SXSW Film Festival Articles

Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson in Foster's The Beaver Jodie Foster's drama — with comedic touches — The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson as an unbalanced executive who communicates through a hand-puppet beaver, had its world premiere on Wednesday night at the SWSX Film Festival. "This is not a comedy," Foster told the audience. "The film reflects the struggle of one man in the midst of a [...]

Brotherhood Writer-director Lena Dunhan's feature-film debut, Tiny Furniture was the jury prize winner for Best Narrative Feature at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, currently being held in Austin, TX. The film follows a young college grad (Dunham) who returns to her mother's TriBeCa home only to find herself mired in the same old routine. Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol was voted the Best Documentary Feature. Marwencol tells [...]

SXSW FILM AWARDS 2010 Short Film Jury Awards NARRATIVE SHORTS Winner: Cigarette Candy Director: Lauren Wolkstein Runner Up: Teleglobal Dreamin' Director: Eric Flanagan DOCUMENTARY SHORTS Winner: Quadrangle Director: Amy Grappell Runner Up: White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug Director: Travis Senger ANIMATED SHORTS Winner: The Orange Director: Nick Fox-Gieg Runner Up: One Square Mile of Earth Director: Jeff Drew EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS [...]

Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford in Tod Browning's The Unknown (MGM) (top); Toni Myers' Hubble 3D (IMAX / Warner Bros.) (bottom) The 2010 SXSW Film Festival will take place March 12-20 in Austin, Texas. All My Friends are Funeral Singers with Live Soundtrack by Califone Director and Screenwriter: Tim Rutili Zel, a fortune-teller, is aided in her prognostication by a band of ghosts, but when a [...]