2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Nathan DeWild

1:00pm CDT

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

9:30pm CDT

Crossword Galaxy Theatre 5

9:00am CDT

Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary On The Expanse: A Conversation with Naren Shankar The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

10:45am CDT

Indie Film Track: Rewriting for Development The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

1:30pm CDT

A Thin Line Between Love & Hate: Exploring Character Dynamics Austin Club The Screenwriter's Guide to Co-Writers Central Presbyterian Church God Make Me an Artist Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

3:15pm CDT

CANCELLED: Inside the Writers Room: Fallout Central Presbyterian Church Indie Film Track: Documentary Storytelling Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room On Shōgun: A Conversation with Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Austin Club

4:00pm CDT

The Knife The State Theatre

4:10pm CDT

Shorts Program 4: The Ties That Bind Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:00pm CDT

Ravens The Paramount Theatre

9:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

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

12:30pm CDT

On English Teacher: A Conversation with Brian Jordan Alvarez Central Presbyterian Church

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

7:30pm CDT

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

11:30am CDT

On Worldbuilding: How to Orient Your Audience for Sonic Storytelling The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

1:15pm CDT

Indie Film Track: The Filmmaker's Team Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room Script to Screen: Battlestar Galactica Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room