SXSW Film 2010: Panels and Shorts

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TarantinoThe SXSW Film Festival has just announced its conference lineup, as well as its short films for 2010. I can't pick out all the Austin connections for you yet -- I'm working on that now, and we should have a list posted soon.

You can read the full list of panels and shorts on the SXSW Film website. Here are some of the highlights:

  • "A Conversation with Michel Gondry," moderated by Elvis Mitchell
  • "Directing the Dead: Genre Directors Spill Their Guts," moderated by my Cinematical colleague Scott Weinberg, with an amazing lineup of panelists: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Ti West and Ruben Fleischer 
  • Jeffrey Tambor's Acting Workshop, one of the highlights of previous conferences
  • Quadrangle, the short documentary from local filmmaker Amy Grappell about a couple-swapping experiment, which won an award at Sundance this year
  • Short films from Bradley Beesley, Bill Plympton, Steve Mims and Guy Maddin; and a music video from local cinematographer/filmmaker PJ Raval
  • "Futurestates," a series of short films presented by ITVS that use elements of speculative and science fiction to examine current events
  • A series of films by Texas filmmaker Alan Govenar, sponsored by Texas Folklife, ranging from 1981 to 2010
  • Occasional Slackerwood contributor Chris Holland will be holding a conference session on "Short Film Secrets: Festivals, Distribution, and Getting More Work."

I am barely touching on the lineup announced today, so check out the SXSW Film website for more goodies. SXSW Film 2010 runs from March 12 - 20 this year.