2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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Paige Klaniecki

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

Meet Cute, Again: The Rom Com Resurgence St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary 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 Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

2:45pm CDT

Anatomy of an Antagonist with Noah Hawley Central Presbyterian Church

4:15pm CDT

Pitch Competition #3 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

11:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

Finding Your Voice St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Women in the Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

10:45am CDT

Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom The Prestige Miniseries Austin Club 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 Script to Screen: Bojack Horseman Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

3:15pm CDT

CANCELLED: Inside the Writers Room: Fallout Central Presbyterian Church On Shōgun: A Conversation with Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Austin Club Second Rounders and Above: Mock Writers Room St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

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 Navigating the Great Contraction St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Half Hour Drama Central Presbyterian Church Second Rounders and Above: Mock Writers Room Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

10:45am CDT

Inside the Writers Room: Succession Central Presbyterian Church

12:30pm CDT

A Conversation with Jennie Snyder Urman St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall 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 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

3:00pm CDT

A Conversation with Marissa Jo Cerar St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall A Conversation with Robin Swicord Central Presbyterian Church On The Last Of Us: A Conversation with Craig Mazin The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Second Rounder and Above: From Competition to Career St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

4:15pm CDT

First 3 Pages, Live! at Six Square Huston-Tillotson University

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 Screenwriter's Guide to Unreliable Narrators Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room The Screenwriting Life, Live! The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom The Writer-Manager Relationship Presented by Lit Entertainment Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

6:00pm CDT

Screenwriter’s Happy Hour Presented by Nickelodeon Writing Program (Invitation only) Cooper's BBQ

7:30pm CDT

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

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