2024 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference

MJ

Matthew Jackson

Toot Games

Co-Founder & Design Lead

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

2:45pm CDT

Character Development in Animated Storytelling St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

6:30pm CDT

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

11:00pm CDT

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

9:00am CDT

Inside the Game Writers Room Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

10:45am CDT

Writing at Pixar: Inside Out 2 Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Pennybacker Room

1:30pm CDT

Fun for the Whole Family St. David's Episcopal Church Bethel Hall

3:15pm CDT

CANCELLED: Inside the Writers Room: Fallout Central Presbyterian Church Industry Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Writing for Video Games St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners Hall

9:00am CDT

Level Up: How to Break Into Writing for Video Games Central Presbyterian Church Smoot Hall

10:45am CDT

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

Writing Across Mediums: Film, TV, and Video Games The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room

3:00pm CDT

On The Last Of Us: A Conversation with Craig Mazin The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom Wearing Multiple Hats: Writing and Producing Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield 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

The Game Writers' Toolkit Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room

7:30pm CDT

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

11:00pm CDT

Heart of Film Conference Party (Producers, Conference, Weekend, or Press Badge required) Vulcan Gas Company

1:15pm CDT

On The Simpsons: A Conversation with Matt Selman The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom

3:00pm CDT

Closing Remarks The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom What Now? Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Mansfield Room

6:30pm CDT

Long Head The Hideout Theatre