Slackery News Tidbits, March 10
By Jette Kernion on March 10, 2010 - 10:04am
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Two days to SXSW. Two days to SXSW. Here's the latest Austin film-related news, some of which will be of particular interest to SXSW-goers, but some of which is about free stuff for everyone.
- If you have a SXSW Film badge, you can use it not only for the usual conference and movie access, but also to see Motorhead perform on Wednesday night at Austin Music Hall.
- And you don't need a badge at all to head over to the Apple Store in Barton Creek Mall for two free Meet the Filmmaker sessions during SXSW. On Saturday, March 13 at 3 pm, journalist Aaron Hillis will interview filmmaker Emmett Malloy, whose music documentary The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights is playing SXSW and will also be available via cable TV VOD starting March 12. On Monday, March 15 at 7 pm, local filmmaker Bryan Poyser will discuss his latest film, Lovers of Hate, which is playing SXSW and will also be available on cable TV VOD when the fest starts.
- Did we mention yet that IFC has bought the international distribution rights to Lovers of Hate? The film premiered at Sundance and was sold to IFC before it plays SXSW. Congrats to Bryan Poyser and his producers, cast and crew.
- More free stuff: KLRU is taping an episode of Texas Monthly Talks with actor Tim Matheson on Thursday, March 11. Matheson will be inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame that night. Visit the KLRU site for more information and to RSVP if you want to be in the audience.
- Fantastic Fest is giving away two VIP badges next week. Anyone who participates in the Fantastic Fest Austin Film Tour through Gowalla will be entered in a drawing for the badges. I've been resisting apps like Gowalla but now I'm intrigued about the Austin Film Tour, so I may have to give it a shot.
- The animated short film Luna, written and directed by Austin filmmaker Javier C. Rivera from illustrations by Raz Ortiz, has been accepted into two film festivals: The California Independent Film Festival and The San Francisco Bay Area International Children's Film Festival. Both will be taking place in April. More information is available on the film's website -- Rivera and Ortiz have also created a children's book of the same story.