2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Lily Malm

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

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 Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above: Forging a Career as a Writer and Filmmaker St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

10:45am CDT

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

12:15pm CDT

Awards Luncheon presented by Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Austin Club

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 What Do You Want? The Key Ingredient for Your Story and Your Writing Life St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

2:30pm CDT

September 5 The Paramount Theatre

3:00pm CDT

On The Last Of Us: A Conversation with Craig Mazin The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC 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

State of the Comedy Industry presented by YMH Studios St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall The Screenwriting Life, Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

5:30pm CDT

The Brutalist - in 35mm! The Paramount Theatre

6:00pm CDT

GO - Presented by John August and Matt Selman The Hideout Theatre Screenwriter’s Happy Hour Presented by Nickelodeon Writing Program (Invitation only) Cooper's BBQ

7:30pm CDT

Writers' Tears Producers Lounge (Producers Badge required) Austin Club Game Room

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

The Ins and Outs of Overall Deals Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield 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 Making of Sing Sing Austin Club

3:00pm CDT

What Now? Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

4:00pm CDT

Stories from my Gay Grandparents The Hideout Theatre

7:00pm CDT

The Order - Centerpiece Film The Paramount Theatre