Dance of the Dead
Director: Gregg Bishop. Writer: Joe Ballarini. Starring: Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Justin Welborn, Chandler Darby.
A horror/adventure that takes place on the night of the big High School Prom: the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop them are the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance. (World Premiere)
Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie
Director: Jay Delaney.
Through the experiences of two amateur bigfoot researchers in southern Ohio, we see how the power of a dream can bring two men together and provide a source of hope and meaning. (World Premiere)
Otis
Director: Tony Krantz. Writer: Thomas Schnauz & Erik Jendresen. Starring: Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollak, Jere Burns.
A black comedy satire about a "Leave It To Beaver" family colliding with the dark world of a serial killer that takes on murderous twists with hilarious consequences. (World Premiere)
Registered Sex Offender
Director/writer: Robert Byington. Starring: Gabriel McIver, Kristen Tucker, Andrew Bujalski, Kevin Corrigan.
There may be one thing worse than being a sex offender sent to prison: Being a sex offender released from prison. (World Premiere)
Shuttle
Director/writer: Edward Anderson. Starring: Tony Curran, Peyton List, Cameron Goodman, James Snyder, Cullen Douglas, Dave Power.
A late-night airport shuttle ride home descends into darkness. (World Premiere)
Southern Gothic
Director/writer: Mark Young. Starring: Yul Vazquez, Nicole DuPort, William Forsythe.
A man must atone for a tragic mistake by saving a little girl from a ruthless, undead preacher. (World Premiere)
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2008 – LONE STAR STATES
Cook County
Director/writer: David Pomes. Starring: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho, Polly Cole.
Set in the deep woods of East Texas, an abused and alienated teenage boy and his absentee father struggle to reconnect and beat their respective addictions to crystal meth amidst a family of meth addicts and a community crumbling under the meth epidemic. (World Premiere)
Intimidad
Directors: David Redmon & Ashley Sabin.
Cecy and Camilo recently migrated to Reynosa, Mexico with a dream to buy land and build a home. A year later they return to their rural hometown to reunite with their daughter. What seems like a satisfying reunion turns into a confusing dilemma that transforms the course of their marriage.
(World Premiere)
The King of Texas
Director: Rene Pinnell and Claire Huie.
Although Eagle Pennell was quickly becoming a regional film legend, his acute alcoholism and legendary ego alienated many of his friends and collaborators. Eagle remained a forgotten and mostly unsung talent throughout his life, which ended in 2002. Friends, family, and fellow filmmakers recall Eagle's life, the excitement of working alongside him, and the burden of his addictions. (World Premiere)
Tulia, Texas
Director: Cassandra Herrman & Kelly Whalen.
At the end of one of the biggest drug stings in Texas history, dozens of residents of the small farming town of Tulia had been rounded up and thrown behind bars. Of 46 people indicted for cocaine dealing, 39 were African American. In the years to follow, troubling evidence about Coleman's investigation and his past began to surface. (World Premiere)
SXSW Film Festival 2008 – 24 Bits per Second
SXSW Film Festival 2008 – Emerging Visions
SXSW Film Festival 2008 – Narrative Feature Competition
SXSW Film Festival 2008 – Documentary Feature Competition
SXSW Film Festival 2008 – Spotlight Premieres
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2008 – London
Berlin Film Festival 2008 – Competition Line-Up