2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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Nicole Dickerson

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

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

2:45pm CDT

Anatomy of an Antagonist with Noah Hawley Central Presbyterian Church

6:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 13: Animated Shorts Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:00pm CDT

The Wise Guy Galaxy Theatre 5

7:30pm CDT

Norita The Hideout Theatre The Piano Lesson - Opening Night Film The Paramount Theatre

9:10pm CDT

Shorts Program 5: All That Jazz Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

9:00am CDT

Finding Your Voice St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

10:45am CDT

Inside the Development Process with Josephson Entertainment St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall 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 Script to Screen: Bojack Horseman Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

3:15pm CDT

Indie Film Track: Documentary Storytelling Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room Short Story, Big IP: Selling an Original Idea St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary State of the Industry: Features The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:20pm CDT

I'm Still Here Galaxy Theatre 9

3:30pm CDT

Champions of the Golden Valley Galaxy Theatre 5

4:10pm CDT

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

4:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 12: Documentary Shorts 2 The Hideout Theatre

6:15pm CDT

To Kill A Wolf Galaxy Theatre 5

6:45pm CDT

*smiles and kisses you* Galaxy Theatre 9

7:00pm CDT

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

9:00pm CDT

Silent Notes Galaxy Theatre 5

9:45pm CDT

Operation Taco Gary's The State Theatre

10:00pm CDT

The Beldham Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

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

10:45am CDT

A Conversation with Kathleen Kennedy The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Your 2nd Act: How to Parlay the 1st Writing Job into a Career presented by Loyola Marymount University Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

12:30pm CDT

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

3:00pm CDT

A Conversation with Robin Swicord Central Presbyterian Church The Art of Research The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

4:45pm CDT

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

11:30am CDT

Anatomy of a Crime Austin Club Get the Greenlight: Financing Your Film The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom 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 Simpsons: A Conversation with Matt Selman The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:00pm CDT

Beyond the Badge Austin Club What Now? Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

6:30pm CDT

American Spirit The State Theatre

8:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 7: Anatomy of Love Galaxy Theatre 6 The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:00pm CDT

The Last Showgirl The State Theatre

7:15pm CDT

Maria The Paramount Theatre

8:20pm CDT

Shorts Program 3: The Looking Glass Galaxy Theatre 6

8:45pm CDT

The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia Galaxy Theatre 9

9:20pm CDT

La Gloria Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

1:00pm CDT

Audrey's Children Galaxy Theatre 5 Shorts Program 11: Documentary Shorts 1 The Hideout Theatre

3:50pm CDT

Shorts Program 7: Anatomy of Love Galaxy Theatre 5

7:15pm CDT

Nightbitch The Paramount Theatre

9:30pm CDT

American Spirit Galaxy Theatre 9

1:00pm CDT

Black Dog - RESCHEDULED Galaxy Theatre 9