2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Mark Labella

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

How to Work the Writers Conference Austin Club 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 Character Development in Animated Storytelling St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Indie Film Track: Big Stories in Small Packages Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

11:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Inside the Game Writers Room Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall Your Next Act: Breaking in at 40 and Beyond Austin Club Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Script Library St. David's Episcopal Church Crail A

10:45am CDT

Indie Film Track: Rewriting for Development The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Inside the Development Process with Josephson Entertainment St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall 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 Finding Your Project's Home St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

3:15pm CDT

You're Repped - Now What? The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

4:45pm CDT

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

7:00pm CDT

Workshop of Horrors Presented by Vertigo Entertainment and Phantom Wines (Producers Badge required) Austin Club

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

Navigating the Great Contraction St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Pitching Your Personal Story Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room The Half Hour Drama Central Presbyterian Church Script Library St. David's Episcopal Church Crail A

10:45am CDT

Let Me Speak to Your Manager St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

12:15pm CDT

Awards Luncheon presented by Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Austin Club

12:30pm CDT

Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room

6:45pm CDT

Texas Cult House Galaxy Theatre 5