Advance tickets are sold out – walk up tickets will be available at the door!
Join us at 4th Tap Brewery for a casual and informative roundtable workshop covering all things filmmaking. In the spirit of AFF’s popular roundtable sessions during our Screenwriters Conference, this event will offer exclusive and intimate access to local filmmakers, producers, distributors, and industry insiders with knowledge and experience to share. Visit different tables during the event and get some one-on-one access with our esteemed guests. Attendees are encouraged to ask specific questions about the creative and business aspects of filmmaking.
Stop by as early as 6:30 for special happy hour prices and an opportunity to connect with other up-and-coming Austin filmmakers in a casual environment. Whether you’re currently working on a project or are just curious about taking that first step as a filmmaker, take advantage of this invaluable experience to network and learn.
Meet our Roundtable Guests - We will add more guests in the coming weeks...stay tuned!
Annie Silverstein - Writer/director - Skunk, Bull (upcoming)
Annie Silverstein’s films have screened at international festivals including Cannes, SXSW, Silverdocs, Hamptons International Film Festival and on PBS Independent Lens. Her latest short film, Skunk, won the jury award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival–Cinéfondation, BAFTA-Los Angeles, and Austin Film Festival. Shortly after, she was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine. Silverstein is a Sundance Institute Fellow and recipient of the San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant for her upcoming feature, Bull.
Greg Kwedar - Co-writer/director - Transpecos, Dakota, Producer - Rising from Ashes
Lindsey Ashley - Senior Production Consultant - Texas Film Commission
Brian Ramos - Composer, broadcaster, mix engineer
Radio/Podcast Producer – On Story
Brian Ramos is a composer, producer, mix engineer and sound designer in Austin whose work includes records with Charanga Cakewalk, Grupo Fantasma, and Master Blaster Sound System. His music has appeared on HBO, ESPN, AMC, PBS, A&E and FX as well as in several feature films, local/national advertisements and independent shorts.
Amy Bench - Cinematographer, filmmaker - The Golden Rut
Amy Bench is a cinematographer and filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. She has been twice nominated for the Kodak Excellence in Cinematography Award and won grants from the Texas Filmmaker’s Production Fund, Women in Film- Dallas, and the Department of Education’s Jacob K. Davits Fellowship, and is a member of the Austin Contemporary’s multidisciplinary artist group The Crit Group. She lensed the feature films Loves Her Gun which premiered at SXSW in 2013, and The Golden Rut which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2016, and the short Bad At Dancing, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015. She is currently in pre-production on her 3rd feature film, and was recently named a “DP on the Rise” by Paste Magazine. Her work has screened worldwide, at festivals including Sundance, Berlin, New York, and MOMA/PS1.
Brian Gannon - Director - Austin Film Commission
The Austin Film Commission works to bring film, television and commercial production to Austin as well as advocating and assisting with production locally.
Susan Kirr - Producer - Winter in the Blood, line producer - Cosmos, UPM - A Scanner Darkly
Kelly Sanders - Programming Consultant - Violet Crown Cinemas
Christopher Roldan - Assistant Editor - Boyhood, Associate Editor - The Tree of Life
Cathleen Sutherland - Producer - Boyhood, When Jack Went Glamping
Cathleen Sutherland is an award-winning producer of the acclaimed and Oscar-nominated film Boyhood and also produced the independent feature When Jack Went Glamping. She began her career in the early days of independent film in Texas in 1982 as a teen. Her Bachelor of Science degree is in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a seventh generation Texas and native Austinite.