDT

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

11:30am CDT

Get the Greenlight: Financing Your Film The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom What Managers Want Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

3:00pm CDT

Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room