SXSW 2008: More Local Filmmakers in the Shorts Lineup

I owe filmmaker and Austin Film Society staffer Bryan Poyser a drink today -- he saved me a lot of time. Normally I would comb through the just-released list of shorts scheduled for SXSW 2008 and try to find all the Austin filmmakers for you. But Bryan did the bulk of the work for me over at his AFS blog: he's published a list of all the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund recipients with shorts playing SXSW. He also notes a new feature-length documentary added to the festival lineup, Writ Writer, from local filmmaker Susanne Mason.

Bryan didn't list any Austin-made shorts that weren't associated with TFPF, so feel free to post comments about any Austin shorts that aren't on that list. (I notice there's a short called X directed by a Josh Brolin ... anyone know if that's this Josh Brolin, who's made a couple of films in Texas in the past few years?)

Again, if you're associated with a SXSW film that has any local ties, we at Slackerwood would like to talk to you. Drop me a line or post a comment. If you have no local ties, contact me anyway ... if time and space permit, we may have room to write about your film too.