2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

Shayla C. Durbois

S C Durbois LLC

Writer/ Director

Los Angeles

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12:00pm CDT

Exhibit Hall Omni Austin Downtown Hotel Bridge Ballroom Foyer

7:00pm CDT

Film and Food Fundraiser (Separate ticket required) Fair Market

11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

7:30pm CDT

The Piano Lesson - Opening Night Film The Paramount Theatre

10:45am CDT

Indie Film Track: Rewriting for Development The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

11:00am CDT

Live Script Reading: Love That For You Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

1:00pm CDT

I Hate Myself and Want to Die Galaxy Theatre 5

1:30pm CDT

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

3:15pm CDT

On Shōgun: A Conversation with Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Austin Club

3:30pm CDT

Dirty Harry - Presented by Shane Black The Paramount Theatre

7:00pm CDT

Ravens The Paramount Theatre

9:45pm CDT

Operation Taco Gary's The State Theatre

9:00am CDT

A Conversation with Rian Johnson The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Pitch Competition #8 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

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 Let Me Speak to Your Manager St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Personal Pitching Workshop Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room Pitch Competition #9 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

11:00am CDT

Live Script Reading: HAGS (Have A Great Summer!) Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

12:15pm CDT

Awards Luncheon presented by Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Austin Club

12:30pm CDT

On Adapting The Piano Lesson: A Conversation with Virgil Williams Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Pitch Competition #10 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room

2:00pm CDT

Live Script Reading: Got Your Back Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

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 Script to Screen: Twisters Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Pitch Competition #11 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry 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

Rejection: Saying Yes To All That No St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Screenwriter's Guide to Unreliable Narrators Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room The Writer-Manager Relationship Presented by Lit Entertainment Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Pitch Competition #12 St. David's Episcopal Church Vestry Room Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC

6:30pm CDT

Writing a Pixar Limited Series: Dream Productions The State Theatre

7:00pm CDT

Audrey's Children Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

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

12:30pm CDT

Adjunct Galaxy Theatre 9

12:45pm CDT

Shorts Program 3: The Looking Glass Galaxy Theatre 5

1:30pm CDT

Live Script Reading: The Return The Hideout Theatre

3:00pm CDT

Throne of Blood - Presented by Justin Marks & Rachel Kondo The Paramount Theatre

3:30pm CDT

Bird Galaxy Theatre 5

5:30pm CDT

Lady Parts Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

7:00pm CDT

The Order - Centerpiece Film The Paramount Theatre

8:15pm CDT

Artifact War Galaxy Theatre 9

1:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 4: The Ties That Bind Galaxy Theatre 5

4:15pm CDT

Shorts Program 13: Animated Shorts Galaxy Theatre 6

6:30pm CDT

Time Travel is Dangerous Galaxy Theatre 9

3:45pm CDT

Shorts Program 1: Thicker Than Blood Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

4:15pm CDT

Blitz The Paramount Theatre

6:40pm CDT

Adjunct The Hideout Theatre

7:15pm CDT

Maria The Paramount Theatre

1:00pm CDT

Audrey's Children Galaxy Theatre 5

4:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 9: Best Lil' Shorts in Texas 1 Rollins Theatre at the Long Center

6:25pm CDT

Shorts Program 16: Family Shorts Galaxy Theatre 5

7:15pm CDT

Nightbitch The Paramount Theatre

9:00pm CDT

Lady Parts Galaxy Theatre 5

1:00pm CDT

Black Dog - RESCHEDULED Galaxy Theatre 9

3:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 5: All That Jazz Galaxy Theatre 6

6:45pm CDT

Encore #2 - Party People Galaxy Theatre 9

7:00pm CDT

The Room Next Door - Closing Night Film The Paramount Theatre