Help Submit SXSW 2011 Panel Ideas Now
It doesn't seem that long since my SXSW Film 2010 wrap-up, but SXSW staff are already preparing for 2011. The SXSW PanelPicker went live today, and you can add your ideas here for next year's Film, Interactive and Music conferences.
Per the PanelPicker press release, the SXSW Film Conference is "most interested in proposals geared towards creating, marketing, and finding audiences for films in this new digital age, as well as hands-on workshop ideas."
I really enjoyed this year's "How to Rawk SXSW Film," moderated by Agnes Varnum of Austin Film Society. Questions from the audience included where attendees could find screenwriting tips -- not in panels, but mentor sessions are good places -- to how and where to meet with Interactive Conference attendees. I recommended the "crossover" panels and special events as good locations to intermingle.
SXSW welcomes crossover panels, which focus on the areas where film, music, and interactive meet. Bear that in mind when you're planning to submit panel ideas for 2011. I mentioned some of these panels in my "SXSW 2010 Guide: Balancing Film and Interactive," but how cool would it be to have a film and music panel about film scores from local composers Graham Reynolds, who scored The Lost World screening at SXSW 2010, and/or Brian Satterwhite (Artois the Goat, Man on a Mission)?
Whether you submit an idea or just want to vote, I recommend signing up for a SXSW PanelPicker account while you ponder your choices. The deadline for submitting panels is Friday, July 9. You'll be able to vote for panel ideas from August 9-27 -- see my post from last year for more details about how that works.
IN 2010, SXSW introduced the Film Design Awards and visual fundamentals panels. "Cinematography for Improvised Films: Lighting the Unknown" panel was well received -- check out moderator Paul Harrill of Self-Reliant Film for his summary including links that were referenced in the panel.
What are some film-related panels that you would like to see at SXSW 2011? Are there any ideas you think Slackerwood should be submitting? Feel free to comment below.