2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Jean Li

1:00pm CDT

On Rewriting: Handling Notes & Avoiding the First Draft Trap St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

2:45pm CDT

Anatomy of an Antagonist with Noah Hawley Central Presbyterian Church On the Making of Red, White & Royal Blue The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Filmmakers Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

7:00pm CDT

The Wise Guy Galaxy Theatre 5

9:00am CDT

Finding Your Voice St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

10:45am CDT

Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Writing the Spec That Will Get You Repped St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

1:30pm CDT

A Thin Line Between Love & Hate: Exploring Character Dynamics Austin Club

3:15pm CDT

Filmmakers, Semifinalists and Above: Inside the Warner Brothers Discovery Access Writers Program Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

4:10pm CDT

Thirteen Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Navigating the Great Contraction St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Half Hour Drama Central Presbyterian Church Filmmakers Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

10:45am CDT

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 Filmmakers, Semifinalists and Above: What the Guild Does for Writers The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

12:30pm CDT

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

3:00pm CDT

On The Last Of Us: A Conversation with Craig Mazin The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom 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

4:15pm CDT

First 3 Pages, Live! at Six Square Huston-Tillotson University

4:45pm CDT

Rejection: Saying Yes To All That No St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Screenwriter's Guide to Unreliable Narrators Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

11:30am CDT

Anatomy of a Crime Austin Club

1:15pm CDT

Art of Collaboration: The Writer-Executive Relationship Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room