Film
Film Conference Session Spotlight: “The Evolution of Douchebag in Modern Cinema”
Yo bro you looking' for a totally sweet film panel to check out? Here's a panel that'll explore the recent influx of douche bags as leading men in cinema.
Since the moment Gordon Gekko proclaimed "Greed is good," in 1987's Wall Street, the floodgates of douched were opened. Audiences can't seem to get enough of loud, selfish posturing characters from Vince Vaughn in Swingers to Bradley Cooper in The Hangover.
SXSW Film 2012 Midnighters and Shorts Announced!
Like a sucker punch to the solar plexus, we're pleased to deliver an eclectic line up of Midnighters and Short Films to the SXSW 2012 Film Program.The 2012 Midnighters feature 6 World Premieres, including [REC] 3: Genesis (pictured), and The Tall Man, the long awaited new film from Martyrs auteur Pascal Laugier. The program will also welcome the North American Premiere of the already-legendary sci-fi epic Iron Sky.
SXSW Alumni News: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
SXSW Alumni News is a weekly update tracking the latest news from some of the many SXSW filmmakers, panelists, speakers and other alumni. Get the latest info on new projects, acquisitions, interviews, features and more, right here, every Tuesday.
Film Conference Session Spotlight: “Casting on a Budget: Get the Best & the Rightest"
Assembling the right pieces can make or break the success of a Film. Who do you turn to as a filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer when trying to figure out the ins and outs of the casting process?
Paul Schnee of Barden / Schnee Casting, Inc. has organized a panel of pro's including actor Josh Pais (pictured) as moderator, Producer Carly Hugo and Agent Veronica Gabriel of UTA to help answer these questions in Casting on a Budget: Get the Best & the Rightest.
Weekly News Reel - Monday, February 6, 2012
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"Accessing the Cinematic Cloud"
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How filmmakers remain devoted to celluloid
From Variety -
"Why are the major studios intent on keeping their analogue archives under lock and key?"
From Little White Lies
SXSW Films on Release - Friday, February 3, 2012
Welcome to SXSW Films on Release. Whether in theatres, on DVD, online, TV or anywhere else, catch up on great films from previous SXSW Film.
THEATRICAL
The Innkeepers
Spotlight Premieres, 2011
Out Now
Film Conference Session Spotlight: “Coppola vs. Kittens: Pro Filmmaking's Online Future
In the new media landscape of online filmmaking, how do production companies continue to produce great work while still running a profitable operation?
In Coppola vs. Kittens: Pro Filmmmaking's Online Future, moderated by Adam Glickman of The Idealists (pictured), we flip the script and discuss how professional filmmakers can make the economics of online filmmaking work for them. From Vice to Vimeo, meet four folks cracking the code on how to deliver online films worth watching.
SXSW 101: Where Can I Watch Film Trailers?
Head to our YouTube channel right now to see a wealth of trailers for films in the SXSW 2012 Film Program. Another option is to go to our schedules and check out trailers and more on individual film pages, like this one for our Headliner The Cabin in the Woods.
In the run up to the 2012 event, we will also be posting trailers right here on sxsw.com so keep checking and stay tuned for more installments of SXSW 101!
SXSW Film Lineup Announced!
It gives us great pleasure to announce the Feature Film program for SXSW Film 2012. Browse the full program at the SXSW Film Schedule, or view a single list of the Film Lineup here
With 65 World Premieres, 27 North American and 10 U.S. Premieres among 130 features, there are plenty of opportunities to discover emerging and developing filmmakers, as well as catch up with new work from more established names - all of which feature risk takers both in front of and behind the camera.
"LBF" Hits Screens Near You from Today!
Based on Cry Bloxsome's acclaimed novel "Living Between Fucks", Alex Munt's "pop-art film" LBF is finally coming to a screen near you. LBF "follows Paris based writer Goodchild (Toby Schmitz) as he returns to Australia for the funeral of his ex-girlfriend The Dead Girl (Gracie Otto) and steadily goes off the rails".
