2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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Michael Yearout

1:00pm CDT

On Rewriting: Handling Notes & Avoiding the First Draft Trap St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Script to Screen: American Psycho The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Script Library St. David's Episcopal Church Crail A Young Filmmakers Program: Smartphone Cinema Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

5:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception (Producers Badge required) Voodoo Room

7:30pm CDT

The Piano Lesson - Opening Night Film The Paramount Theatre

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

3:30pm CDT

Dirty Harry - Presented by Shane Black The Paramount Theatre

7:00pm CDT

Ravens The Paramount Theatre Shorts Program 10: Best Lil' Shorts in Texas 2 Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

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 Level Up: How to Break Into Writing for Video Games Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

10:45am CDT

A Conversation with Kathleen Kennedy The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room

12:00pm CDT

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

12:30pm CDT

On Challengers: A Conversation with Justin Kuritzkes The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom On English Teacher: A Conversation with Brian Jordan Alvarez Central Presbyterian Church

2:30pm CDT

September 5 The Paramount Theatre

3:00pm CDT

Script to Screen: Twisters Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

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 Screenwriter's Guide to Unreliable Narrators Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

5:30pm CDT

The Brutalist - in 35mm! The Paramount Theatre

7:30pm CDT

Pitch Finale Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, Lone Star, or Press Badge required) Austin Club Writers' Tears Producers Lounge (Producers Badge required) Austin Club Game Room

9:00pm CDT

UCLA Storybreak Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

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

Anatomy of a Crime Austin Club

1:30pm CDT

Live Script Reading: The Return The Hideout Theatre

3:00pm CDT

On the Making of Everybody Still Hates Chris Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Throne of Blood - Presented by Justin Marks & Rachel Kondo The Paramount Theatre

3:30pm CDT

Bird Galaxy Theatre 5

4:00pm CDT

Girls Aren't Funny The Hideout Theatre

6:30pm CDT

American Spirit The State Theatre

7:00pm CDT

The Order - Centerpiece Film The Paramount Theatre

5:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 2: Adult Supervision Required Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

1:15pm CDT

A Real Pain Galaxy Theatre 9

6:45pm CDT

Artifact War Galaxy Theatre 5

7:00pm CDT

The Last Showgirl The State Theatre

9:20pm CDT

La Gloria Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:15pm CDT

Nightbitch The Paramount Theatre

9:30pm CDT

American Spirit Galaxy Theatre 9

5:00pm CDT

Raging Midlife Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

10:00pm CDT

Closing Night Party (Producers Badge required) The Creek and The Cave