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Reel Women's SXSW Short Film Showcase Returns

By Debbie Cerda on April 28, 2010 - 12:30pm in

Reel Women SXSW Saturday Showcase

If you missed the Reel Women short films that played during SXSW this year, you can catch special encore screenings of these locally produced films on Friday night, April 30, at Picture Box Studios. The shorts are divided into two sections, one of which screens at 6:30 pm, one at 8:30. Many of the filmmakers are in the above photo.

Local nonprofit organization Reel Women provides support for women at all levels of experience in the film and video industries, and their member filmmakers along with cast and crew from the shorts will be at the event to answer questions. Admission is $5 for one screening, or enjoy a double feature for $8. Reel Women members are admitted for a discounted price of $3 for one screening or $5 for both screenings.

I didn't attend the screenings at SXSW, and am looking forward to seeing these films on Friday. I find the synopsis of Hung Up to be quite intriguing, done in a film noir style and told from the point of view of a dress worn by the femme fatale. The filmmaker is Erin Randall, who has also worked as a costumer on several Robert Rodriguez films. It was voted an "Audience Favorite" by attendees at the SXSW screenings.

Want a preview of one of Friday's films? After the line-up listings, watch the amusing animated short Le Petit Canard from Amelia Giller (first on the left in above photo), portraying a mime's dilemma when he's out of work.

The full line-up includes:

Early Screening: 6:30 pm

  • Mind Over Polio, Deb Eynon Finley
  • Le Petit Canard, Amelia Giller
  • Broken Heart Boy, Matty Greene
  • Hung Up, Erin Randall -- Audience Favorite
  • ABC Detectives, Sarah Nolen
  • Bits and Pieces, Justin Durban -- Honorable Mention, Audience Favorite
  • Close Enough, Deb Bryan
  • Somewhere in the Middle, Jenni Tooley
  • Without You, Brandy Rainey-Amstel
  • Wave to Life, Melissa Nierman

Late Screening:  8:30 pm

  • Looking for Sign, Listening for Sound, Dunya Bean
  • Untitled Moon Project, John Moore
  • Ulysse: The Journey, Amelia Giller and Brittany McFalls
  • Tracy, Ben Slamka
  • Awakening, Andrew Neilson
  • La Page Blanche, Sarah Gonzalez
  • Bag It, Christine Giordano
  • Dialing Amy, Lexer Kadan
  • When the Sun Sets, Cheri Clemons
  • Drama, Timeca M. Seretti -- Audience Favorite
  • Taco! Taco! Taco!, John Estrada

Le Petit Canard from Amelia Giller on Vimeo.

[Photo credit: "SXSW Reel Women Showcase 2010: Saturday Showcase" by Sarah Gonzalez, for Reel Women]