2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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12:00pm CDT

Exhibit Hall Omni Austin Downtown Hotel Bridge Ballroom Foyer

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

How to Work the Writers Conference Austin Club Meet Cute, Again: The Rom Com Resurgence St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Myth of The 3 Act Structure presented by Jacob Krueger Studio Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Script Library St. David's Episcopal Church Crail A

2:45pm CDT

Indie Film Track: Big Stories in Small Packages Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room On the Making of Red, White & Royal Blue 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

6:30pm CDT

Area 52 Rollins Theatre at the Long Center You Don't Mess with James Rollins Theatre at the Long Center Yuck! Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:00pm CDT

Party People The State Theatre

9:10pm CDT

The Understudy Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

11:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

Script Library St. David's Episcopal Church Crail A

10:45am CDT

Writing at Pixar: Inside Out 2 Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

1:30pm CDT

A Conversation with Meg LeFauve The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:15pm CDT

On Shōgun: A Conversation with Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Austin Club

4:10pm CDT

Bright Forests Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

4:30pm CDT

The Action Man The Hideout Theatre Tracing Imperfection The Hideout Theatre

7:00pm CDT

The Last Book Buy Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

9:00pm CDT

Scriptnotes, Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

9:00am CDT

Navigating the Great Contraction St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Script Library St. David's Episcopal Church Crail A

10:45am CDT

A Conversation with Kathleen Kennedy The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

12:00pm CDT

Being There - Presented by Noah Harpster & Micah Fitzerman-Blue The Hideout Theatre

12:30pm CDT

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

2:20pm CDT

Bird Drone Galaxy Theatre 5

3:00pm CDT

A Conversation with Robin Swicord Central Presbyterian Church

4:30pm CDT

Wine Reception Presented by Bogle Family Vineyards (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club

4:45pm CDT

The Screenwriting Life, Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

6:00pm CDT

GO - Presented by John August and Matt Selman The Hideout Theatre

7:30pm CDT

Pitch Finale Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club

11:00pm CDT

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

1:15pm CDT

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

5:30pm CDT

Lady Parts Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

6:30pm CDT

Time Travel is Dangerous Galaxy Theatre 9

7:45pm CDT

Party People Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:00pm CDT

The Last Showgirl The State Theatre

7:15pm CDT

Nightbitch The Paramount Theatre

7:00pm CDT

The Room Next Door - Closing Night Film The Paramount Theatre