For the majority of its 24 years, South by Southwest has been most commonly associated with its music festival – a midweek sprawl of bands and artists playing in just about every bar and street corner in Austin– while the movies and interactive portions play second fiddle. Look back at some of the festival’s recent…
On The Radar: SXSW 2017
While the South by Southwest Film Festival prides itself on being an innovative, edgy and forward-thinking exhibition, it is also happy to celebrate itself, nestle into its roots and promote the vibrancy that exists in its own backyard. These two traits are not mutually exclusive, as will likely be seen in this year’s opening night…
Sci Fi Thriller ‘Life’ To Close SXSW 2017
Featuring an ensemble cast of Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya, Daniel Espinoza’s ‘Life’ is set to close SXSW 2017. As the closing night film Saturday, March 18, 2017, ‘Life’ is a terrifying sci-fi thriller about a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns…
Full SXSW 2017 Feature Film Lineup Unveiled
Running March 10-19, 2017, SXSW Film Festival will screen some 125 feature films will screen. Of these films, there will be 84 World Premieres, 11 North American Premieres, and 6 US Premieres, while the always admirable First-time filmmakers rate stands at 51 films. Of the full lineup, which you can find at the link below, a select highlights include Baby…
SXSW 2016 Announces Feature Film Lineup
The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival announced several sections of its features lineup for its 23rd edition, running March 11-19, 2016 in Austin, Texas. Feature films in the SXSW lineup screen in 12 sections: Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, Festival…
2015 SXSW Interview: Mick Partridge (Producer – ‘Sneakerheadz’)
To Rock or Stock? Sneakerheads will do almost anything to get their hands on a unique pair of kicks, going to such extreme lengths as hiding in trash cans to score a pair of Retro Jordan 11s to camping for days in sub zero temperatures for the latest Nike Foamposites. How did sneakers become as…