SXSW Announces Its Lineup | HollywoodNews.com

Right now, SXSW clued us in to their 2021 movie competition lineup. After having to maneuver on the final minute to a digital fest final 12 months, they’re way more ready this 12 months, and as such, the slate is much extra strong. Personally, the spotlight is the documentary Clerk, about filmmaker Kevin Smith, however there are a ton of fascinating films at SXSW this 12 months. You possibly can see the entire listing under, however it’s one other competition to sit up for this 12 months…

Right here now could be the press launch:

South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Convention and Festivals (March 16-20, 2021) introduced the complete program for the twenty eighth version of the SXSW Movie Competition. This 12 months, the acclaimed program can be on-line, the place it’s going to draw hundreds of followers, filmmakers, press, and {industry} leaders to immerse themselves within the smartest, most revolutionary and entertaining new movies of the 12 months, in addition to giving entry to a whole bunch of Convention Periods, Music and Comedy Showcases, Artistic Business Exhibitions, Mentoring, Meetups and Particular Occasions that outline the cross-industry occasion.

The 2021 Movie Competition program has 75 options together with 57 World Premieres, 3 Worldwide Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 U.S. Premieres, 8 Texas Premieres and 53 movies from first-time filmmakers + 84 Quick Movies together with Music Movies, 5 Episodic Premieres, 6 Episodic Pilots, 20 Digital Cinema initiatives, 14 Title Design entries, plus 30 Particular Occasions.

“It’s been a 12 months in contrast to any we’ve skilled, first marked by the cancellation of SXSW 2020,” mentioned Janet Pierson, Director of Movie. “We really feel privileged to have been in a position to pivot to SXSW On-line and current a improbable treasure trove of programming, together with a pared down and great collection of movies that we all know will delight, entertain and transfer our attendees. SXSW On-line will convey attendees a multifaceted occasion that speaks to so many areas of creativity in a single five-day expertise that everybody can entry on their laptops, telephones and TVs. Whereas we gained’t have the great in-person SXSW that we all know and love, we will collect collectively to be impressed by the work.”

The Movie Competition will launch seven movies at a time in two-hour increments from 10:00am – 8:00pm CT, with many of the movies launching throughout the first three days of the occasion (Tuesday – Thursday), beginning with the movies with world entry and no viewers capability limits. As soon as a movie is on the market, it stays out there on-demand till it hits its viewers capability or the occasion ends. Many movies should not have a capability restrict and can be out there at some stage in the occasion. Whereas SXSW is a world occasion, sure movies can be restricted to entry in america as a consequence of rights and/or filmmaker or distributor discretion.

A number of platforms are built-in to create the SXSW On-line expertise throughout internet, cell and premium viewing out of your TV. A devoted Linked TV app utilizing Brightcove will be accessed through Apple TV, Roku, Hearth TV, Android TV and Samsung TV. It is a dynamic solution to expertise video content material, liberating up your smartphone, pill and laptop to attach with registrants or browse the schedule. With 4 concurrent channels which are curated by SXSW Programmers along with over 600+ on-demand Movies, Convention Periods, Comedy and Dwell Music Showcases. A fifth channel will host associate programming. Swapcard is the net platform, accessible via internet browser and cell app, for attendee networking and facilitating enterprise connections, in addition to viewing channels and all on-demand content material.

Movies within the SXSW 2021 lineup display screen within the following classes: Headliners; Narrative Function Competitors; Documentary Function Competitors; Narrative Highlight; Documentary Highlight; Visions; Midnighters; World; 24 Beats Per Second; Competition Favorites; and, new this 12 months, 2020 Highlight. The Episodic program consists of Episodic Premieres and the Episodic Pilot Competitors. Particular Occasions for 2021 encompass conversations, desk readings and different distinctive one-off occasions on our dwell channel 4. Shorts display screen as a part of 10 curated sections. Our Digital Cinema programming can be out there on the VRrOOm platform with chosen work in VRChat. All Classes aside from Particular Occasions can be eligible for section-specific Viewers Awards.

The Narrative Function Competitors contains: Right here Earlier than directed by Stacey Gregg; I’m Wonderful (Thanks For Asking) directed by Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina; Islands directed by Martin Edralin; Our Father directed by Bradley Grant Smith; Potato Desires of America directed by Wes Hurley; The Finish Of Us directed by Henry Loevner, Steven Kanter; The Fallout directed by Megan Park; and Ladies is Losers directed by Lissette Feliciano.

The Documentary Function Competitors contains: Introducing, Selma Blair directed by Rachel Fleit; Child Candidate directed by Jasmine Stodel; Lily Topples The World directed by Jeremy Workman; Not Going Quietly directed by Nicholas Bruckman; The Oxy Kingpins directed by Brendan FitzGerald; The Return: Life After ISIS directed by Alba Sotorra Clua; Topics of Need directed by Jennifer Holness; and United States vs. Actuality Winner directed by Sonia Kennebeck.

HEADLINERS
This 12 months’s Headliners: Opening and Closing Evening Movies and a Centerpiece Movie with related Particular Occasions on our Dwell Channel.

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Satan
Director: Michael D. Ratner, Producer: Marc Ambrose
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Satan is a strong YouTube Originals documentary occasion, exploring each side that led to Lovato’s almost deadly overdose in 2018, and her awakenings within the aftermath. (World Premiere) (Opening Evening Movie)

Alone Collectively
Administrators: Bradley Bell, Pablo Jones-Soler, Producers: Ross Levine, Emmie Lichtenberg, Brian Ferenchik
Charli XCX, a popstar in quarantine, embarks on a whirlwind artistic and romantic journey whereas making an album in 40 days that unites a neighborhood world wide. (World Premiere) (Closing Evening Movie)

Tom Petty, Someplace You Really feel Free
Director: Mary Wharton, Producer: Peter Afterman
Drawn from a newly found archive of 16mm movie exhibiting Tom Petty at work on his 1994 report Wildflowers, thought of by many together with Rolling Stone to be his biggest album ever, Someplace You Really feel Free is an intimate view of a musical icon. (World Premiere) (Centerpiece Movie)

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Eight world premieres, eight distinctive methods to have a good time the artwork of storytelling.

Right here Earlier than (United Kingdom)
Director/Screenwriter: Stacey Gregg, Producer: Sophie Vickers
After new neighbours transfer in subsequent door, a bereaved mom begins to query her actuality on this unsettling psychological thriller. Forged Checklist: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins (World Premiere)

I’m Wonderful (Thanks For Asking)
Administrators: Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina, Screenwriters: Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina, Roma Kong, Producers: Roma Kong, Angelique Molina, Kelley Kali, Capella Fahoome
When a not too long ago widowed mom turns into houseless, she convinces her 8-year-old daughter that they’re solely tenting for enjoyable whereas working to get them off the streets. Forged Checklist: Kelley Kali, Wesley Moss, Deon Cole, Brooklynn Marie, Steven Ira Scipio, Andrew Galvan, Lamar Usher, Brian Brooks II, Jacolyn Holmes, Xing-Mai Deng (World Premiere)

Islands (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Martin Edralin, Producer: Martin Edralin, Priscilla Galvez
Joshua, a shy Filipino immigrant on the cusp of fifty, has lived within the consolation of his dad and mom’ residence his whole life. Along with his dad and mom now in outdated age, he pleads with God for a companion, scared of being alone after they cross. Forged Checklist: Rogelio Balagtas, Sheila Lotuaco, Esteban Comilang, Vangie Alcasid, Pablo Quiogue, Isys Szuky, Maximus Szuky (World Premiere)

Our Father
Director/Screenwriter: Bradley Grant Smith, Producers: Alex Thompson, Ian Keiser, Steven Callas
In a final ditch try to foster a significant bond, estranged sisters Beta and Zelda go searching for their mysterious Uncle Jerry. Forged Checklist: Baize Buzan, Allison Torem, Austin Pendleton, Corey Hendrix, Tim Hopper, Ann Whitney, Keith Kupferer, Man Massey, Lance Baker, D’Wayne Taylor (World Premiere)

Potato Desires of America
Director/Screenwriter: Wes Hurley, Producers: Mischa Jakupcak, Wes Hurley
A real story a couple of homosexual boy rising up within the collapsing USSR, his brave mail-order bride mom, and their adventurous escape to Seattle within the 90s. Forged Checklist: Marya Sea Kaminski, Dan Lauria, Tyler Bocock, Lea DeLaria, Sera Barbieri, Hersh Powers, Jonathan Bennett, Sophia Mitri Schloss, Cynthia Lauren Tewes, James Grixoni (World Premiere)

The Finish Of Us
Administrators/Screenwriters: Henry Loevner, Steven Kanter, Producers: Claudia Restrepo, Henry Loevner, Steven Kanter, Lovell Holder
After a savage breakup, two exes should proceed dwelling collectively when California points its stay-at-home order for COVID-19. Now they’ll attempt to transfer on with out transferring out. Forged Checklist: Ben Coleman, Ali Vingiano, Derrick DeBlasis, Gadiel Del Orbe, Kate Peterman, Colin Weatherby, Caroline Kwan, Will Neff, Jesse Benjamin, Claudia Restrepo (World Premiere)

The Fallout
Director/Screenwriter: Megan Park, Producers: David Brown, Rebecca Miller, Cara Shine, Joannie Burstein, Shaun Sanghani
Excessive schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences within the wake of a college tragedy. Relationships along with her household, pals and look at of the world are without end altered. Forged Checklist: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack, John Ortiz, Julie Bowen, Shailene Woodley (World Premiere)

Ladies is Losers
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Lissette Feliciano
In Nineteen Sixties San Francisco, a once-promising catholic college lady, Celina Guerrera (Lorenza Izzo), units out to rise above the oppression of poverty and spend money on a future for herself that units new precedents for the time. Forged Checklist: Lorenza Izzo, Bryan Craig, Chrissie Match, Simu Liu, Steven Bauer, Liza Weil, Cranston Johnson, Alejandra Miranda, Shalim Ortiz, Lincoln Bonilla (World Premiere)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Eight world premieres: Eight actual world tales that reveal innovation, power and daring voices.

Introducing, Selma Blair
Director: Rachel Fleit, Producers: Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Troy Nankin
Introducing, Selma Blair is a deeply intimate and uncooked portrait of the actress after she is identified with A number of Sclerosis and makes a valiant, dangerous effort to attempt to gradual the development of her illness. For the acclaimed, but usually supporting actress, her starring position has lastly arrived – she simply needed to present up and absolutely embrace herself.
(World Premiere)

Child Candidate
Director: Jasmine Stodel, Producers: Jasmine Stodel, Chevis LaBelle, William Dorrien-Smith
Child Candidate tells the story of Hayden Pedigo, an 24-year outdated experimental musician and his unlikely run for Amarillo metropolis council after his Concord Korine impressed spoof marketing campaign video went viral. (World Premiere)

Lily Topples The World
Director: Jeremy Workman, Producers: Jeremy Workman, Robert J. Lyons
Lily Topples The World follows 20-year-old Lily Hevesh — the world’s most acclaimed domino toppler and the one lady in her discipline — in a coming-of-age story of artistry, ardour, and unlikely triumph. Govt produced by Kelly Marie Tran. (World Premiere)

Not Going Quietly
Director: Nicholas Bruckman, Screenwriters: Nicholas Bruckman, Amanda Roddy, Producer: Amanda Roddy
When a younger father probabilities to fulfill a strong senator on an airplane, their trade goes viral, sparking one of the crucial unlikely political actions in a era. (World Premiere)

The Oxy Kingpins
Director: Brendan FitzGerald, Producers: Drea Bernardi, Brendan FitzGerald, Nick August-Perna
The Oxy Kingpins covers the untold story of how a community of pharmaceutical producers, distributors, and retailers labored collectively to orchestrate and perpetuate the opioid disaster that has killed over half one million folks in America. (World Premiere)

The Return: Life After ISIS (Spain, United Kingdom)
Director/Screenwriter: Alba Sotorra Clua, Producers: Alba Sotorra Clua, Vesna Cudic
Shamima Begum (UK) and Hoda Muthana (US) made it into worldwide headlines once they left their nations as youngsters to hitch ISIS. Now they need to return however their nations don’t need them again. (World Premiere)

Topics of Need (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Jennifer Holness, Producers: Jennifer Holness, Sudz Sutherland
Topics of Need is a thought frightening movie that examines the cultural shift in magnificence requirements in the direction of embracing (or appropriating) Black aesthetics and options, deconstructing what we perceive about race and the ability behind magnificence. (World Premiere)

United States vs. Actuality Winner
Director: Sonia Kennebeck, Producer: Ines Hofmann Kanna
A state of secrets and techniques and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers – that is the story of 25-year-old Actuality Winner who disclosed a doc about Russian election interference to the media and have become the primary leak goal of the Trump administration. (World Premiere)

NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Excessive profile narrative options receiving their World, Worldwide, North American, U.S. or Texas premieres at SXSW.

The Drover’s Spouse: the Legend of Molly Johnson (Australia)
Director/Screenwriter: Leah Purcell, Producers: Bain Stewart, David Jowsey, Angela Littlejohn, Greer Simpkin, Leah Purcell
The Drover’s Spouse: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a reimagining of Leah Purcell’s acclaimed play and Henry Lawson’s basic brief story. A searing Australian western thriller asking the query: how far do you go to guard your family members? Forged Checklist: Leah Purcell, Rob Collins, Sam Reid, Jessica De Gouw, Malachi Dower-Roberts (World Premiere)

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (Philippines, United States)
Director: Dante Basco, Screenwriters: Dante Basco, Darion Basco, Dionysio Basco, Arianna Basco, Producers: Joan Banaga, Rawn Erickson II, Dante Basco, Rome Reyes, Sienna Olazo, Belay A Santillan, Guido Zaballero
From Northern California to The Philippines, 4 brothers confront their points with love, household, and tradition, surrounding a extremely controversial Filipino wedding ceremony. Instructed in 4 vignettes with cockfights, adultery, romance, meals, and household. Forged Checklist: Dante Basco, Derek Basco, Dionysio Basco, Darion Basco, Solenn Heussaff, Liza Lapira, Tirso Cruz III, Cheryl Tsai, Arriana Basco, Joe Jitsukawa (World Premiere)

Language Classes
Director: Natalie Morales, Screenwriters: Mark Duplass, Natalie Morales, Producer: Mel Eslyn
A Spanish trainer and her pupil develop an sudden friendship. Forged Checklist: Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry, Christine Quesada (North American)

Ludi
Director: Edson Jean, Screenwriters: Edson Jean, Joshua Jean-Baptiste, Producers: Fabiola Rodriguez, Mark Pulaski
Ludi, a hardworking and exhausted nurse, battles coworkers, shoppers and one impatient bus driver to study her self price as she chases the American Dream in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood. Forged Checklist: Shein Mompremier, Alan Myles Heyman, Madelin Marchant, Success St. Fleur Jr., Kerline Alce, Plus Pierre, Patrice DeGraff Arenas, Farah Larrieux (Texas Premiere)

Paul Dood’s Lethal Lunch Break (United Kingdom)
Director: Nick Gillespie, Screenwriters: Brook Driver, Matt White, Nick Gillespie, Producer: Finn Bruce
When Paul’s possibilities of profitable a nationwide expertise contest are ruined and his goals of fame are slashed, he plans a deathly revenge rampage!! 1 lunch break, 5 spectacular murders! Every wrongdoer dispatched in a becoming method by the sparkly suited Paul! Forged Checklist: Tom Meeten, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Alice Lowe, Mandeep Dhillon, Johnny Vegas, Steve Oram, Craig Parkinson, Kevin Bishop, Pippa Haywood (World Premiere)

Restoration
Administrators: Mallory Everton, Stephen Meek, Screenwriters: Whitney Name, Mallory Everton, Producers: Scott Christopherson, Stephen Meek, Abi Nielson Hunsaker
Two directionless sisters courageous a cross-country street journey to rescue their grandmother from a COVID outbreak at her nursing residence. Forged Checklist: Whitney Name, Mallory Everton, Anne Sward Hansen, Julia Jolley, Baylee Thornock, Jessica Drolet, Stephen Meek, Tyler Andrew Jones, Noah Kershisnik, Justin Name (World Premiere)

See You Then
Director: Mari Walker, Screenwriters: Kristen Uno, Mari Walker, Producers: Mia Schulman, Kristen Uno, Mari Walker
A decade after abruptly breaking apart with Naomi, Kris invitations her to dinner to catch-up on their difficult lives, relationships, and Kris’ transition. Forged Checklist: Pooya Mohseni, Lynn Chen, Nican Robinson, Danny Jacobs, Nikohl Boosheri (U.S. Premiere)

Swan Track
Director/Screenwriter: Todd Stephens, Producers: Todd Stephens, Eric Eisenbrey, Tim Kaltenecker, Stephen Israel
An growing old hairdresser (Udo Kier) escapes his nursing residence and embarks on an odyssey throughout his small city to fashion a useless lady’s hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle alongside the best way. Forged Checklist: Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, Ira Hawkins, Stephanie McVay (World Premiere)

DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Shining a light-weight on new documentary options receiving their World, Worldwide, North American or U.S. premieres at SXSW.

Alien On Stage (United Kingdom)
Administrators/Producers: Danielle Kummer, Lucy Harvey
British Bus driver’s newbie stage present of Ridley Scott’s Alien, unintentionally makes it to a well-known London theatre! With awkward appearing and particular results requiring extra luck than judgement, will their home made homage be alright on the night time? (Worldwide Premiere)

Fruits of Labor
Director: Emily Cohen Ibañez, Screenwriters: Ashley Solis Pavon, Emily Cohen Ibañez Producer: Emily Cohen Ibañez
A Mexican-American teenage farmworker goals of graduating highschool, when ICE raids in her neighborhood threaten to separate her household and drive her to grow to be her household’s breadwinner. (World Premiere)

The Hunt for Planet B
Director: Nathaniel Kahn, Producers: Bonnie Hlinomaz, Nathaniel Kahn
Taking us behind the scenes with NASA’s high-stakes James Webb House Telescope, The Hunt for Planet B follows a pioneering group of scientists—a lot of them girls—on their quest to search out one other Earth among the many stars. (World Premiere)

Hysterical
Director: Andrea Nevins, Producers: Ross Dinerstein, Rebecca Evans, Carolina Groppa
Hysterical is an sincere and hilarious backstage cross into the lives of a few of stand-up comedy’s most boundary-breaking girls, exploring the hard-fought journey to grow to be the voices of their era and their gender. That includes Margaret Cho, Fortune Feimster, Rachel Feinstein, Marina Franklin, Nikki Glaser, Judy Gold, Kathy Griffin, Jessica Kirson, Sherri Shepherd, Iliza Shlesinger and extra. Obtainable on FX in 2021. (World Premiere)

The Misplaced Sons
Director: Ursula Macfarlane, Producer: Gagan Rehill
Nineteen Sixties Chicago, a child is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is deserted. May he be the identical child? In a story of breathtaking twists and turns, two mysteries start to unravel and darkish household secrets and techniques are revealed. (World Premiere)

Mau (Austria, United States)
Administrators: Benji Bergmann, Jono Bergmann, Producer: Karol Martesko-Fenster
Mau follows the unlikely story of design visionary Bruce Mau and his ever-optimistic push for enormous change. (World Premiere)

Spring Valley
Director: Garrett Zevgetis, Producers: Chico Colvard, Jeff Consiglio, Ariana Garfinkel
An explosive viral video reveals a white policeman throwing a Black teenager from her college desk. One lady uproots her life to assist the lady, face the officer, and dismantle the system behind the “Assault at Spring Valley.” (World Premiere)

WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Director: Jed Rothstein, Producer: Ross Dinerstein
WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn explores the rise and fall of one of many largest company flameouts and enterprise capitalist bubbles lately – the story of WeWork, and its hippie-messianic chief Adam Neumann. (World Premiere)

When Claude Received Shot
Director: Brad Lichtenstein, Producer: Steven Cantor, Brad Lichtenstein, Jamie Schutz, Santana Wilson (co-producer)
Three strangers’ lives grow to be inextricably entwined by a weekend of gun violence. (World Premiere)

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Administrators: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler, Screenwriter: Jeffery Robinson, Producers: Jeffery Robinson, Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
ACLU lawyer Jeffery Robinson’s shattering speak on the historical past of U.S. anti-Black racism is interwoven with archival footage, interviews and Robinson’s story, exploring the legacy of white supremacy and our collective duty to beat it. (World Premiere)

MIDNIGHTERS
Scary, humorous, attractive, controversial – eight provocative after-dark options for night time owls and the terminally curious.

Broadcast Sign Intrusion
Director: Jacob Gentry, Screenwriters: Phil Drinkwater, Tim Woodall, Producers: Greg Newman, Brett Hays, Giles Edwards, Nicola Goelzhaeuser
Within the late 90s, a video archivist reveals a collection of sinister pirate broadcasts and turns into obsessive about uncovering the darkish conspiracy behind them. Forged Checklist: Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack, Chris Sullivan, Jennifer Jelsema, Arif Yampolsky, Justin Welborn, Michael B. Woods, Steve Pringle (World Premiere)

The Feast (United Kingdom)
Director: Lee-Haven Jones, Screenwriter/Producer: Roger Williams
Over a night a rich household gathers for a luxurious dinner with visitors of their ostentatious home within the Welsh mountains. Served by a mysteriously disturbing younger lady, the assembled get together don’t realise they’re about to eat their final supper. Forged Checklist: Anne Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, Lisa Palfrey, Rhodri Meilir (World Premiere)

Gaia (South Africa)
Director: Jaco Bouwer, Screenwriter: Tertius Kapp, Producer: Tertius Kapp, Jorrie van der Walt, Jaco Bouwer
Within the depths of an historical forest, one thing has been rising. One thing older than humanity itself, and maybe higher too. When a park ranger discovers a person and his son dwelling wild, she stumbles onto a secret that’s about to vary the world. Forged Checklist: Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, Anthony Oseyemi (World Premiere)

Jakob’s Spouse
Director: Travis Stevens, Screenwriters: Travis Stevens, Kathy Charles, Mark Steensland, Producers: Barbara Crampton, Bob Portal, Travis Stevens, Inderpal Singh
The disappearance of a younger lady threatens to vary the beige and banal lives of Anne Fedder (Barbara Crampton) and her pastor husband Jakob Fedder (Larry Fessenden) without end. Forged Checklist: Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, Bonnie Aarons, Mark Kelly, Sarah Lind, Robert Rusler, Nyisha Bell, Phil Brooks (World Premiere)

Offseason
Director/Screenwriter: Mickey Keating, Producer: Eric B. Fleischman, Maurice Fadida
After receiving a mysterious letter, a girl travels to a desolate island city and shortly turns into trapped in a nightmare. Forged Checklist: Joe Swanberg, Jocelin Donahue, Melora Walters, Richard Brake, Jeremy Gardner (World Premiere)

Sound Of Violence (Finland, United States)
Director/Screenwriter: Alex Noyer, Producer: Hannu Aukia, Alex Noyer
A younger lady recovers her listening to and beneficial properties synesthetic talents throughout the brutal homicide of her household. Discovering solace within the sounds of bodily hurt, as an grownup, she pursues a profession in music composing her masterpiece via ugly murders. Forged Checklist: Jasmin Savoy Brown, Lili Simmons, James Jagger, Tessa Munro (World Premiere)

The Backbone of Evening
Administrators/Screenwriters: Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King, Producers: Will Battersby, Philip Gelatt, Jean Rattle
On this ultra-violent, fantasy epic, historical darkish magic falls into sinister palms and unleashes ages of struggling onto mankind. A bunch of heroes from totally different eras and cultures should band collectively as a way to defeat it in any respect prices. Forged Checklist: Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel, Joe Manganiello, Larry Fessenden, Nina Lisandrello, Abby Savage, Tom Lipinski, Patrick Breen (World Premiere)

Woodlands Darkish and Days Bewitched: A Historical past of People Horror
Director/Screenwriter: Kier-La Janisse, Producers: Kier-La Janisse, David Gregory, Winnie Cheung
Woodlands Darkish Days and Days Bewitched is the primary feature-length documentary on the historical past of folks horror, from the Nineteen Sixties to right now. (World Premiere)

FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Acclaimed standouts and chosen premieres from festivals world wide.

Expensive Mr. Brody
Director: Keith Maitland, Producers: Melissa Robyn Glassman, Megan Gilbride, Keith Maitland, Sarah Wilson
A psychedelic journey into the center (and checking account) of Michael Brody, Jr, the hippie-millionaire who supplied the world peace for the worth of a postage stamp. (Texas Premiere)

How It Ends
Administrators/Screenwriters/Producers: Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister-Jones
On the final day on Earth, one lady goes on a journey via LA to make it to her final get together earlier than the world ends, working into an eclectic solid of characters alongside the best way. Forged Checklist: Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Kroll, Olivia Wilde, Helen Hunt, Lamorne Morris, Fred Armisen, Bradley Whitford, Charlie Day, Whitney Cummings

Within the Similar Breath
Director: Nanfu Wang, Producers: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn
Nanfu Wang’s deeply private In The Similar Breath recounts the origin and unfold of the novel coronavirus from the earliest days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage throughout america. (Texas Premiere)

Ma Belle, My Magnificence
Director/Screenwriter: Marion Hill, Producers: Ben Matheny, Kelsey Scult, Marion Hill
A shock reunion in southern France reignites passions and jealousies between two girls who had been previously polyamorous lovers. Forged Checklist: Idella Johnson, Hannah Pepper, Lucien Guignard, Sivan Noam Shimon (Texas Premiere)

R#J
Director: Carey Williams, Screenwriters: Carey Williams, Rickie Castaneda, Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Igor Tsay
A re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet, that includes a various solid within the basic Shakespearean roles. This contemporary day take is instructed on cell and is a mashup of Shakespearean dialogue with present social media communication. Forged Checklist: Camaron Engels, Francesca Noel, RJ Cyler, Diego Tinoco, Russell Hornsby, Siddiq Saunderson (Texas Premiere)

Violation (Canada)
Administrators/Screenwriters/Producers: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli
A troubled lady on the sting of divorce returns residence to her youthful sister after years aside. However when her sister and brother-in-law betray her belief, she embarks on a vicious campaign of revenge. Forged Checklist: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili, Jasmin Geljo, Cynthia Ashperger (Texas Premiere)

VISIONS
Visions filmmakers are audacious, risk-taking artists within the new cinema panorama who reveal uncooked innovation and creativity in documentary and narrative filmmaking.

Ayar
Director: Floyd Russ, Screenwriters: Ariana Ron Pedrique, Floyd Russ, Vilma Vega, Producers: Kara Durrett, Floyd Russ, Corey Waters, Andy Coverdale
Ayar, a first-generation American Latina, returns residence to reunite along with her daughter. However when her mom, Renata, refuses to let her see her as a consequence of Covid, Ayar is confronted by the various roles she’s been pressured to play, together with the position on this movie. Forged Checklist: Ariana Ron Pedrique, Vilma Vega, Henry Foster Brown, Simon Haycock, Calliah Sophie Estrada, Pete Pano, Briza Covarrubias, Ceasar Hartman, Jay Lawrence Kiman, Frances Fuches (World Premiere)

Delia Derbyshire – the Myths and the Legendary Tapes (United Kingdom)
Director/Screenwriter: Caroline Catz, Producer: Andy Starke
A portrait of the character and legacy of digital sound pioneer Delia Derbyshire, who realised the Dr Who Theme tune in 1963 and explores the concept that this extraordinary composer lived outdoors of time and house as different folks expertise it. That includes Caroline Catz, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Julian Rhind-tutt, Tom Meeten, Richard Glover, Saskia Reeves, and Michael Higgs. (Worldwide Premiere)

Inbetween Woman
Director/Screenwriter: Mei Makino, Producers: Matt Stryker, Connor Pickens, Emily Gollahon, Kate Gollahon, Udoy Rahim
Teen artist Angie Chen turns to secret hookups with the heartthrob of her non-public college after her dad and mom’ sudden divorce. Forged Checklist: Emma Galbraith, William Magnuson, Emily Garrett, Lizabeth Waters, KaiChow Lau, Thanh Phuong Bui, Shanshan Jin, Kelsey Buckley (World Premiere)

Via the Plexi-Glass: The Final Days of the San Jose
Director: Liz Lambert, Producers: Liz Lambert, Tina Gazzerro Clapp, Ariel Quintans
The documentary tells the story of an actual property deal’s sudden detour — one which sparked the gentrification of Austin’s hippest neighborhood — and divulges layers of knotty, unanswerable questions, all extra related than ever right now. (World Premiere)

Twyla Strikes
Director: Steven Cantor, Producers: Steven Cantor, Jamie Schutz
Interwoven along with her storied profession and prolific works, Twyla Strikes sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her newest artistic problem: making a dance for a world affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. (World Premiere)

24 BEATS PER SECOND
Showcasing the sounds, tradition and affect of music and musicians, with an emphasis on documentary.

Disintegration Loops
Director/Screenwriter: David Wexler, Producers: David Wexler, Bradford Coleman
Because the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 looms close to, William Basinski contemplates the enduring legacy of The Disintegration Loops (his elegy to the 2001 Assaults), whereas quarantined within the midst of COVID-19. (World Premiere)

I Went To The Dance/J’ai Été Au Bal
Administrators: Les Clean, Chris Strachwitz, Producer: Chris Strachwitz
Stunning 5K restoration of the celebrated movie on the historical past of Cajun and Creole/Zydeco music of SW Louisiana. Exhilarating performances by Clifton Chenier, Marc and Ann Savoy, BeauSoleil, and extra. By Les Clean, Chris Strachwitz and Maureen Gosling (World Premiere)

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (United Kingdom)
Administrators: Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Screenwriters: Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Producers: Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche
The demise of punk icon and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey the world over and thru her mom’s archives to reconcile their fraught relationship. (North American Premiere)

Soy Cubana
Administrators: Jeremy Ungar, Ivaylo Getov, Screenwriters: Agustín Rexach Martín, Ivaylo Getov, Jeremy Ungar, Producer: Robin Miller Ungar
When the Vocal Vidas, an all-female Cuban quartet, are invited to play their first present within the US, a easy live performance turns into a journey throughout bodily and ideological borders – affirming the connective energy of music, even in essentially the most unsure instances. (World Premiere)

Beneath the Volcano (Australia)
Director: Gracie Otto, Screenwriters: Cody Greenwood, Gracie Otto, Ian Shadwell, Producers: Cody Greenwood, Richard Harris
The story of George Martin’s AIR Studios Montserrat and the island that modified music without end. That includes interviews with Sting, Mark Knopfler, Nick Rhodes, Jimmy Buffett, Verdine White, Tony Lommi, Stewart Copeland, Man Fletcher, Midge Ure, Roger Glover. (World Premiere)

GLOBAL
A various collection of worldwide filmmaking expertise, that includes revolutionary narratives, suave documentaries, premieres, competition favorites and extra.

Bantú Mama (Dominican Republic)
Director: Ivan Herrera, Screenwriters: Clarisse Albrecht, Ivan Herrera, Producers: Ivan Herrera, Nicolas LaMadrid, Franmiris Lombert
An Afropean lady escapes after being arrested within the Dominican Republic. She is sheltered by a gaggle of minors, in a harmful district of Santo Domingo. By changing into their protégée and maternal determine, she is going to see her future change inexorably. Forged Checklist: Clarisse Albrecht, Scarlett Reyes, Arturo Perez, Euris Javiel, Donis Taveras, Jarold Santos (World Premiere)

Fucking with No person (Finland)
Director: Hannaleena Hauru, Screenwriters: Hannaleena Hauru, Lasse Poser, Producers: Emilia Haukka, Jussi Rantamäki
Hanna is a movie director. She loses her dream job to her rival Kristian who’s way more in style, and never single. Thus, she decides to create a parody romance on Instagram to query the picture one presents to society. This pretend romance could have sudden results. Forged Checklist: Hannaleena Hauru, Samuel Kujala, Lasse Poser (North American Premiere)

Luchadoras (Germany/Mexico)
Administrators: Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim, Screenwriters: Patrick Jasim, Paola Calvo, Phillip Kaminiak, Producer: Phillip Kaminiak
Luchadoras portrays the brave feminine wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a metropolis recognized for its excessive homicide fee in opposition to girls – who within the ring and of their each day lives battle to redefine the picture of what it means to be a girl in Mexico. (World Premiere)

Ninjababy (Norway)
Director: Yngvild Sve Flikke, Screenwriter: Johan Fasting, Producer: Yngve Sæther
When Rakel (23), method too late, finds out she’s six months pregnant after a not-so-romantic one-night stand, her world modifications. Forged Checklist: Kristine Thorp, Arthur Berning, Nader Khademi, Tora Christine Dietrichson (Worldwide Premiere)

Trapped (Egypt)
Director: Manal Khaled, Screenwriters: Manal Khaled, Rasha Azab, Producer: Manal Khaled
Trapped revolves round quite a few girls from totally different walks of life whose destinies are tied collectively; being all beneath one siege. Because the occasions unfold, their very own private tales mirror on a far greater siege that depicts the shackles imposed by a patriarchal society. Forged Checklist: Coroline Khalil, Reem Hegab, Osama Abo El Ata, Ne’ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Sara’a Jebel (World Premiere)

2020 SPOTLIGHT
Thrilling Narrative, Documentary and Episodic initiatives from throughout our sections from the 2020 version of the SXSW Movie Competition.

Finest Summer time Ever
Administrators: Michael Parks Randa, Lauren Smitelli, Screenwriters: Michael Parks Randa, Will Halby, Terra Waterproof coat, Andrew Pilkington, Lauren Smitelli, Producers: Andrew Pilkington, Katie White, Terra Waterproof coat, Leah Romond, Jake Sharpless
A contemporary and exhilarating tackle the beloved teen musical style that includes eight unique songs and a completely built-in solid and crew of individuals with and with out disabilities. Forged Checklist: Shannon DeVido, Rickey Wilson Jr., MuMu, Jacob Waltuck, Emily Kranking, Eileen Grubba, Holly Palmer, Ajani “AJ” Murray, Lawerence Carter-Lengthy, Bradford Hayes (Texas Premiere)

Chad
Showrunner/Screenwriter: Nasim Pedrad, Director: Rhys Thomas, Producer: David Cress
A clumsy 14-year-old Persian-American boy navigates his first 12 months of highschool on a mission to grow to be in style. Forged Checklist: Nasim Pedrad, Jake Ryan, Ella Mika, Saba Homayoon, Paul Chahidi, Alexa Bathroom, Thomas Barbusca (World Premiere) (Episodic)

Clerk (Canada, U.S.A.)
Director: Malcolm Ingram, Producers: Malcolm Ingram, Craig Fleming
A documentary on the life and profession of Kevin Smith (World Premiere)

Govt Order (Brazil)
Director: Lázaro Ramos, Screenwriters: Lusa Silvestre, Lázaro Ramos, Aldri Anunciação, Elísio Lopes Jr, Producers: Daniel Filho, Tania Rocha
In a dystopian close to future in Brazil, an authoritarian authorities orders all residents of African descent to maneuver to Africa – creating chaos, protests, and an underground resistance motion that evokes the nation. Forged Checklist: Alfred Enoch, Taís Araújo, Seu Jorge, Adriana Esteves, Renata Sorrah, Mariana Xavier, Pablo Sanábio (Texas Premiere)

Violet
Director/Screenwriter: Justine Bateman, Producers: Justine Bateman, Michael D. Jones, Larry Hummel, Matt Paul
A movie growth government realizes that “guiding voice” inside her head has been mendacity to her about every part. Forged Checklist: Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, Justin Theroux (World Premiere)

We Are As Gods
Administrators/Screenwriters: Jason Sussberg, David Alvarado, Producers: Kate McLean, Jamie Meltzer, David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg
“We’re as gods and would possibly as properly get good at it,” Stewart Model wrote in ‘68. The legendary pioneer of LSD, our on-line world, futurism, and trendy environmentalism now urges folks to make use of our god-like powers to battle extinction by reviving misplaced species. (World Premiere)

We Are The Thousand (Italy)
Director/Screenwriter: Anita Rivaroli, Producer: Simone Catania
Be taught the story behind the viral video and what got here after! We Are The Thousand takes you backstage with the Rockin’1000. A thousand musicians gathered along with one mission–to get the Foo Fighters to carry out of their small city. (North American Premiere)

Witch Hunt
Director/Screenwriter: Elle Callahan, Producers: Eric B. Fleischman, Maurice Fadida
In a contemporary America the place witches are actual and witchcraft is prohibited, a sheltered teenager should face her personal demons and prejudices as she helps two younger witches keep away from legislation enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico. Forged Checklist: Gideon Adlon, Elizabeth Mitchell, Abigail Cowen, Nicholas and Cameron Crovetti, Christian Camargo (World Premiere)

With out Getting Killed or Caught
Administrators: Tamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield, Screenwriters: Tamara Saviano, Bart Knaggs, Producers: Tamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield
With out Getting Killed or Caught is the true story of Man Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, who struggles to write down poetic, but indelible songs whereas balancing an advanced marriage with spouse Susanna, and a deep friendship with Townes Van Zandt. (World Premiere)

EPISODIC PROGRAM

EPISODIC PREMIERES
Presenting world premieres of status serials slated for launch.

Confronting A Serial Killer
Showrunner: Po Kutchins, Director: Joe Berlinger, Producers: Eve Rodrick, Eleanor Yu, Cassandra Corbett, Janine Nask, Julia Pontecorvo, Lesley Grossman, Emma McNamara, Ariel Kay
Confronting a Serial Killer tells the story of the unprecedented relationship between creator Jillian Lauren and serial killer Sam Short while investigating the devastating affect of bias in opposition to marginalized girls within the felony justice system. (World Premiere)

Merciless Summer time
Showrunner: Tia Napolitano, Director: Max Winkler
From Exec Producer Jessica Biel, Freeform’s Merciless Summer time is a psychological thriller going down over three summers when a well-liked lady goes lacking and a clumsy outlier transforms to queen bee and finally, essentially the most despised particular person in America. Forged Checklist: Olivia Holt, Chiara Aurelia, Michael Landes, Froy Gutierrez, Harley Quinn Smith, Allius Barnes, Blake Lee, Brooklyn Sudano (World Premiere)

The Girlfriend Expertise
Showrunner/Director/Screenwriter: Anja Marquardt, Producer: Chris Thompson
The third installment of The Girlfriend Expertise is ready within the London tech scene, Iris, a neuroscience main, begins to discover the transactional world of The Girlfriend Expertise and rapidly learns that shopper periods present her with a compelling edge within the tech world. Forged Checklist: Julia Goldani Telles, Oliver Masucci, Frank Dillane, Daniel Betts, Armin Karima, Tobi Bamtefa, Jemima Rooper (World Premiere)

Made for Love
Showrunner: Christina Lee, Director: Stephanie Laing, Screenwriters: Written for Tv by Alissa Nutting & Dean Bakopoulos and Patrick Somerville and Christina Lee
Primarily based on Alissa Nutting’s tragicomic novel, Made for Love is a darkish, absurd, and cynically poignant story of divorce and revenge following Hazel Inexperienced (Cristin Milioti), a thirty-something lady on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage. Forged Checklist: Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera, Caleb Foote and Ray Romano. Govt producers: Christina Lee, Alissa Nutting, Patrick Somerville, Dean Bakopoulos, Liza Chasin, SJ Clarkson. (World Premiere)

Sasquatch
Showrunner/Director: Joshua Rofé, Producers: Duplass Brothers Productions, Quantity 19
Sasquatch is a real crime doc collection following investigative journalist David Holthouse as he makes an attempt to resolve a weird twenty-five 12 months outdated triple murder that was mentioned to be the work of a legendary creature. (World Premiere)

Them
Showrunner: Little Marvin
Set in 1953, Them, a co-production from Amazon Studios and Sony Footage Tv, facilities on a Black household who transfer from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood. The household’s idyllic residence turns into floor zero the place malevolent forces, subsequent door and otherworldly, threaten to taunt, ravage & destroy them. Forged Checklist: Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Alison Tablet, Melody Hurd, Shahadi Wright Joseph (World Premiere)

EPISODIC PILOT COMPETITION
A pilot showcase introducing contemporary work from brilliant new expertise, many with a watch in the direction of discovering manufacturing, completion funds, or a launch platform.

4 Ft Excessive (Argentina, France)
Administrators: Maria Belen Poncio, Rosario Perazolo Masjoan, Screenwriters: Greta Molas, Javier Correa Caceres, Elisa Gagliano, Rosario Perazolo Masjoan, Maria Belen Poncio, Delphine Agut, Ivana Galdeano, Gabriela Vidal
Think about your final 12 months of Excessive College in a wheelchair. Forged Checklist: Marisol Agostina Irigoyen, Florencia Licera, Marcio Ramses, Natalia Di Cienzo, Francisca Spinotti (Texas Premiere)

Dale’s Home
Showrunner: Julie Lake, Director: Kat Whalen, Screenwriters: Matt Kirsch, Julie Lake, Producers: Matt Kirsch, Julie Lake, Dana Fares
Dale’s Home is a horror comedy about two estranged finest pals, each at all-time low of their careers and private lives, who find yourself home sitting collectively in a demonic home that grants all of them the success they need, in trade for his or her souls. Forged Checklist: Julie Lake, Matt Kirsch, Sandy McCree, Jeff Cahn (World Premiere)

For the Report (Canada)
Showrunner: Julian De Zotti, Administrators: Lisa Baylin, Julian De Zotti, Screenwriter: Julian De Zotti, Producer: Lisa Baylin
Ray and Angela simply broke up. What if music had the ability to convey them again collectively? Comply with the long-lasting songs that make up the unforgettable soundtrack for a uniquely interconnected solid of characters. Forged Checklist: Anna Hopkins, Julian De Zotti, Lyriq Bent, Alexandra Beaton, Karen LeBlanc, Maurice Dean Wint, Kyra Clavell, Moni Ogunsuyi, Alannah Ong, Johnny Orlando (Worldwide Premiere)

Parked in America
Showrunner/Screenwriter: Kayla Yumi Lewis, Director: Luke Salin, Producers: Cole Bannick, Jori Johnson, Alexandro Pacheco
Parked in America is a half-hour dramedy following Jamie Park, a Korean teenager, who strikes in along with her family in Illinois after a household tragedy strikes again at residence in Seoul. Forged Checklist: Judy Track, Jeff Lawless, Solomon Abell, Ella Baker-Smith, Judy Han, Jim Cairl, Lexi Perkel, MeeWha Alana Lee (World Premiere)

The Place
Director/Screenwriter: Matthew Lessner, Producers: Breeda Wool, Michael Kaleda, Matthew Lessner
The Place is a metaphysical comedy about two trendy girls’s unlikely partnership and subsequent misadventures in pursuit of a portal to the multiverse. Forged Checklist: Breeda Wool, Remi Nicole (World Premiere)

Fake Companions
Showrunners/Screenwriters/Producers: Kristin Erickson, Ron Najor, Director: Ron Najor
Two (not so good) pals notice they’re higher collectively than alone. Forged Checklist: Kristin Erickson, Ron Najor, Kandis Fay, Dan J. Johnson (World Premiere)

SPECIAL EVENTS
Particular Occasions for 2021 encompass conversations related to initiatives within the 2021 Movie Competition, desk readings and different distinctive one-off occasions on our Dwell Channel 4.

Opening Evening Particular Occasion: YouTube Originals Docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Satan Particular Occasion Q&A
World famous person Demi Lovato, Director and Govt Producer Michael D. Ratner, YouTube’s World Head of Unique Content material Susanne Daniels and moderator Jenelle Riley from Selection talk about the brand new documentary occasion exploring the traumas and each side that led to Lovato’s almost deadly overdose in 2018, adopted by her highly effective awakenings within the aftermath.

Closing Evening Movie Particular Occasion: Dwell Q&A with Charli XCX, a SICK moderator, and administrators Bradley & Pablo
Dwell Q&A Adopted by a digital rave dance get together which can encompass:
-A pre-recorded DJ set from Charli, shot in an enormous empty warehouse house with minimal, darkish rave-y lighting. A real pandemic rave shot as a dwell efficiency.
-Completely different performers can be spotlighted on Zoom dancing to the set: Poison Oakland + different drag performers + followers featured within the movie + fortunate attendees!

7 Sounds
Filmmaker Sam Inexperienced and musician JD Samson ask you to step away out of your laptop and give attention to the expertise of listening within the current second. 7 Sounds is an immersive, live-streamed audio-video work that explores the common affect of sound. The piece weaves seven particular audio recordings right into a meditation on the ability of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly form our notion—opening new methods to listen to our on a regular basis world.

Artwork and Life Speak with Filmmakers Daryl Wein & Zoe Lister-Jones of Mister Lister Movies
Dive into the filmmaking careers of husband-wife duo, Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones of such movies as How It Ends (Sundance/SXSW 2021), The Craft (Sony), White Rabbit (Sundance/Gravitas), Band Assist (Sundance/IFC Movies), Lola Versus (Fox Searchlight), Breaking Upwards (IFC Movies/SXSW).

Black Monday Q&A
Be part of the good solid and showrunners of Black Monday as they arrive collectively nearly for an unique Q&A. This collection by no means fails to shock because it tells subversively trendy tales in opposition to a backdrop of huge hair and greater fashions. Miraculously, Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, Yassir Lester and Casey Wilson and showrunners David Caspe and Jordan Cahan are much more enjoyable dwell. Hilarity assured.

Clerk and Twerk with Kevin Smith and Malcolm Ingram
Clerk is an examination and celebration of the lifetime of Kevin Smith – and an exploration on how one child from Jersey utterly reworked the cultural panorama. A journey which started 25 years in the past on the Sundance Movie competition the place his DIY movie Clerks, financed on bank cards took the movie world by storm. Resulting in a profession as a filmmaker, podcaster, humorist, creator, comedian e book author, tv producer – a veritable popular culture icon with a really giant and constant fanbase.

Confronting a Serial Killer Dialog
Dialogue with the workforce behind Confronting a Serial Killer: director/EP Joe Berlinger, EP/showrunner Po Kutchins and Jillian Lauren. Premiering on STARZ this Spring, the five-episode collection that tells the well timed story of the unprecedented relationship between acclaimed creator and journalist Jillian Lauren and essentially the most prolific serial killer in American historical past, Sam Little, and her race in opposition to time to establish his victims earlier than it’s too late.

Jada Pinkett Smith in Dialog with the Creator, Govt Producers, and Forged of the brand new Amazon Prime Video Terror Anthology, Them
Them creator and government producer Little Marvin and government producer Lena Waithe, will be a part of solid, Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Alison Tablet, Melody Hurd, and Shahadi Wright Joseph in a dialogue moderated by Jada Pinkett Smith (Actress, Crimson Desk Speak Host). On this candid dialog, government producers and solid will unpack the primary episode, set to World Premiere throughout this 12 months’s SXSW Movie Competition, in addition to themes explored throughout the collection. Them is a co-production from Amazon Studios and Sony Footage Tv.

A Dialog with the Filmmakers Behind Hulu’s WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Be part of Director Jed Rothstein and Producer Ross Dinerstein as they uncover the rise and fall of WeWork, the actual property startup whose CEO Adam Neumann blended spirituality, entrepreneurial hustle and free beer to persuade buyers that shared workplace house may change the world… till it entered close to chapter. The 2 will share a behind-the-scenes take a look at this charming documentary whereas breaking down the persona that drove the corporate’s tradition and its large monetary offers.

Cosmic Breakthrough: Ladies in The Hunt for Planet B
Are we alone? This dynamic panel of eminent scientists and engineers will talk about the seek for life within the universe. With the invention of hundreds of exoplanets and the large James Webb House Telescope launching this 12 months, a brand new golden age of astronomy is dawning—and these girls are on the coronary heart of it. With Natalie Batalha, Amy Lo, Sara Seager, Jill Tarter, and Maggie Turnbull; moderated by Nathaniel Kahn.

Merciless Summer time Q&A
From Govt Producer Jessica Biel (The Sinner), Merciless Summer time is a psychological thriller that follows two younger girls; Kate Wallis, the favored lady with a charmed life who at some point goes lacking, and Jeanette Turner, the nerdy wannabee who’s accused of being related to Kate’s disappearance. Please be a part of us for an thrilling panel with collection stars Olivia Holt, Chiara Aurelia, and government producers Tia Napolitano, Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple. The panel can be moderated by Jessica Radloff from Glamour Journal.

HBO Max’s Made for Love: Panel with Stars and Govt Producers
Be part of stars Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Caleb Foote and Ray Romano, and government producers Christina Lee and Alissa Nutting for a dialog about HBO Max’s upcoming collection Made for Love premiering this spring. The darkly absurd and cynically poignant story of affection and divorce follows Hazel Inexperienced (Milioti), a thirty-something lady on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to Byron Gogol (Magnussen), a controlling tech billionaire. Glamour’s Samantha Barry moderates.

Homeroom with Nasim Pedrad, creator of TBS’s new comedy collection Chad
A dialog with Nasim Pedrad, the creator, star and government producer of TBS’ upcoming collection, Chad, and Glamour’s Editor-in-Chief Samantha Barry.

Hysterical: Behind the Velvet Curtain with Comedy’s Boundary-Breaking Ladies
Stand-up comedy had all the time been a male area. Be part of the solid and director of Hysterical, a function documentary that explores feminine comics’ hard-fought journey to grow to be the voices of their era and gender, for an sincere and hilarious Q&A. The all-female panel discusses their shared tales and struggles as a number of the boundary-breaking girls shattering comedy’s glass ceiling with completely timed punch traces. Hysterical, produced by Campfire, can be out there on FX in 2021. Panelists embrace Fortune Feimster, Rachel Feinstein, Marina Franklin, Sherri Shepherd, Iliza Shlesinger, Jessica Kirson (who additionally serves as EP) and director/EP Andrea Nevins. Moderated by Melanie McFarland.

In Dialog with Mark Duplass & Natalie Morales
Language Classes filmmakers Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales sit down to debate the method of writing a bilingual film, the complexities of platonic love, and filmmaking throughout a world pandemic.

Incorporating Choreography and Verse Into Blindspotting
A dialogue with the Blindspotting collection creators and writers Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, lead actress Jasmine Cephas Jones, director Aurora Guerrero, cinematographer Tarin Anderson, and famend choreographers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz on incorporating choreography and verse into the brand new tv collection Blindspotting.

Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story – Scenes from the Tough Reduce
See work-in-progress scenes from the tough reduce of Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story. This documentary weaves collectively dwell performances and interviews from the fiftieth anniversary of the long-lasting competition, that includes a number of the largest names in music, together with a wealth of archival documentary footage from the previous half century. Academy-award nominee Frank Marshall shares insights from behind the scenes.

The Making and Digital Restoration of I Went to the Dance
This digital Q&A, hosted by journalist/creator Joe Nick Patoski, will go behind the scenes of the making of the celebrated 1989 function documentary on the roots of SW Louisiana’s Cajun & Creole/Zydeco music, I Went to the Dance. Featured are Co-Filmmaker/Producer, Chris Strachwitz, Co-Filmmaker/Editor Maureen Gosling and Affiliate Producer/Sound Recordist, Chris Simon. It can additionally delve into the challenges and magic behind the 2021 ground-breaking 5k digital restoration of a documentary, I Went to the Dance, by Harrod Clean and Anthony Matt. Clean, the son of the late Co-Filmmaker/Cinematographer Les Clean, took on the duty to convey again to life this exuberant movie which celebrates a very powerful and influential performers of the period.

On the Highway(journey) to Restoration: Filmmakers Mallory Everton, Whitney Name and Stephen Meek Speak their Function Debut within the Midst of a Pandemic
For most individuals, quarantine appeared loads like baking bread and catching up on Tiger King, however for Utah-based sketch comics Mallory Everton, Whitney Name, and Stephen Meek, they noticed an opportunity to do one thing totally different. The artistic minds (and lifelong pals) behind JK Studios wrote, produced, directed, starred — and even gaffed — their first function movie with Restoration. On this SXSW-exclusive Q&A, the gang comes collectively to talk about their journey to creating their first function…all from a secure social distance. The masks will come OFF because the filmmakers dive into what it actually takes to make a film along with your quarantine household and the lengthy street to a SXSW World Premiere. From Sorø Movies and the entire household, we hope you’ll be a part of us on the street to Restoration.

Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché – In Dialog with the Filmmakers
On this particular Q&A occasion, administrators Celeste Bell and Paul Sng will talk about their new documentary movie Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, concerning the late punk icon’s life, legacy, and relationship with Bell, her daughter. That includes editor Xanna Ward Dixon and moderated by producer Matthew Silverman, this dialog will cowl every part from Poly’s affect on the riot grrrl and Afropunk actions to the years-long filmmaking course of that befell throughout three continents.

A Q&A with Kier-La Janisse of Woodlands Darkish and Days Bewitched
Be part of programmer Liane Cunje in dialog with Woodlands Darkish and Days Bewitched director Kier-La Janisse as they talk about the method behind the movie – from its genesis as a brief featurette to a complete take a look at the people horror phenomenon in movie and tv worldwide that grew to become the Home of Psychotic Ladies creator’s first function as a author, director and producer. They’ll talk about the myriad definitions and taxonomies of folks horror, its touchstone movies and most vocal champions, and the various challenges of ending a documentary within the midst of a world pandemic.

Photo voltaic Opposites Desk Learn & SHLORPION SILENT (AND ALONE) DISCO
The Photo voltaic Opposites are going to SXSW! Be part of Justin Roiland (“Korvo”), Thomas Middleditch (“Terry”), Sean Giambrone (“Yumyulack”), Mary Mack (“Jesse”), government producer Mike McMahan, and extra as they take it greater, funnier, and extra oppositer than ever earlier than throughout a digital desk learn. As Hulu’s most-watched unique comedy premiere thus far, Photo voltaic Opposites facilities round a household of 4 aliens and their Pupa who’re nonetheless caught on earth in suburban America.

Scoring my first Function Movie, a dialog with Finneas O’Connell
Be part of internationally acclaimed, multi GRAMMY-Award-winning artist and producer Finneas O’Connell and Selection contributor (Songs for Screens) Andrew Hampp for an unique and dwell dialogue at SXSW, as O’Connell delves into the method and his expertise when making his function film-score debut; composing and performing for The Fallout, a strong new movie concerning the unseen faces of a tragedy.

Swipe Righteous
Lifted from the parchment and downloaded onto your smartphone, Swipe Righteous reimagines well-known Bible tales via our screens. Watch as Adam swipes proper on Eve, Cain blocks Abel, and God tweets out his Ten Commandments—all instructed via Bazelevs’ Screenlife format.

SXSW Movie Fest Episodic Pitch-a-Thon Offered by SeriesFest
For the second 12 months in a row at SXSW Movie, unbiased content material creators could have the chance to take part within the Episodic Pitch-A-Thon introduced by SeriesFest in partnership with SXSW. SXSW 2021 filmmakers will take part within the digital occasion the place every Creator/Artistic Group could have 5 minutes to pitch in entrance of an viewers. An {industry} panel of consultants together with prime tv, information media, and digital execs, will then have 7 minutes to offer their suggestions on every venture.

Til Demise Do Us Half: A Jakob’s Spouse Dialogue
Moderator Jordan Crucchiola leads an intimate dialog with style legends Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden and author/director Travis Stevens about reinventing your self later in life, discovering your individual voice as an artist and methods to have a cheerful marriage in a horror movie.

Twyla Strikes… You
Twyla Tharp teaches you her notorious and humorous Banjo dance after which talks concerning the expertise of synopsizing her 55 12 months profession into an 82 minute movie expertise.

Violet Q&A
Be part of Violet author/director/producer Justine Bateman and particular visitors for a dialogue of the movie.

Weed, Homicide & Bigfoot: A Dialog with the Group Behind Hulu’s Sasquatch
Whereas visiting a pot farm in Northern California in 1993, investigative journalist David Holthouse heard a narrative that also haunts him: On a close-by farm three males had been torn limb from limb in a savage Bigfoot assault. Hulu’s Sasquatch follows David as he revisits the Redwoods searching for any proof which may result in the reality of what occurred that night time. Be part of David Holthouse, director Joshua Rofé and government producer Mark Duplass as they break down the manufacturing of this wild homicide thriller.

SHORTS PROGRAM

NARRATIVE SHORTS COMPETITION
A collection of unique, well-crafted movies that benefit from the brief type and exemplify distinctive and real storytelling.

Are You Nonetheless There?
Administrators/Screenwriters: Rayka Zehtabchi, Sam Davis
Safa’s been via loads. Now her automotive battery’s useless in a strip mall car parking zone. (North American Premiere)

Bruiser
Director: Miles Warren, Screenwriters: Miles Warren, Ben Medina
After his father will get right into a battle at a bowling alley, Darious begins to research the constraints of his personal manhood. (Texas Premiere)

Chuj Boys of Summer time (Guatemala, United States)
Director: Max Walker-Silverman, Screenwriters: Marcos Ordoñez Ixwalanhkej Mendoza, Max Walker-Silverman
Talking solely his native language, a Guatemalan teenager begins his new life in rural Colorado. (Texas Premiere)

The Criminals (Romania, Turkey)
Director/Screenwriter: Serhat Karaaslan
Late at night time in a small Turkish city, a younger couple tries to discover a lodge room to spend the night time collectively.

Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma
Administrators: Topaz Jones, rubberband., Screenwriters: Topaz Jones, Jason Sondock, Simon Davis
Topaz Jones debuts his 2nd album, Don’t Go Telling Your Momma as a reimagining of the 70s Black ABCs; a view into his and America’s Black Id via 26 particular person scenes, every representing a letter and a corresponding replace to their meanings. (Texas Premiere)

Femme (United Kingdom)
Administrators/Screenwriters: Ng Choon Ping, Sam H. Freeman
When Jordan will get into the automotive of a flirtatious drug-dealer, his night time takes a harmful flip. (World Premiere)

The Journey (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Ève Saint-Louis
The Journey is the story of a father and daughter reunion. From Montreal’s airport, they are going to journey alongside a chaotic path, the place their incapability to search out one another will unveil an advanced relationship and have them drift from their preliminary course. (World Premiere)

Like The Ones I Used To Know (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Annie St-Pierre
December 24, 1983, 10:50PM: Julie and her cousins ate an excessive amount of sugar, Santa Claus is late and Denis, alone in his automotive, is anxious on the thought of setting foot in his ex-in-law’s home to choose up his kids. An early quirky and poetic coming-of-age. (Texas Premiere)

Marvin’s By no means Had Espresso Earlier than
Director: Andrew Carter, Screenwriters: Andrew Carter, Kahlil Maskati
Marvin Wexler tries espresso for the primary time and desperately tries to speak about it with anybody who will hear.

The Mohel (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Charles Wahl
After celebrating the delivery of their first youngster, James and Loa are confronted with household expectations and monetary pressure as they fly in a Mohel to carry out their son’s Brit Milah – The circumcision ceremony. (World Premiere)

The Nipple Whisperer (Belgium)
Director/Screenwriter: Jan Van Dyck
Maurice Sanders has a present. He’s a nipple whisperer. As soon as he was often known as “Magic Sandy”. However that was years in the past, earlier than Doris, a well-known mannequin and Sander’s muse, fell sick. Now, after greater than a decade, Doris needs to fulfill Maurice once more. (World Premiere)

The Different Morgan
Director/Screenwriter: Alison Wealthy
When a dopey younger exterminator discovers there’s one other model of her out on this planet, she begins to query her life selections. (Texas Premiere)

Plaisir
Director/Screenwriter: Molly Gillis
A lonely American faces unrequited love on a farm commune within the south of France. (World Premiere)

Play It Protected (United Kingdom)
Director/Screenwriter: Mitch Kalisa
Coaxed into taking part in a racial typecast in a fellow pupil’s play, Black drama pupil Jonathan is confronted with all too acquainted resolution: to problem prejudice, or play it secure. (World Premiere)

Gross sales Per Hour
Administrators: Michelle Uranowitz, Daniel Jaffe, Screenwriter: Michelle Uranowitz
A younger lady faces an ethical dilemma when she witnesses a sexual encounter in a dressing room on the clothes retailer the place she works. (World Premiere)

Sisters
Director/Screenwriter: Jess Brunetto
Hidden secrets and techniques trigger rigidity when two estranged sisters are pressured to confront one another whereas making ready for his or her ailing mom’s demise. (World Premiere)

Soak
Director/Screenwriter: Hannah Bang
A 16 12 months outdated tries to persuade her runaway mom to return residence. (World Premiere)

Squeegee (Canada, United States)
Director/Screenwriter: Morgan Krantz
A high-powered feminine CEO meets her high-rise window-washer for an erotic rendezvous on reverse sides of a skyscraper window. (World Premiere)

Wiggle Room
Administrators/Screenwriters: Sam Visitor, Julia Baylis
Decided to avoid wasting her wheelchair ramp from repossession, Daisy confronts the shady insurance coverage agent who owes her cash. (Texas Premiere)

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION
Slices of life from throughout the documentary spectrum.

Águilas
Administrators: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre, Screenwriters: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre, Nico Sandi
Alongside the scorching desert border in Arizona, it’s estimated that just one out of each 5 lacking migrants are ever discovered. Águilas is the story of 1 group of searchers, the Águilas del Desierto. (World Premiere)

The Magnificence President
Director: Whitney Skauge
In 1992, drag queen Joan Jett Blakk made a historic bid for the White Home as an overtly queer write-in candidate. Right now, Terence Smith, the person behind the persona, displays again on his place in homosexual rights historical past on the peak of the AIDS disaster. (World Premiere)

The Field
Administrators/Screenwriters: James Burns, Shal Ngo
The Field is a hybrid documentary that explores the consequences of solitary confinement via three folks’s harrowing true tales – they’ve spent a mixed 9 years in isolation, and one among them co-directed this movie. (World Premiere)

I Ran from It and Was Nonetheless in It
Director: Darol Olu Kae
A poetic meditation on familial loss and separation, and the love that endures in opposition to dispersion. (Texas Premiere)

Joe Buffalo (Canada)
Director: Amar Chebib, Screenwriters: Joe Buffalo, Amar Chebib
Joe Buffalo, an Indigenous skateboard legend and Indian Residential College survivor, should face his inside demons to comprehend his dream of turning professional. (World Premiere)

The Final Cruise
Director: Hannah Olson
The Final Cruise chronicles the primary main COVID-19 outbreak outdoors of China. Utilizing footage recorded by passengers and crew aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, we watch class divisions emerge because the world misses its likelihood to include the virus. (World Premiere)

Plant Heist
Administrators: Chelsi de Cuba, Gabriel de Cuba
California’s battle to guard native succulents from a global poaching ring price hundreds of thousands. (World Premiere)

Crimson Taxi
Director: Nameless
As protests unfold in Hong Kong, Crimson Taxi reveals a metropolis in upheaval via the eyes of those that should traverse the streets day and night time to make a dwelling. Filmed by an area movie crew, who stay nameless as a consequence of ongoing security considerations. (North American Premiere)

Sophie and The Baron
Director: Alexandria Jackson
Iconic photographer Baron Wolman and modern artist Sophie Kipner transcend eras and mediums in a collaboration that demonstrates the magic of simply saying sure. (World Premiere)

Ten Leaves Dilated
Administrators: Kate E. Hinshaw, Ebony Blanding
A documentary that makes use of the make-believe world crafted by Cabbage Patch Youngsters to look at discourses surrounding childbirth within the American South. (World Premiere)

Commerce Middle
Director: Adam Baran
The voices of 5 homosexual males who cruised for intercourse on the World Commerce Middle within the Eighties and Nineties hang-out the sanitized, commerce-driven panorama that’s the newly rebuilt Freedom Tower campus. (World Premiere)

ANIMATED SHORTS COMPETITION
An assortment of tales instructed utilizing conventional animation, computer-generated results, stop-motion, and every part in between.

The Anticipated (Sweden)
Director/Screenwriter: Carolina Sandvik
A father-to-be results in a feverish nightmare after a miscarriage, when a wierd entity appears to be rising within the mom’s blood. (North American Premiere)

Maintain me Tight (Belgium, France)
Director/Screenwriter: Mélanie Robert-Tourneur
In the midst of a darkish forest, two silhouettes meet. In the hunt for sexual need, they begin a harmful and explosive parade. (Worldwide Premiere)

KKUM (Republic of Korea)
Director/Screenwriter: Kang Min Kim
My mom’s goals have all the time been sturdy premonitions for necessary moments in my life. I depend on her goals greater than any faith. (Texas Premiere)

Love is Only a Demise Away (Czechia)
Director/Screenwriter: Bára Anna Stejskalová
A young story about discovering love even amid utter decay. (U.S. Premiere)

My Fats Arse and I (Poland)
Director/Screenwriter: Yelyzaveta Pysmak
An amusing movie about anorexia and butts. (North American Premiere)

Navozande, the Musician (France)
Director/Screenwriter: Reza Riahi
On the time of the assault of the Mongols, a younger musician and the love of his life are separated from one another. Fifty years later, the musician is summoned to carry out on the fortress of the Mongols the place his beloved is being held. (Texas Premiere)

Regular (France)
Director/Screenwriter: Julie Caty
Dany is a wealthy inheritor who faces existential vacancy. He meets Karl Marx who asks him to destroy capitalism as a way to save humankind. Reluctantly, Dany accepts his request and turns right into a superhero. However he’s rapidly overwhelmed by his process. (North American Premiere)

Nuevo Rico
Director: Kristian Mercado, Screenwriters: Kristian Mercado, Juan Arroyo
A brother and sister encounter a celestial secret that modifications their lives without end and propels them into Reggaetón stardom, however they quickly uncover that their newfound fame comes at a deep value. (World Premiere)

Opera
Director: Erick Oh
Opera is a large 8K dimension animation set up venture which portrays our society and historical past, which is full of magnificence and absurdity. Erick allows viewers to expertise the vary of in-depth feelings via this epic reflection of human life. (Texas Premiere)

Our Mattress Is Inexperienced
Director/Screenwriter: Maggie Brennan
A younger lady seeks digital refuge from an amazing world and a bewildering obsession. (World Premiere)

Rendang of Demise (Indonesia)
Director: Percolate Galactic, Screenwriters: Ryan Jackson, Indraswari Pangestu, Skolastika Lupitawina
In a quaint Padang restaurant, full of folks having fun with their lunch break, two bros put their friendship to the take a look at when it seems that there’s solely a single plate of their favourite meals left: the Rendang of Demise.

Your Personal Bullshit (Poland)
Director: Daria Kopiec, Screenwriters: Daria Kopiec, Agata Zyzniewska
There’s nothing higher than dinner with household. Although it stays a looped script that repeats itself infinitely. Recited singingly for a lot of lengthy years. (North American Premiere)

MIDNIGHT SHORTS
Chew-sized bits for all your intercourse, gore, and hilarity cravings.

Don’t Peek
Director/Screenwriter: Julian Terry
Whereas taking part in a videogame, a younger lady comes throughout a creepy character who needs to be set free.

Flex (Sweden)
Administrators/Screenwriters: Josefin Malmén, David Strindberg
A semi-surreal comedy brief that (actually) enables you to beneath the pores and skin of a bodybuilder and his ambivalent self-image – exploring the positive line between self-loathing and self-loving.

Flick
Director/Screenwriter: Ariel Zengotita
A reclusive faculty pupil is pushed mad after selecting a booger he can’t flick away.

Joanne Is Lifeless
Director/Screenwriter: Brian Sacca
It’s straightforward to dismiss the ramblings of the dementia-riddled aged as nonsense. However what if there’s a lethal reality behind these phrases? (World Premiere)

The Moogai (Australia)
Director/Screenwriter: Jon Bell
An Aboriginal psychological horror, The Moogai is the story of a household terrorised by a child-stealing spirit. (Worldwide Premiere)

A Puff Earlier than Dying
Administrators/Screenwriters: Michael Reich, Mike Pinkney
A wild night time of medicine and drugged up driving ends in tragedy for 3 teenage ladies that occur to be marionettes. (World Premiere)

Puss
Director/Screenwriter: Leah Shore
Samantha desperately needs to get laid, however is discovering it to be troublesome for some cause. (World Premiere)

Reklaw
Director/Screenwriter: Polaris Banks
A workforce of altruistic vigilantes destroy proof to maintain as many individuals from jail as potential, however when one among their crime scene clean-ups is revisited by the killer, the power of their convictions is examined. (World Premiere)

Run That Shit!
Director: Tristan Kim, Screenwriters: Tristan Kim, Will Allyn Robinson
A Satanic cult lures a no-name rapper into stealing an enchanted chamber pot from his estranged pal and now famous person rapper, Large Tobacco. (Texas Premiere)

Vital Different
Director/Screenwriter: Quinn George
A pair struggles to see eye to eye when a mysterious pink orb seems of their new residence. (Texas Premiere)

Stuffed (United Kingdom)
Director: Theo Rhys, Screenwriters: Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-Rea
Stuffed is a brief musical a couple of taxidermist who goals of stuffing a human and the person she meets on-line, so afraid of ageing he volunteers to be her specimen. An sudden romantic spark between them complicates their plans. (North American Premiere)

A Story Finest Forgotten (Sweden)
Director/Screenwriter: Tomas Stark
In a home by a river that lamented because it ran, lived a father, and his daughter, and the dog-headed man… A homicide ballad. (North American Premiere)

The Factor That Ate The Birds (United Kingdom)
Administrators/Screenwriters: Sophie Mair, Dan Gitsham
On the North Yorkshire Moors, Abel, Head Gamekeeper, discovers the factor that’s consuming his grouse. (North American Premiere)

TEXAS SHORTS
An offshoot of our common shorts program, composed of labor shot in, about, or by some means regarding the Lone Star state.

Doretha’s Blues
Director/Screenwriter: Channing Godfrey Peoples
Doretha goes out for her night drink at her native watering gap when a information story dredges up outdated reminiscences. (World Premiere)

Studying Tagalog with Kayla
Director/Screenwriter: Kayla Abuda Galang
On this lesson, Kayla teaches you Tagalog, the language of her homeland. (World Premiere)

Malignant
Administrators: Morgan Bond, Nickolas Grisham, Screenwriters: Nickolas Grisham, Curtis McOsker
Chynna travels to a West Texas well being retreat to go to her terminally sick mom. As she learns extra concerning the faith-based wellness preached within the commune, Chynna desperately makes an attempt to persuade her mom to go away. (World Premiere)

O Black Gap! (United Kingdom)
Director: Renee Zhan, Screenwriters: Renee Zhan, Vanessa Rose
A girl who can’t stand the passing of time turns herself right into a black gap. A thousand unchanging years cross till at some point, the Singularity wakes inside her. (Texas Premiere)

Summer time Animals
Director/Screenwriter: Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Dwelling out of a motel, 15-year-old Tommy makes a drastic resolution to ensure that her siblings to flee the warmth earlier than the summer season’s over. (World Premiere)

The Unlikely Fan
Administrators: Sai Selvarajan, Jeff Bednarz, Screenwriter: Sai Selvarajan
She’s a Sri Lankan born, Dallas-based, retired trainer and mom. She’s additionally loopy about basketball. Meet “The Unlikely Fan” who is aware of a factor or two about hoops. (World Premiere)

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS
A preview of the subsequent filmmaking era, as Texas Excessive Schoolers current shorts of 5 minutes or much less.

Past the Mannequin
Director: Jessica Lin
After the assaults and discrimination of Asians due to COVID-19, this movie shines a light-weight on what it’s like be a “mannequin minority” in an more and more divided America. (World Premiere)

Comeuppance
Director/Screenwriter: Meredith Smith
A household trip forces Aaron to spend time along with his diabolical cousin, Richard. The household’s indifference to Richard’s relentless bullying proves tragic as Aaron is in the end led to his harmful breaking level.

The Good Spouse’s Information
Director/Screenwriter: Chloe Merriman
The Good Spouse’s Information is a tackle Nineteen Fifties housewife tradition primarily based off of Housekeeping Month-to-month’s article “The Good Spouse’s Information” printed in 1955.

Holographic Desires
Director: Satvik Shankar, Screenwriter: Jackson Coates
A teenage boy goes on an exploration of his personal fears about demise, faith, and sin. (Texas Premiere)

In Time
Director/Screenwriter: Gaelila McKaughan
Within the nonetheless gaps of her loosely-bound routine, a lady confronts a wierd determine.

Metamorphism
Director/Screenwriter: Kate Saltel
Beneath nice strain, people bear comparable steps of metamorphism.

A Actually Darkish Comedy
Director: Manasi Ughadmathe, Screenwriter: Jackson Coates
In a frantic rush to ask his crush out to promenade, Gus and his pal Elliot velocity to her home, unbeknownst to the horrors that lie on the street. (World Premiere)

Wired Shut.
Director: Alex O. Martinez
A teenage boy breaks his jaw and has to have his mouth wired shut. (World Premiere)

MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION

A variety of basic, revolutionary, and classy work showcasing the scope of music video tradition.

The Avalanches – ‘Operating Crimson Lights’ / Director: Greg Brunkalla

Bob Moses That includes ZHU – ‘Need’ / Director/Screenwriter: Owen Brown

C.Tangana – ‘Demasiadas Mujeres’ (Spain) / Director/Screenwriter: Santos Bacana

Soiled Projectors – ‘Overlord’ / Director: Dave Longstreth

FKA twigs – ‘unhappy day’ (United Kingdom) / Director: Hiro Murai

Hedgehog – ‘Bat’ (China) / Director: Haonan Wang, Screenwriters: Haonan Wang, Heran Wang

Jeremy Ivey – ‘Somebody Else’s Drawback’ / Director/Screenwriter: Kimberly Stuckwisch

Julia Stone – ‘Break’ (Australia) / Director/Screenwriter: Jessie Hill

Kuricorder Quartet – ‘Southpaw’ (Japan) / Director/Screenwriter: Sawako Kabuki

Madame Gandhi – ‘Ready for Me’ (India) / Director: Misha Ghose, Screenwriters: Madame Gandhi, Misha Ghose, Aastha Singh

Make-up and Vainness Set – ‘Algorithm’ (France) / Administrators: Saman Kesh, Justin Daashuur Hopkins

Run The Jewels ft. Pharrell Williams and Zack de la Rocha – ‘JU$T’ (United Kingdom) / Director: Winston Hacking

Wax Tailor – ‘Distress (ft. Rosemary Standley)’ (France) / Director/Screenwriter: Berkay Türk

Waze & Odyssey, George Michael, Mary J. Blige & Tommy Theo – ‘At all times’ (United Kingdom, U.S.) / Director: Nelson de Castro

Witch Prophet – ‘Tesfay’ (Canada) / Director/Screenwriter: Leah Vlemmiks

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN

Impressed by a necessary a part of the theatrical expertise, these are artistic endeavors in their very own proper. The 15 sequences chosen symbolize the perfect and most unique alternatives.

The 100 Title Sequence / Firm: Picturemill / Title Designers: Dustin Reno, Evan Jackson

Aleph Title Sequence (Turkey) / Firm: Ugur Baltepe – Ethem Cem / Title Designers: Uǧur Baltepe, Ethem Cem

Birds Of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley

Quinn Title Sequence / Firm: Shine / Artistic Director: Michael Riley

The Botanist Title Sequence / Firm: Samplistic / Title Designer: Michael Rosen

Dichos Title Sequence / Firm: Gwenaëlle Gobé Movies / Title Designer: Gwenaëlle Gobé

Lust Title Sequence / Firm: Ringling Faculty of Artwork + Design / Title Designer: Rudy Schultz

By no means Overlook Tibet Title Sequence (United Kingdom) / Firm: Compassionate Movies / Title Designer: Chris Caswell

The Queen’s Gambit Title Sequence / Title Designer: Saskia Marka

Saygı Title Sequence (Turkey) / Firm: Ethem Cem – Uğur Baltepe / Title Designers: Ethem Cem, Uğur Baltepe

Rip-off 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Title Sequence (India) / Title Designer: Jishnu Chatterjee

Scoob! Title Sequence / Firm: Facet / Artistic Administrators: Jon Berkowitz, Brad Colwell

Sonic the Hedgehog Title Sequence / Firm: Picturemill / Title Designers: William Lebeda, Cecilia De Jesus

Strangled Title Sequence (Hungary) / Firm: FilmHungary, Studio-X / Artistic Director: András Derzsy, Artistic Producer: Sándor Takó

Swamp Factor Title Sequence / Firm: Filmograph / Title Designer: Aaron Becker

Beneath the Affect Title Sequence / Firm: Yacht Membership Movies / Title Designer: Nicco Quiñones

VIRTUAL CINEMA

The immersive arts are discovering new methods to reinforce our potential to understand the world that surrounds us, and in lots of situations they’re redefining how we expertise the world. The 20 initiatives introduced in our Digital Cinema Competitors and Digital Cinema Highlight sections emphasize storytelling, ingenuity and likewise showcase how different industries are embracing this new medium.

Digital Cinema Competitors
World and Worldwide Premieres of thrilling immersive work.

Biolum (France, United Kingdom)
Director: Abel Kohen, Screenwriter: Jon Rowe, Producers: Igal Kohen, Katharina Weser, Paul Kirsten
Biolum is an interactive, narrative VR sci-fi expertise which immerses you within the mysterious great thing about deep sea life on a dive that takes a surprising flip for the more serious. (World Premiere)

(Hello)story of a Portray (United Kingdom)
Administrators: Gaëlle Mourre, Quentin Darras, Screenwriter: Gaëlle Mourre, Producers: Charlotte Mikkelborg, Gaëlle Mourre
(Hello)story of a Portray journeys into the story behind La Grande Jatte, an iconic portray by Georges Seurat that everyone knows however don’t really actually know… till now. Comply with us as we find out how Georges went from underdog to world-renowned artist. (World Premiere)

Of Hybrids and Strings (Australia, France, Germany)
Director: Lauren Moffat, Producer: Fabbula
Of Hybrids and Strings is a fabulatory immersion into potential human and non-human connectedness. In a forest, at night time, one turns into unusually entangled to crops and creatures. Till the forest begins to crystallise… (World Premiere)

The Passengers: Her & Him (Canada, France)
Director: Ziad Touma, Screenwriter: Nicolas Peufaillit, Producers: Ziad Touma, Oriane Hurard
Enter the ideas of one of many Passengers, and assist them face a pivotal second of their lives. Welcome aboard an interactive VR expertise, by which your gaze and voice affect the story. (Worldwide Premiere)

Poison (Republic of Korea)
Administrators: Meesol Yi, Cooper Sanghyun Yoo, Screenwriter: Hyunsoo So, Producer: Wooyeol Jeon
Via Poison, an immersive VR expertise, customers are anticipated to really feel the intelligence of the virus and its hazard intuitively. Our major aim is to let the folks be alert, concentrate on our enemies, and take into consideration what we will do for our lives. (World Premiere)

A Promise Saved
Administrators: Ken Winikur, Ariel Efron, Screenwriters: Susan Abrams, Ariel Efron, Kelley Szany, Ken Winikur, Producers: Susan Abrams, Kelley Szany
This gripping digital actuality expertise takes you on a journey again to the infamous Auschwitz killing heart with Holocaust Survivor, Fritzie Fritzshall as she fulfills her promise to the 599 girls who helped save her life. (World Premiere)

Reeducated
Director: Sam Wolson, Producers: Ben Mauk, Sam Wolson, Nicholas Rubin, Matt Huynh
Reeducated takes viewers inside a “reeducation” camp in Xinjiang, China, guided by the recollections of three males who had been caught in what is probably going the biggest mass-internment drive of ethnic and non secular minorities because the Second World Warfare. (World Premiere)

Samsara (Taiwan)
Director/Screenwriter: Huang Hsin-Chien, Producer: Tsau Saiau-Yue
Samsara Episode 1 VR explores the idea of the Embodied Cognition. On this expertise, the audiences can be reworked into totally different beings’ our bodies and expertise the world from fully new views. (World Premiere)

House Explorers: The ISS Expertise Episode 2: Advance (Canada, United States)
Director: Félix Lajeunesse, Screenwriters: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël, Producers: Felix & Paul Studios in affiliation with TIME Studios
The most important manufacturing ever filmed in house, House Explorers: The ISS Expertise is an epic four-part immersive collection that invitations you to hitch eight astronauts on life-changing missions aboard the Worldwide House Station. (World Premiere)

Digital Cinema Highlight
Shining a highlight on acclaimed immersive works.

4 Ft Excessive VR (Argentina, France)
Administrators: Maria Belen Poncio, Rosario Perazolo Masjoan, Damian Turkieh, Screenwriters: Greta Molas, Javier Correa Caceres, Elisa Gagliano, Rosario Perazolo Masjoan, Maria Belen Poncio, Delphine Agut, Ivana Galdeano, Gabriela Vidal, Producers: Ezequiel Lenardon, Marie Blondiaux
Think about your final 12 months of Excessive College in a wheelchair. Forged Checklist: Marisol Agostina Irigoyen, Florencia Licera, Marcio Ramses, Natalia Di Cienzo, Francisca Spinotti (Texas Premiere)

Discovering Pandora X
Director: Kiira Benzing, Screenwriter: Alyssa Landry, Producers: Kiira Benzing, Lara Bucarey, Alyssa Landry
With the passing of ages, the Gods of Mount Olympus have light away till solely two stay: Zeus and Hera. Now they’re in peril of disappearing if they will’t recuperate the field of hope that Pandora eliminated. (North American Premiere)

Meet Mortaza (France)
Director: Joséphine Derobe, Screenwriters: Joséphine Derobe, Mortaza Jami, Producers: Oriane Hurard, Quentin Noirfalisse
An immersive expertise telling the journey of an afghan refugee. (U.S. Premiere)

Namoo
Director/Screenwriter: Erick Oh, Producers: Larry Cutler, Eric Darnell, Maureen Fan, Kane Lee
A story poem delivered to life as an animated VR movie, and an ode to a grandfather’s passing, this story follows the journey of a budding artist — and his tree of life — from starting to finish. (Texas Premiere)

Odyssey 1.4.9 (France)
Director: François Vautier, Producer: Jeremy Sahel
A panoramic VR journey into the visible coronary heart of A House Odyssey. A private tribute unveiling the secrets and techniques of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece. (U.S. Premiere)

As soon as Upon a Sea (Canada)
Director: Adi Lavy, Screenwriter: Heidi Miller, Producers: Ina Fichman, Nimrod Shanit
As soon as Upon a Sea is a shocking, immersive journey to the Lifeless Sea area, the bottom place on earth – and it’s our name to motion. If nothing is finished, the Lifeless Sea as we all know it will likely be gone for good. (North American Premiere)

Paper Birds (Argentina)
Administrators: German Heller, Federico Carlini, Screenwriter: German Heller, Producers: German Heller, Federico Carlini
Paper Birds is the story of a brief sighted youngster with an distinctive expertise for music. He should discover his method via the world of darkness to convey again his sister, taken away by the shadows.

Potato Desires
Director/Screenwriter: Wes Hurley, Producers: Mischa Jakupcak, Wes Hurley, Mara Auster, Jonathan Caso
Russian mom and son narrate this revolutionary 360 documentary which traces their nightmarish previous within the USSR. (Texas Premiere)

Beneath the Pores and skin (Brazil, China, Germany, Luxembourg, United States)
Director: João Inada, Screenwriters: Thamyra Thâmara, Andressa Núbia, Jon Thomaz, Rafael Cruz, Raull Santiago, João Inada, Producer: Diogo Dahl
Beneath the Pores and skin is an interactive VR documentary that brings customers to Complexo do Alemão — Rio de Janeiro’s most infamous favela advanced—throughout a shock police operation, assembly residents who face police abuse and structural racism. (North American Premiere)

WebbVR: The James Webb House Telescope Digital Expertise
Director: Chad Smith
Be part of the James Webb House Telescope in orbit past the Moon and discover the universe from its perspective. Planetary techniques are born, galaxies type, and stars emerge from inside colourful nebulas—all earlier than your eyes.

Keep tuned for extra on SXSW for 2021!