2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

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11:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Austin Club

1:00pm CDT

The Myth of The 3 Act Structure presented by Jacob Krueger Studio Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room 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 Indie Film Track: Big Stories in Small Packages Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room Second Rounders and Above: A Producer's Perspective from the Inside Out with Lauren Shuler Donner St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

9:00am CDT

Finding Your Voice St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Inside the Development Process: Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary The Screenwriter's Guide to Literary Agents Central Presbyterian Church Your Next Act: Breaking in at 40 and Beyond Austin Club

10:45am CDT

Behind the Scenes at Lit Entertainment Central Presbyterian Church Indie Film Track: Rewriting for Development The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room Inside the Development Process with Josephson Entertainment St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall Making Your Audience Laugh The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Writing at Pixar: Inside Out 2 Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room Writing the Spec That Will Get You Repped St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

1:30pm CDT

A Conversation with Meg LeFauve The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Finding Your Project's Home St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

3:15pm CDT

CANCELLED: Inside the Writers Room: Fallout Central Presbyterian Church State of the Industry: Features The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Second Rounders and Above: Mock Writers Room St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

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 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 Let Me Speak to Your Manager St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

12:30pm CDT

What Do You Want? The Key Ingredient for Your Story and Your Writing Life St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film & Television St. David's Episcopal Church Crail BC Second Rounders and Above Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

3:00pm CDT

A Conversation with Robin Swicord Central Presbyterian Church Six Square Industry Roundtables: The Art, Craft, and Business of Writing as a Career Huston-Tillotson University Second Rounder and Above: From Competition to Career St. David's Episcopal Church Sanctuary

4:45pm CDT

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

11:30am CDT

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 On the Making of Sing Sing Austin Club